Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

May '10

Superstar - Sonic Youth (originally the Carpenters)

Rocket Man - Elton John

Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye

For What It's Worth - the Puppet Folk Revival (Red Band) covering Buffalo Springfield

כל אחד רוצה - Arik Einstein & Shalom Chanoch

African music by Bernard and Alfred

I Could Never Be Your Woman - White Town

Real Love - the Beatles (posthumous Lennon), and a cover by Regina Spektor

Sunday, May 9, 2010

The third way

Culture Club (Boy George's old group) - Karma Chameleon

Hot Chip - I Feel Better

Shlomo Gronich with Matti Caspi, the mad gentle genius and the gruff one - יש לי סימפטיה

Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You (1973).

Chava Alberstein - שיר ארץ ( Lyrics by Nathan Yonatan, music by Sasha Argov)

Friday, April 23, 2010

Could do worse than music

Elton John - I'm Still Standing (dedicated to Israel on her 62nd birthday).

I Wanna Be Like You and My Own Home from Disney's Jungle Book.

J. Viewz - Worth Light

Anouk - Hey Michel

And there was something by Depeche Mode... but it slipped my mind. Suggestions welcome.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Funk & Blues Guitars / Who Needs Singers

Click here to go straight to the playlist.

Bass, drums & something electronic jamming.

Bomb the Bass - Butterfingers.

Buddy Hankerson, 1984 bass solo.

Joe Walsh - Funk #49 at the Crossroads Guitar Festival.

Also from the Crossroads festival, 1994 - Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, Cause We've Ended as Lovers.

ZZ Top - Blue Jeans Blues.

Monday, April 12, 2010

The music that got me through the week

This godawful week.

I Want Love - Elton John

E Doce Morrer No Mar - Dorival Caymmi

Sua Estupideza - Gal Costa

Crazy Love - Red Band & Marina Maximilian Blumin

Kewpie Station - Kaki King

This one's just cute - Gal Costa, Viver e Reviver (the Beatles' "Here, There and Everywhere")

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Short Trip on the Caffeine Rollercoaster

Uzi Navon & Makarim covering She's Not There with awesome.

Ruth Dolores Weiss - קיץ Kayitz (This is a link to her myspace where it's 3rd on the playlist)
And a dish of serendipity - Ruth singing "Shake Sugaree" with the Brothers Ramirez, and here is the much earlier version by Elizabeth Cotten with her 14-year old granddaughter.

Olivia Newton John, Hopelessly Devoted to You
...hey, my defenses were down.