It takes guts to video your gig playing in the lobby of a seniors home. It’s a tough room but Harlan Pepper turns a few smiles and gets them dancing in the aisles.
Since graduating from high school almost three years ago, Harlan Pepper have honed their chops with a fresh mix of alt country, folk and rock.
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A recent Bob Dylan performance of Blind Willie McTell with Mark Knopfler follows the break.
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Mike Masnick founder of TechDirt
TechDirt is one of a kind – editor Mike Masnick works tirelessly writing stories every day to promote freedom of speech and freedom on the internet.
Mike has written articles denouncing censorship, state control around the world including the US Congress attempt through SOPA to shut down the internet as we know it. Continue reading
Mumford and Sons live on The Edge 102.1 FM Toronto
Mumford and Sons were relatively unknown before their appearance with Bob Dylan at this year’s Grammy Awards. Mumford and Sons win on Grammys
Since then, the band of West London lads have been on a whirlwind rise in popularity. Three concerts in Canada in October player to enthusiastic audiences.
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You know me – I`m into all things Bob Dylan and 60s rock and roll. When Apple released Outlaw Blues – Adventures in Counter-Culture Wars by Jonathan Taplin I was like `show me the store`.
Soon I was trapped in the iPhone store.
The book promised first person narrative from Jonathan Taplin who now teaches at USC. He was Bob Dylan`s tour manager.
Outlaw Blues is a searing tale of the rock and roll and film revolutions of the 1960s and 1970s told by an insider who worked with Bob Dylan and The Band, George Harrison and Martin Scorsese to change the cultural landscape of America. Continue reading
PBS - Lives Worth Living
PBS - For most of American history, they occupied a sub-class of millions without access to everyday things most citizens take for granted: schools, apartment buildings, public transportation, and more.
Some were forcibly sterilized under state laws. Others were committed to horrifying institutions where they were left and forgotten.
After World War II, however, things began to change, thanks to a small group of determined people with an unwavering determination to live their lives like anyone else, and to liberate all disabled Americans of the limitations their government refused to accommodate. Continue reading
OCCUPY TOGETHER – Prince Edward Island, Canada from Millefiore Clarkes on Vimeo.
Lovesick October 11, 2011
Mark Knopfler is touring with Dylan this Fall in Europe.
You gotta love fans who breeze past the security and capture video this great. What a kickass band!
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PBS Guthrie Theatre HMS Pinafore
HMS Pinafore, Gilbert and Sullivan’s most popular and comedic operetta, kicks off the fall season at PBS today.
The satiric comment on British mores for pomp circumstance and class idiocy gets a broad and bawdy performance by the company at the Guthrie Theatre.
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The Beatles Shout
The British Invasion brought most black rhythm and blues home to white audiences in America.
The Beatles recordings show a love for covering R&B tunes. Continue reading