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| | music.download.com (C-Net) Free mp3 downloads are available on music.download.com which is run by C-Net. These are safe and legal downloads from an outfit with a great web reputation. Adding more as I find them - I just added Katie Webster. Major Blues artists - Katie Webster - Koko Taylor - Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials -Hound Dog Taylor - Shamekia Copeland - Tinsley Ellis Remember the song, "Luka" by Suzanne Vega? She had some really good stuff out that was overshadowed by that song, several albums worth. Anyways, she's got a free download on music.download.com too. Click >HERE< to get it and catch up on this talented artist. Here's one for you Country Fans-The man that brought the Bakersfield sound back single-handedly, Dwight Yoakum, has a free download on his music.download.com page. Click >HERE< to get it for free! Rock and Roll more your thing? Check out the Drive-By Truckers, of course they've got a free download on music.download.com also. Just click >HERE< and download it for nada.
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| | Public Domain 4 U An incredible find! This website has collected public domain recordings from most of the fathers of the blues. We're talkingLeadbelly, Blind Willie Johnson, Bill Broonzy, Blind Willie McTell, Bukka White, Bo Carter, Charlie Patton, Mississippi John Hurt, Charley Jordan, Robert Johnson, Skip James, Memphis Minnie and Son House! There's also Irving Berlin, Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra, Homer and Jethro, Charleston 7, Thomas Edison and more! You can't even call yourself an amateur musicologist if you don't download these seminal recordings from the late 1800's through 1930's. Check out Public Domain 4U and get edjookated.
3/13/2006 12:52 AM | | Return to Links Menu ***** Return to Site Map |
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| | Last.fm This looks like a pretty cool way to discover some new music. The description from their website is - "Create your own
music profile
Automatically using a plugin for your media player Discover new
music
Easy, quick, see what everyone is listening to right now Find other
people
Meet others like you, see what friends are listening to Your own
personal radio
Turn your profile into a radio station, let others enjoy"
3/13/2006 1:20 AM | | Return to Links Menu ***** Return to Site Map |
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| | Pandora.com (from the Music Genome Project) Their player creates a playlist based on the input you give it, then lets you tweak the list. The flash player is a little slow on 56K dialup but I'll bet it's killer on a fast connection.
I typed in The Rolling Stones and it played "I'm Free" by the Stones, "No Reply" by the Beatles, then "Sugar and Spice" by The Cryin' Shames based on the tonal qualities of the music. It went on to "Bitch" by the Stones, a Blind Lemon song and so on. You can then rate the items with a thumbs up or thumbs down to tweak what you're looking for.
From the website: "Ever since we started the Music Genome Project, our friends would ask: Can you help me discover more music that I'll like? Those questions often evolved into great conversations. Each friend told us their favorite artists and songs, explored the music we suggested, gave us feedback, and we in turn made new suggestions. Everybody started joking that we were now their personal DJs. We created Pandora so that we can have that same kind of conversation with you." 3/13/2006 1:24 AM | | Return to Links Menu ***** Return to Site Map |
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| | Aerosmith's Website (media page) Making of Honkin' on Bobo wmv video is available on >Aerosmith's Website<. There are both high speed and low speed versions. While the intention may have been to stream it, I right clicked and downloaded the video to watch it in my Window's Media Player since my connection is sooooo slooooow it wasn't feasible to watch it any other way. The files are most of the way down the page. Honkin' on Bobo description from their website -
"March 2004COLUMBIAAerosmith don't have much time for pain on Honkin' on Bobo. The songs are mostly about gettin' some, then gettin' outta there -- Dixon's "I'm Ready," Bo Diddley's "Road Runner" -- and the attack is heavy Sixties shindig: snarling guitars, thunderclap drumming, Steven Tyler's 3-D snake hiss and widescreen yowl. Bobo is really a combined tribute: to the originators of the blues' core repertoire and the explosive, electric inventions of 1960s British bands such as the Yardbirds, Mayall's Bluesbreakers and the Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac."
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| | Jim Keltner's Drummer World page In surfing around, as I'm sometimes prone to do (lol), I found my favorite drummer's page (Jim Keltner of course) on Drummer World's website. Imagine my surprise when I found the following mp3's there - Memphis in the Meantime - John Hiatt Thing Called Love - John Hiatt King of the Street - Ry Cooder Improvisation - Jim Keltner Handle With Care - The Traveling Wilburys Enjoy!
5/7/2006 7:09 PM | | Return to Links Menu ***** Return to Site Map |
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| | Jon Butcher Yahoo! Fan Group If you do Yahoo! Groups you should definitely join this one. Often there are great recordings of Jon with his various bands over the yearsposted with his blessings by diehard fans (check the files page). After you listen to this dynamic performer, you'll be diehard fan too. Just as a hint to how good this guy is, the bassist for his current studio band (Barefoot Servants) is Leland Sklaar. Over the years Jon's done various permutations of Rock and Roll and Blues. Many CD's to his credit. Check him out! This is the group description - "A gathering place
for old and new fans of Jon Butcher.
Here we may share stories,
personal experiences,
photos, show and music reviews,
and anything else related to
Jon Butcher, Johanna Wild,
Jon Butcher Axis and Barefoot Servants. "
5/10/2006 11:21 PM | | Return to Links Menu ***** Return to Site Map |
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| | Badfinger's Yahoo! Fan Group Again, for the folks that do Yahoo! Groups, this is a fan group for the band Badfinger....Remember them? Well Joey Molland and the guys still have a rabid fan base centered around this group. There are some rare Badfinger mp3's located in the files section that you won't find anywhere else. Nice people there too!
5/10/2006 11:18 PM | | Return to Links Menu ***** Return to Site Map |
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| | The Band - an unofficial Website This is a link to the audio page of a Dutch unofficial fan site for The Band. There's a lot of samples and quite a few whole songs from The Band, Bob Dylan and the Band, The Hawks (before they became The Band), various band members other projects and covers of The Band's music by other artists in a variety of downloadable and streaming formats. Look for the "whole song" in the description if little bits and pieces drive you crazy. Of special note, a live version of one of my favorite Dylan songs, Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat. Also note, if you follow the links, there's an extensive collection of video to stream and/or download and a boatload of information here.
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| | Harvey Reid What, you've never heard of Harvey Reid? Well these sample songs he's got on his website Woodpecker.com will be a tasty treat for you fingerpickin' fans. Guitar, Autoharp and 6 string banjo played by a award winning master with 30 years experience. Check it out.
9/1/2006 10:28 PM | | Return to Links Menu ***** Return to Site Map |
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| | The Official "Weird Al" Yankovic Web Site Weird Al has a couple free downloads for you on his website. Ironically, (I'm sure intentionally so), "Don't Download This Song" is available. Also, there's a parody of a James Blunt song, "Your Pitiful" available for free download. This one's not on Al's new CD, "Straight Outta Lynwood". (I bought it for my 16 year old son, really) If you haven't seen his new CD, it's some newfangled thing that's a CD on one side and a DVD on the other with videos for all the songs. The CD side won't play on my computer (boo, hisss). Each track stops after 30 seconds. The videos are hilarious, as you'd expect from Weird Al. There's also a "making of" video of Al in the studio. Worth the 16 bucks I plunked down for it at Best Buy but I'd really have liked to put the songs on my hard drive.
11/26/2006 12:55 AM | | Return to Links Menu ***** Return to Site Map |
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