By MessyNessy 21ST APR, 2015 In a sleepy fishing village on the island of Crete, where Joni Mitchell had found herself a nomadic home inside manmade Neolithic caves carved into the sandstone cliff, she sang her folk songs, “under a starry dome…beneath the Matala Moon.” It was the 1960s and a community of backpacking hippies had settled in Matala, a remote corner […]
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New Tracks on Laurel Canyon Radio – Week of April 23 We’ve added a bunch of delicious new music to the station this week and we can’t tell you how excited we are by a new crop of Laurel Canyon-y tunes for you to wash over you like the aural pashmina it is: Heartache – Nicki Bluhm And […]
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For those who missed the most excellent story and photo spread in the February 2015 Vanity Fair on the Laurel Canyon sound, here’s a link: http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/photos/2015/02/laurel-canyon-photographs
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A blush of fantastic new tracks have been added to our playlist this week and here are just a few of the standout cuts: “Sedona” – Houndmouth Lead track from March sophomore release “Little Neon Limelight” finds Houndmouth with their eyes on the big stages at the festival circuit. Eminently tuneful without losing any of their earlier charm, […]
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Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words When singer, musician, and broadcast journalist Malka Marom had the opportunity to interview Joni Mitchell in 1973, she was eager to reconnect with the performer she’d first met late one night in 1966 at a Yorkville coffeehouse. More conversations followed over the next four decades of friendship, and it was only after Joni and […]
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New Tracks On Laurel Canyon Radio Week of November 11 1) The Darkest White – The Sunday Promise http://www.thesundaypromise.com/ These 4 German lads know how to wrap themselves around a harmony. A little reminiscent of Joshua Radin, here are some gauzy sun-drunk harmonies around a single acoustic guitar. 2) Golden Child, Honey Child – Miles Tackett http://milestackett.bandcamp.com/ I cannot […]
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