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Hugh Laurie interview for Didn't It Rain: 'I feel like a Saudi Arabian playboy'

Sat, May 04 2013 10:35am - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

For the past 50 years RMS Queen Mary, launched in 1934 and the pride of the Cunard fleet, has been berthed at Long Beach, California.

Hugh Laurie still has music nerves

Fri, May 03 2013 2:03pm - Source: Music-News.com

Hugh Laurie feels like an untrained "Saudi Arabian playboy" driving a Ferrari when he performs his music.

Didn't It Rain: Hugh Laurie interview

Fri, May 03 2013 11:17am - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

For the past 50 years RMS Queen Mary, launched in 1934 and the pride of the Cunard fleet, has been berthed at Long Beach, California.

Watch Hugh Laurie performs live

Sat, March 30 2013 6:13am - Source: Music-News.com

After the huge success of his debut album 'Let Them Talk' on which he celebrated and revived classic material from the world of NOLA blues, Hugh Laurie will release his second album 'Didn't It Rain' on May 6th.

‘Face Time: Manchild, “Funky Situation”

Mon, March 25 2013 4:06pm - Source: Pop Dose

Sure, the Man Who Would Be Babyface — Kenneth Edmonds — was born in 1959, but the singer, songwriter, producer, and all-around hit maker extraordinaire began taking baby steps up the Billboard charts the year Michael Jackson's Thriller dominated every chart.

Interview: Billy Bragg

Thu, March 21 2013 4:04am - Source: Consequence of Sound

English folk punk veteran Billy Bragg returns this week with his first album in five years, Tooth & Nail. Recorded in just five days with Grammy Award-winning producer Joe Henry, the album pits Bragg alongside a studio lineup that includes Greg Leisz (Bon Iver), Patrick Warren (Lana Del Rey), Jay Bellerose (Regina Spektor), and David Piltch (Ramblin' Jack Eliot).

Out This Week 3/19

Tue, March 19 2013 4:48pm - Source: KEXP 90.3 Blog

It should be no surprise that several of the artists topping this week's list of new releases were making appearances at SXSW last week, but two of them were also previewing their new songs live on KEXP during our broadcast from Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop. Billy Bragg and Palma Violets both gave memorable performances.

“I don’t mind being called a political songwriter, but it does bother me when I’m dismissed as one.”": Best Fit speaks to Billy Bragg

Tue, March 19 2013 10:56am - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

"I've just had an interview request from Farming Today on Radio 4. That's a new one."

Billy Bragg, 'Tooth & Nail': Brit Protest Singer Channels Woody Guthrie on New Album

Wed, March 13 2013 9:03pm - Source: Spinner

The middle class that's disappearing across western society seems to be doing the same thing in the record industry and British singer/songwriter Billy Bragg says it's the most pressing problem facing young musicians today.

LISTEN: Stream Billy Bragg's New Album

Wed, March 13 2013 3:40pm - Source: The Quietus

On Monday, Billy Bragg will be releasing Tooth & Nail (artwork above), his first album of new material in five years, following 2008's Mr Love & Justice - we've got a first listen to the record, which you can stream in its entirety below: The genesis of the album, says Bragg, was in a tweet that tagged him in 2011: "Getting over break-up by listening to @billybragg, the Sherpa of Heartbreak".

Billy Bragg - Tooth & Nail

Mon, March 04 2013 5:10pm - Source: BBC Music

Billy Bragg 's first studio album since 2008's Mr Love & Justice – and his 13th in total – presents a very laidback, mellow side of the activist and singer.

Preview: Billy Bragg - Tooth & Nail

Wed, February 27 2013 4:28pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

Responsible for some of the most vital work of his generation, the songwriter has (literally) done his time on the picket lines.

Billy Bragg Announces Winter UK Tour Dates

Tue, February 19 2013 5:43pm - Source: Stereoboard

Musician and political-activist Billy Bragg and his band will tour the UK in November and December, including a show at London's Royal Festival Hall.

