Album Review: Tedeschi Trucks Band – Let Me Get By (Fantasy)

Originally appeared on: https://13thfloor.co.nz/reviews/cd-reviews/tedeschi-trucks-band-let-me-get-by-fantasy/ Based in Jacksonville, Florida, hubby and wife team Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi formed the band back in 2010 and ever since have been making a sweet gumbo of blues, rock, blues and soul.  On stage they’re part Memphis soul and part show band, with their

Album Review: Mavis Staples – Livin’ On A Higher Note (Anti-)

Originally appears on: https://13thfloor.co.nz/reviews/cd-reviews/mavis-staples-livin-on-a-higher-note-anti/ I heard that America is considering replacing one of their White Male Presidents with a suitably famous female figure on one of their bank notes.  The most likely candidate, if it does ever happen, would be Rosa Parks.  But I’d suggest a second candidate: Mavis Staples. 

Review: Hollie Smith – San Francisco Bath Houth, Wellington. 8 April

As Published on 13thFloor.co.nz – https://13thfloor.co.nz/reviews/concert-reviews/hollie-smith-san-francisco-bath-house-april-8-2016/

100 Favourite Songs – 96 Get Back – Laibach

Probably the band’s most famous release, at least in the English-speaking world, Laibach’s  Let It Be didn’t just name itself after the Beatles’ swan song, it fully covered the whole shebang! The only notable exception is “Maggie Mae” which is oddly substituted for a Slovenian folk tune substituted for it.  As a late night

WOMAD 2016

Originally posted on freshthinking:
Originally published at http://www.grooveradio.blogspot.co.nz/2016/03/womad-2016-another-successful-weekend.html Photo: Trevor Villers http://www.villers.co.nz/ Event organisers announced during the opening of this year’s festival that they’ve just signed a deal with WOMAD UK for Taranaki to remain the home of the New Zealand leg of the festival. Taranaki Arts Festival Trust chief…

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