[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/sneakin-sally.mp3|titles=Robert Palmer Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley]For his solo debut album in 1974, Robert Palmer was backed by The Meters (fea Allen Toussaint) and Lowell George of Little Feat. The same Robert Palmer who was “addicted to love” in 1985? Believe it or not.
Category: Music
Ramsey Lewis’ Rocky Raccoon
[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/rocky-raccoon.mp3|titles=Rocky Raccoon — Ramsey Lewis] Rocky Raccoon is taken from a 1968 record by Ramsey Lewis called Mother Nature’s Son. The album is an incredible collection of lush, instrumental covers from the White Album (produced by Charles Stepney).
Norman Blake & Tony Rice, Blackberry Blossom (live)
[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/blackberry-blossom.mp3|titles=Blackberry Blossom — Blake & Rice] Norman Blake & Tony Rice, two of the finest flat picking guitarists in bluegrass, rip the traditional Blackberry Blossom a new one. Mark Shatz on bass. Live from the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA, 1989.
O’Riley Plays Radiohead: Karma Police
[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/karma-police.mp3|titles=Karma Police performed by Christopher O’Riley] Christopher O’Riley is the host of the weekly National Public Radio program From the Top. O’Riley is also a distinguished classical pianist best known for his brilliant piano arrangements of alternative pop songs like this rendition of Radiohead’s Karma Police.
The Commute by I Come to Shanghai
[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/the-commute.mp3|titles=I Come to Shanghai — the Commute] I Come to Shanghai is Sam Frigard and Robert Ashley. The duo are based in Oakland and are not associated with the Hyphy movement. Their new self-titled release is rock solid. Pay what you can to download it from their website.