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Jarrett, Garbarek, Danielsson, Christensen: Sleeper (ECM/Ode)
...and bassist Palle Danielsson and drummer Jon Christensen are no slouches when it comes to... ...and bassist Palle Danielsson and drummer Jon Christensen are no slouches when it comes to recording....
Tagged with: best of elsewhere 2012 |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/5266/jarrett-garbarek-danielsson-christensen-sleeper-ecm-ode/
Jacob Young: Sideways (ECM/Ode)
...all times, especially with veteran ECM drummer Jon Christensen holding them to earth, this has... ...times, especially with veteran ECM drummer Jon Christensen holding them to earth, this has the feel of a...
Tagged with: anouar brahem | bill frisell | ecm records | jacob young | mathias eick | pat metheny | pater haeder | paul motian | robert fripp |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1461/jacob-young-sideways-ecm-ode/
THE ACT LABEL, SIGNATURE EDITION (2010): Getting their ACT acts together
...Dave Liebman, pianist Bob Stenson and drummer Jon Christensen; trumpeter Mathias Eick; and... ...Liebman, pianist Bob Stenson and drummer Jon Christensen; trumpeter Mathias Eick; and guitarist John...
Tagged with: egberto gismonti | jazz in elsewhere | world music in elsewhere |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/3598/the-act-label-signature-edition-2010-getting-their-act-acts-together/
TERJE RYPDAL, ECM GUITARIST (2009): The career, and careering across the disc
...pianist Ketil Bjornstad, Darling and drummer Jon Christensen as The Sea. That quartet embarked... ...Ketil Bjornstad, Darling and drummer Jon Christensen as The Sea. That quartet embarked on a daring...
Tagged with: bill frisell | charles lloyd | ecm records | james blood ulmer | jan garbarek | jeff beck | jimi hendrix | keith jarrett | manfred eicher | robert fripp | terje rypdal |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2591/terje-rypdal-ecm-guitarist-2009-the-career-and-careering-across-the-disc/
MICHAEL HUTCHENCE: MYSTIFY, a film by RICHARD LOWENSTEIN
...ructions within INXS . . . ? Then model Helena Christensen, being knocked out by a taxi driver which...
Film at Elsewhere: film/9081/michael-hutchence-mystify-a-film-by-richard-lowenstein/
KIWI PSYCHE-ROCK AND POP RESURRECTED (2018): Do you think you're groovy?
.... . . There's also slightly kitschy pop: Greg Christensen's Baby I Like It which runs perilously close... ...Castaways) who goes the whole John Rowles/Tom Jones/Bond theme on Power which was scheduled to...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8657/kiwi-psyche-rock-and-pop-resurrected-2018-do-you-think-youre-groovy/
CHARLES LLOYD INTERVIEWED (2010): A forest flower in full bloom
...1989 with Bobo Stenson, Palle Danielson, and Jon Christensen. After we had laid about five... ...with Bobo Stenson, Palle Danielson, and Jon Christensen. After we had laid about five tracks Manfred...
Tagged with: charles lloyd | ecm records | enrico rava | jan garbarek | joe lovano | john surman | keith jarrett | manfred eicher | paul motian |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/3077/charles-lloyd-interviewed-2010-a-forest-flower-in-full-bloom/
THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2012: THE EDITOR'S TOP 40
...internet, “for fans of kd lang, Norah Jones, Melody Gardot, Norah Jones”. But... ...review go here) Jarrett, Garbarek, Danielsson, Christensen; Sleeper: Recorded in '79 but only now...
Music at Elsewhere: music/5412/the-best-of-elsewhere-2012-the-editors-top-40/
SABU TOYOZUMI PROFILED (2017): Zen and the art of freedom
...and early on he admired drummers like Elvin Jones, Art Blakey, Tony Williams and Max Roach....
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/7870/sabu-toyozumi-profiled-2017-zen-and-the-art-of-freedom/
IN BRIEF: A quick overview of some recent international releases
...is a cautious, “Yes”. The Brian Jonestown Massacre; Third World Pyramid...
Music at Elsewhere: music/7714/in-brief-a-quick-overview-of-some-recent-international-releases/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE PRODUCER QUESTIONNAIRE: Devin Abrams
...they disappointed you previously, is? Quincy Jones. I don’t really think there is anyone... ...Joe Meek; Phil Spector or Rick Rubin; Quincy Jones or Dr Dre; Brian Eno or Nigel Godrich? Well...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/7481/the-famous-elsewhere-producer-questionnaire-devin-abrams/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE SONGWRITER QUESTIONNAIRE: Martin Phillipps of the Chills
...TOUR DATES Nov 7: Sammys, Dunedin with Brianjonestown Massacre Dec 11: Galatos Auckland Jan...
