We Shall All Be Reunited

Patty Griffin performs "We Shall All Be Reunited" with some help from Emmylou Harris and Shawn Colvin.

Jazzy Gospel

Gospel music comes in many flavors, but there is not a lot that falls on the jazz side. As an exception, here is the Godmother of Rock 'n Roll, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, performing a couple gospel songs with a jazz band in 1961.  Included here are the songs "That's All", "Trouble In Mind" and "Down by the Riverside".

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

Justin Townes Earl, the Jayhawks and the eTones perform Bob Dylan's song "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"

Talking Head Talks

David Byrne, formerly of The Talking Heads, discusses how our architecture influences the kind of music we listen two. Something I never thought of before.

Monroe & Stanley

Bill Monroe and Ralph Stanley perform "I'll Fly Away" with help from a few others.

Music @ the Aquarium

Cellist Alisa Weilerstein performs the Prelude from Bach's Suite No. 5 for unaccompanied cello at the National Aquarium in Baltimore. Not sure what the Stingrays thought of this.

Jazz Fest 2012

A couple clips from last weekend's New Orleans Jazz Fest.

Irma Thomas - "Got To Bring It With You"

Allen Toussaint - "Southern Nights"

Dirty Dozen Brass Band - "Best Of All"

I Shall Not Walk Alone

Ben Harper and The Blind Boys of Alabama performing "I Shall Not Walk Alone". 

From This Valley

The Civil Wars perform "From This Valley", a song off the recent compilation album Mercyland.