brainrow » Music http://brainrow.com A Babbling Stream of Semi-Consciousness Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:45:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 R.I.P. Etta James http://brainrow.com/2012/01/20/r-i-p-etta-james.html http://brainrow.com/2012/01/20/r-i-p-etta-james.html#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:36:01 +0000 Michael Burton http://brainrow.com/?p=2384 Etta James has passed away. Yet she is immortal:

]]> http://brainrow.com/2012/01/20/r-i-p-etta-james.html/feed 0 Hallelujah http://brainrow.com/2011/12/18/hallelujah.html http://brainrow.com/2011/12/18/hallelujah.html#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:56:28 +0000 Michael Burton http://brainrow.com/?p=2378 In keeping with the season, here’s an a capella version of the Hallelujah Chorus:

]]> http://brainrow.com/2011/12/18/hallelujah.html/feed 0 Early Rap http://brainrow.com/2011/05/21/early-rap.html http://brainrow.com/2011/05/21/early-rap.html#comments Sat, 21 May 2011 21:32:21 +0000 Michael Burton http://brainrow.com/?p=2293 An early rap song…

]]> http://brainrow.com/2011/05/21/early-rap.html/feed 0 Happy Birthday, Pete Seeger http://brainrow.com/2011/05/03/happy-birthday-pete-seeger.html http://brainrow.com/2011/05/03/happy-birthday-pete-seeger.html#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 18:48:45 +0000 Michael Burton http://brainrow.com/?p=2260 Today is Pete Seeger’s 92nd birthday.

Happy birthday, Pete.

]]> http://brainrow.com/2011/05/03/happy-birthday-pete-seeger.html/feed 0 Duet http://brainrow.com/2011/04/18/duet.html http://brainrow.com/2011/04/18/duet.html#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 23:57:59 +0000 Michael Burton http://brainrow.com/?p=2242 Last week, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of manned spaceflight, astronaut Cady Coleman played a flute duet with Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull.

If you have a high-speed internet connection, try viewing in full-screen mode.

Too brief, but very nice.

]]> http://brainrow.com/2011/04/18/duet.html/feed 0 You Can’t Scare Me http://brainrow.com/2011/03/06/you-cant-scare-me.html http://brainrow.com/2011/03/06/you-cant-scare-me.html#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2011 17:47:46 +0000 Michael Burton http://brainrow.com/?p=2208 For some mysterious reason, this song has been going through my mind for the past couple weeks.

]]> http://brainrow.com/2011/03/06/you-cant-scare-me.html/feed 0 Concert for George http://brainrow.com/2011/02/25/concert-for-george.html http://brainrow.com/2011/02/25/concert-for-george.html#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:22:50 +0000 Michael Burton http://brainrow.com/?p=2197 Today would have been George Harrison’s 68th birthday.

Via email: All day today, you can watch streaming internet video of the Concert for George that was performed at the Royal Albert Hall on the first anniversary of George’s death. It’s an excellent show, and a fine tribute to a great soul.

]]> http://brainrow.com/2011/02/25/concert-for-george.html/feed 0 Freedom http://brainrow.com/2011/02/18/freedom.html http://brainrow.com/2011/02/18/freedom.html#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:36:10 +0000 Michael Burton http://brainrow.com/?p=2193 The Voice of America: Richie Havens sings “Freedom” 40 years after the original Woodstock concert.

]]> http://brainrow.com/2011/02/18/freedom.html/feed 0 The Battle Cry of Freedom http://brainrow.com/2011/02/12/the-battle-cry-of-freedom.html http://brainrow.com/2011/02/12/the-battle-cry-of-freedom.html#comments Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:03:11 +0000 Michael Burton http://brainrow.com/?p=2190 Today is Abraham Lincoln’s 202nd birthday.

I really should mark the occasion in some way, so here’s Chris Vallillo playing “The Battle Cry of Freedom”.

Thanks, Abe.

]]> http://brainrow.com/2011/02/12/the-battle-cry-of-freedom.html/feed 0 Baker Street http://brainrow.com/2011/01/05/baker-street.html http://brainrow.com/2011/01/05/baker-street.html#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:43:46 +0000 Michael Burton http://brainrow.com/?p=2183 I’ve always liked this song, by Gerry Rafferty, who has just passed away.

]]> http://brainrow.com/2011/01/05/baker-street.html/feed 0 Amazing Grace http://brainrow.com/2010/12/20/amazing-grace.html http://brainrow.com/2010/12/20/amazing-grace.html#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 23:08:10 +0000 Michael Burton http://brainrow.com/?p=2177 Experience your minimum daily bagpipe requirement:

]]> http://brainrow.com/2010/12/20/amazing-grace.html/feed 0 Why Does Life Got to Be So Hard? http://brainrow.com/2010/12/09/why-does-life-got-to-be-so-hard.html http://brainrow.com/2010/12/09/why-does-life-got-to-be-so-hard.html#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 03:38:57 +0000 Michael Burton http://brainrow.com/?p=2162 Via TidBITS: Music video about cleaning a laptop fan.

Sadly, I don’t think modern Mac laptop fans are any easier.

]]> http://brainrow.com/2010/12/09/why-does-life-got-to-be-so-hard.html/feed 0 Busindre Reel http://brainrow.com/2010/07/26/busindre-reel.html http://brainrow.com/2010/07/26/busindre-reel.html#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:13:07 +0000 Michael Burton http://brainrow.com/?p=2086 Spanish bagpipes.

]]> http://brainrow.com/2010/07/26/busindre-reel.html/feed 0 Monte Montgomery Plays Little Wing http://brainrow.com/2010/05/31/monte-montgomery-plays-little-wing.html http://brainrow.com/2010/05/31/monte-montgomery-plays-little-wing.html#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 12:00:17 +0000 Michael Burton http://brainrow.com/?p=2057 I do love this Jimi Hendrix song…

I think that guy has taken lessons.

]]> http://brainrow.com/2010/05/31/monte-montgomery-plays-little-wing.html/feed 0 Bonny Portmore http://brainrow.com/2010/03/09/bonny-portmore.html http://brainrow.com/2010/03/09/bonny-portmore.html#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:19:14 +0000 Michael Burton http://brainrow.com/?p=2011 Loreena McKennitt sings “Bonny Portmore” at a Borders book store. (The song is about the destruction of Irish forests by English ship builders.)

Must be nice to have talent.

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