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Rickie Lee Jones: Balm in Gilead (Universal)

...Ms Jones has slipped so far down the totem pole of public... ...and other things -- went straight past most. Jones works her own territory: one part jazz, a nod to... ...hurt and betrayal and moving on. As always with Jones, a slightly mixed bag where the best far...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2695/rickie-lee-jones-balm-in-gilead-universal/

Rickie Lee Jones: Sermon on Exposition Boulevard (NewWest/Elite)

Not gonna lie to you: this is not the easiest album RLJ has made. It takes the form of some strange, sometimes Beat-styled ruminations on the life and words of Christ and how they have been appropria

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New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1080/rickie-lee-jones-sermon-on-exposition-boulevard-newwest-elite/

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...hole through which Indiana Jones descended. In Monument...

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THE BARGAIN BUY - Echo and the Bunnymen

...the Monkees, Otis Redding, Jesus and Mary Chain, Rickie Lee Jones, Rod Stewart, Duke Ellington . . .... ...Otis Redding, Jesus and Mary Chain, Rickie Lee Jones, Rod Stewart, Duke Ellington . . .... ...Otis Redding, Jesus and Mary Chain, Rickie Lee Jones, Rod Stewart, Duke Ellington . . . Elsewhere, on...

Tagged with: echo and the bunnymen | original album series | the bargain buy |

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2859/the-bargain-buy-echo-and-the-bunnymen/

hole in the rock at Monument Valley

...at Monument Valley, not the same one Indiana Jones climbed through....

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Jones: Hopeland (Meme)

...The surname behind this belongs to Trevor Jones who is one half of Miracle Mile, a British... ...MM's Marcus Cliffe who also co-produced with Jones) is an interesting one: his gentle and seductive... ...violin and viola behind the soft vocals of Jones. There is a preciousness about this and of... ...often sublime, poetic and literate music. And Jones here continues in exactly that vein, and perhaps...

Tagged with: camera obscura | miracle mile | richard hawley |

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2544/jones-hopeland-meme/

Karen Hunter: Rubble (Monkey)

...a little to the early sound of Tom Waits and Rickie Lee Jones. But those are only the most obvious... ...to the early sound of Tom Waits and Rickie Lee Jones. But those are only the most obvious... ...to the early sound of Tom Waits and Rickie Lee Jones. But those are only the most obvious references...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1102/karen-hunter-rubble-monkey/

Karen Hunter: Words and Groove (Rawfishsalad)

...this album she succeeds on her own terms. Those Rickie Lee Jones references of yesteryear no longer... ...she succeeds on her own terms. Those Rickie Lee Jones references of yesteryear no longer apply.... ...she succeeds on her own terms. Those Rickie Lee Jones references of yesteryear no longer apply....

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2719/karen-hunter-words-and-groove-rawfishsalad/

Grace Jones: Hurricane (Wall of Sound)

...been about 20 years since the formidable Grace Jones menaced us, but she's back and her opening salvo... ...the Serengeti. It is larger than life, much like Jones herself. It's quite some guest-heavy album --... ...-- open Hurricane initially suggests a classic Jones album, but things go rather more wobbly after... ...with evocative but annoying throat-clearing. Jones is now dangerously close to 60 so to expect her... ...makes this maybe half and a wee bit of a great Jones album. The remixes should be quite something....

Tagged with: brian eno | david bowie | grace jones |

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1810/grace-jones-hurricane-wall-of-sound/

My Back Pages

...artists like Henry Rollins, Rod Stewart, Quincy Jones and Mick Jagger. And many lesser talents. Not...

