Music

“Crazy Water” by Was/Not Was

Here’s the video and first single from Was/Not Was’ first album in 16 years - with Sweet Pea Atkinson on lead vocals
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WASMOPOLITAN

And while we’re on the subject of Don Was, I don’t kow if you have checked out what Don is doing at MY DAMN CHANNEL, but you should — he’s doing a weekly video blog, he’s posting free music and free music videos of artists he’s produced (Rocket, Jackshit, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Maia Sharp, Wayne [...]

More Dylanalia

Since posting about Dylan covering other people’s songs, I stumbled into a bunch of others on MOG — www.mog.com , a music blog site. (By the way in my last post I said Wolftrap was in Maryland; turns out it’s in Virginia — which speaks volumes about what condition my condition must have been in [...]

Covers Dylan has performed

Although much has been made of the fact that Dylan’s work has been covered– Dylan himself has covered a great many songs, beginning with the covers he did early in his career.
One of my favorites early on was Dylan’s cover on his first album of Eric von Scmidt’s “Baby let me follow you down.” Dylan [...]

DYLAN WEEK AT TOMMYWOOD

Last night I went to the opening of the Dylan exhibit at the Skirball. Let me say this –I’ve now been twice and I still haven’t had the time to look at everything I want to as deeply as I’d like.
My Tommywood column on the exhibit will appear in the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles [...]

Jill Sobule’s next album

Chantootsie incomparable Jill Sobule is trying an experiment: She is turning to the internet to raise the funds for her next album. On her website jillsnextalbumcom she posts this:

MESSAGE FROM JILL on her website

I have always had trouble asking for help, so I have asked… my mother to do it:

Hi, I’m Elaine, Jill’s mother. [...]

Jill Sobule’s next album

Chantootsie incomparable Jill Sobule is trying an experiment: She is turning to the internet to raise the funds for her next album. On her website jillsnextalbumcom she posts this:

MESSAGE FROM JILL on her website

I have always had trouble asking for help, so I have asked… my mother to do it:

Hi, I’m Elaine, Jill’s mother. [...]

Jill Sobule’s next album

Chantootsie incomparable Jill Sobule is trying an experiment: She is turning to the internet to raise the funds for her next album. On her website jillsnextalbumcom she posts this:

MESSAGE FROM JILL on her website

I have always had trouble asking for help, so I have asked… my mother to do it:

Hi, I’m Elaine, Jill’s mother. [...]

Jill Sobule’s next album

Chantootsie incomparable Jill Sobule is trying an experiment: She is turning to the internet to raise the funds for her next album. On her website jillsnextalbumcom she posts this:

MESSAGE FROM JILL on her website

I have always had trouble asking for help, so I have asked… my mother to do it:

Hi, I’m Elaine, Jill’s mother. [...]

Man ‘O Manischewitz — Amy Winehouse Hanukkah album?

Rolling Stone reports that Amy Winehouse, fresh out of rehab is considering recording some Hanukkah songs, such as “Kosher Kisses” — see below

Grammy-nominated DJ and super-producer Mark Ronson tells Rolling Stone’s Nicole Frehsee that he’s seen his most famous collaborator (other than Bob Dylan), Amy Winehouse,
recently, and they discussed new music. “She’s writing songs, and [...]