Tedeschi Trucks channel the Staples

Friday night I want to see the Tedeschi Trucks Band, out on tour to promote their album Revelator. (Video of songs from that album on my June 29, 2001 post) As part of the encore they performed "Wade in the Water". While they were singing I got the feeling they were channeling The Staple Singers from over 40 years ago. Below is the Tedeschi Trucks Band's version of the song, followed by a 1968 version of it performed by The Staple Singers. Someday I would like to hear Mavis and Susan sing this together.

Elizabeth Cook on Letterman

Elizabeth Cook is one of my favorite songwriters, as well as a great singer. Here she is on David Letterman last summer just talking. This reminds me of the olden days when Letterman had people on his show who were interesting, as opposed to boring famous people.

Here are some past post with her singing: May 26,2010 and May 28, 2010

Justin Townes Earle

My May 23rd post had video of the songs nominated for best song at this year's Americana Music Awards. The awards were held a couple weeks ago, and Justin Townes Earle won for "Harlem River Blues". My previous post had a version of the song with full band. Here is a solo version of the song, along with a couple of Earle's other songs.

"Harlem River Blues"



"Mama's Eyes"



"What Do You Do When You're Lonesome"

Mavis Staples - Sunday Morning

From earlier this year, Mavis Staples appearance on CBS Sunday Morning.

Green Pastures

Alison Krauss performing "Green Pastures". The video is fuzzy, but the audio is pretty good.

What a Wondeful World

The are many great version of "What a Wonderful World". He is a good one by Victoria Williams and Vic Chestnut.

Decemberists

I posted one Decemberists video back on May 23, 2011. Here are videos of three more songs off their most recent CD, The King is Dead.

"Rox in the Box"



"June Hymn"



"Rise to Me"

I'm On My Way to Canaan's Land

Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs perform "I'm On My Way to Canaan's Land"

Trombone Shorty - Tiny Desk

Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue - NPR Tiny Desk Concert.

Madeleine Peyroux

I went to see Madeleine Peyroux last Saturday night at Strathmore. I have included some video of her before, but she has not gotten an entire post. So here is one now.

"You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" - a Bob Dylan song



"Instead"



"Smile" - The music for this song was composed by Charlie Chaplin for his film Modern Times. These words were written later by someone else.

Down By The Riverside

Mahalia Jackson and Dinah Shore perform "Down By The Riverside".

Adele Walks Through Paris

Adele's new video for “Someone Like You” is a Black & White film of her walking through Paris. It looks to me like the video contains one continuous tracking shot that is almost four minutes long. Truly Amazing!