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The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/7229/the-famous-elsewhere-songwriter-questionnaire-martin-phillipps-of-the-chills/
RYAN ADAMS CONSIDERED (2014): If you liked that here's many more
...vaults. Largely stripped down, features Norah Jones and Heartbreaker Benmont Tench on keyboards,...
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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6572/ryan-adams-considered-2014-if-you-liked-that-heres-many-more/
THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2014: THE READERS' CHOICES
...an album, but my god … what a track. 3. Jonathan Crayford - Dark Light Aside from a...
Music at Elsewhere: music/6742/the-best-of-elsewhere-2014-the-readers-choices/
THE VODAFONE NEW ZEALAND MUSIC AWARDS 2017: But before we open the envelopes . . .
...From Nowhere’ Best Jazz AlbumWinner: Jonathan Crayford – ‘East West...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8126/the-vodafone-new-zealand-music-awards-2017-but-before-we-open-the-envelopes/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE SONGWRITER QUESTIONNAIRE: Sally Stockwell
...even if they disappointed you previously, is? Joni Mitchell As songwriters: Lennon-McCartney or... ...they are well crafted are . . . Rickie Lee Jones ‘We Belong Together’, Joni... ...with anyone it would be . . . Rickie Lee Jones or Joni Mitchell. The last CD or vinyl album...
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The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/6952/the-famous-elsewhere-songwriter-questionnaire-sally-stockwell/
Michael Bolton: Steel Bars (1991)
...rather cage-rattling shocker which reviewer Jonthan Romney in Q magazine at the time described...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/8329/michael-bolton-steel-bars-1991/
THE BEATLES. LET IT BE COVER, COPIED AND PARODIED (2019): Can you dig it, dig it . . .
You can't help but note that after their quickly knocked-off debut album Please Please Me (and its cover taking even less time), the Beatles' album covers were considered and became iconic. All except
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/9199/the-beatles-let-it-be-cover-copied-and-parodied-2019-can-you-dig-it-dig-it/
The Late Pages: Yellow and Grey (Ellamy)
...speakers over a shudder of guitars and drums (Jono Sawyer) but also keep the idea of songcraft...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/8713/the-late-pages-yellow-and-grey-ellamy/
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas: The Ultimate Collection (1998 compilation)
Before the Supremes overtook them – on the charts and in Berry Gordy's affections – Martha Reeves and the Vandellas were the seminal girl group on Gordy's emerging Motown label out of Detr
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/8970/martha-reeves-and-the-vandellas-the-ultimate-collection-1998-compilation/
Various Artists: The Best of Blue Note (Blue Note/Universal)
...Wilson (Come On in My Kitchen), Norah Jones (Cold Cold Heart) and Gregory Porter (Liquid... ...- Cassandra Wilson Cold Cold Heart - Norah Jones Afro Blue - Robert Glasper feat. Erykah Badu...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/6219/various-artists-the-best-of-blue-note-blue-note-universal/
EPs by Yasmin Brown
...available on Spotify (links provided). . Bad Jones: You Are All Animals You only have to learn... ...Bad Jones started out as regular performers at... ...this band, only amplified by closing track Bad Jones wherein the band really showcase their...
EPs by Yasmin Brown: yasminbrown/9503/eps-by-yasmin-brown/
VARIOUS ARTISTS: OUT OF THE CORNERS, CONSIDERED (1982): Sisterhood was doing it for itself
...Listener (paired somewhat awkwardly with Grace Jones' Living My Life album) who said it could... ...observed she will “probably be dogged by Joni Mitchell comparisons until she's heartily...
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The Album Considered: albumconsidered/9652/various-artists-out-of-the-corners-considered-1982-sisterhood-was-doing-it-for-itself/
THE ARRIVAL OF THE KIWIJAHZZ LABEL (2021): Notes from the underground
...Aotearoa Vol. 4 Trioglodyte with Julien Dyne, Jonathan Crayford, J.Y Lee and Paul Taylor KJ005 -...
Further Outwhere: further/9946/the-arrival-of-the-kiwijahzz-label-2021-notes-from-the-underground/
THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2021: THE EDITOR'S PICKS
...operatic Nico (if that were possible), Grace Jones, Laurie Anderson and . . . actually, you're...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10155/the-best-of-elsewhere-2021-the-editors-picks/
THE ROLLING STONES; ALL THE SONGS, THE STORY BEHIND EVERY TRACK by PHILIPPE MARGOTIN and JOHN-MICHEL GUESDON
...mistakes or oddities in production (Brian Jones playing the wrong note on marimba at 3.08 in... ...separate sections on Marianne Faithfull, Brian Jones' often under-rated musical contributions,...
