New Leonard Cohen Album - Full Stream of Old Idea

Enjoy!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/jan/23/leonard-cohen-old-ideas-stream?cid=nl%3A192714861&utm_medium=email&utm_source=canada-leonardcohen&utm_campaign=email-canada-leonardcohen-20120123-nl192714861&utm_content=nllink-b7ce3fe-Click%20here%20to%20listen

Leonard Cohen - Show Me The Place

The Master!!

New Springsteen Album - Wrecking Ball

The new album is to be released on 6 March. The album is titled Wrecking ball and is produced by Ron Anielo.

Track Listing:

1. "We Take Care of Our Own" 3:53


2. "Easy Money"

3. "Shackled and Down"

4. "Jack of All Trades"

5. "Death to My Hometown"

6. "This Depression"

7. "Wrecking Ball"

8. "You've Got It"

9. "Rocky Ground"

10. "Land of Hope And Dreams"

11. "We Are Alive"

12. "Swallowed Up" (iTunes Bonus track)

13. "American Land" (iTunes Bonus track)

New Springsteen single - We Take Care Of our Own

Released 19 January!

First mini listen here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006Z20EXK/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_alp_LEWfpb009B6VP
Update to follow

New Springsteen Album

Well the very first sketchy details sneak out:

"He gets into economic justice quite a bit,” says an earwitness who's heard some of the music. "It’s very rock and roll."

Bruce Springsteen is gearing up to release a new album with the E Street Band -- his 24th -- and a source tells the Hollywood Reporter it’s The Boss’ “angriest” yet.

 

“He gets into economic justice quite a bit,” says an earwitness who’s heard some of the music. “It’s very rock’n’roll. He feels it's the angriest album he's ever made. Bear in mind, though, that [Springsteen] wrote and recorded the majority of the album before the Occupy movements started, so he's not just setting headlines to music.”

Produced by Ron Aniello (Patti Scialfa, Jars of Clay), the album, which was recently played for label execs, is described as veering into “unexpected textures -- loops, electronic percussion… an amazing sweep of influences and rhythms, from hip-hop to Irish folk rhythms.” The as-yet-untitled effort is said to be “terrific.”

While no release date has been set, Springsteen is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the music conference portion of South By Southwest in Austin, Texas on March 15, fueling speculation that an album may coincide with the appearance. The boss and the E Street Band, who lost two members in 2011, Danny Federici and legendary saxophonist Clarence Clemons, have also announced a round of UK tour dates set for June.

Tom Petty European Tour 2012

Well it looks like at long alst a welcome return to European Shores for Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers with the exciting news that the band are to haedline at The Isle of Wight Festival.

I will keep an eye on any additional dates!

And here they are. Not so good I am afraid and I can only hope  the gap  in the schedule (15th - 22nd)get filled up pronto with some UK dates (i.e Scotland):

April 19: 1st Bank Center, Broomfield, CO

April 21: Verizon Arena, Little Rock, AR

April 24: Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, NM

April 26: INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, KS

April 28: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA

April 29: Verizon Wireless Amphitheater at Encore Park, Alpharetta, GA

May 1: Germain Arena, Estero, FL

May 3: Amway Center, Orlando, FL

May 5: Frank Irwin Center, Austin, TX

June 3: Mile One Centre, St. John's, NL

June 7: 02 Arena, Dublin, IR

June 8: The Marquee, Cork, IR

June 10: 02 World, Hamburg, GER

June 12: Open Air, Horsens, DK

June 14: The Globe, Stockholm, SWE

June 15: Norwegian Wood Festival, Oslo, NOR

June 22: Isle of Wight Festival, UK

June 24: Hallenstadion, Zurich, SWI

June 25: Lanxess Arena, Cologne, GER

June 27: Grand Rex, Paris, FR

June 29: Piazza Napoleone, Lucca, IT

June 30: SAP Arena, Mannheim, GER

Thanks for nothing Letterman!!

Live streaming of Ryan Adams from thge Ed Sullivan theatre not allowed in my country. Another sleepless night wasted! Ryan Adams in Edinburgh was one of the best gigs in many a long time and if you get the chance to catch him on his January 2012 US Dates do not miss him...

