June 2010

  • Robert Schneider Explains His Non-Pythagorean Scale (Video)

    By cobwebsandstrange on 6/22/10 10:41am
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    Apples in Stereo have released a number of really strong records. Its latest - 'Travellers in Space and Time' - is not one of them. Here singer, Robert Schneider, explains a scale he figured out, again proving being really smart doesn't always translate into good music.

  • A History of Stealin' and Ramblin' Jack

    By cobwebsandstrange on 6/20/10 2:08pm
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    A History of Stealin’

    There are probably more beautiful songs. There are songs that more people can probably sing along to. But the way in which “Stealin’” was written and has subsequently been performed makes it an American standard. Of late it seems to have been getting its due as well.
    Recently, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy took to the stage in NYC and luckily enough the folks from Aquarium Drunkard were there to capture the performance. During the set, BPB and his cohorts included a few versions of old tyme classics – “Stealin’” was one of them. You can find the tracks here.

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  • Ramblin' Thomas Changes Guitar

    By cobwebsandstrange on 6/12/10 3:46pm
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    Ramblin' Thomas is the picture of blues player’s biographies. He was raised in the deep south, the board of Louisana and Texas to be exact, he came from a large and musically inclined family and subsequently rambled around the country. Well, that last part seems to be disputed even given the man’s nick name. But the guitarist and sibling to the better known Jesse ‘Babyface’ Thomas apparently performed in and around some southern states. “Lock And Key Blues” even opens with the lines “I feel like ramblin’/Ramblin’ stays on my mind/I ain’t satisfied unless I’m ramblin’ all the time.”

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  • Lightnin' Hopkins - "Meet You at the Chicken Shack" (Video)

    By cobwebsandstrange on 6/5/10 6:26pm
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    Lightnin' Hopkins is supposedly Bob Dylan's favorite guitarist. There's no way to actually know that, but hearing this particular track might be good enough to just figure it to be the truth.