Recorded during the (in)famous The Rolling Stones American Tour 1972. It was the encore on some of the nights performed jointly by the Stones and Stevie Wonder and his band. The clip is taken from the unreleased documentary Cocksucker Blues.
Entertainment
Balloon Bass
Balloon Bass is the brainchild of Addi Somekh (above with Henry Bermúdez on guitar). He has been playing balloon bass since he was first introduced to the balloon guitar by its inventor Sean Rooney in 2000. Since then he’s made several modifications and turned it into more of a bass. The instrument consists of an inflated and a twisted skinny balloon to make up a resonator connected to the string, which is another twisted uninflated skinny balloon. Check out this video on how to make your own.
You can download their album Air, Rubber and Soul from their website. It’s a bit of a mix of jazz, latin, hip-hop and plenty of funky improv.
Savage Kick Fest, Derry 24-27 September 09
Get ready for a great rock’n'roll/blues extravaganza at the end of this month! Beatnik Soul are organising the Savage Kick Fest which will be held (mainly) in Sandinos‘ back bar. Dan and Conal managed to get together an excellent line up with both local and international artists.
It actually starts on Wednesday 23rd September with a free party in Sandinos featuring Casa De Chihuahua from New York.
The official opening on the Thursday night will be in St Columb’s Hall. Kicking off celebrations are Here Comes the Landed Gentry (Derry), The Jim Jones Revue (London), Joe Gideon & the Shark (London), and a DJ set by Andy McGibbon (The Bonnevilles/Motor Sounds Records).
Friday night we’re in Sandinos’ back bar with Bob Log III (Tucson, AZ), Hillstomp (Portland, OR), Teknopeasant (Donegal), and the Beatnik Soul DJs.
On Saturday we’ll see Balkan Alien Sound (Derry), Paul-Ronney Angel (The Urban Voodoo Machine) (London), and The Mighty Stef (Dublin).
And finishing off on Sunday night we get to see the brilliant T-Model Ford (Forest, MS), The Bonnevilles (Lurgan), Jonny Black’s new bluegrass outfit Skip Moses (Belfast), and more rocking tunes spun by the Beatnik Soul DJs.
Check below the fold for some videos.
Flat Mountain Girls in Masons Bar, May 28 (cancelled)
The Flat Mountain Girls are playing in Ireland over the next 7 days, and next Thursday they’ll be in Masons Bar here in Derry.
These four girls from Portland, Oregon are a high-energy string band who play traditional old-time music from the Appalachian mountains area. If you enjoyed the Carolina Chocolate Drops last year then you’re sure as hell going to love these guys!
Support will be provided by Ireland’s favourite blues/punk/rockabilly/country rockers Here Comes the Landed Gentry (damn, these boys are busy lately) and singer/songwriter Tina McLaughlin.
Here’s all the Irish dates:
May 22 2009 – The Cobblestone inDublin
May 23 2009 – Baltimore, Co Cork
May 24 2009 – McCarthy’s Bar in Dingle, Co Kerry
May 27 2009 – The Crane Bar in Galway
May 28 2009 – Masons Bar in Derry
Listen to the Flat Mountain Girls recorded live at Mississippi Studios on May 11, 2007 on archive.org (click link for downloads and playlist)
Update: looks like the Derry gig has been cancelled, not sure why.
D-66 and The Bonnevilles playing the Cellar Bar in Draperstown
If you missed D-66 when he played Sandinos last year then make damn sure that you get down to the Cellar Bar in Draperstown on 14th March!
The man is an animal on stage. Playing guitar, kicking a bass drum, snare, tambourine around his ankle whilst stomping on a baking tray makes a big fucking noise. It’s a high-energy mix of blues, punk, soul, and psychobilly that will get you up and dance.
Beatnik Soul are organising a bus from Derry. But hurry, there will only be about 16 or so seats available and I’ve already booked two.
Check out the video of Dag’s closing number in the Dirty Water Club last year. He played the same one in Sandinos. Can’t wait to see him again.
SXSW 2009 torrent
That time of the year again, folks, SXSW 2009 is just around the corner. And as every year since 2005 there’s a huge unofficial torrent – currently there’s 2 downloads available with a total of 1053 tracks coming in at 5.05GB! And there will be more which will be posted at a later date.
Great to see that there are more Irish bands than in previous years as well, 19 altogether from both north and south of the border:
The Beat Poets, Fighting with Wire, General Fiasco, In Case of Fire, Ski Bunny, Andy White, Wallis Bird, Dirty Epics, Fight Like Apes, The Guggenheim Grotto, Lisa Hannigan, Kiernan McMullan, The Mighty Stef, One Day International, Republic of Loose, Sickboy, The Brothers Movement, The Urges, and We Should Be Dead.
Amazing Grace – Joe Echo with Inishowen Gospel Choir
Joe Echo is a musician/singer from Castledawson, Northern Ireland. You might know him better as Ciaran Gribbin, former member of Leya who had a fair amount of success in Ireland, the UK and further afield until they split up in 2007.
The 30-member Inishowen Gospel Choir is based in Carndonagh, Co Donegal. They have been collaborating with and supporting a number of Irish artists like Duke Special, Cara Dillon and Foy Vance. In 2008 they performed at Glastonbury.
The video was recorded at last year’s Urban Hymns event in May Street Church, Belfast.
The Movers: free Soundscape EP for download
Swedish garage rockers The Movers have released their Soundscape EP a few weeks ago for free. You can find direct and torrent links on their website and MySpace profile.
I hadn’t heard of these guys before, only just stumbled across a comment they left on another band’s profile. But I definitely like what I hear!
Check out their video playing live at last year’s Uddevallakassetten festival:
The Movers [LIVE] from GOTHEN STUDIOS on Vimeo.