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/10452/the-rolling-stones-all-the-songs-the-story-behind-every-track-by-philippe-margotin-and-john-michel-guesdon/
Grant Green: Funk in France; From Paris to Antibes 1969-1970 (Resonance)
...peers like McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Elvin Jones, Joe Henderson and other greats in the...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/8503/grant-green-funk-in-france-from-paris-to-antibes-1969-1970-resonance/
WOMAD TARANAKI 2014: THE ARTISTS' LINE-UP
...Department of State, playing drums with Norah Jones – but his restless spirit also led him... ...Deep Purple, cult figure Reverend Beatman, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Jack Oblivian, Bob...
Tagged with: womad 2014 |
World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/5981/womad-taranaki-2014-the-artists-line-up/
ROBIN KELLY INTERVIEWED (2014): A Wilde ride as they Turn Back Time
...which featured Ward-Lealand, Shihad's Jon Toogood, Julia Deans and Tama Waipara; did the... ...for Deans' recent presentation of Joni Mitchell songs; was musical director for Fitz...
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/6496/robin-kelly-interviewed-2014-a-wilde-ride-as-they-turn-back-time/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Rickie Lee Jones
...first and only time I have seen Rickie Lee Jones was at the Laurie Anderson-Lou Reed curated... ...which she outlined on her album Pirates). But Jones has sprung some absolutely wonderful albums... ...they made perfectly good sense. Rickie Lee Jones plays the Bruce Mason Centre in Auckland on... ...the devil,fairies and uh, roxy music guy and jon anderson music.. what more could you ask for.... ...which was pretty spectacular. Rickie Lee Jones plays the Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland on...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/5527/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-rickie-lee-jones/
THE ROLLING STONES, AN ESSAY: Living in Memory Motel
...sweater (of the kind that Stones Brian Jones and Keith Richard favoured), and that the... ...Checks, but older - and back then blond Brian Jones was the main man after Mick Jagger. Keith...
Tagged with: bill wyman | keith richards | mick jagger | robert johnson | the rolling stones |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/397/the-rolling-stones-an-essay-living-in-memory-motel/
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bayou Country (1969)
...to their late guitarist and founder Brian Jones. And into this world came a band that seemed...
Tagged with: creedence clearwater revival | john fogerty | nuggets | tony joe white |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/1762/creedence-clearwater-revival-bayou-country-1969/
Various: A Tribute to Fats Domino (Tipitina's/Shock)
...it is quite some rollcall -- Neil Young, Norah Jones, Robert Plant, Lucinda Williams, Toots and...
Tagged with: bb king | bonnie raitt | dr john | fats domino | irma thomas | john lennon | lucinda williams | neil young | norah jones | paul mccartney | randy newman | the band | tom petty | willie nelson |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1353/various-a-tribute-to-fats-domino-tipitinas-shock/
Jonathan Richman: Because Her Beauty is Raw and Wild (Vapor Records)
...people know Jonathan Richman for being the singer-songwriter...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/1753/jonathan-richman-because-her-beauty-is-raw-and-wild-vapor-records/
Jeff Beck: Performing this Week . . . Live at Ronnie Scott's (Shock)
In a recent interview in advance of his Auckland concert next February, I put a quote to this guitar legend whose career started back in the mid-Sixties when he took over from Eric Clapton in the Yard
Tagged with: george martin | jeff beck | jimi hendrix | jimmy page | robert johnson |
Music at Elsewhere: music/2083/jeff-beck-performing-this-week-live-at-ronnie-scotts-shock/
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland (1968)
...all credited . . . and Rolling Stone Brian Jones and a taxi driver on congas who aren't. Yet...
Tagged with: james brown | jimi hendrix | led zeppelin |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/2251/the-jimi-hendrix-experience-electric-ladyland-1968/
Diana Krall: The Girl in the Other Room (Universal)
...ennui, she digs into Chris Smither blues and Joni Mitchell's Black Crow, and throughout loosens...
Tagged with: diana krall | elvis costello | melody gardot | tom waits |
Music at Elsewhere: music/2412/diana-krall-the-girl-in-the-other-room-universal/
BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2009 Jon Balke and Amina Alaoui: Siwan (ECM/Ode)
...Not only does it feature Elsewhere favourite Jon Hassell on trumpet and electronic effects, but... ...beautifully, and emotionally, orchestrated by Jon Balke. With harpsichord, lute, a string...
