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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 – Emmylou Harris 4:45 Dixie Chicken – 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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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…
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 he’d played the song since 2007 and the first time he’s changed his setlist on his current tour in the past 37 shows. Photo: Image: Roger Garfield / Alamy Hear Bob Dylan Cover The Grateful Dead’s “Friend of the Devil” in Concert 13 June 2022 | JACOB UITTI |…
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Known as The Hawk, Ronnie Hawkins helped put rockabilly, The Band, and even Canada on the musical map. Photo: Ronnie Hawkins in 1982. His style, Robbie Robertson said, was to play “faster and more violent and explosive than anyone had ever heard before.” Credit…Frank Lennon/Toronto Star 31 May 2022 | Clipper Media News Ronnie Hawkins,…
This post-punk trio’s music is at once catchy, dark, joyful, menacing, and damn-well just in time for long summer drives at full volume. 30 May 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Music From Bandcamp Deep in View is the debut album from former Ought members Tim Darcy (vocals, guitar) and Ben Stidworthy (bass) alongside Evan…
A documentary capturing the second Glastonbury Fair, held in 1971. Features music from the festival, drum circles, and dirty dancing. And of course, spirituality. (And to be honest, much like Woodstock, there were only three or four bands I actually liked.) Photo: Film Poster Glastonbury Fayre 29 May 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media…
South African jazz pianist Nduduzo Makhathini, whose name means “comfort” in isiZulu, found his purpose in the healing power of music. As do we. Photo: Nduduzo Makhathini. Photo: Music In Africa 28 May 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News Bio | Nduduzo Makhathini | Music of Africa Nduduzo Makhathini is an award-winning pianist, improvisor,…
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The short answer is: Yes, Bill Graham is pretty much everything you thought he was. Good and bad. But certainly, music-wise, always good. 25 May 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News Bill Graham, Unleashed | May 29, 2009 | Mike Hale | New York Times THERE is a famous exchange early in the…