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Norah Jones: The Fall (Blue Note/EMI)

...The smaller sales on Jones’ two albums -- Feels Like Home (04) and... ...Come Away With Me already provided the décor. Jones is smart songwriter and in recent years has been... ...Willies (their song about Lou Reed tipping over sleeping cows is very funny) and much more. She... ...partner, sometime co-writer and bandmate Lee Alexander split; and she and her Handsome Band... ...if it never happened”). But when Jones approaches something like anger (Stuck,... ...of their separation into art, for much of this Jones has moulded hers into craft. But her nakedly... ...movie. It’ll be interesting to see if Lee Alexander gets an album out of the separation.... ...gets an album out of the separation. Meantime Jones has ached, aged and changed and — although...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2675/norah-jones-the-fall-blue-note-emi/

Little Feat: Dixie Chicken (1973)

...vocalists (among them Bonnie Raitt, Gloria Jones and Bonnie Bramlett) to add some soulful r'n'b... ...on Two Trains off Dixie Chicken, Easy Money by Rickie Lee Jones and Allen Toussaint's What Do You Want... ...Trains off Dixie Chicken, Easy Money by Rickie Lee Jones and Allen Toussaint's What Do You Want the... ...off Dixie Chicken, Easy Money by Rickie Lee Jones and Allen Toussaint's What Do You Want the Girl...

Essential Elsewhere: > essentialelsewhere/2765/little-feat-dixie-chicken-1973/

Tom Jones: Praise and Blame (Island)

...especially in the case of 70-year old Tom Jones who could have coasted into retirement with... ...style. But, as the title here suggests, the Jones boy has gone back to the church for an album of... ...Strange Things) to fear of damnation (John Lee Hooker's Burning Hell given a nasty guitar riff... ...Run On co-written with producer Ethan Johns). Jones and Johns also do some minor rewrites on the old... ...for an album which, when it should soar and Jones is full of the spirit, sounds studio-bound and...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/3451/tom-jones-praise-and-blame-island/

Mick Jones of the Clash: Career Opportunities

...quote from -- my December 93 interview with Mick Jones. By the time I got to Mick the Clash was well... ...to a crowd 30,000 and by his own admission Jones said BAD II had struggled a bit. We had... ...of the Hyatt Hotel in the late afternoon but Jones had radio to do in the morning (radio that... ...shook the music world to its foundations: Mick Jones in a black leather jacket. And no one paid him... ...we're not really interested," he laughed. Jones seemed in a very good mood -- I certainly was --...

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PAUL JONES PROFILED: Can sing, can act . . . can do

...Jones has enjoyed a remarkable career in and –... ...Wah Diddy, If You Gotta Go and Pretty Flamingo, Jones walked away and into a solo career (hits High... ...toured successsfully as the Manfreds. And while Jones conceded tribute bands and those with dodgy... ...singer Mike D`Abo who joined Manfred Mann on Jones’ departure and took them on to even... ...Clown, The Mighty Quinn and Fox on the Run. And Jones’ assessment they might all be better... ...Mann: Tom McGuiness formed the Blues Band with Jones in 1979 after a stint with McGuiness Flint... ...room and sat grinning at each other,” Jones said, “and somebody said, ‘You know... ...it built up into what it has now become.” Jones had quit music after a tour of Australia and New... ...story about a mysterious group which calls Jones before it after he commits a...

Tagged with: film in elsewhere | paul jones | privilege |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/3426/paul-jones-profiled-can-sing-can-act-can-do/

Eleni Mandell: Miracle of Five (Shock)

...in some circles as an alt.country Norah Jones -- but that would be a little lazy. What this... ...(Mandell's sixth) shares with Jones is an overall low lights mood and the sometimes...

Tagged with: alt.country | eleni mandell | norah jones |

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1228/eleni-mandell-miracle-of-five-shock/

Quincy Jones: The professional in the pissoir.

...So there I was at the urinal when Quincy Jones walks and says, "Hi Graham". It was awkward to... ...and leave me to it. However on hearing that Jones was something of a gourmet, said he wondered if... ...was being polite, and you don't get to be Quincy Jones without impeccable manners. He joked about...

