This week In Singing Ladies 41/52

Melissa Etheridge, Rhiannon Giddens, Joss Stone, PJ Harvey, Björk, Florence + The Machine, Courtney Barnett, China Forbes & Storm Large, Caro Emerald, Édith Piaf, Lorde, Cécile McLorin Salvant

Singing (Ladies only) Bruce Springsteen

Amy MacDonald, Alison Mosshart, Angie McMahon, Aoife O'Donovan, Clara Bond, LeAnn Rimes, Mackenzie Johnson, Inessa Witting, Anabela, Emmylou Harris, Moa Holmsten, Melissa Etheridge

This week In Singing Ladies 33/52

Janis Ian, Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, Shirley Horn, Diana Krall, Laurel Massé, Mary J. Blige, Roberta Flack, Beth Hart, Melissa Etheridge, Lady Gaga, Madonna

This week In Singing Ladies 24/52

Laura Marling, Norah Jones, Barbra Streisand, Madeleine Peyroux, Cyrille Aimee, Lana Del Rey, Melissa Etheridge, Björk, Joan Baez, KT Tunstall, Tori Amos, Alanis Morissette

Happy Birthday Iggy Pop. ‘Most For Life’

This day (April 21, 1947), in Muskegon, Michigan, U.S.A., is born James Newell Osterberg, Jr. better known as Iggy Pop, American singer-songwriter, front man for The Stooges

Tracklist :

1 . 1970 (w/ The Stooges, Goose Lake 1970)

2 . Sixteen

3 . I’m Bored (OGWT, 1976)

4 . Funtime (w/ David Bowie, 1977)

5 . Lust For Life + Pumpin For Jill (Cabaret Tour, 1981)

6 . Eat Or Be Eaten (1982)

7 . Wild One (1986)

8 . Shades (Finland, 1987)

9 . Cold Metal (Letterman, 1988)

10 . I Wanna Be Your Dog (UK TV Show Wired, 1988)

11 . Home (Farm Aid, 1990)

12 . Candy (w/ Kate Pierson, Arsenio, 1991)

13 . Black Sunshine (w/ White Zombie)

14 . Louie louie (1993

15 . Beside You (1994)

16 . To Belong (1996)

17 . Lust for life

18 . Rebel Rebel (w/ Lenny Kravitz, 1998)

19 . Nazi Girlfriend

20 . Espaсol (in Moscow,

We remember Chuck Berry. ‘Ageless Rocker & Bluesman’

This day (March 18, 2017), in St. Charles County, Missouri, died Charles Edward Anderson 'Chuck' Berryan American guitarist, singe, songwriter and rock and roll pioneer

Tracklist :

1 . Johnny B. Goode (1958)

2 . You Never Can Tell

3 . Roll over Beethoven (1972)

4 . Maybellene (1958)

5 . Sweet Little Sixteen

6 . No Particular Place To Go

7 . w/ Tina Turner – Rock n roll music

8 . Carol

9 . w/ Robert Cray – Brown Eyed Handsome Man

10 . w/ Keith Richards – Too Much Monkey Business

11 . w/ T-Bone Walker – Everyday I Have The Blues

12 . Hoochie Coochie Man

13 . w/ Eric Clapton, Keith Richards And Johnnie Johnson – Wee Wee Hours

14 . No Money Down

15 . Mean Old World (1972)

16 . Mean Old World (1986)

17 . Beer Drinking Woman(1972)

Tracklist :

Johnny B. Goode . You Never Can Tell .Roll Over

Island publish Chaka Khan’s twelfth album ‘Hello Happiness’ featuring ‘Like Sugar’ (2019)

Chaka Khan's 'Hello Happiness' is her twelfth album (her first in 12 years) produced by Dave ‘Switch’ Taylor & Sarah Ruba and released on February 15, 2019 by Island

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The Guardian



Its sound is based on an intricate knowledge of her back catalogue – the vivid funk she recorded with Rufus 40 years ago

The Arts Desk



it is the soundtrack to the dancefloor as a place to break free, where swinging hips and funky feet are enough to wave the blues away Daily Mail

It’s short — just seven tracks — but still incorporates a dazzling array of styles... it’s also modern enough to avoid

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Released on August 8, 1989, "Back on

Lenny Kravitz comes back with ‘Raise Vibration,’ an album full of great kravitzian new songs. Isn’t it time to ask for a ‘Raise’?

Lenny Kravitz' 'Raise Vibration' is his eleventh studio album recorded with guitarist Craig Ross and keyboardist David Baron and released by Roxie Records on September 7, 2018

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Washington Post



It’s music that resembles its maker’s style — cool sunglasses, motorcycle boots and well-worn jeans.

The Independent



In the song I’m asking for the same sort of comfort from that person, to get through it USA Today

The eight-minute "It's Enough" is most overtly political, featuring clips of Black Lives Matter protests and Colin Kaepernick’s anthem kneel in its music video.

Lenny Kravitz - Raise Vibration

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Lenny Kravitz' 'Are You Gonna Go My Way' is his third studio album released on March 9,

For ‘In the Blue Light,’ Paul Simon hires Bill Frisell, Wynton Marsalis and others to revisit several old and more obscure pieces of his catalogue. De(blue)lightful!

Paul Simon's 'In the Blue Light' is his fourteenth solo studio album recorded with among others Bill Frisell, Wynton Marsalis, Bryce Dessner from The National and the yMusic sextet and released on September 7, 2018 by Legacy Recordings.

