Live recordings from the Lowlands gig 19 June 2010
Ed Abbiatti of the Milan-based band Lowlands has given me permission to post a few of the pieces I recorded live on my Zoom H4, with a mono feed from the mixer, at the gig at The Windmill in Brixton on June 19 2010. Unfortunately,…
Pull of the Moon July 20 2010
Take a listen to this piece from WhyNow’s latest rehearsal, July 20 2010: “Pull of the Moon” . Richard Hunter/harmonica, Lexi Bodick/bass, Tracey Kroll/drums. It’s a rough mix, of course, and it sounds cool to me… I’m using my regular stage rig: Digitech RP250, RP355,…
My favorite harp video(s) week of July 11 2010
…is Ian Anderson with Jethro Tull, doing the same song–“New Day Yesterday,” from the first Tull album–in performances spaced 40 years apart. Love it–love the simple harp part, so direct and blue, and the cool lyric and changes. Here’s the 1970 version from the Fillmore…
My favorite harp video this week
… is Cyndi Lauper and Charlie Musselwhite performing “Rollin’ and Tumblin’” on Good Morning America. Warning: there’s a 30-second commercial up front. The performance is worth the wait.
Richard Hunter’s new RP350 sounds for harmonica
Mike Stevens is a Harp Monster, Period
I first heard of Mike Stevens when his most recent CD, “Normally Anamoly,” was discussed on Harp-L. I contacted Mike to get a copy, and it’s an unusually fresh and powerful harmonica recording. The pieces on the CD break down into two basic categories: rockers,…
An Appreciation of John Popper
Note: this material is a slightly edited version of a note I posted to the Harp-L list on Saturday, November 4, 1995. John Popper is a fine musician and songwriter whose recent success is much deserved. His music is far better than most of what…
Pete Pedersen
Pete Pedersen is one of the (if not the) best jazz harmonica player(s) on the planet. He is nowhere near as widely known as Toots Thielemans (a contemporary of Pete’s) or Howard Levy (a much younger man); the former had the great good luck to…
Rob Papparozzi
You’ve heard Rob Papparozzi’s work plenty of times if you own a cassette deck, or a CD player, or a television, or if you go to the movies, or listen to the radio; but you probably don’t know his name unless you’re deeply into the…
Something About Charlie
Charlie Musselwhite’s recording of “Cristo Redentor” on his album Tennessee Woman (Verve Records) was a life-changing experience for me. It was the first recording I ever heard that made me want not only to play, but to master, the harmonica, because it revealed to me…
