John McLaughlin - Tones For Elvin Jones

"Tones For Elvin Jones" is from John McLaughlin's long-anticipated tribute album to his true musical hero, John Coltrane. It's not surprising that he wanted Elvin Jones, Coltrane's longtime drummer, to appear on it. (And of course this song, a McLaughlin original, is exactly what its title says, a tune for Jones himself.) Less expected was that the result would be a trio date, with Joey DeFrancesco on Hammond organ. It's a great album, with three musicians with deep technique and a profound love for jazz both supporting and pushing each other.

Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai (with English subtitles)

Cool.

Mississippi John Hurt - Make Me a Pallet on the Floor

Been too long since I posted some Mississippi John Hurt, so here you are. Decent selection of still images to accompany the audio in this clip -- not always the case with these type of videos on YouTube.

Trabaci - Galliard III Based on 'La Mantoana' (The King's Noyse)

I've posted stuff by the King's Noyse before. Based on compositions and performance techniques from about four hundred years ago, it's a sound not quite like anything else.

The Band - Out Of The Blue

Robbie Robertson sang the song "To Kingdom Come" on the first Band album, then did not take another lead vocal on record until eight years later. Apparently he felt that his high-pitched voice didn't fit the sound they had created, a debatable but understandable proposition. "Out of the Blue" is from the studio material recorded for The Last Waltz, although I don't think it's actually in the movie.

Deep Thought on Palin and Sotomayor

The people who feel that the attacks on Sarah Palin are mean-spirited, sexist, and not based on the facts are the same people who are attacking Sonia Sotomayor.

Frank Rich Explains Sarah Palin and the Republicans

In the aftermath of her decision to drop out and cash in, Palin’s standing in the G.O.P. actually rose in the USA Today/Gallup poll. No less than 71 percent of Republicans said they would vote for her for president. That overwhelming majority isn’t just the “base” of the Republican Party that liberals and conservatives alike tend to ghettoize as a rump backwater minority. It is the party, or pretty much what remains of it in the Barack Obama era.

Mr Rich says it here.