Well here is a great clip anyway fom the Live At Abbey Road Sessions:

http://youtu.be/ix9g-yW7sCo

Celtic Connections 2012

A somewhat belated link to this years Celtic Connections Festival. Have to admit not quite as much grabbing my, or Michaels, attention as in previous years. But there is always someone who you will want to see. Anyway here is the link and a couple of clips of acts that I will see:

http://www.celticconnections.com/

Firstly a very welcome return for Steven Lindsay and The Big Dish. This promises to be a real highlight of the Festival and I would expect you need to get your tickets quickly:

http://youtu.be/SY7ylNTiqRQ

Justin Currie

Billed as a co-headling show with Naomi Bedford readers of this psace will know that any Justin Currie show is a must. Intimate venie I am betting on an acoustic show, hopefully with a couple of new tracks.

http://youtu.be/OVduFCBkfuM

and a terrible audience clip of a great song which I hope he keeps in the set:

http://youtu.be/5gI8owIXtF8

Is There Anybody Alive Out There!

Well I am still alive...thankfully, but not had time to update this little corner of the globe!

However the announcement of the upcoming Springsteen Tour has given me some fresh incentive. If you are a European fan chances are The E Street Band are popping bye not too far away from you. As of to days date here is the full list of confirmed shows:

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S 2012 TOUR DATES:

Date	City	Venue	On Sale
13 May	Sevilla	Estadio Olimpico	14 Dec
17 May	Barcelona	Estadio Olimpico Lluis	On Sale
25 May	Frankfurt	Commerzbank Arena	On Sale
27 May	Cologne	Energie Stadion	On Sale
28 May	Landgraf	Pink Pop	3 Mar
30 May	Berlin	Olympia Stadion	On Sale
2 June	San Sebastian	Estadio Anoeta	On Sale
3 June	Lisbon	Rock in Lisbon	On Sale
7 June	Milan	Stadio Meaza	On Sale
10 June	Florence	Stadio Francesco	On Sale
11 June	Trieste	Stadio Trieste	On Sale
17 June	Madrid	Estadio Santago Bernabu	On Sale
19 June	Montpellier	Park & Suites Arena	On Sale
21 June	Sunderland	Stadium of Light	On Sale
22 June	Manchester	Etihad Stadium	On Sale
24 June	Isle of Wight	Isle Of Wight Festival	On Sale
4 July	Paris	Bercy	On Sale
5 July	Paris	Bercy	On Sale
7 July	Roskilde	Roskilde Festival	On Sale
9 July	Zurich	Stadium Letzigrund	On Sale
11 July	Prague	Synot Tip Arena	On Sale
12 July	Vienna	Ernst Happel Stadium	On Sale
14 July	London	Hard Rock Calling	On Sale
17 July	Dublin	RDS	On Sale
18 July	Dublin	RDS	On Sale
21 July	Oslo	Valle Hoven	On Sale
23 July	Bergen	Koegen	On Sale
24 July	Bergen	Koegen	On Sale
27 July	Gothenberg	Ullevi	On Sale
28 July	Gothenberg	Ullevi	On Sale

Remembering Brave Men and Women

From all classes, all divides, all nations.

Forgotten Album Friday #23 - Marianne Faithful A Childs Adventure

When Marianne Faithfull released her comeback album, "Broken English", in 1979, it was widely received by the buying public and critically acclaimed as a "masterpiece". She followed that up in 1981 with "Dangerous Acquaintences" which, though not quite on the par of "Broken English", was deemed an excellent piece of music and a natural follow-up to "Broken English".

Then, in 1983, Marianne released "A Child's Adventure". Of the same musical vein and mold as "Broken English" and "Dangerous Acquaintences" these three albums are often referred to as her "Trilogy". After "A Child's Adventure", Marianne has changed musical directions several times. "A Child's Adventure" is another excellent piece of work from Marianne Faithfull.

It starts off with "Times Square", a true MF classic. The bluesy "The Blue Millionaire" is somewhat of a departure for Marianne, at least up to that point, and gives credence to Marianne as a great musical stylist. "Falling From Grace" is an excellent autobiograpical song about her drug problems/bust. The poignant "Morning Come" and "Ashes In My Hand" shows, once again, the depth of her musical range and style. "Running For Our Lives" is another MF classic and is in close running with "Times Square" as my personal favorite from the CD. Marianne Faithfull is a uniquely gifted and talented artist and song stylist.


One listen to "A Child's Adventure" and the other albums that make up her "Trilogy", and you will see for yourself. The music of Marianne Faithfull is a wonderfully diverse tapestry of folk, pop, rock, punk, show tunes, and cabaret. This one may not be "Broken English", but it is Marianne. Excellent music from a truly great artist!



Key Tracks:

Times Square
Falling From Grace
Running For Our Lives


Thanks to C60!

