Joe Bonamassa - "Distant Lonesome Train" - Official Music Video
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Wednesday, 30 December 2020
Robyn to host New Year’s Eve party on BBC Radio 6 Music 31 December 2020
Robyn to host New Year’s Eve party on BBC Radio 6 Music 31 December 2020
proud anthems, the Queen of the Sad Bangers
takes charge of 6 Music for one night only, and we are delighted to embrace her wild,
weird and wonderful world!”
Robyn
herself added: “On NYE this year I will be the selector on BBC 6 Music 7-9pm
GMT with fire starters and healing tunes.
“TY
6Music for giving me the maybe best gig ever. It’s been a shitty year so it
feels special to select music for this NYE which is always, whether we want or
not, a symbolic day.”
Radio 6 Music tomorrow night (December 31), hosting a
special New Year’s Eve party on the radio.
The singer is set to close out
2020 with a two-hour show from 7-9pm GMT.
“Lose
yourself on the living room dancefloor as ultimate alt-pop icon, Robyn, makes
her 6 Music presenting debut by taking listeners on a cosmic trip through two
hours of massive tunes this New Year’s Eve,” a description of the show reads.
“From effortlessly cool beats to
loud and proud anthems, the Queen of the Sad Bangers
takes charge of 6 Music for one night only, and we are delighted to embrace her
wild,
weird and wonderful world!”
Robyn
herself added: “On NYE this year I will be the selector on BBC 6 Music 7-9pm
GMT with fire starters and healing tunes.
“TY
6Music for giving me the maybe best gig ever. It’s been a shitty year so it
feels special to select music for this NYE which is always, whether we want or
not, a symbolic day.”
Source News Now
Sunday, 27 December 2020
Paul McCartney secures first Number 1 solo album in 31 years
Paul McCartney secures first Number 1 solo album in 31 years.
After a close battle with Taylor Swift’s Evermore (2), The
Beatles legend’s 18th solo studio album secures the festive top spot. The UK’s
most successful albums artist of all time, McCartney’s new release McCartney
III is the third and final chapter in a trilogy of albums, starting with his
chart-topping debut album McCartney in 1970 and followed by McCartney II in
1980.
Celebrating the news, McCartney told OfficialCharts.com: “I
just want to say Happy Christmas, Happy New Year, and a big thank you to
everyone who helped get my record to Number 1 in the album charts.”
also not the first time he has claimed a Christmas Number 1 album – scoring one 20 years ago when The Beatles’ greatest hits 1 topped the Christmas charts in 2000, with the Fab Four earning a further six festive chart toppers during the 196
Thursday, 24 December 2020
Happy Christmas to One And All.
Never mind all of the rubbish going on in the world at the moment and never mind all of the political duplicity. There are people in the world in a far worse situation than we are.
So, let us be positive, look to the future, stay positive, stay safe, raise a glass and have a great Rock 'n' Rolling Lockdown Christmas.
Belshazzar’s Feast and the Sound of Music Charity Concert – Christmas Day, 2020.
Belshazzar’s Feast on Zoom
Join Belshazzar’s Feast for a 45-minute
concert themed around The Sound of Music. Julie Andrews will be played
by Paul Sartin, whilst the Von Trapp cockney rhyming will be covered by Paul
Hutchinson. That’s something the Queen’s speech certainly doesn’t offer. This
concert is being held for charity, and all ticket sales will go towards the
NSPCC and their Childline service.
Tickets £10 plus booking fee
Ticket Link: Belshazzar's Feast
Wednesday, 23 December 2020
Earl Scruggs and Friends Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Foggy Mountain Breakdown by Earl Scruggs is considered the hardest bluegrass song to play!