Tagged with: michael jackson | miles davis | my back pages | quincy jones |

My Back Pages: > mybackpages/766/quincy-jones-the-professional-in-the-pissoir/

QUINCY JONES INTERVIEWED (1990): The boss back on the block

...Jones does quite put it this way, but he knows that... ...great power comes great responsibility. And Jones has great power because of a financial empire... ...is a dilemma.” But to hear the affable Jones talk about forthcoming projects, it is clear the... ...joint-venture with the Russians.” Although Jones isn’t averse to having a bit of fun with... ...to have that attitude.” So at one level Jones is producing television programmes to offer... ...still creating music - but also with a purpose. Jones' recent album – his first solo outing... ...Back on the Block. In case you missed the point, Jones makes clear The Dude is back -- and he’s... ...Hancock, Ray Charles and so on. And on. Only Jones could pull this one together. But there is a... ...only 21 years old," he laughs. At 57, Jones knows the expansive reach he has can get across... ...of CBS Records, Walter Yetnikoff, stepped in. Jones admits it was hurtful but deflects discussion...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/3351/quincy-jones-interviewed-1990-the-boss-back-on-the-block/

George Jones: The Great Lost Hits (Time Life/Southbound)

...material (here) . . . and now the great George Jones. The honky-tonk balladeer, country weeper...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/3341/george-jones-the-great-lost-hits-time-life-southbound/

QUINCY JONES INTERVIEWED (1990): The Dude, back on the block

...Quincy Jones doesn’t quite put it this way, but he... ...with great power comes great responsibility. And Jones has great power because of a financial empire... ...is a dilemma.” But to hear the affable Jones talk about forthcoming projects, it is clear the... ...joint-venture with the Russians.” Although Jones isn’t averse to having a bit of fun with... ...to have that attitude.” So at one level Jones is producing television programmes to offer... ...creating music – but also with a purpose. Jones’ recent album – his first solo... ...Back on the Block. In case you missed the point, Jones makes clear The Dude is back – and... ...Hancock, Ray Charles and so on. And on. Only Jones could pull this one together and only Jones... ...only 21 years old,” he laughs. At 57, Jones knows the expansive reach he has can get across... ...of CBS Records Walter Yetnikoff, stepped in. Jones admits it was hurtful but deflects discussion...

Tagged with: charlie parker | miles davis | quincy jones |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2178/quincy-jones-interviewed-1990-the-dude-back-on-the-block/

JABBERROCK: THE ULTIMATE BOOK OF ROCK'N'ROLL QUOTATIONS by RAYMOND OBSTFELD AND PATRICIA FITZGERALD

...their insights can be as shallow as a birdbath. Rickie Lee Jones offers: "I never knew that life... ...insights can be as shallow as a birdbath. Rickie Lee Jones offers: "I never knew that life was... ...can be as shallow as a birdbath. Rickie Lee Jones offers: "I never knew that life was so...

Tagged with: bob dylan | elvis costello |

Writing in Elsewhere: > writingelsewhere/2299/jabberrock-the-ultimate-book-of-rocknroll-quotations-by-raymond-obstfeld-and-patricia-fitzgerald/

Jesse Harris: Watching the Sky (Inertia)

...The news that Norah Jones has co-written a song with with Ryan Adams for... ...her, or which him? Many of the other tracks are Jones' own work (no bad thing) or with longtime...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2558/jesse-harris-watching-the-sky-inertia/

THE COMMITTEE, a film by PETER SYKES, 1968 (DV1/Southbound DVD)

...many decades. With Manfred Mann lead singer Paul Jones as the central character, incidental music by... ...the late Sixties. Within the first 10 minutes, Jones' character seemingly makes the cold-blooded... ...comes back to life after the decapitation and Jones sewing his head back on) and later Jones is... ...I can vividly recall seeing this film (and Jones in his previous film role in Privilege) at a... ...with Sykes and Steuer, and a reworking of Jones singing the title song -- The Committee remains...

Tagged with: dr strangelove | pink floyd | politics and parody | the committee |

Film in Elsewhere: > film/3100/the-committee-a-film-by-peter-sykes-1968-dv1-southbound-dvd/

JONATHAN JONES INTERVIEWED (2010): Illuminating the past and present, the beyond and between

...tubes, the Australian artist Jonathan Jones tells an insightful story. When Governor Arthur... ...political polemic of some Aboriginal artists -- Jones has his work locates the invisible and the... ...everyone can take something to a work.” Jones admits sometimes what others bring has informed... ...a more original context.” Sydney-based Jones -- whose works are in the collections of... ...connected [by the light]”. Born in 1978, Jones has Kamilaroi and Waradjuri heritage and grew up... ...And so goes the thinking and art of Jonathan Jones, taking the long view back and forward, alluding... ...tube or on the white space on paper. Jonathan Jones' exhibition is at the Tim Melville Gallery in...

