Weekly Roundup: Oct 14 – 20, 2012
Weekly Roundup on a Saturday may be a rare bird but it's still full of the usual amount of great new music and videos.
Oh! My Blackbird
As part of the release of Digcast VIII, the second episode to focus on NYC music, I'm posting on each band in the podcast over the course of a few weeks. Today's profile is on Oh! My Blackbird, a four piece band of Annie Sullivan, Nick Jozwiak, Veronica Kohl, and Zack Walters.
CMJ 2012 Preview
The CMJ Music Marathon is upon us. There are too many shows to list, let alone attend, but here are a few that seem quite promising if you're looking for something to check out.
Weekly Roundup: Oct 7 – 13, 2012
It's been an exciting week for many reasons, and there's plenty more excitement in store with CMJ coming up, as well some very cool TWD news to be announced soon. And to top it off, we have a brand new Weekly Roundup for you all to enjoy.
Los Encantados
As part of the release of Digcast VIII, the second installment to focus on NYC music, I'm posting each band in the podcast over the next few weeks. Today's profile is on Los Encantados. They are another six piece band made up of James Armstrong, David Kinniburgh, Ben Mattison, Evan Mitchell, Kevin Rochford, and Jerome Umanos.
Tim Kuhl: St. Helena
Those Who Dig is the shared outlet of musical appreciation curated by way of Baltimore MD and Brooklyn NY by myself and Steve. These two musical communities often borrow from each other and today's featured artist is a perfect representation of that trend.
Tim Kuhl is a Baltimore native and current Brooklynite. He is also a percussionist/composer whose fourth release came out on July 10th of this year. It is a seven track album entitled St. Helena which is intended to be enjoyed as a single extended composition. Read on for more information about St. Helena and Tim Kuhl.
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The Great American Novel
As part of the release of Digcast VIII, the second installment to focus on NYC music, I'll be posting on each band in the podcast over the next few weeks. It all starts today with The Great American Novel, a young six piece band of Layne Montgomery, JR Atkins, Devin Calderin, Aiden Shepard, Zac Coe, and Peter Kilpin.
Digcast Episode VIII: NYC Roundup 2
What's up, Dig Nation? It's time for Digcast Episode 8, the second installment of the New York City music podcast. The series is devoted to the music of the city where I live and features five great bands from the area. In addition to sharing their music, I spoke to each about the chosen songs as well as some things they love about NYC.
- The Great American Novel – American Weekend
- Los Encantados – Ghosts
- Oh! My Blackbird – Faking
- Grand Resort – Night Is Dark
- Chase King – Don't Be So Down
Check out our site over the next few weeks for feature posts on each band. Hope you dig!
Read More...Fall New Releases
I admit, this post might be a little gimmicky but it comes from a place of a deep love. One of my favorite sources for new music – and a great podcast in general – is NPR's All Songs Considered. They recently did one of their quarterly new release previews, and I wanted to share the four releases I'm most looking forward to among those selections.
No Other Love: Jo Stafford & Frederic Chopin
If imitation is the greatest form of flattery than 19th century pianist and composer Frederic Chopin has a lot to feel flattered by. The wealth of his compositional language has been a source of great inspiration to artists since his death in 1848, but a rather unusual homage came about in 1950 when song writers Bob Russell and Paul Weston teamed up to pen a song entitled No Other Love for the popular singer (and Paul Weston's wife) Jo Stafford.
I call it an homage because the song is essentially Frederic Chopin's Opus 10 Number 3 Etude for solo piano reset to feature orchestration and Bob Russell's lyrics. Released in 1950, the song reached all the way up to number 10 on the Billboard charts but has been seeing a resurgence of interest today thanks largely to its use in the trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson's new film The Master.
Read on to hear pianist Garrick Ohlsson performing the original Chopin etude, Jo Stafford's recording of No Other Love, and finally the trailer for the film in which the song is featured.
Garrick Ohlsson: Chopin's Etude Op. 10 No. 3
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