Earl Scruggs' "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" established the banjo as the star instrument in bluegrass music. That song is still perhaps best known as the accompanying theme for a pair of roving gangsters in Arthur Penn's 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. A bright and quick tune written by a quiet North Carolina country musician that introduced American bluegrass to new audiences around the world.Written by Earl Scruggs Earl
Scruggs, banjo - Glen Duncan, fiddle - Randy Scruggs, acoustic guitar - Steve
Martin, 2nd banjo solo - Vince Gill, 1st electric guitar solo - Marty Stuart,
mandolin - Gary Scruggs, harmonica - Albert Lee, 2nd electric guitar solo -
Paul Shaffer, piano - Jerry Douglas, dobro - Leon Russell, organ - Glenn Worf,
bass - Harry Stinson, drums.
Tuesday, 22 December 2020
Christmas Eve Carols at the The Cumberland Arms - 24 December 2020 – 6 pm GMT
Christmas Eve Carols at the The Cumberland Arms - 24 December 2020 – 6 pm GMT
Free event but you can also donate to the Cumberland if you so desire. Link to follow and video will be posted at 6pm so we can watch together and feel a sense of community just in our own homes.
Eric Gales reschedules UK tour for March and April 2022
Eric Gales has pushed back his February 2022 UK tour to March and April 2022.
The American blues-rock guitarist will now open his tour at
Brighton Concorde 2 on Wednesday 23rd March 2022 and conclude at Leeds
Brudenell Social Club on Sunday 3rd April 2022. The Gateshead Sage show will
sadly no longer be going ahead.
Danny Bryant remains as the very special guest at the 2022
concerts.
Previously bought tickets for all shows are still valid. Customers
unable to attend the rescheduled date should contact their original point of
purchase for a refund. The remaining tickets are on sale now.
Eric Gales will be playing the following shows…
MARCH 2022
Brighton Concorde 2 - Wed 23rd
Dover The Booking Hall - Thu 24th
London O2 Academy Islington - Fri 25th
Southampton 1865 - Sat 26th
Bristol Fleece - Sun 27th
Nottingham Rescue Rooms - Tue 29th
Bilston The Robin - Wed 30th
Manchester Academy - Thu 31st
APRIL 2022
Glasgow Oran Mor - Fri 1st
Whitley Bay Playhouse - Sat 2nd
Leeds Brudenell Social Club - Sun 3rd
Monday, 21 December 2020
Blues Rock Mammoth Weekender 10 and 11 of April 2021
Blues Rock Mammoth Weekender - Sheffield UK - 10 and 11 of April 2021
If this is your sound, join the
friendliest Blues Rock community on the planet.
HRH Blues …
The Lumineers' 'Silent Night' Benefits Independent Music Venues
Wesley Schultz and
Lauren Jacobson's harmonies make this version of "Silent Night" the
Lumineers' own. They're accompanied throughout, simply. by Jeremiah Fraites on
piano, while strings take the place of their voices to conclude the song.
A video for the
Lumineers' version of "Silent Night" spotlights some of the United
States' most beloved independent music venues, which have been forced to close
for most of 2020 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
New
Dates:
June 18 2021 | Hurricane Festival, Scheessel, Germany | Ticket Info
June 19 2021 | Southside
Festival, Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany | Ticket Info
Monday 21- Wednesday 23 June 2021 | INmusic Festival, Zagreb,
Croatia | Ticket Info
Monday 21 June 2021 | AXA Arena NTC, Bratislava,
Slovakia | Ticket Info
Tuesday 29 June 2021 | Neumünster Abbey, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | Ticket Info
Thursday 1 – Sunday 4 July 2021
| OpenAir St. Gallen Festival, St. Gallen,
Switzerland | Ticket Info
Wednesday 14 – Saturday 17 July
2021 | Colours of Ostrava Festival, Ostrava, Czech
Republic | Ticket Info
Mnozil Brass play September Song from Kurt Weill
Mnozil Brass play September Song from Kurt Weill composed 1938. This Song is a part of Mnozils Program PHÖNIX.
For more information please check their website for touring dates and tickets! www.mnozilbrass.at
Saturday, 19 December 2020
If You Like Country Music You'll Love Bradley Walker
Born in 1976 Bradley Walker
is a native of Athens, Alabama. He was born with muscular dystrophy, and has been in a wheelchair all his life. He was a
student at East Limestone High School where he played percussion in the
school band.
