Stevie Nicks

A post of one word titled Stevie Nicks songs.

"Landslide"



"Gypsy"



"Rhiannon" from back in the 80's

Fine and Mellow

I think I posted a version of this before, but it is gone now. This 1957 TV Broadcast of Billie Holiday performing Fine and Mellow is probably one of the best recording of Lady Day..

Take Me In Your Life Boat

Bradley Walker performs "Take Me In Your Life Boat".

Robert Johnson/Pablo Casals

Seventy five years ago today two of the most influential musical recordings of all. time took place. NPR has a fascinating piece on these recordings—one in Texas by Robert Johnson and the other in London by Pablo Casals.

Robert Johnson And Pablo Casals' Game-Changers Turn 75

ACL's Americana Music Festival Concert

This is probably only up for a limited time, but here is Austin City Limits' complete concert from the Americana Music Festival. They get a lot of music into one hour, including Emmylou, Amos Lee, Elizabeth Cook, Justin Townes Earle, Lucinda WIlliams, Greg Alman and the Civil Wars.

Somebody Bigger Than You and I

Marion Williams performs "Somebody Bigger Than You and I"

Birds - Pt. 3

"Little Sparrow" - Dolly Parton



"White Dove" - A Stanley Brothers song performed by Peter Rowan and Tony Rice



"Yellow Bird" -The Mills Brothers

Birds - Pt. 2

"Three Little Birds" - a Bob Marley song, performed by Tracy Chapman



"The Great Speckled Bird" - Johnny Cash



"Freebird" - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Birds - Pt. 1

All this week, songs about birds.

"Mockingbird" - Carly Simon & James Taylor



"Little Bird" - Annie Lennox



"Birdhouse in Your Soul" - They Might Be Giants

I'm a Soldier

The Soul Stirrers' perform "I'm a Soldier"

Stairway to Heaven Turns 40

A post based on the propitious convergence that this month marks the 40 anniversary of Led Zeppelin's release of "Stairway to Heaven". and my favorite cover of that song is by Rodrigo Y Gabriela, and their latest album was titled 11:11, and today is 11/11/11.

So here is their cover of "Stairway to Heaven", and a solo from each of them.



Gabriela Solo



Rodrigo solo

Route 66

Nat King Cole performing "Route 66", to make the road's 85th anniversary.

Everybody Wants to Be Famous

Julian Velard - "Everybody Wants to Be Famous".

More of his songs in these posts 4/15/2011 & 3/8/2010

St. Louis Blues

A couple clips from the 1958 film St Louis Blues, starring Nat King Cole, Eartha Kit, Pearl Bailey, Mahalia Jackson, Ruby Dee, Ella Fitzgerald and Cab Calloway. A biopic about W.C. Handy, if any film has an all star cast this one does.

I have been looking for this film on DVD for uears, but it is now streaming on Netflix.

"Chantez Les Bas" - Eartha Kit


"Beale Street Blues" - Ella Fitzgerald


"Morning Star" - Nat King Cole sings to Pearl Bailey

Irma Thomas - Mahalia Jackson Tribute

Irma Thomas' tribute to Mahalia Jackson.

Lucinda Williams Duets

A couple Lucinda Williams duets.

Willie Nelson and Lucinda perform "Overtime"



Elvis and Lucinda perform "Poison Rose"



John Prine and Lucinda cover two Hank Williams songs, "Wedding Bells" and "Turn Back the Years"

Lizz Wright - Old Man

I posted a version of this song last year, but it has since been taken down. Here is a new version of Lizz Wright performing Neil Young's song "Old Man".