Patti Smith Live at NYC's Webster Hall

After having remained off stage for several years, Patti Smith gave a great show in New York two days ago! For sure her energy, voice and commitment are still UNchanged!

Here is the setlist :

1. Redondo beach
2. Free money 
3. Birdland 
4. My bleakean year 
5. Play with fire 
6. Beneath the southern cross 
7. We three 
8. Peaceable kingdom 
9. Because the night 
10. Land - Gloria
11. People have the power  
12. Rock'n'roll nigger

As well as a video of one the songs:

And, last but not least a link to a recording of the shows's radio broadcoast made available - in mp3 and FLAC - by an enhusiastic listener!

And do not forget please : "People are the future. And the future is NOW!

Just discovered Tinariwen: a Tuareg bluesband

No miracle when it comes to the way I discovered them, but a big deal of musical magic as a well a big surprise for this guy who does not know much about so-called worldmusic.

So, on a row

• I very simply decided to give Tinariwen a try after reading an article in a Belgian magazine;
• magic is that I really like both albums I have found, that is one recorded in 2002 (The Radio Tisdas Sessions) and the other in 2009 (Imidiwan : Companions);
• the big surprise: I had no idea at all (shame on me) that Tuaregs had integrated blues - rock elements to produce their own musical style! 

Hoping you feel curious and eager to listen how they sound I just throw a few links here:

• Tinariwen's official website
• Samples of The Radio Tisdas Sessions at Amazon
• and of Imidiwan : Companions on the same website.

Enjoy and be suprized!

Discovered recently: Wooden Shjips

Better late than never, it is only recently that I discovered this San Francisco band called Wooden Shjips and their first album (well also titled Wooden Shjips), which dates back from ... 2007.

Their inspiration they obviously take from good old pschydelic rock and ... it works! Most tracks here exceed the now so usual 3 to 4 minutes duration and they rely on recepies like a somehow hypnotic drums - bass line. Then guitar riffs that draw lightnings and a voice that clearly evokes Jim Morrisson make the thing look completely like a heavily cloudy sky.

The atmosphere here reminds Great Ancients and - but this personnal - I feel glad that people dare continue playing like this in spite of the allmighty musical business and its formatting rules!

Two links:

• We ask you to rise (this album's fastest track) on YouTube
• Samples of the complete album at Amazon

When Led Zeppelin went experimental

Well, frankly, I feel kind of stiffness in my fingers just starting typing this post... One more post about Led Zeppelin when soooo much has been written already by soooo many different connoisseurs!

But, I started this blog with the intention of sharing about what I like and enjoy, so let us keep on typing!

 

I dare recommend listening to Led Zeppelin's BBC Sessions, a double CD published in 1997 under the guidance of Mister Jimmy Page himself. The first CD is a collection of radio sessions recorded for the BBC just after the band had released their first studio album. The second one consists in a live performance recorded in London in 1971, with songs from albums I to IV.

I officially am a Ben Harper fan!

Not that I belong to any “official” fan club, but I really like what he does veeeeeery much!

The first song I heard was Excuse Me Mister (from Fight for your Mind) and I got instantly interested. Then, I went on listening to the complete cd and got seduced. The next move was the double live cd Live from Mars and ... I have become a fan!

Live from Mars still is my favorite Ben Harper record. It brilliantly illustrates two very contrasted sides of Ben Harper’s musical talent.

On the first cd, he performs with his former band The Young Innocent Criminals. The songs are full of power, sometimes very electric (e.g. Glory & Consequence), even a bit chaotic (e.g. Woman in You). There are many great moments there, like Burn one Down, Excuse Me Mister and even a very good cover of Sexual Healing.

On the second cd, Ben Harper performs solo, playing different guitars. And this is the cd that gives one the opportunity to fully enjoy the voice, the lyrics and the superb guitar playing!

If you do not know Ben Harper yet, this double cd is a must!