Since you could not be at The Troubadour in Los Angeles two nights ago. That is Joss Stone, Dave Stewart and (it seems) Tal Wilkenfeld on bass. More details via Rolling Stone
Bangstyle writes “Last night D’Angelo played his first show in more than 11 years in Stockholm, Sweden. What’s more exciting is that the neurotic talent is making an attempt to rekindle his once-bright star.” Strong!
And now …a 15 minutes interview with Paul McCartney and Tommy LiPuma while The Telegraph reviews his new CD “Kisses on the Bottom – Paul McCartney abandons the guitar and pays homage to the music of his youth.”
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While PopMaters reviews a book dedicated to Carla Bley, someone posted large excerpts of Steve Swallow & Carla Bley playing in Paris a month ago. FYI extra musicians are Chris Cheek (sax), Steve Cardenas (gtr) & Jorge Rossy (drms).
Always a precursor, Quincy Jones goes one step further. More details on gulfnews.com . “Legendary Music Producer, Quincy Jones has collaborated with Emirati social entrepreneur Badr Jafar, to jointly produce the Arabic charity single entitled ‘TOMORROW/BOKRA‘”
The next Rodrigo y Gabriela‘s album “Area 52” drops in January 2012. Here is a 3 minutes trailer. It sounds good! Via stereoboard.com