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Rolling Stone



But leave it to Simon—who made Nile Rodgers play 90-something guitar takes for one session—to redo songs in ways that don’t exactly overhaul the originals.

The Independent



...they are contemplative and melancholic one moment, silly and absurdist the next The Times

is a strange choice for a songwriter of his stature: a reworking of songs he felt were overlooked or not quite right first time

Paul Simon - In the Blue Light

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Happy Birthday Lenny Kravitz. ‘American Showman’

This day (May 26, 1964), in Manhattan, New York, is born Leonard Albert Kravitz better known as Lenny Kravitz, American singer & songwriter

Tracklist :

1 . Let Love Rule

2 . Be

3 . Freedom Train (Roskilde Festival, 1990)

4 . It ain’t over til its over (Peters Popshow, 1991)

5 . Are you gonna go my way (Pinkpop, 1993)

6 . Rock And Roll is Dead (1995)

7 . Mr. Cab Driver

8 . w/ Vanessa Paradis - Silver and Gold (1996)

9 . Can’t Get You Off My Mind

10 . Fly Away (Chris Rock Show, 1998)

11 . Yesterday Is Gone (My Dear Kay)

12 . Lady (Jay Leno Show, 2004)

13 . Tunnel Vision (Rock In Rio, 2005)

14 . I´ll be waiting (unplugged New York, 2007)

15 . Bring It On (2008)

16 . Thinking Of You (Tribute To Mother Roxie Roker, 2010)

17 . Stand

18 . Whole Lotta Love (35th Kennedy Center Honors, 2012)

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Happy Birthday Bob Dylan. ‘We Do Look Back’

This day (May 24, 1941), in Duluth, Minnesota is born Robert Allen Zimmerman better known as Bob Dylan, American singer, poet & songwriter and Nobel prize

Tracklist :

1 . Blowing In The Wind (1963)

2 . Mr. Tambourine Man (Newport Folk Festival, 1964)

3 . Like a Rolling Stone (1966)

4 . I Threw It All Away (The Johnny Cash Show, 1969)

5 . Soundcheck in NYC (w/ George Harrison, 1971)

6 . Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (1974)

7 . Hurricane

8 . Idiot Wind (1976)

9 . Gotta Serve Somebody

10 . let’s begin (Avignon, 1981)

11 . Sweetheart Like You

12 . Jokerman (Letterman, 1984)

13 . Shake (Farm Aid, 1985)

14 . Across The Borderline (Farm Aid, 1986)

15 . Soon (The Gershwin Gala, 1987)

16 . With God On Our Side (Oakland Coliseum Arena, 1988)

17 . Political World

18 . April 28 (w/ Willie Nelson, KRLU

This week In New Music Videos N°178

k.d. lang, pradkin, Griff, Cheat Codes, The Wombats, Omara Portuondo . Gaby Moreno, Melissa Etheridge, Charlotte Day Wilson, The Academic, Audrey Mika, Smash Into Pieces, Solomun

They are the performers of the music videos

that caught, these past days, our interest and musical or visual liking.

Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy!

Tracklist

1 . k.d. lang . Sexuality

Lyrics >> Review >> More by the same . Twitter

2 . pradkin . Espuma

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3 . Griff . One Foot In Front Of The Other

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4 . Cheat Codes . Lean On Me (w/ Tinashe)

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5 . The Wombats . Method to the Madness

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6 . Omara Portuondo. Gaby

This week In New Music Videos 10

Every day we watch tons of videos. Among them we have selected, for this week, twelve brand new songs that caught our interest and liking.

They are performed by Melissa Etheridge, UB40, The Good, The Bad, The Queen, The Chemical Brothers, Jack Savoretti, Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend, slowthai, Solange, BenjiFlow, Jungle, Sinkane

Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy!

Tracklist

1 . Melissa Etheridge . Wild And Lonely

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2 . UB40 . You Haven't Called

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3 . The Good, The Bad . The Queen . The Truce of Twilight

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4 . The Chemical Brothers . We've Got To Try

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5 . Jack Savoretti . What More Can . Do?

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6 . Arcade Fire . Baby Mine

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Happy Birtday Steven Tyler. ‘Aerophone’

This day (March 26, 1948 ), in Manhattan, New York, is born Steven Victor Tallarico better known as Steven Tyler, American singer and mainly lead singer of Aerosmith

Tracklist :

1 . Dream On (Midnight Special, 1974)

2 . Train Kept A-Rollin'(w/ Aerosmith, Pontiac 1976)

3 . Toys In The Attic Live (w/ Aerosmith, 1977)

4 . Chiquita (w/ Aerosmith)

5 . Same Old Song And Dance (w/ Aerosmith, Texas Jam '78)

6 . Let The Music Do The Talking (w/ Aerosmith)

7 . Bring It On Home (w/ Led Zeppelin, Rock n Roll hall of fame, 1995)

8 . Walk This Way (w/ RUN-DMC)

9 . I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (w/ Aerosmith)

10 . Dude (Looks Like A Lady) (w/ Aerosmith)

11 . Jaded (w/ Aerosmith)

12 . Angel (w/ Aerosmith)

13 . Misery (w/ Pink)

14 . Mama Kin (w/ Guns N' Roses & Joe Perry, Paris 1992)

15 . Nobody´s