Tagged with: amina alaoui | best of elsewhere 2009 | ecm records | fripp and eno | jan garbarek | jon balke | jon hassell | le trio joubran | sigur ros |
World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/2619/best-of-elsewhere-2009-jon-balke-and-amina-alaoui-siwan-ecm-ode/
DAVID BOWIE. LOVE YOU TILL TUESDAY, CONSIDERED (1984 compilation): From when 'e was before who 'e was
...r'n'b was the thing in the early Sixties Davie Jones and the King Bees were there for Liza Jane... ...Animals, Yardbirds, Stones and many others, Jones/Bowie wrote this rocking original. A few... ...would be platform boots in the glam era and Jones/Bowie/Ziggy was on his way. . This...
The Album Considered: albumconsidered/10175/david-bowie-love-you-till-tuesday-considered-1984-compilation-from-when-e-was-before-who-e-was/
Lesley Gore: You Don't Own Me (1963)
...she was only 17. It was produced by Quincy Jones and topped the US and Australian charts (and... ...and asked to submit an audition tape, which Jones heard and decided to move her into the pop...
Tagged with: dean martin | from the vaults | lesley gore | quincy jones | sam the sham | the supremes |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/2830/lesley-gore-you-dont-own-me-1963/
JAMES McMURTRY INTERVIEWED (1990): In from the wasteland
...car the driveway. As English author/critic Jonathan Raban wrote when reviewing a collection... ...When writing about Eudora Welty, critic Jonathan Raban said, “behind every voice...
Tagged with: chris whitley | hayes carll | james mcmurtry | richmond fontaine | ryan bingham | steve earle | tom russell | townes van zandt | warren zevon |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3493/james-mcmurtry-interviewed-1990-in-from-the-wasteland/
Grant Haua: Awa Blues (Dixie Frog/digital outlets)
...he layers acoustic and electric guitars, cajon and harmonica with a small support cast on...
Music at Elsewhere: music/9728/grant-haua-awa-blues-dixie-frog-digital-outlets/
BEN WATERS INTERVIEWED (2011): One more time for the boogie woogie man Ian Stewart
...the aspiring rhythm and blues band which Brian Jones had founded in '62. Stu joined Jones and the... ...was in the acclaimed Blues Band alongside Paul Jones formerly of Manfred Mann and in his own...
Tagged with: ben waters | bill wyman | chicago blues | ian stewart | keith richards | martin scorsese | mick jagger | muddy waters | rhythm and blues | ronnie wood | the rolling stones | the unstoppable stones |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4145/ben-waters-interviewed-2011-one-more-time-for-the-boogie-woogie-man-ian-stewart/
Jessi Colter: Diamond in the Rough (1976)
...by the church, country and marriage. Norah Jones would later walk this way. This track is...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4463/jessi-colter-diamond-in-the-rough-1976/
JOHN DENSMORE INTERVIEWED (2012): Re-opening the Doors four decades on
...jazz sensibilities I witnessed seeing Elvin Jones playing with John Coltrane which was free at...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4669/john-densmore-interviewed-2012-re-opening-the-doors-four-decades-on/
GUEST WRITER SARAH JANE ROWLAND sees Sinatra at his meanest and best
...life on that film.” American film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum, agreed, “… what...
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/4842/guest-writer-sarah-jane-rowland-sees-sinatra-at-his-meanest-and-best/
THE HILLS ARE ALIVE (2023): With the sound of anger
...of heterosexual actors Amber Canning and Jono Jackson as a married heterosexual couple....
Absurd Elsewhere: absurdelsewhere/10770/the-hills-are-alive-2023-with-the-sound-of-anger/
GUEST WRITER OWEN WOOD sees the writing on the walls
...in the new Banksy biography by Will Elsworth-Jones, Banksy: The Man Behind the Wall (Aurum)...
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/5311/guest-writer-owen-wood-sees-the-writing-on-the-walls/
MIKE EDWARDS OF JESUS JONES INTERVIEWED (1993): Right here, right now . . . back then
...of course, Suede. Into this atmosphere Jesus Jones have just released their third album,... ...there's a backlash coming. Reviewing a Jesus Jones show in Norwich, someone called Zane in... ...and with great sound. The same week as Jesus Jones hit the Hummingbird, Newcastle, Glasgow,... ...After half and hour of ambient techno, Jesus Jones take the stage in a blitzkrieg of hard-edged... ...The main difference between the way Jesus Jones and the Black Crowes made their albums is... ...the Joneses did theirs on computer and stored it on... ...Even Kraftwerk.” Whatever Jesus Jones are influenced by, it is up to the moment... ...triumphantly. What Perverse and Jesus Jones are now offering may then be less an album... ...in London . . . or Birmingham. “So Jesus Jones’ music reflects that and what’s...