Cultural Elsewhere: > culturalelsewhere/2961/jonathan-jones-interviewed-2010-illuminating-the-past-and-present-the-beyond-and-between/

The Dead C: Secret Earth (Ba Da Bing)

...it onto the playlists of people who prefer Norah Jones -- or even the more tuneful end of Sonic Youth,... ...I'll play it often. But I just mentioned Norah Jones and the Dead C in the same piece? Result!...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2282/the-dead-c-secret-earth-ba-da-bing/

WILCO: I AM TRYING TO BREAK YOUR HEART a film by SAM JONES (Rhythmethod DVD, 2004)

...to Break Your Heart by first-time director Sam Jones.But where the subjects of those others were... ...Foxtrot was one of last year's best albums.When Jones started filming in 2000, Wilco had done three... ...has essays by Rolling Stone's David Fricke and Jones that are excellent added value.The film is often...

Tagged with: ashes of american flags | wilco |

Film in Elsewhere: > film/2415/wilco-i-am-trying-to-break-your-heart-a-film-by-sam-jones-rhythmethod-dvd-2004/

Chuck E Weiss: Old Souls and Wolf Tickets (Ryko)

...only known as the Chuck E who was in love in the Rickie Lee Jones song of almost 25 years ago. He hung... ...as the Chuck E who was in love in the Rickie Lee Jones song of almost 25 years ago. He hung out... ...as the Chuck E who was in love in the Rickie Lee Jones song of almost 25 years ago. He hung out with...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2339/chuck-e-weiss-old-souls-and-wolf-tickets-ryko/

Them Crooked Vultures: Them Crooked Vultures (Sony)

...Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) has already been given... ...course now) and Homme to whatever he's up to. Jones for his part must feel that after some time in...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2754/them-crooked-vultures-them-crooked-vultures-sony/

AMIRI BARAKA/LE ROI JONES (2008): A black critic in the black arts

...from the margins. Baraka – aka LeRoi Jones, born in New Jersey in 1934 – is a poet,... ...A collection of his writings on jazz as LeRoi Jones, Black Music (Da Capo), has been reprinted. And...

Jazz in Elsewhere: > jazz/2073/amiri-baraka-le-roi-jones-2008-a-black-critic-in-the-black-arts/

Miracle Mile: Coffee and Stars (Miracle Mile)

...Nile, this UK band (of Marcus Cliffe and Trevor Jones plus guests) take a leisurely approach to albums... ...they do (lovely steel guitars) and delivered by Jones' remarkably smooth voice, Miracle Mile's albums...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1751/miracle-mile-coffee-and-stars-miracle-mile/

JOHN PAUL JONES OF LED ZEPPELIN INTERVIEWED (2003): The songs remain reissued

...Jimmy Page and bassist/keyboard player John Paul Jones there was little left to accomplish after Bonzo... ...says the quietly spoken, 57-year-old Jones as he sits in a record comany office in New... ...scathing and aloof, and even now are wary.Not so Jones who, despite being in a band notorious for its... ...from a television show.The DVD set is, as Jones says, for people who weren't there to experience... ...guitarist Page linked up with session musician Jones. Page brought in Plant, who insisted his mate... ...for classically trained, multi-instrumentalist Jones -- whose lucrative session credits for arranging... ...the band as a bit of a phenomenon," says Jones with forgiving thoughtfulness. "We were... ...when I thought it was really worth seeing."Jones says unearthing the footage has been a major... ...each of them, however, with separate careers -- Jones a sought-after producer who has worked with REM,... ...was my life, but not any more," says Jones."One of the main things I noticed listening...

