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Temporary changes to Clipper Media News Blog 17 July 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News Hello dear readers. I just wanted to let readers know that ALL posts pertaining to the recent and ongoing conflict have been temporarily taken off-line. Some jurisdictions have recently criminalized the posting of dissenting views pertaining to the…
Little Feat & Emmylou Harris host the Midnight Special TV Show in 1977. Guests include Bonnie Raitt, Jesse Winchester, Weather Report, & Neil Young 16 August 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News Timings & Tracklist 0:14 Intro 0:24 Queen of the Silver Dollar ā Emmylou Harris 4:45 Dixie Chicken ā Little Feat 8:18…
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Before British Invasion hit North America, a blues movement, often ignored in the US, took Europe by storm. This helps explain why so many of the Brit bands were Blues-based. 15 August 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News The American Folk Blues Festival was a music festival that toured Europe as an annual event for…
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Great set and multi-camera recording from the 2022 festival in Portugal. The Waterboys Concerto – North Music Festival Porto 2022 North Music Festival Maio 2022 (Portugal) Setlist Medicine Bow Be My Enemy Still a Freak Nashville, Tennessee Blackberry Gir Glastonbury Song Where the Action Is Rosalind (You Married the Wrong Guy) All Souls Hill This…
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From Frank Sinatra to Jimi Hendrix to Prince, Ostin coaxed a wide variety of musicians to the label, and then gave them the elbow room they needed to be creative. Photo: Dean Martin, from left, Mo Ostin, Frank Sinatra, and Sammy Davis Jr. (Warner Records Archives) 03 August 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media…
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A treasure. Two short live sets from Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span at Ainsdale Beach on 30 June 1971. 29 July 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News Fairport Convention & Steeleye Span on Ainsdale Beach (1971) 18 July 2022 | Alex Gallacher | FolkRadioUK Folk Song is a series of Folk Radio UK articles…
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Wow. A restored video of the concert. I gather the show is sometimes referred to as THE NEXT TO LAST WALTZ. And trust me, the music, playing and singing is 100 times better than anything in The True Last Waltz. They could have (should still) have released this authentic show rather than Scorseses’ hyped drug…
You are not alone. The endless manipulation of news is meant to help us forget, once again, that we are living in a world capable of incredibly remarkable achievements Photo: āCosmic Cliffsā in the Carina Nebula (NIRCam Image) 13 July 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News No, you are not alone. Everyone is…
New fiction by August West from his forthcoming book The Far End of the Earth 05 June 2022 | August West | Clipper Media The Insolent Caretaker 22 May 2022 | August West | Clipper Media The Merrimack River, which runs through the centre of Franklin, Illinois, is known to freeze in the winter and…
Of course, rational discussions of this likelihood were banished during the early days of creating frantic hysteria. If further studies prove this to be true, then what? Photo: The largest makeshift hospital in Shanghai, renovated from National Convention & Exhibition Center (Shanghai), is delivered on April 9, 2022 and could provide up to 50,000 beds….
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This is a great worldwide fan-based project aimed at taping, filming, uploading and archiving Eric Clapton shows for sharing. 18 June 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News Sample one of the recent offerings below. Eric Clapton – 15 June 2022, Copenhagen, Royal Arena – COMPLETE Date: 15 June 2022 Venue: Royal Arena Copenhagen…
The performance marked the first time heād played the song since 2007 and the first time heās changed his setlist on his current tour in the past 37 shows. Photo: Image: Roger Garfield / Alamy Hear Bob Dylan Cover The Grateful Deadās āFriend of the Devilā in Concert 13 June 2022 | JACOB UITTI |…
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