Song o' the Week - July 26, 2010

Last week, I reached way back to the early days of Rhythm & Blues. This week, I feel a need to switch gears and take a glimpse at what may very well be the future of World Music. This Mexican acoustic duo formed their bond in Mexico City before cutting their professional teeth and gaining exposure in Ireland, then across Europe. Their unique sound finally broke through Stateside in 2006. Here's a selection from their most recent album 11:11...


"Buster Voodoo" by Rodrigo y Gabriela

Listen to "Buster Voodoo" here...
http://www.rhapsody.com/rodrigo-y-gabriela/1111/buster-voodoo


Enjoy!

Song o' the Week

Music is essential to my well-being. Listening to it, creating it, dissecting it, talking about it, seeking it out. Nothing transcends race, age, culture, and language quite like music. In my eyes, a good song or piece of music is timeless. If you're like me, the discovery of a great song or piece that you have never heard before makes you as giddy as a child with a new toy. With this in mind, I'm going to resume a practice of mine which, unfortunately, came to a halt a few years ago. There may or may not be any rhyme or reason to the songs I share with you each week. My tastes are about as ecclectic as they come and my inspiration may be born of a variety of muses. Yet I hope that you still get as much joy from these tunes and these artists as I do.

For this week, I'm going back a couple of generations to a song and a story which has taken many forms of the years (including renditions at the hands of Mississippi John Hurt, The Grateful Dead, The Clash, and The Black Keys). My parents would remember this song from its radio popularity, but younger folks perhaps from late-night infomercials...


"Stagger Lee" by Lloyd Price




Enjoy.

Lake Michigan Mavericks

Upon a birthday trip to Chicago, I were lucky enough to catch this air show being performed directly over the city. The spectacle was even more dramatic from the bar at the top of the Hancock Tower, but I was unable to get any good shots from that perspective. Better luck next time...

Holes In Fisher Park

Along the creek that cuts through Fisher Park (downtown Greensboro, NC), I found these triangular holes set in large, stone boulders. Odd to me, I can't imagine what they held before this small amount of recent rainfall.