Category: music
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iron and wine, naked as we came
Last Sunday evening I went to the Metro with a friend to hear a concert by Iron and Wine, the stage name for singer-songwriter Sam Beam. Beam, with his Jeremiah Johnson-esque shaggy hair and massive beard, is a heck of a songwriter with a very unique sound. This video for his song Naked as We…
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music from “once”
My favorite film of the year thus far is easily Once. But here’s the thing, this is a tricky film to describe. Some have said it’s a music film without being a musical. I did my best to review it over at rednow, but I’m not sure you’ll have any better idea about what the…
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luciano pavarotti and james brown
Given Luciano Pavarotti’s death on Thursday, it seems appropriate to post this duet with James Brown. I’m not sure how, but these two legends from completely different backgrounds and styles somehow pull this off. Pretty amazing really. Take a look.
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over the rhine
For this Saturday’s video I give you one of Maggie’s and my favorite bands, Over the Rhine. The husband and wife duo has been around for a while, but we just discovered them a few years back. They’re from Cincinnati, so they get up to Chicago enough for us to see them live every year…
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johnny cash: God’s gonna cut you down
I’m a big fan of Johnny Cash. I’ve got a bunch of his music, read his autobiography, and loved Walk the Line. There’s just something about that voice that gets into my bones. The man in black recorded prolifically right up to his death. One of his last albums, American V: A Hundred Highways, contains…
David W. Swanson 