Allison Young – Where Is My Mind?
An evening pause: Another Postmodern Jukebox performance.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
Tag: music
Imogen Heap – Blanket
An evening pause: Jeff Beck on guitar.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
MonaLisa Twins – Drive My Car
An evening pause: Hat tip Dan Morris.
Lisa Hannigan – Undertow
An evening pause: Hat tip Dan Morris.
Level 42 – Something About You
An evening pause: Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Harriet Krijgh – Kabalevsky’s 1st Cello Concerto
An evening pause: Hat tip Dan Morris, who provides this interesting historical tidbit. “Dmitry Kabalevsky, described as an opportunistic Soviet toady (three Stalin prizes, four Orders of Lenin), today seems widely forgotten.” I leave it to you to decide why, after listening to this selection.
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – Riviera Paradise
An evening pause: Hat tip Cotour.
Fun Boy Three – Our Lips Are Sealed
An evening pause: A very typical 80s song, very sad, hopeless, and depressing. Background here.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
Eddie Van Halen – Another greatest guitar solo ever
An evening pause: Performed live in 1986. I suspect there are a lot of guitar solos that people will label the greatest ever.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Elli Siitonen – Popcorn
A evening pause: Song by Gershon Kingsley, played on a kantele, a traditional Finnish string instrument, with looper added.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
Boy Meets Girl – Waiting for a Star to Fall
An evening pause: Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Douglas – The Boxer
An evening pause: “But the fighter still remains.”
Hat tip Daniel Morris. I posted this in 2013, and it was time to post it again.
Stuart Hamm – The greatest bass solo ever
An evening pause: He goes from classical to country to rock, in less than four minutes.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Crowded House – Weather With You
An evening pause: Performed live 2016. Stay with it. It gets better and better.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
Nat King Cole – September Song
An evening pause: Performed live in 1957 on Cole’s television show. The music was composed by Kurt Weill, with lyrics by Maxwell Anderson.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Igudesman & Joo – Rachmaninov had big Hands
An evening pause: Hat tip Dan Morris.
Chaka Kahn – Ain’t Nobody
An evening pause: Performed live 2012. Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
The Bangles – Hazy Shade Of Winter
An evening pause: Performed live 1987.
Hat tip Daniel Morris.
James Hill – Billie Jean
An evening pause: Performed live, 2011, with his imaginary band.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
Jay Sekulow Band – Long Time
An evening pause: The song is originally by Boston, and the lead singer here is Dino Elefante, originally from the band Kansas. Sekulow is the Chief Counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which focuses on defending the issues of free speech that the ACLU abandoned years ago.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.