Duke Ellington & His Washingtonians: Down in Our Alley Blues
Duke (Edward Kennedy) Ellington (with Max Roach and Charles Mingus): Very Special
Karen Akers: In My Solitude
Shirley Horn Trio: How Insensitive
Charlie Byrd: Jitterbug Waltz
Ruth Brown with B. B. King and his band: Ain't Nobody's Business
Link Wray: Dinosaur
The Marquees (featuring Marvin Gaye): Wyatt Earp
Bo Diddley (and The Duchess): You Can't Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover
The Mugwumps (Cass Elliot, Denny Doherty, Zal Yanovsky, John Sebastian): You Can't Judge a Book By Looking at the Cover
The Country Gentlemen: Matterhorn
The Seldom Scene: Sittin' on Top of the World
Duke (Edward Kennedy) Ellington (with Max Roach and Charles Mingus): Very Special
Karen Akers: In My Solitude
Shirley Horn Trio: How Insensitive
Charlie Byrd: Jitterbug Waltz
Ruth Brown with B. B. King and his band: Ain't Nobody's Business
Link Wray: Dinosaur
The Marquees (featuring Marvin Gaye): Wyatt Earp
Bo Diddley (and The Duchess): You Can't Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover
The Mugwumps (Cass Elliot, Denny Doherty, Zal Yanovsky, John Sebastian): You Can't Judge a Book By Looking at the Cover
The Country Gentlemen: Matterhorn
The Seldom Scene: Sittin' on Top of the World
The Seldom Scene: Wait a Minute
Mary Chapin Carpenter: Passionate Kisses
Mary Chapin Carpenter: Shut Up and Kiss Me
The Slickee Boys: When I Go to the Beach
Bad Brains: Banned in DC
Trusty: "Goodbye, Dr. Fate"
Jawbox: Motorist and Static live
Jawbox: Breathe
Fugazi: Bed for the Scraping (live version)
Tsunami: Water's Edge
Basehead: Not Over You
Thievery Corporation: Lebanese Blonde
Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers: The Party Roll
Go-Go Swing
Sweet Honey in the Rock: The Women Gather
Marian Anderson: America
Washington Post March:
Mary Chapin Carpenter: Passionate Kisses
Mary Chapin Carpenter: Shut Up and Kiss Me
The Slickee Boys: When I Go to the Beach
Bad Brains: Banned in DC
Trusty: "Goodbye, Dr. Fate"
Jawbox: Motorist and Static live
Jawbox: Breathe
Fugazi: Bed for the Scraping (live version)
Tsunami: Water's Edge
Basehead: Not Over You
Thievery Corporation: Lebanese Blonde
Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers: The Party Roll
Go-Go Swing
Sweet Honey in the Rock: The Women Gather
Marian Anderson: America
Washington Post March:
Wow, Todd, I'm a bit overwhelmed...
ReplyDeleteIt's a big stack. But I was feeling pretty bad (physically and otherwise), and this cheered me up.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure anyone else should try to take it all in one sitting...assuming anyone else would try!
But of course I did...
ReplyDeleteCondolences...but did all that pretty to utterly great music make it worth the trip?
ReplyDeleteHere's a plug for the Sweet Freedom blog from facebook, and a query:
ReplyDeleteWhat are other great DC area culture blogs [the posting listss mostly events calendars], or the top ten must-reads culture blogs Todd Mason recommends out of his blogroll?
Todd Mason's blog Sweet Freedom has aneclectic video tribute to #dcmusic What are the great DC culure blogs? http://bit.ly/KhH5tK About.com has some good ideas of free and low-cost events each month: http://dc.about.com/od/monthlyeventcalendars/a/JuneFestivals.htm
and free in DC as well: http://freeindc.blogspot.com/
And there's the Post's Going Out Guide-- https://www.facebook.com/goingoutguide
and the hipsters at http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/
Got other resources to suggest? Meanwhile, check out the variety of DC music over the decades:
Sweet Freedom: Saturday Music Club: some sounds of DC
Here's one all-purpose blog that scours the web for the best, smartest online culture and film resources, but it's not as in-depth or arcane as your very smart suggestions and commentary. But it might be worth adding to your blogroll.
ReplyDeletePresumably your readers already know about this, but if not, it's worth checking out:
http://openculture.com/
Thanks for the plug (and/or forward) and suggestions, Art...I'll certainly look into OpenCulture when I have a chance.
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