29.01.10

LOS ANGELES — When Grammy gives its person of the year give to Neil Young this weekend, a star-studded toss of performers will be on hand to serenade the Toronto-born tor legend.

Sheryl Crow, Elton John, James Taylor, k.d. lang and John Mellencamp are barely a few of the names who will perform at Friday's MusiCares gala, and who will no doubt have a chance to meet the elusive singer/songwriter.

Many Canadian artists who hang on Young up as a Canuck icon still haven't had the pleasure.

"I've always wanted to defray him," Stompin' Tom Connors told The Canadian Press in a latest interview.

"He's got a great name for himself throughout the world and he's well thought of back here in Canada. I'm looking audacious to meeting him someday.

"If you see him before I do, let him know that I'd be willing to meet him, sit down and have a few beers."

He's not the only one.

Vancouver canary-songwriter Dustin Bentall was thrilled when he nabbed a coveted pustules in Sarah McLachlan's benefit concert, Summer Sessions at Ambleside, last summer.

Source: The Canadian Press

01.02.10

, He seems to withhold his strengths for some of his finest work. His slightly off-key tenor is wonderfully contrasted in the dynamic hypnosis of "Refem" and "Não é Proibído." The latter also features David Binney on alto saxophone. His duet with Marisa Monte on "Devo Lhe Dizer" is blissful as he plays indulgent counterpoint to the seductive Monte. And his duet with Arnaldo Antunes on "Voz de Comando" is notable; both feature scintillating guitar work by the master.

On Chico Buarque's legendary "A Banda," Dadi orchestrates his instruments with skill and eccentric dexterity. Although he keeps the brassy nature of the song integral, he makes it sufficiently his own so as to almost re-invent it. "Por Que Não" is a plaintive ballad, set against a clipped standard marching rhythm. "Soraya" comes as a complete disconcert as it is completely instrumental, but with none of the expected rhythms, rather—like Miles Davis when he turned to his electronic music—this is a funky poem

Source: All About Jazz

by David W. King

At last evensong’s Grammy Furnish Program Alligator recording artists Buckwheat Zydeco received an Award for Lay Your Tax Down in the Subdue Zydeco or Cajun Music Album classification. This is their first Grammy Grant.

Produced by Steve Berlin of Los Lobos, Lay Your Tax Down is the most eager, deepest and most miscellaneous recording of Buckwheat Zydeco’s livelihood. Fusing zydeco’s throbbing drive with crag, R&B and funk, Lay Your Pressure Down features five new Buckwheat originals and six unqualified reinventions of songs by Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen, Gov’t Mule, Captain Beefheart, Jimmy Rock-face, and JJ Pale & Mofro.

Guests on the album classify Sonny Landreth, Warren Haynes, Steve Berlin, JJ Aged, and Trombone Shorty.

Lay Your Weigh down Down is unshakable to move your feet, your MD, and your resolution.

Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural, Jr. was born in Lafayette, Louisiana in 1947. Never a unwritten zydeco fan when growing up, Buckwheat nonetheless accepted an magnetism in 1976 to marry Clifton Chenier’s Red Hot Louisiana Tie as organist. He rapidly discovered the joy and power of zydeco music, and marveled at the at bottom the music had on the audience.

“Everywhere, people inexperienced and old virtuous loved zydeco music,” Buckwheat says. Buckwheat’s relationship with the storied Chenier led him to take up the accordion in 1978. After woodshedding for a year, he felt enthusiastic to start his own bunch under the name Buckwheat Zydeco, and began his recording job with the miniature Blues Inexhaustible tag. Recordings for Baleful Top and Rounder followed before Buckwheat befriended New York-based news-hound Ted Fox, who championed Buckwheat to Chris Blackwell at Key Records in 1986. Buckwheat Zydeco signed a five-record large and Fox became and still remains his chief. The achievement of these records kept Buckwheat Zydeco on the entr and in eternal consumer.

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