Bradley's parents shared a love of
music and his mother worked in a music store before he was born. He started singing when he was only four years old, and he grew up
on a steady musical diet of vintage country, bluegrass, and gospel. Bradley started
singing in talent competitions at the age of seven, and when he was 11, he
appeared on the TV series Nashville Now, singing with the Oak Ridge
Boys. A year later, when the Oak Ridge Boys sang on Jerry
Lewis' annual fundraising telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, they
brought him along to perform with them.
In 1998, Walker formed a band, The Trinity Mountain
Boys, and began to perform at bluegrass festivals. In
2001, he joined the Georgia-based group Lost Horizon. He
was signed to Rounder Records, and released his debut album, Highway of Dreams, in 2006.
The album was produced by Carl Jackson. For
his performance on the album, he won the Male Vocalist of the Year Award from
the International
Bluegrass Music Association.
Walker's second album, Call Me
Old-Fashioned, was produced by Rory Feek and
recorded at the Joey + Rory studio out on their farm in 2016. Walker had known Joey and Rory
Feek since 2007, and he was asked by Rory Feek to sing the hymn "Leave It There" at the funeral of Joey Feek in
accordance with her wishes. Bill Gaither of the Gaither Music Group, who was also at the funeral
service, heard Walker's performance and signed Walker to his label. The
album includes a posthumous duet with Joey Feek, "In The Time That You
Gave Me", using vocals she recorded before her death.The
album was released on September 23, 2016 and
debuted at No. 9 on the Top Country Albums chart.
In 2019 Bradley
appeared at Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival.
n 2020, walker collaborated with Jimmy Fortune, Ben Isaacs, and Mike Rogers to release an
album Brotherly Love and a concert DVD/TV special filmed at Rory
Feek's barn/studio near Columbia, TN.[13] The album was released digitally on May 29,
2020, and the DVD and CD released on September 4, 2020.[14] The concert film aired on the Circle network on October 20, 2020
To find out
more have a look at Bradley’s website…
Check Out the British Country Music Association Country Christmas Video Series
British Country Music Association Country Christmas Video Series number 18
Gareth Nugent - Saving Grace | BCMA Country Christmas
Check out this performance from Gareth Nugent of his original Christmas song ’Saving Grace
Friday, 18 December 2020
The Dartmoor Midwinter Sessions with Show of Hands and Friends 21-12-20
The Dartmoor Midwinter Sessions with Show of Hands and Friends — 21 December 2020 at 7.30pm GMT
Celebrate the Solstice with Seasonal Songs and Carols from a candle-lit medieval barn overlooking the Moors. With Geoff Lakeman and Rob Murch, Miranda Sykes, Chris Hoban, Jim Causley, Paul Downes, Odette Michell, James Studholme and Seth Lakeman. Pre-recorded for a high quality audio visual experience.
Tickets are £15
per household allowing any number of people in your residence to watch.
However, we kindly ask that if more than one person is watching in your home
and you can afford it, that you buy the appropriate number of tickets as you
would at a concert, this helps to support the artists and everyone involved in
the concert. The concert will be available to view on YouTube for 48 hours from
21st Dec 7.30pm.
Once you have
bought a ticket your email address will be added to a concert mailing list. The
YouTube link will be sent to you after 12pm on Mon 21st December. If you
haven't received an email with the YouTube link by 1pm on 21st December please
check your junk folder and if it's not there email vicky@firebrandmusic.co.uk
Your email
address will be deleted from the concert mailing list after the links have been
sent (this will not affect the newsletter mailing list). If you are watching
from a smart TV just create or log onto a YouTube account and save the video to
your 'Watch Later’ list. It will then show up on the YouTube app on your TV.
