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| Celebrating the birthday of Ohio Untouchables guitarist Robert Ward with a couple of his Magnatone-enhanced 60s soul gems. |
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| Check out the video for "Don't Let Me Down Again" off Cunningham Bird's tribute to 1973's Buckingham Nicks album out Friday. |
Writes Andrew Bird...
“Don't Let Me Down Again" is out now. The full record Cunningham Bird is yours in just 3 days! This one is the least altered out of the Buckingham Nicks originals, and has been one of our favorites to play live. Hope you enjoy. – Andrew Bird
You can get a copy of the Cunningham Bird album right here. Check out the Cunningham Bird version of "Don't Let Me Down Again" followed by the original 1973 recording by Buckingham Nicks.
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| Raising a glass to Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti with a few stellar performances and some reminiscences of Paul McCartney. |
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| The Boom! doc about Tacoma's 60s punks The Sonics gets a long overdue T.O. premiere thanks to Ralph Alphonso. |
BOOM! A Film About THE SONICS
TORONTO FILM PREMIERE
Thursday, October 24
The Redwood Theatre
1300 Gerrard St. East, Toronto
Doors open at 6 pm. Film starts promptly at 7 pm.
For anyone familiar with 60s rock and 60s garage rock, The Sonics are the motherlode; primal, raw, every one of their riffs has become someone else's entire album. Their classics (Strychnine, Cinderella, The Witch, Psycho) have been revived and become standard repertoire for dozens of bands; and their revved up definitive take on Have Love Will Travel as used in TV commercials and movie soundtracks has spurred on the band's revival.
The Toronto premiere of Jordan Albertsen's acclaimed 2018 documentary BOOM! A Film About The Sonics will be introduced by Ralph Alfonso (manager of The Diodes and Toronto's first punk club, The Crash 'n' Burn). Limited seating, so be sure to purchase tickets early right here. Watch the trailer and an interview with the director Jordan Albertsen below followed by a rippin' reunion performance from 2015.
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| Remembering blues guitar slinger James "Son" Thomas on his birthday with some rare colour performance footage worth checking. |
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| Raising a glass to country duet singer deluxe Melba Montgomery with clips featuring George Jones, Roy Acuff and Charlie Louvin. |
