Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968 Penguin Press – 8 March 2018 “If I ventured in the slipstream/Between the viaducts of your dream Where immobile steel rims crack/And the ditch in the back roads stop Could you find me? Would you kiss-a my eyes?” (“Astral Weeks,” Van Morrison) With apologies to Dylan and Mitchell, better lyrics may never […]
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Out June 5, we are making our way through a preview copy of the book and enjoying it immensely. Author James Campion has a lot to say about the work of Zevon and filters it through both his own personal fan lens and life perspective but also through the eyes of Warren’s wife, Waddy Wachtel, Jackson Browne and anyone close […]
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Sound Cloud Sunday April 22, 2018 Episode 12 – Laurel Canyon Radio While we may be featuring several artists from England, several from Nashville and a couple more via LA, you’ll find this week’s episode of Sound Cloud Sunday surprisingly eclectic. From the confrontational word-salad polemic folk of newcomer Maxwell Putnam to the woozy 70s era pop funk of […]
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Sound Cloud Sunday April 15, 2018 Episode #11 It’s always a pleasure receiving new music in our collective inboxes (inboxi?) here at Laurel Canyon Radio. In preparation for each week’s Sound Cloud Sunday ep… (this one is #11) we start the week thinking, what possible new music is STILL LEFT to discover? What artist is still possibly not already on […]
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In these capable hands, this song comes alive again. Angus And Julie Stone doing a cover of Neil Young’s Harvest Moon at Paste Studios New York City.
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Sound Cloud Sunday April 8, 2018 It’s all Americana/country edition of Sound Cloud Sunday this week and it will probably come as no surprise that all kinds of torch and twang is not limited to Music Row. From the far flung corners, (mostly) far from Laurel Canyon Radio, we give you some great unsigned, should-be-signed and indie artists rocking the […]
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Sound Cloud Sunday March 25, 2018 As spring turns to a better version of spring in Southern California and here at Laurel Canyon Radio, we can’t help marvel at the beautiful spectrum of artists playing real music, whether it be Americana, , bluegrass, country, pop, or folk or something in between that comes across our desks each week. While […]
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Sound Cloud Sunday March 18, 2018 When I was a kid, perhaps before the Laurel Canyon era was even upon us, I would swing my transistor radio round the dial hunting for new music, that first exciting moment when you hear a new riff, a new voice, a bending guitar chord, a howl, a catchy chorus that would shortly grab […]
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Sound Cloud Sunday March 11, 2018 It’s a rainy weekend here in Laurel Canyon land, and we’ve lost an hour (but gained some daylight) and our focus this week is on even more eclectic group of artists from the playlists of Laurel Canyon Radio. From the pop folk of Gitta De Ridder, to the desert rock of 3hattrio, to […]
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Jackson Browne Announces July & August 2018 Tour NEWS – FEBRUARY 26, 2018 Jackson will perform on the West Coast with his full band Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne announces July and August 2018 tour dates on the West Coast with his full band. Advance tickets are available beginning February 28 at 10 AM (local time), with general tickets available beginning […]
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