Happy Birthday Sir Elton John. ‘Rocket John (It Still Is A Long Long Time)’

This day (March 25, 1947), in Pinner, Middlesex, England, is born Reginald Kenneth Dwight better known as Elton John, English singer, composer and pianist

Tracklist :

1 . Your Song (BBC, 1970)

2 . Levon (BBC, 11971)

3 . Rocket Man (Royal Festival Hall, 1972)

4 . Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (TOTP, 1973)

5 . Daniel (Watford, 1974)

6 . Pinball Wizard (Dodger Stadium, 1975)

7 . Don't Go Breaking My Heart (w/ Kiki Dee)

8 . Shine On Through (1977)

9 . Song For Guy (1978)

10 . In A Soviet Restaurant (w/ Ray Cooper, 1979)

11 . Elton's Song (w/ Jean-Claude Petit, 1981)

12 . I'm Still Standing

13 . Nikita (1985)

14 . Candle in the Wind (1986)

15 . I Guess Thats Why They Call It The Blues (Wembley, 1987)

16 . Sacrifice

17 . The One

18 . Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (w/ George Michael)

19 . Can

This week In ’90s Throwback’ 12/52

Blur, Depeche Mode, Texas, Sinéad O'Connor, U2, Depeche Mode, Stevie Wonder, Bell Biv DeVoe, Duran Duran, George Michael, Elton John, Arrested Development, Steve Vai

This week In Soul Artists 49/52

Otis Redding, Macy Gray, Shalamar, The Temptations, George Clinton, James Brown, Queen Latifah, Beyoncé, Martha Reeves, The Vandellas, Ike and Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder, Charlie Wilson

This week In Soul Artists 47/52

Earth Wind & Fire, Tina Turner, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Sly & The Family Stone, Big Joe Turner, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, Marvin Gaye, Ne-Yo, Parliament, Ray Charles, Luther Vandross

This week In ’70s Throwback’ 44/52

Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Daryl Hall, John Oates, Joni Mitchell, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, The Police, Grateful Dead, Curtis Mayfield, Roxy Music, The Jam, Tom Waits

This week In ’90s Throwback’ 42/52

Fugees, Ride, Nirvana, Flea, David Bowie, Jamiroquai, Korn, Alanis Morissette, Paul Simon, Meshell Ndegeocello, Limp Bizkit, The Smashing Pumpkins, Marilyn Manson, Pearl Jam

For his twenty fifth album, Elvis Costello has recruited ex-collaborators The Imposters and Burt Bacharach, he has added Carole King for the female touch. Sounds like the return of Ocean 11!

Elvis Costello's 'Look Now' is his twenty fifth album recorded with The Imposters, co-produced with Sebastian Krys, featuring songs by Carole King and Burt Bacharach and released on October 12, 2018 by Concord Records

Elvis Costello

Consequence of Sound



...Costello’s first record of new music in five years is an intricately detailed and meticulously crafted affair

Metro



....on I Let The Sun Go Down, a stately, bittersweet meditation on Brexit disguised as a stately, processional patriotic anthem GQ

The songs here are dense but ornate, complex but forthright, and every one of the 12 songs has a melody that...

Elvis Costello & the Imposters - Look Now

AMAZON . ITUNES .

"The Girl in the Other Room" by Diana Krall is her seventh (and the

This week In Soul Artists 39/52

Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Toni Braxton, Bettye LaVette, Angie Stone, Jill Scott, Candi Staton, Patrice Rushen, The Temptations, Dionne Warwick, George Benson, Lil Wayne

This week In Soul Artists 37/52

Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, LaBelle, Raphael Saadiq, Destiny's Child, Bobby Womack, Tina Turner, New Edition, Erykah Badu, Nina Simone, Anita Baker, Lionel Richie

This week In ’80s Throwback’ 37/52

Huey Lewis & The News, Tracy Chapman, Eurythmics, Aerosmith, Tina Turner, Cyndi Lauper, Kate Bush, Level 42, Wet Wet Wet, John Hiatt, Stevie Wonder, The Police

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.

(Source Paul Simon - In the Blue Light | The Paul Simon Official Site)

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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

AMAZON . ITUNES .

This week In One-Off Collaborations 34/52

Jamie Cullum & Joss Stone, Amy Winehouse & The Specials, Mary J. Blige & Eve, Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj, Jennifer Lopez & Taylor Swift, Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton, Etta James & Dr.John, Randy Crawford & Joe Sample, Mavis Staples & Jeff Tweedy, Usher, Valerie Simpson & Mike Stoller, George Benson & Marcus Miller, Santana, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter & Marcus Miller

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

Last week In Visual Artists 30

Pierre Debusschere, John Vernon Lord, Nick Brandt, Gered Mankowitz, Paola Kudacki , Jenny Risher, Jeremy Deputat, Phil Joanou, Russell Young, Taylor Hackford, Arthur Elgort, Sanaa Hamri, . They are the 12 Visual Artists selected among the 189 Posts we published last week.

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

Tracklist

1 . Pierre Debusschere - Age Of Aquarius / Beyoncé "Ghost" 30 Preview (by Random Acts / Beyoncé)

Lifted from : "Here" Alicia Keys' sixth album

2 . John Vernon Lord - Iillustrating Ulysses (by The Folio Society)

Lifted from : "The Book of Taliesyn" Deep Purple's second album

3 . Nick Brandt - Elephant Conservation (By Elephans In Africa)

Lifted from : "Invincible" Michael Jackson's tenth and final album

4 . Gered Mankowitz - About his 50 Year