Amy Helm – Rescue Me
We can’t love this song – and now this charming performance video – enough.
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Fairground Saints – Can’t Control The Weather
If you live for songs that have that groovy “Listen To The Music” southern-Cali-rock feel…here’s the debut single from LA based rockers Fairground Saints. This song was written more than seven years ago, but has now found it’s way into the world. Here’s a lovely intro to this new Laurel Canyon fave band.
Read moreNew Tracks On Laurel Canyon Radio – Week of July 8
New Tracks on Laurel Canyon Radio – Week of July 8 So much is made in the media lately about the search for the perfect summer song. In a recent Entertainment Weekly article, they looked back on topics of songs in an attempt to parse the formula as to what makes a perfect summer song. Oh, Entertainment Weekly, have you […]
Read moreRusty Truck – Buildings
Rusty Truck, rock photographer Marc Seliger’s “side project” is one of the best so-called “revivalist bands” of the crisp, clean sound of the latter Laurel Canyon era. On Rusty Truck’s second (and sadly still only other album, the sadly underappreciated Kicker Town) the band after being stealthily produced by the likes of Lenny Kravitz and Jakob Dylan on their first […]
Read moreJenny Lewis – She’s Not Me
Featuring Fred Armisen, Zosia Mamet, Leo Fitzpatrick, Feist and Vanessa Bayer.
Read moreThe Milk Carton Kids Live At Lincoln Center
Much has been made of the Smothers Brothers like banter of the Milk Carton Kids, but I would prefer to let the music speak for itself.
Read moreInterpreting The Eagles’ Hotel California
“Hotel California” topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week in May 1977 and peaked at number 10 on the Easy Listening chart. Billboard ranked it number 19 on its 1977 Pop Singles year-end chart. Three months after its first release, the single was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), representing one million copies shipped. The […]
Read moreBlack Keys The Big Come Up – Mastering The Craft – From The Rolling Stone Doc Series
Great video from Rolling Stone’s “Mastering The Craft” video. The origin story of the Black Keys. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/black-keys-rs-films-mastering-the-craft-20150513
Read moreThe Snob Dictionary Guide To Laurel Canyon
For those who are too jaded…here’s a brief history of the Snob Dictionary Guide To Laurel Canyon.
Read moreGene Parsons – Stringbender Documentary
Gene Parsons was born on September 4, 1944 on his family’s farm in Morongo Valley in the Mojave Desert, California. His professional musical career began when he joined up with guitarist and Fiddle player Gib Guilbeauin the duo Guilbeau & Parsons. Later the duo was joined by Clarence White, former guitarist with the Kentucky Colonels, and bassist Wayne Moore to form the […]
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