Anna Calvi: Joan Of Arc

The eagerly anticipated self-titled debut album from new 28-year-old British singer/guitarist Anna Calvi will be released Monday.

I chose this video because it focuses on her considerable talent as a guitarist - her haunting cover of Leonard Cohen's "Joan of Arc" sounds like Jeff Buckley scoring a David Lynch film.

A primarily European three-month long tour kicked off yesterday, but she has several shows in NYC March 8-10 and will also be at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas March 14-19.

www.annacalvi.com

www.myspace.com/annacalvi

www.facebook.com/annacalvi

NNDC: Mouthful Of Diamonds

I first discovered Niels Nielsen (now aka NNDC) of Sweden back in 2009. He has a new video out with a great cover of Saratoga Springs, New York based duo Phantogram's track "Mouthful of Diamonds".

Here is the link to my post from October of 2009:

www.latenightdj.blogspot.com/2009/10/niels-nielsen-swede-with-danish-name.html

www.nielsnielsen.net/

www.nielsnielsen.bandcamp.com/

Mozez: Venus Rise

Mozez' 2005 track "Venus Rise" + a kaleidoscope of colors = a sublime natural high and a great way to start off the new year.

Teena Marie Featuring Faith Evans: Can't Last A Day

Teena Marie aka Lady T has passed away much too soon at age 54.

A gifted vocalist as well as songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist for thirty years, she stayed active until the end. She would occasionally do shows with her daughter Alia Rose who turned 19 only one day before finding her mother unresponsive in Teena Marie's home in Pasadena on Sunday December 26.

Teena Marie had returned to recording and performing full-time in 2009 after taking a long sabbatical to raise Alia Rose, now a budding talented singer in her own right who uses the name Rose Le Beau.

A frequent collaborator as well as an off/on romantic partner and friend of Rick James (1948-2004), she grew up in a predominantly black neighborhood in West L.A. and once stated that she felt like "a black singer with white skin".

Below is the fab duet with Faith Evans "Can't Last A Day" from Teena Marie's 2009 album "Congo Square", a track that clearly demonstrates just how influential she was and continues to be on younger generations of R&B/funk/soul artists regardless of their race.

Mary C. Brockert: March 5, 1956 - December 26, 2010
R.I.P.

Gene Kelly: Singing In The Rain

We're having the rainstorm-of-the-decade here in the L.A. area......so it seems fitting to post this classic segment from one of the very best Hollywood musicals of all time, MGM's "Singing In The Rain" from 1952.

Wham: Last Christmas

Super cheesy Christmas music video. Yum - more cheese, please!!

Collapse Under The Empire: Captured Moments

Chris Burda and Matthew Jason got together in 2007 to create and record their instrumental music under the name of Collapse Under The Empire. The band released an EP entitled "Paintball" in 2008, followed by their debut digital album, "System-Breakdown" in the spring of 2009. For their second album "Find A Place To Be Safe" the band was signed to indie label Sister Jack in Germany (the duo is based in Hamburg).

[bio from UK music magazine Shakenstir @ www.shakenstir.co.uk]


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