Billy Bragg Announces June Live Shows To Support New Album 'Tooth & Nail'

Wed, January 30 2013 12:41pm - Source: Stereoboard

Billy Bragg has announced a handful of live shows to support his first new studio album in five years, 'Tooth & Nail'.

Billy Bragg to release first studio album in five years 'Tooth & Nail'

Mon, January 21 2013 4:23am - Source: Music-News.com

Billy Bragg releases his first new studio album in five years Tooth & Nail on Cooking Vinyl records on March 18 2013.

Billy Bragg recorded new album in five days

Thu, January 17 2013 7:08pm - Source: Daily Express - London - UK

The star is preparing to release Tooth & Nail in March (13), and he has recorded a special video message for fans to tell them about his new music.

Nick DeRiso’s Top Albums for 2012: Blues and Jazz

Wed, December 05 2012 12:57pm - Source: Something Else!

In one way or another, each of these recordings confounded and delighted me.

Hip-hop and folk meet in a new wave of protest music

Tue, November 06 2012 3:50pm - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

In September, the Southbank Centre in London hosted a celebration of the centenary of Woody Guthrie's birth.

Aimee Mann Chats About Charmer And The Perils Of Making Music When No One Wants To Buy Any

Mon, September 17 2012 4:50pm - Source: Stereogum

I've had a soft spot for Aimee Mann ever since I was a wee nerd.

Vinyl reissues on tap for Buddy Guy’s Stone Crazy, Professor Longhair’s Crawfish Fiesta

Thu, August 09 2012 9:44pm - Source: Something Else!

Buddy Guy's Stone Crazy and Professor Longhair's Crawfish Fiesta, both out of print for decades, will be remastered for 180-gram vinyl reissues.

Nick DeRiso’s Half-Year List of Top Albums for 2012, Blues and Jazz Edition

Fri, June 22 2012 12:08pm - Source: Something Else!

Already, we've seen the blues and jazz genres enlivened by a series of out-of-nowhere surprises that included Little Feat, Wes Montgomery (yes, Wes Montgomery!) and Bonnie Raitt — even as a new supergroup of fusion-heroes formed.

Saturday Night Live at Douglas Corner Café

Sat, June 09 2012 9:07pm - Source: MOG

Canadian singer/songwriter Colin Linden has been delivering his own blues-oriented rock since the early '70s.

Billy Boy Arnold, Matt ‘Guitar’ Murphy, Doc Pomus and Allen Toussaint to be inducted into Blues Hall of Fame tonight

Wed, May 09 2012 8:40pm - Source: Something Else!

Billy Boy Arnold, Mike Bloomfield, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Doc Pomus and Allen Toussaint lead the 2012 class of the Blues Hall of Fame, to be inducted tonight (May 9, 2012) at the Memphis Marriott Downtown in Memphis, Tennessee, ahead of Thursday's 33rd annual Blues Music Awards ceremonies.

One Track Mind: Allen Toussaint on Dr. John, the Meters, Ernie K-Doe, the Band, Lee Dorsey

Thu, May 03 2012 12:40pm - Source: Something Else!

On this special edition of Something Else Reviews' One Track Mind , we hand the reins over to Allen Toussaint, who will be inducted on May 9, 2012 into the Blues Hall of Fame. He takes us inside his collaborative relationship with happy-go-lucky hitmaker Lee Dorsey, talks about his Grammy-nominated jazz-themed project with Joe Henry, and frames Dr. John's legacy as successor to Louis Armstrong in the role of New Orleans ambassador.

Something Else! Interview: Allen Toussaint, Hall of Fame singer-songwriter and producer

Wed, May 02 2012 12:43pm - Source: Something Else!

Allen Toussaint, fonky-fonky pianist, writer and producer of untold hit songs, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and first-chair favorite son, makes his annual appearance this week at the 2012 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival – a tradition, he says, "which I dearly, dearly love."

New Music Monday: Bonnie Raitt, Curtis Salgado, Kenny Garrett and OHMphrey

Thu, January 01 1970 12:53am - Source: Something Else!