Tagged with: blur | david bowie | oasis | ocean colour scene | paul weller | the jam | the style council |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3131/mike-edwards-of-jesus-jones-interviewed-1993-right-here-right-now-back-then/
JOSE GONZALEZ INTERVIEWED (2004): Quiet is the new loud
...the Wall, Renascence and Only If You Call Me Jonathan. Since 1998 has been part of the pop-rock...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2221/jose-gonzalez-interviewed-2004-quiet-is-the-new-loud/
IRAQ, BLAIR, SEXED-UP LIES AND THE FALL GUY: The death of Dr David Kelly
...spokesman Tom Kelly to Blair's chief of staff Jonathan Powell. "The only way they will...
Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/11105/iraq-blair-sexed-up-lies-and-the-fall-guy-the-death-of-dr-david-kelly/
THE MONTY PYTHON AUTOBIOGRAPHY by THE PYTHONS(2003)
...scripted and honed to perfection. Terry Jones remembers a childhood joke that went wrong,... ...to the next stage, they avoided it"). Jones says all they achieved was, instead of...
Tagged with: books and authors | christopher guest | george harrison | paul mccartney |
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/228/the-monty-python-autobiography-by-the-pythons2003/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE PRODUCER QUESTIONNAIRE: Trevor Reekie of Trip To The Moon
...Joe Meek; Phil Spector or Rick Rubin; Quincy Jones or Dr Dre; Brian Eno or Nigel Godrich?...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/7614/the-famous-elsewhere-producer-questionnaire-trevor-reekie-of-trip-to-the-moon/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE WORLD MUSIC QUESTIONNAIRE: Van-Anh Vo of Hanoi Masters
...understand you better are . . . - Indiana Jones series - Heaven and Earth by Oliver Stone -...
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World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/7755/the-famous-elsewhere-world-music-questionnaire-van-anh-vo-of-hanoi-masters/
THE BEATLES . SGT PEPPER RECONSIDERED (2017): One more time with . . . remixing?
...the Seekers, Sandy Shaw, Petula Clark and Tom Jones. Singles still counted – the best...
Tagged with: the album considered |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7974/the-beatles-sgt-pepper-reconsidered-2017-one-more-time-with-remixing/
Shed Seven: Instant Pleasures (Universal)
...the exceptional Ocean Colour Scene and Jesus Jones in Birmingham (years apart) – and...
Music at Elsewhere: music/8204/shed-seven-instant-pleasures-universal/
Darren Watson: Too Many Millionaires (Beluga)
...tenacity of Darren Watson (and animator Jeremy Jones) created a landmark ruling in this country...
Blues at Elsewhere: blues/8396/darren-watson-too-many-millionaires-beluga/
Paul McCartney: Egypt Station (Capitol/Universal)
...Names like Bob Dylan, Gillian Welch, Joni Mitchell and Bon Iver have come up a few... ...Confidante – which has a whiff of Joni Mitchell's Both Sides Now in one melodic...
Music at Elsewhere: music/8564/paul-mccartney-egypt-station-capitol-universal/
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . JOE MEEK'S I HEAR A NEW WORLD: Checked out in a moonage daydream
...Stewart or that he rejected the young David Jones (who became Bowie within a few years). It's... ...is I Hear a New World a Pet Sounds for Spike Jones and lounge music fans? An acid trip into the...
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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/8830/we-need-to-talk-about-joe-meeks-i-hear-a-new-world-checked-out-in-a-moonage-daydream/
Dion: Sisters of Mercy (1968)
...looked to songwriters like Dylan, Fred Neil, Joni Mitchell, Hendrix and Cohen on his new...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/9009/dion-sisters-of-mercy-1968/
Avishai Cohen: Big Vicious (ECM)
...of guitarist Uzi Ramirez, guitarist/bassist Jonathan Albalak and drummer Aviv Cohen. Drummer...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/9333/avishai-cohen-big-vicious-ecm/
Keleketla!: Keleketla! (Ahead of Our Time/digital outlets)
...the end comes with delicate piano (Joe Armon-Jones) and strings arranged by London-born Eska...
World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/9552/keleketla-keleketla-ahead-of-our-time-digital-outlets/
RAY COLUMBUS RETURNS (2016): Snap, crackle and rock
...on tour with the Rolling Stones, or with Tom Jones and Herman's Hermits, or any of the stuff...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7407/ray-columbus-returns-2016-snap-crackle-and-rock/
DORY PREVIN, REFLECTIONS IN A MUD PUDDLE, CONSIDERED (1971): Death, pain, disasters and really nice songs
...be said that although she shared the time with Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Diana Ross and other...
The Album Considered: albumconsidered/9754/dory-previn-reflections-in-a-mud-puddle-considered-1971-death-pain-disasters-and-really-nice-songs/
CHARLOTTE YATES, INTERVIEWED (2000): Hemi's words set to song
...that here's something fantastic. This is not Jonah Lomu, not just some guy playing rugby. This...