Ticket Link…
Guitar Legend Carlos Santana Launches His Own Coffee Company
Carlos Santana has launched a new coffee company, ‘The Carlos Santana Coffee Company.’ The legendary six-string master announced that the company’s mission is two-fold: “to serve fans and friends around the world the most divine and meaningful cup of coffee while helping children in need throughout the world through his The Milagro Foundation.” (Quote via press release.)
A portion of all sales from the new company will be donated to Santana’s Milagro Foundation, which the guitarist founded in 1998 “the mission of helping young people, especially in underprivileged communities both across the globe and here in the U.S.”
“We believe that life is a miracle and that children everywhere deserve the opportunity to lead safe, healthy and educationally creative lives,” Santana said, via press release. “It is an honor to partner with Icon Global Coffee and with each cup of coffee, make a significant difference in the world. And as we say ‘Wake up and smell the future!’”
Santana partnered with the Icon Global Coffee Company to kick off the company. “All of us at Icon Global Coffee Company are humbled and proud to partner with Carlos Santana, his family and the entire organization as well as The Milagro Foundation,” said Icon Global Coffee Company CEO Greg Ousley via release. “Coffee is a global business and touches and impacts billions of people’s lives each day. Carlos is a global ambassador of peace, unity and divinity. Together we will all make a difference, spread hope and create positive change. Through support of The Carlos Santana Coffee Company, fans, followers and friends can have “Coffee with Carlos” and we can change the world together.”
The Carlos Santana Coffee Company
Thursday, 17 December 2020
David Bowie’s ‘Lazarus’ Musical to be Streamed Online In January 2021
David Bowie’s ‘Lazarus’ Musical to be Streamed Online In January 2021
David Bowie‘s Lazarus musical will be live-streamed to mark the five-year
anniversary of the late icon’s death and what would have been his 74th birthday.
The Michael C Hall-starring show, inspired by Walter Tevis’
novel The Man Who Fell to Earth (1963), was penned by Bowie alongside Enda Walsh.
On January 8, 2021, when Bowie would have turned 74, fans
will be able to watch the UK premiere of a filmed version of the performance
online.
There will be a second broadcast of Lazarus the following evening (January 9) before a final
virtual outing on January 10, which is the fifth anniversary of Bowie’s death.
Ticket Link... DAVID
BOWIE | DICE
Wednesday, 16 December 2020
See Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band on Saturday Night Live
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band play live on Saturday Night Live
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band were
the special live guests on this weekend’s edition of Saturday Night Live. They
played two songs from recent album Letter To You –
“Ghosts” and “I’ll See You In My Dreams”. Watch them here…
Bruce Springsteen
King King New Album 'Maverick' Is Out Now
Follow links to find out more…
King
King - Marerick (orcd.co)
Belle Chen: Turning Sounds From Around the World Into Music
Belle Chen: Turning sounds from around the world into music
Unable to travel and perform due to
Covid, the classically-trained musician has been asking people to send her
audio recordings from where they are.
She then uses them to improvise
pieces of music to share online for her Sounds from Home project.
Source BBC News
Tuesday, 15 December 2020
Peace Through Music Global Event for Social Justice
Peace Through Music Global Event for Social Justice
Social Justice concert , which is streaming in its entirety on demand via Gibson TV through December 31 in celebration of the annual Human Rights Day.
Produced by Playing For Change and Blackbird Presents, the event
features more than 200 musicians, including Keith Richards, Robbie Robertson,
Gary Clark Jr., Jack Johnson, Brandi Carlile with Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready, Carlos
Santana and Cindy Blackman Santana, Run the Jewels with Queens of the Stone
Age’s Josh Homme and many more.
Show highlights include Gary Clark Jr.’s performance of This Land, Santana’s Oye Como Va with Uruguayan percussionist Rubén Rada and Tito Puente Jr. and Carlile and McCready’s cover of Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are A-Changin’.
There are also special remarks from Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, and from Epsy Campbell Barr, First Vice President of Costa Rica. In addition, Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, will offer a message to empower the world to seek freedom and justice, end all forms of discrimination and protect everyone’s rights.
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