I had never listened to KJ Denhert before receiving Dal Vivo a Umbria Jazz for review. However, I do enjoy bluesy jazz, which is how I would describe her sound. Her website, which we are featuring as part of this review, describes here style as “urban folk and jazz.” I suppose that fits the bill…
Ever heard of the Polyphonic Spree? Hey, I’m stuck in the 70’s, so don’t go by me. But they have a new album coming out called Together We’re Heavy. And to promote it, they have put together this bonzer Flash game site. The premise involves rescuing members of the group from this strange world. It…
So you think you know your classic rock guitar solos? You know your Eric Claptons from your George Harrisons? You can spot a Jimmy Page solo a mile away? You can play back Duane Allman riffs in your head? Well, then, today’s FamilyFirst pick is for you! It’s called Classic Rock Guitar Solo Quiz
In case you hadn’t heard, Pandora (a former FamilyFirst pick) is about to close up shop, thanks to exhorbitant licensing fees imposed by the record companies. They were paying a flat fee. They were turning a profit. We had great streaming music. The record companies were getting paid. Not good enough, quoth the clueless businessmen….
Today’s FamilyFirst is a fascinating, if not flawed, bit of technology. It’s called Music Map.Its premise is that you enter the name of a favorite artist or group, and it will generate a map of names of other artists that will likely appeal to fans of the entered name. The closer to the designated artist…
Ah, the wonders of the internet. As each day goes by, more and more mundane items are added online, removing the need to keep many physical objects around. Take, for example, the metronome. A metronome, in case you didn’t know, is a practice tool that produces a steady pulse (or beat) to help musicians play…
Rolling Stone is THE authority when it comes to what music is worthwhile. Sure, the magazine itself is strongly left-wing politics, and it endorses drug use, and liberally uses language that would make your momma blush, but if you’re not into that, you can simply take their word for it as to what constitutes good…
History. you either love it or hate it. Sort of like the Dallas Cowboys. While I despise “America’s Team,” I love history. And the fact is that many Hollywood films have been made that are, at least partially, based on history. Of course, artistic license abounds. But that fact notwithstanding, today’s FamilyFirst pick will give…
Today’s familyFirst pick is a sweet little surprise that crossed my browser screen. It’s called 100 Greatest Rock Songs. What makes it especially sweet is that most of the Top Fifty are on video. I had no idea some of these videos existed! Check out Smoke on the Water, by a mature Deep Purple. It’s…
I was VERY impressed with today’s FamilyFirst pick, one I just happily found by accident. One of the problems that we face with competing technologies is that Microsoft has chosen to make Internet Explorer behave the IE way, and Firefox, Opera, ands Safari (and most of the others) have chosen to go with the WWW…