Tipsy's Music Digest

Now, it’s time to speak of an album that everybody should listen. Infortunatelly, this one is not well known as it should. The name? Everyday Everynight, from Brasilian Singer Flora Purim. With her husband Airto Moreita, she is one of the most famous jazz singer in Brasil. On that album, she is surrounded by legends such as Jaco Pastorius, Herbie Hancock, George Duke, her husband Airto Moreita, Michael Brecker and his brother Randy, Michel Colombier as a producer and many talented musicians. This album is pretty magic, so if you can find it somewhere, do not hesitate, jump on it. Here is an extract from it:

Jaco Pastorius was the best jazz bass fretless bass player ever. His ability to sound like no one else is unique, and he has been able to take his instrument miles away from its original purpose. Here’s avideo to show you how a bass can sound being left alone in the middle of a stage.

Do You Know Steve Vai? Have you ever seen a triple neck guitar?
Well now there’s a present for you:

Do You Know Mike Porntoy? If you don’t, well you should discover him. He is the most decorated dummer ever, and his work are one of the biggest influences around the world. Former drummer of Dream Theater, an all-star progressive rock band, he is involved in many other projects, and you MUST watch his youtube videos.

On wednesday evening, the O2 Area in London got mad: during Roger Water’s “The Wall” representation, David Gilmour and Nick Mason, former Pink Floyd companions, joined the bassist on stage! That’s the sign of a possible future reformation, that could happen sooner than we think. The latest gig was during the Live 8 concert in 2005! We Love Them!

Bad news.

Cornell Dupree Jr., a guitarist who played on R&B and jazz hits with artists including Aretha Franklin and Miles Davis, has died. He was 68.

Dupree died Sunday at home in Fort Worth. His funeral is set for Friday.

Just out of high school, he went to work in Manhattan with saxophonist King Curtis Ousley, another Fort Worth native.

Dupree, who went on to be a studio player, played guitar on “Respect” by Franklin, “Rainy Night in Georgia” by Brook Benton and “Memphis Soul Stew” by King Curtis.

He toured with Franklin’s band from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s.

His son, Cornell Dupree III, tells the Fort Worth Star-Telegram says most people don’t know his father, but “there’s not too many musicians who don’t know him.”

File-sharing software company LimeWire, which shut down last year after being barred from allowing people to share copyright-protected files online, reached a $105 million out-of-court settlement with the major record labels Thursday, the labels said.

In a statement, Recording Industry Association of America Chairman Mitch Bainwol said his group, which represents the labels, is pleased with the settlement.

“The resolution of this case is another milestone in the continuing evolution of online music to a legitimate marketplace that appropriately rewards creators,” he later added.

LimeWire, which had enabled people to share songs and other files over the Internet, had been fighting the RIAA for several years.

The RIAA argued LimeWire’s software encouraged illegal sharing of copyrighted music. Last May LimeWire was found liable of copyright infringement, with a trial to follow early this year. That trial started last week.

In October, LimeWire received a federal injunction forcing it to disable key functions of its software. At that time, the company said it would continue developing a new service that would include a desktop player, mobile apps and a catalog of music from which people could legally stream and download songs.

But in December, Lime Group said it would shut down LimeWire completely due to its legal situation.

We mark the 30th anniversary of Marley’s death with a playlist of hits, obscurities and surprising cover version.

I Shot the Sheriff
Before most people had heard of Marley or the Wailers, they’d heard Eric Clapton’s anodyne version of his cop-killer song. Marley had wanted to sing “I shot the police,” but to do so would have fed the feud between Jamaican cops and the group that had already seen Bunny Wailer jailed on trumped-up charges. The song gave Clapton his only US number one, a debt he repaid with a drunken onstage rant about “fucking Jamaicans” the following year. In typical Marley fashion, the song slips from narrative into folk saying: “Every day the bucket a go a well, one day the bottom a go drop out.” Think about it.

No Woman, No Cry
The live version, recorded at London’s Lyceum in 1975, became Bob’s breakthrough hit. It’s still the one song that non-fans recognise and love. The big romantic chorus alternates with verses reminiscing about Bob’s days scuffling in Trenchtown and a second chorus that affirms the central promise of pop: “Everything’s gonna be alright.” Bob handed the songwriting credits to a friend, Vincent Ford, in gratitude for old times.

Get Up, Stand Up
A famous crowd-pleaser, with its singalong, militant chorus. Co-written with fellow Wailer Peter Tosh, the song has a political refrain but the three verses are pure Rasta, rejecting pie-in-the-sky Christianity for the belief that “Almighty God is a living man” (ie Haile Selassie).

Redemption Song
Endlessly covered, Bob’s swansong is as tender as it is profound. At the time he wrote it, Marley already suspected his days were numbered. The final track on his final album, the song is delivered, uncharacteristically, to solo acoustic guitar, heightening its intimate tone. Some lyrics are borrowed from a Selassie speech (”Emancipate yourself from mental slavery”), others from Revelation (”the bottomless pit”), but at the centre of the song is the simple retrospective confession of a man who grew from poverty to greatness: “All I ever had, these songs of freedom.”

Check this out!

That’s a band we admire and that we want to talk about. Born in 2009 in the surroundings of Paris, 26£ In My Hand are here to rock on our hair!

With a strong experience inside the band, the 5 musicians gives us the opportunity to discover a mix between the 70’s extravaganza, and the 90’s rage, including some jazzy and prog rock influences in the music they play.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/26-In-My-Hand/66217683661

http://www.myspace.com/26inmyhand

Check this out: that’s a band we support, Edouard’s band, The Slap Dealers. Born in 2008, this band has been touring around Paris since then. They sometimes play some acoustic concerts as well as they can play some energic and cosy rock shows. Being from different musical horizons, they try to mix their influence in their music. They love what they are doing, and they want to go as far as possible. Wish them as much luck as you can, they deserve it!
Check this out to discover their universe:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Slap-Dealers/42607633660
http://myspace.com/theslapdealers
http://www.theslapdealers.com