Resurrected unified MUSIC thread.

[LyricalRico]

HEY RICO, he says completely changing the genre, again. Do these qualify as the type of "modern, big band" for which you were searching?

Kurt Elling - Nature Boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXprs8-U5nA

Madeleine Peyroux - Dance Me To The End Of Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zORe5v2Z ... re=related

Sophie Milman - Lonely in New York
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSHIMLVg ... re=related

Clare Teal - All For Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52ipSQEUx24

Good stuff, bro. I actually already had Madeleine Peyroux and Sophie Milman on my list, but now I've got two more songs for my playlist.

Man, the Kurt Elling dude is cool. Why have I never heard of him? I'd go see him if he was ever in "the DMV". I was kinda ho-hum about the Clare Teal cut but I'll check out more of her stuff. Thanks!

[barelyawake]

Good stuff, bro. I actually already had Madeleine Peyroux and Sophie Milman on my list, but now I've got two more songs for my playlist.

Man, the Kurt Elling dude is cool. Why have I never heard of him? I'd go see him if he was ever in "the DMV". I was kinda ho-hum about the Clare Teal cut but I'll check out more of her stuff. Thanks!

Glad you like. Always glad to spread art to those who want it. If I run into any more I'll letcha know.

[Soup's Uncle]

I have mentioned my love for Umphrey's McGee before....I will mention it again.

For real guys, this should be the song the team comes out to. This melts my face every time. Hell, it's called "WIZARD BURIAL GROUND" for God sakes...RAWK!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uKcJL4rjM8

LISTEN TO THE WHOLE SONG!

[daSwami]

I have mentioned my love for Umphrey's McGee before....I will mention it again.

For real guys, this should be the song the team comes out to. This melts my face every time. Hell, it's called "WIZARD BURIAL GROUND" for God sakes...RAWK!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uKcJL4rjM8

LISTEN TO THE WHOLE SONG!

Soup! Whattup bro? How's your band doing? Still rocking DC area clubs? Is your bass player still blowing up amps? I still have a fried 16" speaker weighing down the trunk of my car since that RnR Lounge gig like two years back.

[daSwami]

Don't know what it is, but I've lately felt compelled to get in touch with my Celtic roots. I've always enjoyed an up-tempo beer-swilling floor-stomper, ala most of the Pogues stuff. But lately, a couple bands have grabbed my attention in this regard.
"Frankie's Gun" by the Felice Brothers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcVku6bFe-U
You have to love a band that lays a piece of grungy corrugated sheet metal on the stage for band members to boot-stomp on for percussive effect.

"Steady Rollin'" by the Two Gallants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AWCRkcCKm8

[fishercob]

HEY RICO, he says completely changing the genre, again. Do these qualify as the type of "modern, big band" for which you were searching?

Kurt Elling - Nature Boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXprs8-U5nA

Madeleine Peyroux - Dance Me To The End Of Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zORe5v2Z ... re=related

Sophie Milman - Lonely in New York
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSHIMLVg ... re=related

Clare Teal - All For Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52ipSQEUx24

Good stuff, bro. I actually already had Madeleine Peyroux and Sophie Milman on my list, but now I've got two more songs for my playlist.

Man, the Kurt Elling dude is cool. Why have I never heard of him? I'd go see him if he was ever in "the DMV". I was kinda ho-hum about the Clare Teal cut but I'll check out more of her stuff. Thanks!

I dig Madeleine Peyroux. My favorite track on Careless Love is her remake of Dylan's "you're gonna make me lonesome when you go" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wikgIWZdjZg .

Rico, if you don't already know her, you'd probably like Eva Cassidy. Real sad story -- local DC singer who did some amazing covers and arrangements of classic tunes, died young of cancer. In the last two seasons of American Idol there were finalists who got rave reviews for re-arranging classic songs (Katherine McPhee doing Over the Rainbow and David Archuletta doing Imagine). Both arrangements were rip-offs from Eva Cassidy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Cassidy

Great Eva stuff:

True Colors: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SIX-Qp6v4k

Blue Skies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxztK6-kQ_w

Imagine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWzAnh7mzeo

Stormy Monday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL2p4tr3Sys

Over the Rainbow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccCnL8hArW8

[Soup's Uncle]

I have mentioned my love for Umphrey's McGee before....I will mention it again.

For real guys, this should be the song the team comes out to. This melts my face every time. Hell, it's called "WIZARD BURIAL GROUND" for God sakes...RAWK!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uKcJL4rjM8

LISTEN TO THE WHOLE SONG!

