6.24.08: Stuff you should know about….
By Tom Teicholz at 24 June, 2008, 11:40 am
DEANNE STILLMAN @ ALOUD TONIGHT
LA CENTRAL PUBLIC LIBRARY
Deanne Stillman, author of the just publishing MUSTANG (Houghton Mifflin) is being interviewed by Samantha Dunn as part of the Aloud Series. CHECK IT OUT!!! Fans of this column have heard me sing Deanne’s praises but she is not only a unique writer but a unique mind and I’m sure a conversation with her is going be very interesting. Unfortunately I can’t attend. Sorry to be missing it.
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss and T-Bone Burnett, Raising Sand revue. Tonight at the Greek, Tomorrow at the Santa Barbara Bowl. A truly extraordinary show. Reminds of Springsteen;s Seeger sessions in that we have a rocker rediscovering a treasure trove of American music and teaming with some of the greatest musicians to deliver a sound that transcends categories. Plant covers a number of Zep tunes, Alison Krauss does of her some catalog, and T Bone gets to play a few. Listen, Plant could be doing the Zep reunion tour, he prefers to do this. Doesn’t that tell you something?
FRENCH KISS FOR SETH GREENLAND.
Not exactly, but the vide for his new book, Shining City has been posted on his french publisher’s website replete with French subtitles. Check it out here.
Denise Hamilton‘s THE LAST EMBRACE (Scribner), has been getting lots of buzz. I met at BookExpo and she was kind enough to send me a copy of her 1940s set ion Hollywood mystery (She is also the author of the Eve Diamond series). Looks cool. Have put it in the stack to read for fun/vacation reading (whichever happens first)
I’ve also been listening to The Paul Carlon Octet’s “Roots Propaganda” album, which is as if Duke Ellington’s big band broke down in Africa and started to incorporate all kinds of world rhythms into a swinging jazz sound. Going to keep listen to it some more, it’s infectious and grabs you in strange ways…..
| Sample Track 1: “Roots Propaganda” from Paul Carlon Octet |
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| Sample Track 2: “Yorubonics” from Paul Carlon Octet |
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