Rock, blues, crazy solo Kiss weirdness, even heavier stuff, some smoking jazz, it's all there for you this week — topped by new music offerings from Bonnie Raitt, Curtis Salgado, Darius Jones, Jeff Loomis, Kenny Garrett and OHMphrey.

Bonnie Raitt – Slipstream (2012)

Fri, April 06 2012 11:42am - Source: Something Else!

Bonnie Raitt uses her first album in seven years to move fluidly between expected slide-guitar swagger and these deeply intriguing asides featuring impressionistic asides from Bill Frisell.

Dr. John: Locked Down

Tue, April 03 2012 5:36am - Source: Pitchfork Media

New Orleans patois for "good time" or "party."

KUESTIONNAIRE: The Milk Carton Kids

Mon, January 16 2012 3:12pm - Source: KATA ROKKAR

Full of mature, breezy coffehouse tunes interwoven with mellow instrumental passages, Prologue shows The Milk Carton Kids to be a terrific folk and blues duo, a basic pair of witty storytellers, and–in the murky visions of these talented two, the album never feels the least bit cluttered.

Bonnie Raitt Readies First Album in Seven Years

Tue, January 03 2012 5:55pm - Source: Rolling Stone

In April, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bonnie Raitt will release Slipstream , her first album in seven years, with major tour dates to follow.

Popdose 2011: Jeff Giles’ Favorite Albums of the Year

Thu, December 15 2011 1:54pm - Source: Pop Dose

These albums are arranged in no particular order.

Ryan Adams Added to Ann Arbor Folk Fest...

Sat, November 26 2011 1:27am - Source: The Lone Microphone

Singer songwriter Ryan Adams , touring in support of his acclaimed Ashes & Fire release, will make his Ann Arbor Folk Festival debut as Friday night's headliner.

Shorties (Gillian Welch, Friday Night Lights Fan Fiction, and more)

Tue, November 22 2011 2:30pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

Welch's music has always been peopled by drifters, down-and-outs and lost souls but new songs such as Hard Times are directly informed by what she witnessed on the road.

Radley Balko: Americana, the Beautiful

Mon, October 17 2011 6:50pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Nashville is probably still primarily known for producing big, highly-polished country music.

Out This Week 10/11

Tue, October 11 2011 4:34pm - Source: KEXP 90.3 Blog

It's fitting that as KEXP broadcasts for the first time internationally from the KEX Hostel in Reykjavik, Iceland, that the most well-known singer from that country, Björk , would be putting out a new album and topping this week's list of new releases.

Lisa Hannigan - Passenger

Tue, October 11 2011 4:07pm - Source: BBC Music

County Meath's Lisa Hannigan once harboured theatrical ambitions but first came to public attention not as a thespian but as the counterpoint voice (and occasional lead) in Damien Rice 's band.

Joe Henry: Reverie, CD review

Thu, October 06 2011 2:58pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

Henry, best known as a producer for Solomon Burke and recently, Hugh Laurie, is also a fine musician himself, working in that style of American songcraft dominated by Bob Dylan and Tom Waits.

Lisa Hannigan Gains Confidence as a Solo Act With Ray LaMontagne's Help

Thu, September 29 2011 9:18pm - Source: Spinner

When Lisa Hannigan made her first album, 2008's 'Sea Sew,' she wasn't the most comfortable solo performer -- understandably, given that she had spent six of the previous seven years recording and touring with Damien Rice. It's a more confident Hannigan who returns with a new album, 'Passenger' (out now on ATO Records), which the Irish singer and songwriter recorded in a mere week with producer Joe Henry.

Roger Catlin: Hugh Laurie Goes to New Orleans

Wed, September 28 2011 9:49pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

It opens so many doors to the good life: the best tables at restaurants, invitations to royal events, packed goodie bags at awards shows.

Book Notes - John Dalton ("The Inverted Forest")

Wed, September 21 2011 4:09pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.

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