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/10247/charlotte-yates-interviewed-2000-hemis-words-set-to-song/
THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2022: THE READERS' CHOICES
...- Afrobeat meets LCD Soundsystem and Grace Jones Spoon - Lucifer On The Sofa - used their...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10529/the-best-of-elsewhere-2022-the-readers-choices/
THE LAUFEY PERPLEX (2023): To jazz or not to jazz
Okay pub quiz time, but be warned this could be a track question: Who was last year's most streamed jazz artist on Spotify?Now you might reasonably go for the ever-popular Miles Davis or even the grea
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10873/the-laufey-perplex-2023-to-jazz-or-not-to-jazz/
UNCOMPROMISING EXPRESSION; BLUE NOTE by RICHARD HAVERS
...Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Elvin Jones, Art Blakey . . . The list goes on. In the... ...US3 and especially the mega-selling Norah Jones. DJ Gilles Peterson was given the keys to...
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/11233/uncompromising-expression-blue-note-by-richard-havers/
America, driving across the country (April-May 2004)
...nearby Arches National Park. Acres of Indiana Jones films were shot around the region.When you... ...their current live CD) and the opening act, Jon Dee Graham, formerly of the legendary Austin...
Tagged with: breaux bridge, louisiana | encounters in elsewhere | kenyata | postcards from elsewhere | san francisco | the alamo | the idiot boy who flew | travel stories |
Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/273/america-driving-across-the-country-april-may-2004/
The Rolling Stones, The Unstoppable Stones (1965)
...undisciplined Pretty Things. But when Brian Jones and Keith Richards duelled on guitars you...
Tagged with: bill wyman | chicago blues | dr feelgood | keith richards | mick jagger | muddy waters | robert johnson | solomon burke | the beatles | the kinks | the rolling stones |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/786/the-rolling-stones-the-unstoppable-stones-1965/
GRACE JONES, NIGHTCLUBBING REVISITED (2014): The ice-maiden returns
...a strange music on the soundtrack: it is Grace Jones' I've Seen That Face Before/Libertango off... ...only few manage to also resonate beyond it. Jones' Nightclubbing is a rare one. In many ways... ...them all was the glacially cool but steamy hot Jones, a woman who was undeniably female but had... ...looking like a man”. As a former model, Jones knew how to use the camera, and she'd done... ...of new, aloof and more dub-reggae orientated Jones. Recorded at Compass Point Studio in the... ...and various top-flight reggae players, it put Jones loosely back into her home turf (she was... ...contemporary songs and spaciousness which let Jones stand front and centre. During these... ...version. Nightclubbing, the album, was Grace Jones' defining moment as it bridged clubland and... ...By slightly throwing the emphasis away from Jones, many of these extra tracks remind you just... ...is always going to be about Grace Jones and few albums from that year or even period...
Tagged with: gary numan | grace jones | sly dunbar |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6381/grace-jones-nightclubbing-revisited-2014-the-ice-maiden-returns/
BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2008: Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes (SubPop/Rhythmethod)
With its references to late 60s folk-rock, baroque pop flourishes, close harmonies, art-rock progressions and the jigsaw-puzzle of arrangements for voices and a small array of instruments (all deploye
Tagged with: band of horses | best of elsewhere 2008 | fleet foxes | green pajamas | jason collett | miracle mile | scott walker |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1695/best-of-elsewhere-2008-fleet-foxes-fleet-foxes-subpop-rhythmethod/
PAINTING BY PIANO (2014): The art music of Henry Wong Doe
...gamelan on Naga, and jazz releases from Jonathan Crayford, Dog and The Jac (all reviewed...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/6495/painting-by-piano-2014-the-art-music-of-henry-wong-doe/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Meredith Wilkie and Kyla Dyresen of the Rocky Bay Midnights
...Nina Simone, Fleetwood Mac, Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell Kyla: Siobhan Fahey in Shakespeare's...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/10031/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-meredith-wilkie-and-kyla-dyresen-of-the-rocky-bay-midnights/
TOM JONES: GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME, CONSIDERED (1967): Here come the other people
...had modest success with their songs. Tom Jones is a typical case in point: his debut album... ...Came Jones (1965) was built around his first hit It's... ...around that Bacharach-David hit. But A-Tom-ic Jones('66) had no hit to persuade punters. From... ...Georgia on my Mind, The Nearness of You). Jones was in danger of relegation from the charts... ...fine He Stopped Loving Her Today which George Jones turned into chart fodder. But as was the... ...to be recorded quickly to take advantage of Jones' profile. Pulled from the shelf at random... ...one song for someone who doesn't write. But Jones brings his energetic soul style to... ...Yellow Daisies . . . Whoever was choosing for Jones – producer Peter Sullivan? – had... ...when the Beatles turned up to see him. Tom Jones rarely delivered at half measure and this... ...Fall in Love Again) was his. What got Tom Jones a career which lasted beyond that of...