Tagged with: led zeppelin | robert plant | robert plant and jimmy page | rolling stones |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/474/john-paul-jones-of-led-zeppelin-interviewed-2003-the-songs-remain-reissued/

MIRACLE MILE PROFILED: Beauty in search of an audience

...were essentially the UK singer-songwriter Trevor Jones and Marcus Cliffe (who had played with Emmylou... ...elegant tone, sense of poise and cool, and for Jones' golden vocals. Or something like that. I... ...memory serves me well it came direct from Trevor Jones himself who had somehow seen my earlier review.... ...Aztec Camera and Blue Nile; Mojo saying "Jones must rank as one of our most criminally...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/1203/miracle-mile-profiled-beauty-in-search-of-an-audience/

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2008 Emiliana Torrini: Me and Armini (Rough Trade)

...Sly'n'Robbie reggae, a little Grace (and Norah) Jones, and delivers some astonishingly beautful...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1914/best-of-elsewhere-2008-emiliana-torrini-me-and-armini-rough-trade/

THE JOE STRUMMER STORY, a documentary by MIKE PARKINSON (DV1 DVD/Southbound)

...reheated version through interviews with Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Topper Headon, Tymon Dogg and...

Film in Elsewhere: > film/3268/the-joe-strummer-story-a-documentary-by-mike-parkinson-dv1-dvd-southbound/

IN THE ELECTRIC MIST, a film by BERTRAND TAVERNIER, 2009 (Madman DVD)

...Based on the James Lee Burke novel In the Electric Mist with... ...and mystery. As detective Dave Robicheaux, Tommy Lee Jones pulls out a performance that seems to owe... ...mystery. As detective Dave Robicheaux, Tommy Lee Jones pulls out a performance that seems to owe much... ...signature. With flinty calm and latent power, Jones has walked these paths before, from The Fugitive... ...their imagery) and although overlong and finding Jones inhabiting the skin of a character he has played...

Film in Elsewhere: > film/2997/in-the-electric-mist-a-film-by-bertrand-tavernier-2009-madman-dvd/

MIKE EDWARDS OF JESUS JONES INTERVIEWED (1993): Right here, right now . . . back then

...of course, Suede. Into this atmosphere Jesus Jones have just released their third album, Perverse,... ...there's a backlash coming. Reviewing a Jesus Jones show in Norwich, someone called Zane in Melody... ...and with great sound. The same week as Jesus Jones hit the Hummingbird, Newcastle, Glasgow, Leeds... ...Jones hit the Hummingbird, Newcastle, Glasgow, Leeds and all points elsewhere around the United... ...After half and hour of ambient techno, Jesus Jones take the stage in a blitzkrieg of hard-edged... ...The main difference between the way Jesus Jones and the Black Crowes made their albums is that... ...Joneses did theirs on computer and stored it on floppy... ...Even Kraftwerk.” Whatever Jesus Jones are influenced by, it is up to the moment and on... ...announces triumphantly. What Perverse and Jesus Jones are now offering may then be less an album of... ...in London . . . or Birmingham. “So Jesus Jones’ music reflects that and what’s...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/3131/mike-edwards-of-jesus-jones-interviewed-1993-right-here-right-now-back-then/

Various Artists: The Hal David and Burt Bacharach Songbook (EMI)

...Valance, Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa), Tom Jones (What's New Pussycat), Manfred Mann (the... ...well of course: the early tracks include Jack Jones on Wives and Lovers which is cocktail swigging...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/3104/various-artists-the-hal-david-and-burt-bacharach-songbook-emi/

Lesley Gore: You Don't Own Me (1963)

...when she was only 17. It was produced by Quincy Jones and topped the US and Australian charts (and... ...has lost him back to Lesley, so she sings with glee Judy's Turn to Cry. At the time the story went... ...and asked to submit an audition tape, which Jones heard and decided to move her into the pop...

From the Vaults: > fromthevaults/2830/lesley-gore-you-dont-own-me-1963/

Various Artists: The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle (EMI)

...by those last men standing Paul Cook and Steve Jones, along with tracks by the long forgotten Ten... ...Bambi), the single No One is Innocent (Cook, Jones and Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs) and, most... ...or kids singing the title track, let alone Jones singing that old maritime pub favourite Friggin'... ...Johnny B Goode/Roadrunner medley where Cook and Jones self-consciously riff around. McLaren also...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/3446/various-artists-the-great-rocknroll-swindle-emi/

Melody Gardot: My One and Only Thrill (Verve/Universal)

...axis, a step up and inward from Norah Jones perhaps, less acerbic than recent Joni Mitchell,...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2286/melody-gardot-my-one-and-only-thrill-verve-universal/

PRIVILEGE, a film by PETER WATKINS, 1967 (Universal DVD)

...a former borstal boy now singer (played by Paul Jones of Manfred Mann) whose theatrical stage act... ...plays the luminous love interest, but it is Jones (also the central character in the Kafka-esque...

