When drummer Bobby Gregg brought his stick down for the opening noise of the six-minute single, the sound - a kind of announcement, then a void of silence, then a rising fanfare, then the song - fixed a moment when all those caught up in modern music found themselves engaged in a running battle for a prize no one bothered to name: the greatest record ever made, perhaps, or the greatest record that ever would be made.
That first drum shot is what seals it. “The first time I heard Bob Dylan,” Bruce Springsteen said in 1989, inducting Dylan into the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame, “I was in the car with my mother listening to WMCA, and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody had kicked open the door to your mind.”
Ecléctico :: Playlist for 5-22-2013
David Grisman Quintet - Spain
La Vida Boheme - Cementerio del este/Cementerio del sur
Owiny Sigoma Band - Sunken Wrecks
The Feelies - The Boy With Perpetual Nervousness
Dënver - Revista de Gimnasia
Ozomatli - Eva
Staff Benda Bilili - Moto Moindo
Ondatrópica - I Ron Man
Brandt Brauer Frick - Skiffle It Up
Mars - 3E
Amor De Días - Day
Kovacs and the Polar Bear - Lovers On The Run
Jimmy Castor Bunch - It’s Just Begun
Luis Santi y Su Conjunto - Cuidado con la mano
Marc Anthony & Jennifer Lopez - Escapémonos
Manu Dibango - Soul Makoosa
Tartit - Ichichila
The National - Demons
Love of Lesbian - Universos Infinitos
Gil Scott-Heron - The Bottle
Joe Bataan - The Bottle
Los Punsetes - Alférez provisional
The Strokes - One Way Trigger
Buena Vista Social Club - Dos Gardenias
Elvis Costello - Brilliant Disguise
Bruce Springsteen - Ain’t Got You
Jayne Cortez :: Free jazz, funk, and searing poetry
A memorial for Jayne Cortez from Destination:Out
Riding a relentless boogie choogle and surging saxophone riffs, Cortez evokes the connection between half notes, war dances, Santeria shrines, and abolitionist politics. An impressionist gumbo whose ingredients include Gullah, Yoruba, Havana, and Zydeco. She lays down the lyrics like incantations.
Ecléctico :: Playlist for 5-15-2013
El Rego - Zon Dede
Lyle Lovett - Her First Mistake
Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos - Jaguey
Los Rodriguez - Sin documentos
Stevie Wonder - Another Star
Calexico - Sinner in the Sea
Los Pirañas - Vuestro Bohío (El Hijo Bobo)
Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra - Mamadou
Gustavo Cerati - Deja Vu
Soda Stereo - Ella uso mi cabeza como un revolver
Gustavo Cerati - Cosas Imposibles
Soda Stereo - Entre caníbales
Gustavo Cerati - Adios
Soda Stereo - Persiana Americana
Gustavo Cerati - Engaña
Soda Stereo - En la ciudad de la furia
R.E.M. - First We Take Manhattan
Los Planetas - La Playa
Lou Johnson - Beat
Jessy Bulbo - Permanentemente
Hello Seahorse! - No es que no te quiero
Tinariwen - Oualahila Ar Tesniam
Bruce Cockburn - See How I Miss You
New music from Senegal by Jeri-Jeri
Senegales group Jeri-Jeri bring on the legendary Baaba Maal for vocals on a new tune, “Gawlo.”
Recess Fest brings the world to Charlotte
Latin, West African, foot stompin’ night of good music from the producers of Recess Fest. Check it out!
Sun Ra, Space Is The Place
Gustavo Cerati ‘Te llevo para que me lleves’
Little Feat w/ Emmylou Harris & Bonnie Raitt “Dixie Chicken” from 1977 Midnight Special
R.E.M. performing ‘Oh My Heart’ live in Hansa Tonstudios in Berlin, 2010
Soda Stereo en los años 80
Patti Smith by Lynn Goldsmith
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