I’m a big fan of Porto Franco Records, an indy record label from the States. I love bands like Gaucho (who’ve recorded some very nice songs with Tamar Korn on vocals), and Devine’s Jug Band who’re with them, and they have some really nice videos on their Porto Franco Files youtube channel, [...]
I wasn’t sure about these blokes before, but now I am. I still find them a bit too self-consciously hep, but well, I should just get over that.
La La Blues – OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO for Pokey LaFarge:
And the ideal setting for this sort of beardicoot-friendly hipster act, Pokey LaFarge: NPR [...]
Peter put me onto this guy a week or so ago and I LIKE. Luke Winslow-King plays with the Ragtime Millionaires, (yet another) great New Orleans band which also stars Esther Rose and Cassidy Holden, who you _should_ know.
You Hear Me Talkin’ To Ya by Luke Winslow-King
…and with the rest [...]
Dance is like a block of chocolate
I have some things I want to say about the intersection of dance and audio-visual media, but I don’t have time to make a whole, proper argument. Fuck, I took 100 000 words to talk about these issues in my phd dissertation, so I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to write about this succinctly.
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Andy Bean of the Two Man Gentlemen Band Offers ‘Two at a Time’ in an interesting interview with Uprooted Music Review.
Meanwhile, I’m still not over them.
In fact, I just can’t quit them.
The influence of Frankie Manning on my lindy hop history
As I mentioned in the Frankie Fest post the other day, we’re teaching Frankie Manning themed classes this month at our weekly class. That means Frankie Manning themed lindy hop in the first class, and then Frankie Manning themed solo dance in the second class. Although making the distinction between the two seems [...]
‘New’ music for lindy hopping from dogpossum on 8tracks.
This is (part of) a set I did last week. I wanted to combine some new stuff (the New Sheiks in particular) with some very familiar stuff (Now You Has Jazz), [...]
Blues sampler from dogpossum on 8tracks.
I did some blues DJing last night. Here are some songs from that set. Not entirely in order. It’s really just a bunch of women singing. That’s ok by me.
Hear Me Talking [...]
Two music lessons, in different keys.
Finger snapping with Duke Ellington:
Snap Your Fingers Off The Beat
Playing the piano with Oscar Peterson: A piano lesson with Oscar Peterson.
I am going to write a proper review of this CD, and was going to wait til I got back from Jumptown Jam (imma leaving in a few hours) to write it, but I couldn’t wait. I’ve listened to the first half of this album, and I know I’ll be playing the shit out [...]
