(Above: Wiz Khalifa’s “Rolling Papers” did not make TDR’s Top 10 list, but was one of its most-played and -enjoyed albums of 2011. Don’t hate, dance.) By Joel Francis The Daily Record Every music dork with a laptop is publishing their Top 10 list right now, but who else does it in haiku? Enjoy. The [...]
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Top 10 albums of 2011 (in haiku)
Posted in Top 10, tagged ?uestlove, Best of 2011, Big K.R.I.T., Black Keys, Carrie Brownstein, David Comes Alive, El Camino, Fucked Up, garage rock, Hanni el Khatib, hip hop, Jack White, Janet Weiss, Jimmy Kimmel, M83, Mary TImony, music list, Peter Gabriel, Portlandia, punk, Raphael Saadiq, Roots, Sleater-Kinney, Stalley, Summerteeth, Top 10, undun, Wilco, Wild Flag, Wiz Khalifa on December 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Review: Sufjan Stevens
Posted in Concert review, Kansas City Star, tagged Age of Adz, Asthmatic Kitty, DM Stith, ELP, Flaming Lips, Funkadelic, Genesis, indie rock, Peter Gabriel, Pitchfork Media, prog rock, Seven Swans, Sufjan Stevens, Uptown Theater, Yes on October 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
(Above: An excerpt from Sufjan Stevens’ 25-minute saga “Impossible Souls” performed at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City.) By Joel Francis The Kansas City Star It’s unlikely one will ever find a reissue of “Tales of Topographic Oceans” in the record bins at Urban Outfitters or see hipsters sporting Emerson, Lake and Palmer shirts with their skinny [...]
Neil Young, Santana celebrate the guitar
Posted in Album review, review, tagged AC/DC, Arc, Back in Black, Black Magic Woman, Chris Daughtry, Clive Davis, Cream, Daniel Lanois, Def Leppard, Guitar Heaven, India.Arie, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Le Noise, Little Wing, Maria Maria, Matchbox 20, Nas, Neil Young, Oye Como Va, Pat Monahan, Peter Gabriel, Photograph, Rob Thomas, Santana, Smooth, Sunshine of Your Love, Train, U2, Van Halen, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Yo-Yo Ma on October 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
(Above: Santana and Nas put their spin on AC/DC’s “Back In Black” on the “George Lopez Show.” Believe it or not, this is one of the better moment’s on Santana’s new album.) By Joel Francis The Daily Record It’s hard to believe it has been a ten years since “Supernatural.” Back then, Santana was just [...]
Stuck in a Moment: 9/11 and U2
Posted in Music history, tagged 50 Cent, 9/11, America: A Tribute to Heroes, American history, American holidays, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, David Cone, Day of Infamy, George Brett, interfaith worship, Jay-Z, Johnny Cash, July 4th, Kanye West, Love and Theft, Passion, perfect game, Peter Gabriel, prayer, Sept. 11, terrorist attacks, The Blueprint, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Rising, U2, World Trade Center, Yankee Stadium on September 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
(Above: U2 encourage America to “Walk On” in a live appearance broadcast less than two weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks.) By Joel Francis U2’s “All That You Can’t Leave Behind” had been out for nearly a year the morning two planes slammed into the World Trade Center, another collided with the Pentagon and a [...]
Lanois + Raffi = Eno
Posted in Music history, tagged Acadie, Achtung Baby, ambient, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Canadian musicians, children's music, Daniel Lanois, Doug McArthur, Emmylou Harris, Grant Avenue Studio, Hothouse Flowers, Joshua Tree, Martha and the Muffins, Neville Brothers, Peter Gabriel, Raffi, Robbie Robertson, Robert Fripp, Roxy Music, Simply Saucer, The Unforgettable Fire, U2, Willie Nelson on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
(Above: Raffi was a staple of The Daily Record’s early childhood. The oft-spun LP remains in its archives.) By Joel Francis Like many adolescent males in the mid-‘60s, Canadian Dan Lanois pined for a guitar. But he didn’t just want to make music, he wanted to record it, too. Armed with an instrument and a [...]
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