Soup! Whattup bro? How's your band doing? Still rocking DC area clubs? Is your bass player still blowing up amps? I still have a fried 16" speaker weighing down the trunk of my car since that RnR Lounge gig like two years back.

WHATTUP! YEah we're good. We still play in the area, although not as much. We scaled back and spent the better part of 2 years working on our first album that came out in April.

Are you guys still rocking as well?

[bulletproof_32]

"Frankie's Gun" by the Felice Brothers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcVku6bFe-U

Dude, that song is freaking awesome.

Ever since you recommend them for Austin City Limits I checked out their catalog and was immediately drawn to Frankie's Gun.

It's on constant repeat when I put some whiskey in my whiskey.

[DelaneyRudd]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJZMu0rTAgs

I think this song portrays the hardships and true determination African-American men face when trying to forge a true relationship with a strong black woman.

[LyricalRico]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJZMu0rTAgs

I think this song portrays the hardships and true determination African-American men face when trying to forge a true relationship with a strong black woman.

[DallasShalDune]

yeah, that is very el oh el.

[LyricalRico]

Okay, working on my chill R&B slash neo-soul playlist now. Of course I got artists like Musiq Soulchild, Ne-Yo, India.Arie, Erykah Badu, Goapele, Floetry, John Legend, Dwele, Donnell Jones, Amel Larrieux, Chrisette Michele, and others I can't think of right now.

Any other suggestions?

[Mortality Pie]

Okay, working on my chill R&B slash neo-soul playlist now. Of course I got artists like Musiq Soulchild, Ne-Yo, India.Arie, Erykah Badu, Goapele, Floetry, John Legend, Dwele, Donnell Jones, Amel Larrieux, Chrisette Michele, and others I can't think of right now.

Any other suggestions?

Anthony Hamilton:

Comin' From Where I'm From

I have a sick remix of this song, which is apparently not on youtube. I'll put it on zshare when I get back home in a few days.

W. Ellington Felton (from DC)

Love's First Day at Work

Beautifully Absurd (w/ Prince Paul)

What You Wanna Know

Don't know if this is exactly what you're looking for, but I just stumbled upon this killer Brazilian chill soul singer. She might fit in w/ your mix.

CéU:

Roda

Cangote

[barelyawake]

Okay, working on my chill R&B slash neo-soul playlist now.
Any other suggestions?

Eamon - F*** It (I don't want you back) -- Obviously explicit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdF_aFkujZE

[barelyawake]

Friend of mine is working on a decade's retrospective and asked me to list my favorite acoustic, guitar songs of the decade. Here's my rough list. Did I miss any really good ones?

Jack Johnson – “Banana Pancakes,” “Better Together,” & “Breakdown”
Bright Eyes – “First Day of My Life”
Fleet Foxes – “White Winter Hymnal,” “He Doesn’t Know Why” & “Oliver James”
Bon Iver – “Stack,” “Flume,” “Lump Sum,” The Wolves (Act I and II),”"Blood Bank," etc…
Sufjan Stevens – “To Be Alone With You”
Grizzly Bear – “While You Wait For The Others" & “Knife”
Death Cab for Cutie – “A Lack of Color,” “You Can Do Better Than Me,” “Soul Meets Body,” “Title and registration,” “Transatlanticism,” “I will follow you into the dark,” etc…
Jason Marz – “I’m Yours”
Deer Tick – “These Old Shoes”
Smog – “Vessel In Vain” & “Feather by Feather”
Ben Harper – “Waiting on an Angel,” “Another lonely day,” & “Welcome to the Cruel World”
Seabear – “Seashell”
Elbow – “The Bones Of You,” “Grounds For Divorce,” “Mirrorball,” & “The Stops”
St. Vincent – “Paris is Burning”
Bruce Springsteen – “The Rising (acoustic version)"
The Decemberists – “The Crane Wife 3,” "Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect" & “Sleepless”
Neutral Milk Hotel – “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea”
Barry Louis Polisar – “All I want is you” & most of the Juno soundtrack
Seu Jorge – “Rebel Rebel,” “Changes,” "Space Oddity" etc.
Andrew Bird – “Imitosis,” “Anonanimal,” “The Giant of Illinois,” “Tenuousness,” & “The Naming of Things”
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy – “No Bad News” & “I Gave You”
City and Colour – “Sleeping Sickness”
Bob Dylan – “Beyond Here Lies Nothin'” & “Spirit on the water”
Beirut – “Postcards from Italy”
Iron and Wine – “Pagan Angel And A Borrowed Car” & “Naked As We Came”
The Tallest Man on Earth – “It will Follow the Rain”
Blind Pilot – “One Red Thread” & “Three Rounds and a Sound”
Rocco DeLuca & the Burden – “I Trust You to Kill Me (acoustic version)”
Okkervil River – “Lost Coastlines”
John Mayer – “Neon” & "Daughters”
Son Volt – “Highway and Cigarettes”
Fiest w/ Ben Gibbard - “The Train Song”
Airborne Toxic Event – “Happiness is Overrated” & “Does this mean you’re moving on?” (acoustic versions)
Levon Helm – “Wide River to Cross”
Will.i.am – “Yes We Can” & “It’s a new day”

