Bonnie Raitt, usually an electric slide player, shows her versatility in the clip above. Raitt started her tour this week and has a new album, Slipstream. She...
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I can’t think of a performer as intense as James Brown in terms of both talent and personality. There really isn’t anyone close. And it...
Ragtime, perhaps because of the popularity of Scott Joplin, is associated with the piano. There also is a school of ragtime guitar, however. Elizabeth Cotten...
Fork in the Road almost certainly is unique among videos made by superstars. If you haven’t seen it, check it out. I’m not sure what the back story...
Classy for the weekend. The go-to piece for cartoons and TV commercials.
Modest Mouse – Dashboard from Jenny Ko on Vimeo. Dashboard is sort of the dream you would have after having a spicy meal, reading a bit of Moby Dick and...
A list of Duke Ellington songs is like a list of those from the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Bob Dylan and a few others. The song are so familiar and deeply...
Here is Bob Marley’s official site, his Facebook page and a Reuters story about Marley, the recently released movie directed by Kevin MacDonald. Among...
In 1999, Ry Cooder coaxed several Cuban musicians out of retirement to record an album. The project was filmed by Cooder’s friend Wim Wenders (the...
Editor’s Note: The Daily Music Break periodically re-posts great music that has been on the site before. This post originally appeared on April 30, 2012...