The Album Considered: albumconsidered/11399/tom-jones-green-green-grass-of-home-considered-1967-here-come-the-other-people/
THE STRANGE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING STONE (2015): Where's Bill? Why man, he done gone!
...Stones. No mention of . . . founder Brian Jones whose band the Rolling Stones originally... ...“It should be to Brian Jones. It’s wrong,” said Wyman who was...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7048/the-strange-case-of-the-disappearing-stone-2015-wheres-bill-why-man-he-done-gone/
JIMMY PAGE by JIMMY PAGE
...and even bassist/keyboard player John Paul Jones to some extent – wanted to put...
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/6632/jimmy-page-by-jimmy-page/
Black Sabbath, Paranoid (1970)
There has always been an enjoyable if largely pointless debate about just who invented heavy metal: with Link Wray with The Rumble in ’58 or the Beatles with Helter Skelter a decade later? Blue
Tagged with: black sabbath | blue cheer | led zeppelin |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/1786/black-sabbath-paranoid-1970/
Judith Owen: Happy This Way (Courgette)
...sentiment (mostly) and recalls a young Joni Mitchell in many ways, although one...
Tagged with: cassandra wilson | judith owen | nick drake | patricia barber | richard thompson | rufus wainwright | teddy thompson |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1480/judith-owen-happy-this-way-courgette/
CECIL TAYLOR IN 1990: Florescent flights
...Recent photos show a guy who looks like Quincy Jones with shoulder-length dreadlocks and wearing...
Tagged with: amiri baraka | cecil taylor | eric dolphy | free jazz | gil scott-heron | jazz in elsewhere | rahsaan roland kirk | soundtrack for a revolution | thelonious monk |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/3386/cecil-taylor-in-1990-florescent-flights/
Jeb Loy Nichols: Parish Bar (Compass)
...from Funkadelic to Bob Marley to George Jones to The Ramones". He saw the Sex Pistols...
Tagged with: jeb loy nichols |
Music at Elsewhere: music/2136/jeb-loy-nichols-parish-bar-compass/
JABBERROCK: THE ULTIMATE BOOK OF ROCK'N'ROLL QUOTATIONS by RAYMOND OBSTFELD AND PATRICIA FITZGERALD
...can be as shallow as a birdbath. Rickie Lee Jones offers: "I never knew that life was so...
Tagged with: bob dylan | elvis costello |
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/2299/jabberrock-the-ultimate-book-of-rocknroll-quotations-by-raymond-obstfeld-and-patricia-fitzgerald/
The Beatles: Rubber Soul (1965)
While there are any number of Beatle albums which are essential, there is a case to be made that Rubber Soul -- which marked their transition from an increasingly banal and almost irrelevant pop band
Tagged with: bob dylan | george harrison | george martin | john lennon | paul mccartney | the beatles |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/2483/the-beatles-rubber-soul-1965/
VINYL HAYRIDE; COUNTRY MUSIC ALBUM COVERS 1947-89 by PAUL KINGSBURY
...wrong jackets for Loving Arms, and Grandpa Jones really shouldn't have put on leiderhosen for...
Tagged with: country music | steve earle |
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/2704/vinyl-hayride-country-music-album-covers-1947-89-by-paul-kingsbury/
Eden Mulholland: Music for Dance (Isaac)
...and the "fourth world" music of Jon Hassell. Stories aren't so much told here as...
Tagged with: brian eno | ecm records | eden mulholland | high places | jon hassell | kronos quartet | la monte young | tomasz stanko |
Music at Elsewhere: music/2971/eden-mulholland-music-for-dance-isaac/
Alejandro Escovedo: Street Songs of Love (Concord)
...Chuck Prophet and now managed by Springsteen's Jon Landau) nearly died a few years ago. Such is...
Tagged with: alejandro escovedo | bruce springsteen | david bowie | from the vaults | john cale | john dee graham | lenny kaye |
Music at Elsewhere: music/3324/alejandro-escovedo-street-songs-of-love-concord/
The Master Musicians of Jajouka: Brian Jones presents The Pipes of Pan at Jajouka (1971)
...album recorded in Morocco in 1968 by Brian Jones, then of the Rolling Stones. By the time the... ...was released Jones had been dead a year -- he drowned a year... ...by the late Brion Gyson who had introduced Jones to the musicians via the painter Muhammad... ...yet it had such an auspicious beginning. When Jones -- at the height of his hippie period in... ...good will come to you"). "When Brian Jones come to the village my little brother... ...-- Ghaita and Bou Jeloud. And I see Brian Jones. He really likes this -- he really feels... ...and everybody loving him." The music Jones and Chkiantz recorded -- edited down from... ...18 minute Your Eyes Are Like a Cup of Tea) and Jones -- as Teo Macero would do for Miles Davis'... ...segments together when he got back to London. Jones also indulged in a little phasing and... ...of other edited pieces). But this album by Jones -- for all its flaws in the re-issued...
