PBS SoCal/Independent Lens Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World is a must-see for music lovers
If you ask most Americans about Indians in rock music they will usually point to “Cherokee Nation”, the John D. Loudermilk song released by Paul Revere and the Raiders in 1971. No wonder — it reached #1 the USA and the was biggest selling single for both the Raiders and Columbia Records. Plus, it gave pundits plenty to chew on because it chronicled the cruel expulsion of the Cherokee Nation from its land in Georgia in 1791, it was explicitly political, and Raiders frontman Mark Lindsay was part Native American.
LA/LA Land : A private CD launch party in a renowned recording studio
It had stopped raining around 4 pm last Sunday when I squeezed my 10 year-old Ford Escape into a parking place on a residential side street in West Los Angeles near — but not too near — the Santa Monica Airport. I had been invited to a private CD release party at the home studio of legendary music producer Steve McCormick, a couple of blocks away. Johnny Chops was releasing his new album, Johnny Chops and the Razors to, friends and family and music insiders. Others set to play were the Brazilian-born Jazz-Blues singer Monique Maion, and Steve and his wife, singer/songwriter Heather Donovan.
From The Mic Stand - Soulful Piano Rock from Minerva Daisy
Minerva Daisy performs live From the Mic Stands and chats about her inspirations, influences and songwriting.
Minerva Daisy is a singer songwriter and piano player that performs music with a soulful rock vibe that comes from an emotional place. Inspired by Etta James, Nina Simone and Amy Whinehouse.
Into the Blue by Alice Wallace is a burst of sunshine in your ears
Alice Wallace carries her own sunshine with her. Her radiant smile and cascading sun-gold hair on stage, the luminescence of her voice, both live and recorded – she just fills a room with light and headphones and speakers with joy. Her latest album, Into the Blue, previewed at LA’s NoName club before a packed audience of partying industry insiders, is incandescent with light, with joy, and with emotion. Her performance did the impossible – quieted the room. And her song kept people talking long after the performance
The music industry loves a touch of sampling, and it’s something that can be traced back to as early as the 1900s. A popular example is Musique Concrète in the 1940s that used ‘real-life’ sounds and integrated them into a track. Fast-forward to today and sampling has almost become part-and-parcel of the art of making music.
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