I Put A Spell On You

From her new album Nostalgia, Annie Lennox performs "I Put A Spell On You", the Screamin Jay Hawkins song famously recorded by Nina Simone.

McEntire's Rain

"McEntire's Rain"—a beautiful instrumental piece written by the SteelDrivers' fiddler Tammy Rogers, and performed here by Rogers and Richard Bailey.

The SteelDrivers

Two songs that the SteelDrivers performed at Sunday night's concert, "If It Hadn't Been for Love" and "Angel of the Night".

Early American Guitars

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rosanne Cash and Friends perform a concert in conjunction with an exhibition on Early American Guitars.

Gershwin's 116th Birthday.

Today marks George Gershwin's 116th birthday.  Here he is in 1931 playing "I Got Rhythm" on the piano.

Hats Off To Barbra Streisand

Hats off to Barbra Streisand for becoming the first artists to score number one albums in each of the last six decades. Here is a promo video for "Come Rain or Come Shine"—her duet with John Mayer on her latest album, Partners.

Highway Patrolman

As hard as it is to believe, Bruce Springsteen turned 65 today. To mark the special day, here he is about seven years ago performing "Highway Patrolman" from the album Nebraska.

Heart - Ring Them Bells

The Wilson Sisters kicking it on one of my favorite Dylan tunes. Heart and Friends—Pat Monahan, Shawn Colvin and Richard Marx— performing "Ring Them Bells".

Run Around

Blues Traveler jamming in the van on "Run Around". This video, I posted last year, of Blues Traveler and Ruthie Foster performing "No Woman, No Cry" is always worth another look.

Beyond the Blue

The Duhks performing "Beyond the Blue"

Dream a Little Dream

I posted a Pink Martini/Von Trapps cover of "Dream a Little Dream" a few days back, but—given that today would have been her 73rd birthday—here is Cass Elliot herself performing the song.

Let's Stay Together

To mark the outcome of yesterday's vote in Scotland, here is Al Green with "Let's Stay Together".

The Power of Love

He is Parsonsfield's performance of "The Power of Love". Despite the fact that it sounds a bit like a song from Jersey Boys, it is actually a cover of the Huey Lewis and the News 1985 hit from Back to the Future. After all, how can you not like a song with the killer line "Stronger and harder than a bad girl's dream".

Butler Brothers

Del McCoury's "Butler Brothers"—the most recent addition to my playlist of songs about the Civil War.

Happy Birthday B.B.

Today is B.B. King's 89th Birthday. Here he is just a couple months ago performing "Rock Me Baby".

Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me

A video for Parsonsfield's cover of Mississippi John Hurt's song "Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me".

You Send Me Up On The Roof

Gregory Porter performing two classic songs, "You Send Me" and "Up On The Roof'.

He's a Tramp

For Throwback Thursday, Peggy Lee performing "He's a Tramp" for Disney's film, Lady and the Tramp. In related news, plans for Reese Witherspoon's biopic of Miss Lee are now back on.

Big Red Barn

Mean Mary plays banjo, mandolin, fiddle and sings on "Big Red Barn".

Red Baraat

A Tiny Desk Concert for Red Baraat, one of the bands that played the Rosslyn Jazz Festival last Saturday.

Forever Redeemed

A couple songs from the grouped Forever Redeemed.  I previously posted a video from this group performing as the Nesbitts.

"I Sing Because"



"I Held On"

Mama's Prayers

One of the many great songs written by Elizabeth Cook, "Mama's Prayers".

Boom Boom

Two Boom Boom songs.

John Lee Hooker - Boom! Boom!



Beth Hart - Bang Bang Boom Boom

The House I Live In

For Throwback Thursday, the short film "The House I Live In", containing Frank Sinatra's performance of the song with the same title. The 1945 film against racism and anti-semitism won an Honorary Academy Award and a special Golden Globe award in 1946. The lyric for the song was written by Abel Meeropol, who also wrote Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit".

Dream a Little Dream

Nobody can top Mama Cass, but this is a lot of fun. Pink Martini and the von Trapps performing "Dream a Little Dream".



The making of "Dream A Little Dream".

Still I Long For Your Kiss

Lucinda Williams, with a little help from Shelby Lynne, performing "Still I Long For Your Kiss".