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Nowhere Man John Lennon’s not-another-love-song was meant for the studio

John Lennon’s trip into his consciousness works better as studio recording than live performance due to the songs vocal harmonic complexity and layered instrumentals.

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The Beatles “Nowhere Man”

“Nowhere Man” from The Beatles “Rubber Soul” album is clearly a studio song that did not translate well in live performance.

By the time the album was recorded in 1965, The Beatles were using multi-track recording to create music that was impossible to re-create on stage.

It’s no wonder The Beatles began to dislike touring. They couldn’t get their music across the way it was recorded.

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Leonard Cohen Karma and Kijiji

Leonard Cohen’s financial misfortune changed his Karma. Can it change ours?

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Leonard Cohen on stage Halifax NS (Blackberry photo)

By 2006, Leonard Cohen’s lifetime financial assets had been devastated by his close friend and business advisor.

Leonard Cohen’s karma has changed since then, and he is spreading joy and humility to his audiences.

That spirit travels ahead of him, with him and after him.  Leonard Cohen became part of my karma and I owe it all to Kijiji.

Travel that road with me for a moment.
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Stream Coachella Live Weekend One

The popular Coachella rock, folk and indie music festival ends weekend one in Indio Ca – live stream the best including The Lumineers

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Bats for Lashes live at Coachella 2013, Indio California (photo Thomas Hawk, Creative Commons license, some rights restricted)

It may be winter everywhere else in North America but outside Palm Springs, California it was all warmth, hugs and rock and roll for the annual Coachella festival.

Check out the live streams from YouTube after the break.
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Leonard Cohen the last romantic poet singer thrills Halifax Photo Gallery

Photo gallery – 12,000 fans packed the Halifax Metro Centre to hear Leonard Cohen sing about love, sex, death and God for 4 hours

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Leonard Cohen, 78, entertaining capacity audiences on Old Ideas World Tour 2013 (photo Brian Sørensen Creative Commons license some rights reserved)

A rapt capacity audience of 12,000 fans packed the Halifax Metro Centre on Saturday April 13th, 2013 for Canadian singer/poet Leonard Cohen’s “Old Ideas World Tour”.

The audience thrilled to hear old Leonard Cohen favorites about love, sex, depression, death and God for 4 hours.

To show his vigor, Cohen danced and pranced on and off the stage for a concert that had 3 encores.

Cohen, 78 years old, said he hoped it was not his last visit to Halifax.

A gallery of concert photographs follows on the next page.

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Dylan live – It’s Not Dark Yet But It’s Getting There

One of Dylan’s most poignant songs about life, love lost and despair in a recent live performance

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Bob Dylan, Not Dark Yet

“Not Dark Yet” is one of the finest Bob Dylan songs from his late period masterpiece ”Time Out of Mind”.

A fan posted this rare concert video. The world-weariness Dylan wrote about in the atmospheric Daniel Lanois 1997 production seems even more poignant with Dylan’s current singing voice.

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Oh what a night at 12 12 12 The Concert for Sandy

Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones called it the largest collection ever of aging English rockers to raise money for Hurricane Sandy victims

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Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi sing “Born to Run” at 12 12 12 Concert for Sandy

Wow! The 12 12 12 Concert for Sandy Relief was one great rock concert. It was televised around the world, streamed online and shown in theaters as well.

Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Keys, Eric Clapton, Dave Grohl, The Rolling Stones, Sir Paul McCartney, Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, The Who, Roger Waters – even Adam Sandler murdering “Hallelujah.” Continue reading →

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Joe Murphy Blues Review streaming hot blues on CBC music

CBC posted 12 songs from the 2012 Tall Ships Festival Joe Murphy Blues Review

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Joe Murphy at Tall Ships 2012 (photo Glenn Meisner)

Joe Murphy is a blues and zydeco institution.

He can ace the electrified Chicago blues of Sonny Boy Williamson and Muddy Waters along their southern roots in the Mississippi delta and zydeco.

There are lots of band working up songs from the Chess Records days. There not many who pull it off like Joe Murphy and the Water Street Blues Band.  Continue reading →

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