Jose Feliciano is back doing his thing and he has been very much been missed. This version of Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” allows Jose to put his guitar mastery on full display with a show that would make Lindsay Buckingham proud. This is his best cover song since the cover song hall of fame worthy, “Light My Fire”.
Category: Of the Day
Song of the Day: Jacques Dutronc, Iggy Pop, Diana Krall – C’est Si Bon
with a pairing that can only be made in musical heaven, Jacques Dutronc, the son of French Icons Jacques Dutronc and Francoise Hardy Joins Iggy Pop and Diana Krall on a song that is perfectly suited for the three of them. Look for this to appear later this year on the unironically titled Jacques Dutronc album, Frenchy.
Cover Song of the Day: I’m With Her – Lover’s Return
Much in the mold of The Highwomen, I’m With Her is a supergroup of three very talented singer-songwriters in Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O’Donovan. Here, the trio covers a song that was included on the record when Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris got together to record Trio and Trio II. This one is from Trio II.
Video of the Day: John Anderson – Years
John Anderson is still Swinging. Here, he teams up with our buddy Dan Auerbach at Easy Eye Sound on a tune that is part Country and part Indie Rock. Good Stuff. We can’t wait for the album.
Video of the Day: Weezer – The End of the Game
Proof that there is indeed a musical God, Van Weezer, to be released in 2020, is a tribute to 70’s and 80’s guitar rock in general and Van Halen in particular. Front man Rivers Cuomo describes the album as being like the Blue album “but a little more riffy”.
Live Video of the Day: The Wild Feathers – From Jacksonville To Jackson Hole
The Wild Feathers are one of the best Southern Rock Lynyrd Skynyrd style bands in the game today right alongside Blackberry Smoke and Bishop Gunn. Here, they perform an acoustic version of “From Jacksonville To Jackson Hole from their upcoming album.
Live Video of the Day: Dawes – When My Time Comes (Live From Here with Chris Thile)
Pretty much much one of the more underrated bands over the last ten Years, Dawes consistently delivers supreme musicianship and taut songwriting album after album. Here, they take a musical turn on Chris Thile’s Live From Here web series.
Live Video of the Day: Cordovas – This Town’s A Drag (Live at Toe Rag Studios, London)
Rooted in Cosmic Country three-harmony twang, this one is from their 2018 record The Santa Fe Channel. Thes guys blur the line between Rock, Country, and amplified Folk music with the best of them.
Video of the Day: The Empty Hearts – Run and Hide
A band that gets regular airplay on Little Steven’s Underground Garage, as well as his label Wicke Cool Records, The Empty Hearts, represent the best of the modern British Invasion bands. A Supergroup that includes Eliot Easton of The Cars, Wally Palmer, you know him as the lead singer for The Romantics, and Clem Burke from Blondie.
Cover Song of the Day: Orville Peck – I Will Always Love You
Orville Peck, with his Classic Johnny Guitar Western wear and tasseled face mask he always wears to add to the mystery, is one of our favorite new artists of 2019. Here for Concert 4 no 1, he pays tribute to two of his heroes, Whitney Houston and Dolly Parton.
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