25 Audio Works added to the National Recording Registry

Check out the AP piece HERE.  You can nominate a piece of audio at the National Recording Registry, or see the complete list on the internet.  Thriller has been added, and I’ll add mp3s when I can. Stop back.

The list:

1. The first trans-Atlantic broadcast (March 14, 1925)

2. “Allons a Lafayette,” Joseph Falcon (1928)

3. “Casta Diva,” from Bellini’s “Norma”; Rosa Ponselle, accompanied by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Giulio Setti. (recorded December 31, 1928, and January 30, 1929)

4. “If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again,” Thomas A. Dorsey (1934)

5. “Sweet Lorraine,” Art Tatum (February 22, 1940)

6. Fibber’s Closet Opens for the First Time, “Fibber McGee and Molly” radio program (March 4, 1940)

7. Wings Over Jordan, Wings Over Jordan (1941)

8. Fiorello LaGuardia reading the comics (1945)

9. “Call it Stormy Monday but Tuesday is Just As Bad,” T-Bone Walker (1947)

10. Harry S. Truman speech at the 1948 Democratic National Convention (July 15, 1948)

11. “The Jazz Scene,” various artists (1949)

12. “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels,” Kitty Wells (May 30, 1952)

13. “My Fair Lady,” original cast recording (1956)

14. Navajo Shootingway Ceremony Field Recordings, recorded by David McAllester (1957-1958)

15. “‘Freight Train,’ and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes,” Elizabeth Cotten (1959)

16. Marine Band Concert Album to Help Benefit the National Cultural Center (1963)

17. “Oh, Pretty Woman,” Roy Orbison (1964)

18. “Tracks of My Tears,” Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (1965)

19. “You’ll Sing a Song and I’ll Sing a Song,” Ella Jenkins (1966)

20. “Music from the Morning of the World,” various artists; recorded by David Lewiston (1966)

21. “For the Roses,” Joni Mitchell (1972)

22. “Headhunters,” Herbie Hancock (1973)

23. Ronald Reagan Radio Broadcasts (1976-1979)

24. “The Sounds of Earth,” disc prepared for the Voyager spacecraft (1977)

25. “Thriller,” Michael Jackson (1982)

New Music: The Panderers

We’re in the thick of the political season, and it looks like it’s going to stay that way for quite sometime.  So the band with maybe the most timely name of the year is today’s featured New Music artist: The Panderers.

Combining a Kinks-sounding instrumentation with a Jack White voice, The Panderers have a sound that feels comfortable very quickly.  In the documentary movie they make about Barack Obama’s winning Presidential campaign, this song could easily be played during his tour of the South.

“You gotta move, come on, step up, jump around, step in, get up, stay up get down”=Sweet

Buy The Panderers/MP3: Come On

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Guest Post: Keep on Truckin’

Believe it or not, we are not the only ones who write about music. In fact, after doing a bit of research, it turns out that there are dozens (if not HUNDREDS) of blogs dedicated to music on the internets. And so, long live the guest post:

Additionally, it should be noted that the IIG,IG founders often disagree on music.  One man’s trash is another man’s…Drive by Truckers?  (Kidding, Shea.)  This is only expected to happen to a greater degree when a guest writes for the blog. This one should rattle a few cages with the editors of the blog, but in the end: If It’s Good, It’s Good.

If you claim to know anything about music, you better know about The Shoals region of Northern Alabama.  Without The Shoals we wouldn’t have Sam Phillips, W.C. Handy, or The Rolling Stones’ “Brown Sugar.” And damn it if it hasn’t produced three members of the finest contemporary Southern rock band there is, The Drive-By Truckers.

Rolling Stone them the “boldest ‘n’ baddest Southern band in the land.”  Since 1996, these Boys From Alabama (and a lady) have been serving up hits like my Auntie Janie serves up sweet tea on a hot Alabama day.  Their first critically acclaimed album came in 2001 with the release of Southern Rock Opera and these Lynyrd Skynyrd reincarnates haven’t stopped, following it up with four more albums in the past 7 years. With lyrics that shoot exceptionally straight and the vocals of front men Patterson Hood, Mike Cooley, Jason Isbell (2001-2006, 3 Albums), and a new twist with Shonna Tucker on their newest release, this band can’t go wrong.  When they hit the stage with three guitars up front and a bottle of Jack Daniels to pass around you get a mighty fine show and an even better performance the deeper they get into the bottle.  With the January 22nd release of Brighter Than Creations Dark, DBT really rev up their Skynyrd side.   Hammering out hits, this album and band is the way rock n’ roll should be…served up Southern style.

Here’s a taste of that Southern-fried sound:

MP3: Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife

MP3: Dimes Down

MP3: A Ghost to Most

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M@M: Eyedea vs. Brother Ali-Scribble Jam 2000

MP3: Eyedea & Abilities-Now (This song is amazing. I was just introduced to it this weekend; check out the part starting at 1:03)

MP3: Brother Ali-Take Me Home

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Cloud Cuts

I’ve been airborne for about eight hours in the past week, and one of my favorite parts of flying is bursting through the clouds (or better yet, hovering right above them).  This experience has inspired the latest playlist, albeit a short one. The top seven “cloud” songs.  (Click on the word cloud in each for an mp3!). Top three songs are after the jump…

7. Air’s Clouds Up

6. Sting’s Heavy Cloud No Rain

5. Duke Ellington’s Clouds in My Heart

4. The Staples Singers’ Uncloudy Day

Lollapalooza Countdown: 79 days — Okkervil River

I introduce the inaugural Lollapalooza Countdown. A feature where we will preview our most anticipated sets at Lollapalooza 2008. Along with the band will be the top 3 songs Max and I are itchin’ to hear live:

79 Days —– OKKERVIL RIVER

3) \”Another Radio Song\” off the Black Boy Sheep Appendix EP

** Specifically 2:21 until the end

2) \”Westfall\” off Don’t Fall in Love with Everyone You See

** One can never have too much Mandolin

1) \”John Allyn Smith Sails\” off The Stage Names

** Trademarked crescendo and John Berryman could fly

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Swedish Jumpstart

A couple of tunes straight from King Carl XVI Gustaf’s own personal Ipod. It must be all the babes stirring up the ridiculous amount of welfare state happy going on in the 2 songs by these Swedish bands. A couple of great tracks to jumpstart your Summer playlist.

The Lionhear Brothers \”50 Souls and a Discobowl\”

Pacific! \”Sunset Blvd\”

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News Beat, post-Mother’s Day Blues Edition

LeBron: Sit down, it’s no longer Mother’s Day

Before he silenced the Boston Celtics last night, LeBron James first had to quiet down his mother, Gloria.  And you can tell from this AP photo by Marc Duncan that he was none too happy about it.

Ms. James came roaring into the action in the second quarter when her son was wrapped up on a breakaway dunk attempt by Paul Pierce.

Kevin Garnett tried to calm her down, but it was LeBron who got the job done.

“I told her to sit down, in some language I shouldn’t have used,” James said. “Thank God today wasn’t Mother’s Day. All I could think about is her. … I know my mother. It’s fine, we’re good.”

This one is just TOOOO good; three tunes:

MP3: The Rolling Stones-Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby?

MP3: Paul Simon-That Was Your Mother

MP3: The White Stripes-I Want To Be the Boy To Warm Your Mother’s Heart

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