[doclinkin]

Okay, working on my chill R&B slash neo-soul playlist now. Of course I got artists like Musiq Soulchild, Ne-Yo, India.Arie, Erykah Badu, Goapele, Floetry, John Legend, Dwele, Donnell Jones, Amel Larrieux, Chrisette Michele, and others I can't think of right now.

Any other suggestions?

Sorta in the same vein but lesser known [afaik]:

Pacha Massive

Don't let go.

Your Love

Live band, soul, salsa, rapcetera with a true New York melange pastiche poupourri sauce sorta sound

I can't resist a band with a girl bassist playing a fat bottom bass.

[DallasShalDune]

Friend of mine is working on a decade's retrospective and asked me to list my favorite acoustic, guitar songs of the decade. Here's my rough list. Did I miss any really good ones?

Jack Johnson – “Banana Pancakes,” “Better Together,” & “Breakdown”
Bright Eyes – “First Day of My Life”
Fleet Foxes – “White Winter Hymnal,” “He Doesn’t Know Why” & “Oliver James”
Bon Iver – “Stack,” “Flume,” “Lump Sum,” The Wolves (Act I and II),”"Blood Bank," etc…
Sufjan Stevens – “To Be Alone With You”
Grizzly Bear – “While You Wait For The Others" & “Knife”
Death Cab for Cutie – “A Lack of Color,” “You Can Do Better Than Me,” “Soul Meets Body,” “Title and registration,” “Transatlanticism,” “I will follow you into the dark,” etc…
Jason Marz – “I’m Yours”
Deer Tick – “These Old Shoes”
Smog – “Vessel In Vain” & “Feather by Feather”
Ben Harper – “Waiting on an Angel,” “Another lonely day,” & “Welcome to the Cruel World”
Seabear – “Seashell”
Elbow – “The Bones Of You,” “Grounds For Divorce,” “Mirrorball,” & “The Stops”
St. Vincent – “Paris is Burning”
Bruce Springsteen – “The Rising (acoustic version)"
The Decemberists – “The Crane Wife 3,” "Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect" & “Sleepless”
Neutral Milk Hotel – “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea”
Barry Louis Polisar – “All I want is you” & most of the Juno soundtrack
Seu Jorge – “Rebel Rebel,” “Changes,” "Space Oddity" etc.
Andrew Bird – “Imitosis,” “Anonanimal,” “The Giant of Illinois,” “Tenuousness,” & “The Naming of Things”
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy – “No Bad News” & “I Gave You”
City and Colour – “Sleeping Sickness”
Bob Dylan – “Beyond Here Lies Nothin'” & “Spirit on the water”
Beirut – “Postcards from Italy”
Iron and Wine – “Pagan Angel And A Borrowed Car” & “Naked As We Came”
The Tallest Man on Earth – “It will Follow the Rain”
Blind Pilot – “One Red Thread” & “Three Rounds and a Sound”
Rocco DeLuca & the Burden – “I Trust You to Kill Me (acoustic version)”
Okkervil River – “Lost Coastlines”
John Mayer – “Neon” & "Daughters”
Son Volt – “Highway and Cigarettes”
Fiest w/ Ben Gibbard - “The Train Song”
Airborne Toxic Event – “Happiness is Overrated” & “Does this mean you’re moving on?” (acoustic versions)
Levon Helm – “Wide River to Cross”
Will.i.am – “Yes We Can” & “It’s a new day”

Hmmmm

Faust Arp - Radiohead
Unintended - Muse
City of Delusion - Muse
Wake Up (Acoustic Version on Where the Wild Things Are trailer) - Arcade Fire
Asilos Magdalena - The Mars Volta
Mexico - Incubus
Effect and Cause - The White Stripes
Carolina Drama - The Raconteurs

just off the top of my head. some of my favorites, barelyawake.