Film in Elsewhere: > film/3407/privilege-a-film-by-peter-watkins-1967-universal-dvd/

Cassandra Wilson: Loverly (Blue Note)

...More so than her Blue Note labelmate Norah Jones, vocalist Wilson (along with violinist Regina... ...we know as "jazz" in the 21st century.Jones may be a superb jazzy singer-songwriter with a...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1701/cassandra-wilson-loverly-blue-note/

THE ROLLING STONES IN THE SIXTIES (Chrome Dreams DVD/Triton)

...(who was in an early Stones band with Jagger, Jones and Richards and went on to the Pretty Things)... ...and had marginalised the band's founder Brian Jones, the cameras still focus on Jagger and Jones,... ...story from '67 onwards. But all rightly credit Jones with being much more significant musically in... ...as a potent directional force, the tragedy of Jones and all that followed. Necessarily, much is...

Film in Elsewhere: > film/2571/the-rolling-stones-in-the-sixties-chrome-dreams-dvd-triton/

NORAH JONES INTERVIEWED (2002 and 2003) AND ALBUM REVIEWS: Great Expectations -- and then some

...Somebody up there obviously likes Norah Jones and blessed her with extraordinary good looks.... ...alongside originals by her and bassist/boyfriend Lee Alexander, and Hoagy Carmichael's jazz standard... ...standard The Nearness of You.Whatever it is that Jones does -- and purists would be loath to describe... ...in Austin, Texas, last month.And in the US where Jones has picked up equally favourable comment in the... ...It's late afternoon in Los Angeles and Jones is having a rare day off. She, guitarist Jesse... ...that which confuse those who would try to pin Jones as simply "jazz musician". After all... ...how much of that I had in me."Music is in Jones' blood. Her father is the legendary sitar player... ...Shankar -- absent all her life and about whom Jones prefers not to talk. She met him only four years... ...restaurants and bars is where you learn."Jones could have been learning in those Big Apple bars... ...One night a woman who worked at Blue Note heard Jones play and was so impressed she called the label's... ...Bruce Lundvall (right), and told him about her. Jones was invited in to play some of her demo... ...material written by Jones, her bassist/boyfriend Lee Alexander, and guitarist Jesse Harris. That this... ...an eight hour day I'm kinda like [mimes being asleep] so it's not fair for anyone.After this you go... ...of his songs. We did a lot on the last record. Lee and I have a lot more songs to offer that we've... ...a new apartment, it's too noisy and we want to sleep in in the morning. So we'll just be going out... ...gentle soul-funk, included the Everly Brothers' Sleepless Nights and upped the tempo on familiar... ...- is admirably democratic.Her bassist/partner Lee Alexander writes or co-writes a few again;... ...Ground.The rest is filled by a new Tom Waits/Kathleen Brennan tune The Long Way Home (an immediately... ...With partner/producer and musical collaborator Lee Alexander she settled into an apartment in New...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/482/norah-jones-interviewed-2002-and-2003-and-album-reviews-great-expectations-and-then-some/

The Bird and the Bee: Ray Guns Are Just Not the Future (Blue Note)

...on the jazz label Blue Note -- nor was Norah Jones -- but this airy pop with lightly exotic Latin... ...With slightly cheesy samba licks, a nod to David Lee Roth on Diamond Dave, and some kitsch and cute...

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New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2322/the-bird-and-the-bee-ray-guns-are-just-not-the-future-blue-note/

Larry Jon Wilson; Larry Jon Wilson (1965 Records)

...to the forthcoming album by the formidable Grace Jones, we also acknowledge this positively ancient... ...odd he might cohabit the same space here as Ms Jones, he is more than welcome. Like her, he also took...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1815/larry-jon-wilson-larry-jon-wilson-1965-records/

Anoushka Shankar: Rise (EMI)

...of Ravi Shankar (one of them, another is Norah Jones) is widely considered her breakthrough.As with...

