This has become one of my favorites on the new VDP album. It starts out as a straightforward rendition of an old shape-note hymn, but then the orchestra comes in, and, well, it becomes very Van Dyke Parks-ish.
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Friday, September 6, 2013
Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops - The Hill Country Theme
Just found out today that this was written by the great country songwriter Cindy Walker.
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine
I guess technically they're folk revivalists, but the term seems not quite right. Does it matter? The music's great.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Monday, September 2, 2013
Sunday, September 1, 2013
RIP David Frost
Frost's career in journalism actually grew out of his earlier work in comedy. At first he was strictly a comedian, then a political satirist, then a political journalist. Here he reminisces with Ronnie Corbett about early years on the Frost Report and shows a clip from that era. Note a pre-Monty Python John Cleese as a policeman.
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