Achtung!

U2 fans get your cash out!

Five physical editions of the anniversary edition of Achtung Baby will be available alongside digital only editions.


1. A limited, numbered Uber Deluxe Edition is a magnetic puzzle tiled box which will contain: 6 CDs including the original Achtung Baby album, the follow-up album, Zooropa, B-sides, remixes and re-workings of previously unheard material recorded during the Achtung Baby sessions. 4 DVDs including 'From The Sky Down', 'Zoo TV:Live From Sydney', all the videos from Achtung Baby plus bonus material. There will also be the Achtung Baby double vinyl album plus 5 clear 7" vinyl singles in their original sleeves, 16 art prints taken from the original album sleeve, an 84-page hardback book, a copy of Propaganda magazine, 4 badges, a sticker sheet, and a pair of Bono’s trademark 'The Fly' sunglasses.


2. The Super Deluxe Edition will contain the 6CDs and 4 DVDs, in addition to a 92 page hardback book and 16 art prints in a wallet.

3. The Vinyl Box Set is a limited release containing 4 LPs, two of which are pressed on translucent blue vinyl containing remixes and B-sides. The box includes a 16 page booklet.

4. The Deluxe Edition is a 2xCD set containing the reissue of the original album plus B-sides and rarities.

5. The Standard CD is the original album.

Bob Seger Live Tour Dates and Re-Issues

Good news that at long last a decent re-issue programme of Bob Seger's long unavailable CD's is about to start with the two live albums being re-released. Not much in the way of additional track sadly but it will be good to see his material available again, I hope the trest of the albums follow quickly.


"Live Bullet," which was recorded in September 1975 at Cobo Hall and released in '76, has 14 numbers including "Katmandu" and "Turn the Page." Its bonus is a live recording of "I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's Home" from the June 1976 concert at the Silverdome (then called Pontiac Stadium). "Nine Tonight," released in 1981, was recorded in Detroit and the Boston Garden. Among its 16 tracks: "Old Time Rock and Roll"; the live bonus track is "Brave Strangers."



He is about to announce a further USA Leg of his 2011 Tour (1 date confirmed at the time of posting) so fingers are crossed for some Europe dates.

New Ryan Adams Lp - Ashes and Fire

Delighted to hear that Ryan Adams seems to be back on form!



I quote!

Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire


New Album Out October 11 on PAX-AM/Capitol

Ryan Adams will release his new album Ashes & Fire October 11 on PAX-AM/Capitol in the U.S. Adams’ first solo album to be released via a new U.S. arrangement with his own PAX-AM label and EMI’s Capitol in the U.S. and Canada, the album was recorded at Sunset Sound Factory in Hollywood and produced by Glyn Johns, renowned for his work with the likes of The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Clash, The Who and The Rolling Stones–and whose son Ethan produced previous Ryan Adams albums Heartbreaker, Gold and 29.


Ashes & Fire also features guest turns from Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench as well as Norah Jones who contributes piano and backing vocals on several tracks.

The full tracklisting for Ashes & Fire is:

Dirty Rain

Ashes & Fire

Come Home

Rocks

Do I Wait

Chains Of Love

Invisible Riverside

Save Me

Kindness

Lucky Now

I Love You But I Don’t Know What To Say

Bob and Knopfler At Braehead

I really do not know wether to laugh or cry at the news that:

"In a coming together of two of the greatest living songwriters, Mark and his band will be joining Bob Dylan for a series of shows around England and Europe this autumn.


Both artists will be taking a coterie of their own musicians and as usual Mark has assembled a group of players who are the best in their field. The band will consist of Richard Bennett on guitar, Guy Fletcher on keyboards, Jim Cox on piano, John McCusker on violin & cittern, Mike McGoldrick on flute, whistle & pipes, Glenn Worf on bass and Ian Thomas on drums.
Mark has taken a break from recording his next album in order to participate in what is likely to be the must see show of the year. Mark's association with Dylan dates back to 1979 when he played on Dylan's Slow Train Coming Sessions and then produced Bob's acclaimed 1983 release Infidels.
Mark says, "I'm much looking forward to going out on the road with Bob in such a special year. Also, it was an honour to be asked to record one of Bob's songs on the forthcoming Amnesty International 50th anniversary album to mark his 70th birthday"

Anyway all this takes place in a venue WORSE!!! than the SECC at Braehead Arena. 8/9th October, tickets on sale at usual outlets.

You pay your money you take your chances as always with Bob.....see you there..