World Music: > world-music/1703/anoushka-shankar-rise-emi/

Fat Freddy's Drop: Dr Boondigga and The Big BW (The Drop)

...into dinner music for people too cool for Norah Jones? So given that, maybe my opinion on this long...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2435/fat-freddys-drop-dr-boondigga-and-the-big-bw-the-drop/

Teddy Thompson: Up Front and Down Low ((Verve)

...Parton, Merle Haggard, Ernest Tubb and George Jones. With a superb band of seasoned country...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1260/teddy-thompson-up-front-and-down-low-verve/

Anoushka Shankar and Karsh Kale: Breathing Under Water (Manhattan/EMI)

...and global cultures, has Shankar's sister Norah Jones and her dad Ravi helping out, and effects an...

World Music: > world-music/1356/anoushka-shankar-and-karsh-kale-breathing-under-water-manhattan-emi/

Uncle Earl: Waterloo, Tennessee (Elite)

...this album -- produced by Led Zepp's John Paul Jones -- swings on a wide and enjoyable path through...

Tagged with: alison krauss | uncle earl |

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1127/uncle-earl-waterloo-tennessee-elite/

Katchafire: Say What You're Thinking (EMI CD/DVD Edition)

...off this album which was directed by Adam Jones. Katchafire are a band with history and depth,...

Reggae: > reggae/2951/katchafire-say-what-youre-thinking-emi-cd-dvd-edition/

Various: Womad New Zealand 2008 (Shock)

...at an earlier Womad), the rollicking Sharon Jones and Dap Kings . . . In the paltry liner notes...

World Music: > world-music/1503/various-womad-new-zealand-2008-shock/

The Wood Brothers: Ways Not To Lose (Blue Note/EMI)

...like the Little Willies (which features Norah Jones and Richard Julian), and oldtime Neil Young in...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/869/the-wood-brothers-ways-not-to-lose-blue-note-emi/

THE ROLLING STONES; TRUTH AND LIES (Eagle Media DVD)

...to the horror of the staid neighbours and Brian Jones' death. Nothing of interest is said. The Pathe...

Film in Elsewhere: > film/2869/the-rolling-stones-truth-and-lies-eagle-media-dvd/

Son Volt: American Central Dust (Rounder)

For a while in the late Eighties/early Nineties alt.country was an exciting but difficult music to follow: no sooner had you tuned in to Uncle Tupelo than they split (Jay Farrar to found Son Volt, Je

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2485/son-volt-american-central-dust-rounder/

Steve Earle: Townes (New West)

...by the Flatlanders (together and solo), Norah Jones, Willie Nelson, James Mc Murtry, Emmylou Harris,...

Tagged with: james mcmurtry | steve earle | the flatlanders |

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2419/steve-earle-townes-new-west/

BLUE NOTE'S BRUCE LUNDVALL INTERVIEWED (2005). Riding high on a Blue Note

...of the label's star and money-spinner: Norah Jones. But in Lundvall's crisply efficient and... ...Wilson who -- like Kurt Elling and Norah Jones in different ways -- has redefined how people... ...woman whose poster dominates the lobby: Norah Jones. ``She was signed as a jazz artist then decided... ...music that week but his favourite was Norah Jones. That sent a clear signal to the company... ...Jones has been under-marketed at her request. She... ...The real question will be the third album.'' Jones' sales are phenomenal in the jazz world where... ...then again, with a little country in the mix, Jones isn’t a straight-ahead jazz vocalist.... ...of an artist he holds great hope for, Amos Lee. If jazz purists recoiled at Jones being on the... ...hope for, Amos Lee. If jazz purists recoiled at Jones being on the famous Blue Note label they will be... ...his roots in soul, folk and r’n’b. Lee’s debut album All My Friends includes... ...Lee’s debut album All My Friends includes Jones as a guest on a couple of tracks, Jones’... ...a couple of tracks, Jones’ partner/bassist Lee Alexander, her guitarist Adam Levy and acoustic... ...Adam Levy and acoustic guitarist Kevin Brett. If Jones’ albums sit at the intersection of gentle... ...intersection of gentle jazz and alt.country then Lee’s album works a more soulful folk-rock end... ...bound to appeal to Jones’ followers. With Lee’s album it is as if Blue Note and Lundvall... ...carefully looking to fill, but not exploit, it. Lee’s album has been a year in the making and...