Tagged with: albert ayler | brian jones | free jazz | jazz in elsewhere | ornette coleman | rahsaan roland kirk | the rolling stones | world music in elsewhere |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/3621/the-master-musicians-of-jajouka-brian-jones-presents-the-pipes-of-pan-at-jajouka-1971/
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . STRINGBEAN: The killing of a long, lean banjo picker
...his friend, mentor and neighbour Grandpa Jones. He was considered one of the greatest of... ...country banjo pickers alongside Jones, Ralph Stanley and Uncle Dave Macon. Away... ...was pursued and gunned down also. Grandpa Jones found the bodies the following morning. A...
Tagged with: we need to talk about |
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/6824/we-need-to-talk-about-stringbean-the-killing-of-a-long-lean-banjo-picker/
RUMER INTERVIEWED (2011): Thankful, and slowing it right down
...I thought it was still niche. I spoke to Norah Jones just after her first album and she said...
Tagged with: america | aretha franklin | bread | burt bacharach | david gates | dusty springfield | judee sill | rumer | scott walker |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3934/rumer-interviewed-2011-thankful-and-slowing-it-right-down/
Slow Electric: Slow Electric (Panegyric/Southbound)
...has been cleared by the likes of trumpeters Jon Hassell, Enrico Rava and Tomasz Stanko, the...
Music at Elsewhere: music/4533/slow-electric-slow-electric-panegyric-southbound/
BRITISH PROG 1970-75: (2022): Yes, but is it rock?
...and Orchestra Composed by keyboard player Jon Lord who had studied classical piano, lyrics...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6248/british-prog-1970-75-2022-yes-but-is-it-rock/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Robert Scott
.... . . Autobahn/Kraftwerk Singers Request/Nic Jones Outdoor Miner/Wire Any interesting, valuable...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/6497/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-robert-scott/
THE ELSEWHERE SONGWRITER QUESTIONNAIRE: APRA Silver Scroll nominee 2012 Lydia Cole
...with anyone it would be . . . Ryan Adams or Jon Foreman. The three songs you'd insist anybody...
Tagged with: apra silver scroll |
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/5151/the-elsewhere-songwriter-questionnaire-apra-silver-scroll-nominee-2012-lydia-cole/
JEAN-PAUL BOURELLY: JUNGLE COWBOY, CONSIDERED (1987): His avant-gotta direction debut album
...Muhal Richard Abrams, played with Elvin Jones where he extended his guitar style, McCoy...
Tagged with: the album considered |
The Album Considered: albumconsidered/9720/jean-paul-bourelly-jungle-cowboy-considered-1987-his-avant-gotta-direction-debut-album/
Ethan Johns: If Not Now Then When? (Three Crows/Southbound)
...after he'd toured with Emmylou Harris, Tom Jones, Adams and LaMontagne) this is a very lowkey...
Music at Elsewhere: music/5628/ethan-johns-if-not-now-then-when-three-crows-southbound/
THE RELIGION OF RUGBY (2006): Ballet, with a point
...(now the late Sir Wilson); the towering Jonah Lomu; the brilliant, dreadlocked Tana Umaga...
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/5833/the-religion-of-rugby-2006-ballet-with-a-point/
KEITH RICHARDS INTERVIEWED (2013): Coming down again
...Jagger and others formed around Brian Jones as the Rollin' Stones -- they play the 14 On...
Tagged with: keith richards |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6059/keith-richards-interviewed-2013-coming-down-again/
SHARON O'NEILL INTERVIEWED (2014): Surviving in the fires of fame
...interesting to see [Don't Let Love Go] with Jon Stevens in there. Anytime You Want? Is that...
Tagged with: new zealand music | songwriter on songwriting |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6292/sharon-oneill-interviewed-2014-surviving-in-the-fires-of-fame/
Ira Cohen: Ornette Comes Home (1994)
The late poet/filmmaker and documentarian Ira Cohen (who died in April 2011 age 76), was one of those rare voices from that co-joining of the Beat Generation of the Fifties and the Sixties counter-cul
Tagged with: allen ginsberg | from the vaults | ornette coleman |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4266/ira-cohen-ornette-comes-home-1994/
My Back Pages
...like Henry Rollins, Rod Stewart, Quincy Jones and Mick Jagger. And many lesser talents....