[barelyawake]

Thank ya, Dallas. Yeah, I completely overlooked the obvious in Jack White, Radiohead ("House of Cards" also) and (the guy whom I've only been touting as the best artist of this generation) Elliott Smith. One day, I gotta do a tribute to Elliott on here and demonstrate why he was the king. Anyway, I'd never heard that Mars song. Love it. TY. A few others I remembered:

Deer Tick – “Art Isn’t Real”
Damien Rice – “The Blower's Daughter”
Dallas Green (a.k.a. "City" and "Colour") “Save your scissors”
Panda Bear – “Bros”
Xavier Rudd – “Let Me Be” & “Fortune Teller”
Eddie Vedder – “Setting forth” & “Hard Sun”

If you come up with others, please post. I can't think of anything Neil Young put to acoustic guitar worth a damn this decade. And there's probably a Tom Waits song I'm missing. And REM probably has squeezed out a decent song this decade. But, I wouldn't have a clue about them for the last two decades. And I'm thinking there are some reggae, latin, french, chinese or soul tunes I'm missing. Although personally, the only tunes I can think of (that are on acoustic from this decade) are Ziggy Marley tunes. And I'm not a fan of his new stuff. Ditto on the Gipsy Kings' stuff from this decade. Any Sizzla, Mavado, Burning Spear or Steel Pulse stuff on acoustic this decade?

Speaking of Neil, I came across this lil travesty. I blame the record exec at Geffen that obviously took advantage of a serious bender Neil was on when he o.k.ed this project:

Neil Young - Mr. Soul (12'' extended remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSamboTHc7U

All the hipsters love it I'm sure. To me, it represents the sellout of the heart of rock as properly depicted in "Almost Famous." Reminds me of Kiss' disco period. Although, "New York Groove" is a somewhat catchy tune. Anyway, just to cleanse the palate, here's the absolute classic original:

Buffalo Springfield w/ Neil Young - Mr. Soul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h12dZlaB1ws

[keynote]

Okay, working on my chill R&B slash neo-soul playlist now. Of course I got artists like Musiq Soulchild, Ne-Yo, India.Arie, Erykah Badu, Goapele, Floetry, John Legend, Dwele, Donnell Jones, Amel Larrieux, Chrisette Michele, and others I can't think of right now.

Any other suggestions?

First, the big names you left off the list:

D'Angelo, _Voodoo_ (seminal neo soul album; folks are feenin' for his follow up album almost a decade later)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgtjSPkuJ-E

Jill Scott _Who Is Jill Scott_ & _Beautifully Human_ (amazing vocalist, poet, lyricist; excellent first album, very good second album, forgettable third)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSYMKUtNuw8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt8mNt94xJU

Then, the folks that time or the marketplace forgot:

Donnie, _The Colored Section_ (underrated album; socially-conscious R&B)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1jzlnVrM_I

Ledisi _Feeling Orange But Sometimes Blue_ (strong jazz elements; excellent vocalist)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCupwHa66Tg

Tony Rich Project, _Words_ (not the Babyface clone he was labeled to be; one of the better lyricists out there)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbAO8F3pfAo

Raphael Saadiq, _The Way I See It_ (retro soul; Saadiq pulls it off)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIeJ56oIEIM

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, _100 Days_ (more retro soul. The Dap-Kings also backed Amy Winehouse on her big album. Winehouse is a wittier songwriter, but Jones packs a real old school powerhouse voice and shouldn't be slept on)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ouI5KcyHfE

Cassandra Wilson, _New Moon Daughter_ (contralto jazz vocalist singing over earthy, bluesy, R&B-ish production. One of my favorite albums of all time)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6RXgMMwZuw

Omar, _There's Nothing Like This_ or _For Pleasure_ (singer/keyboardist, of the founders of neo-soul back in the early 90s, from the UK, got slept on over here)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFnclBOlr6o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27jUXxvricA

If you want straight ahead late 90s/early 00s neo soul, then here are a few other artists representative of the genre:
- Maxwell (yeah, he's big, I know; I'm not as much of a fan)
- Goapele
- Glenn Lewis
- Eric Roberson
- Peven Everett
- Julie Dexter (UK)
- Rihanna Benson
- Remy Shand
- Jaguar Wright
- Jazzyfatnastees
- Frank McComb

Enjoy.

[barelyawake]

Wow, key... Nice post... Great tunes...