Jazz in Elsewhere: > jazz/391/blue-notes-bruce-lundvall-interviewed-2005-riding-high-on-a-blue-note/

THE MISSING a film by RON HOWARD

...and Robert Duvall (in Open Range, '03) and Tommy Lee Jones found a natural home as loners or... ...Robert Duvall (in Open Range, '03) and Tommy Lee Jones found a natural home as loners or outsiders in... ...Country For Old Men written by McCarthy, '07). Jones' finest Western, The Missing, was -- like the... ...Into this lonely, devoutly Christian world comes Jones as the father who abandoned her and went to live... ...offered a racist subtext, here the fact that Jones' character Samuel Jones/Chaa-duu-ba-its-iidan is...

Film in Elsewhere: > film/2784/the-missing-a-film-by-ron-howard/

THE BARGAIN BUY - The Monkees: The Original Album Series (Rhino)

...auditioned but missd out) and English-born Davy Jones had been a child actor in Britain. Mickey Dolenz... ...Tork had been a folkie so that came through, Jones came in with British music hall and whimsy, and... ...and Papa Gene's Blues. It was also seasoned with Jones' ballad I Wanna Be Free and the throwaway I'm...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/3444/the-bargain-buy-the-monkees-the-original-album-series-rhino/

Gil Scott-Heron: I'm New Here (XL)

...politics. As with Amiri Baraka (aka Le Roi Jones) and The Last Poets, Scott-Heron was a powerful,...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2879/gil-scott-heron-im-new-here-xl/

THE AMAZING VOICE OF TIMI YURO: Soulful, sassy and show tunes

...suits and ponytail (adopted from the movie Tom Jones) he cut quite a figure. He split his trousers in... ...string sections arranged by the likes of Quincy Jones and Nelson Riddle. If PJ Proby had a predecessor... ...in the Phillipines where she was popular, Quincy Jones produced her album The Amazing Timi Yuro . . .... ...of". Like Proby, Judy Henske, Brenda Lee and many others, Yuro could effortlessly unleash...

Tagged with: aretha franklin | timi yuro |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2741/the-amazing-voice-of-timi-yuro-soulful-sassy-and-show-tunes/

Pop Levi: Never Never Love (Border)

...played loud and often -- was recorded in Quincy Jones' old Hollywood studio (where Thriller and Off...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1721/pop-levi-never-never-love-border/

ROLLING WITH THE STONES by BILL WYMAN: Every picture tells a story

...with about 30 women, Keith Richards six, Brian Jones 130 and drummer Charlie Watts none, because... ...the band, his consistent crediting of Brian Jones - who died in mid-69 at age 27 shortly after...

Tagged with: beatles | bill wyman | keith richards | rolling stones |

Writing in Elsewhere: > writingelsewhere/2439/rolling-with-the-stones-by-bill-wyman-every-picture-tells-a-story/

Gorillaz: Plastic Beach (EMI CD/DVD)

...musicians and the Clash's Paul Simonon and Mick Jones, De La Soul and Gruff Rhys from Super Furry...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2946/gorillaz-plastic-beach-emi-cd-dvd/

Hacienda Brothers: Arizona Motel (Southbound)

...as it conjured up memories of classic George Jones, Merle Haggard, Tex-Mex music, Johnny Cash and...

Tagged with: hacienda brothers | johnny cash | merle haggard | willie nelson |

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1743/hacienda-brothers-arizona-motel-southbound/

Karen Dalton: In My Own Time (Light in the Attic/Global Routes)

...It Is, Richard Manuel's In A Station, George Jones' Take Me and some traditional country songs. Her...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/985/karen-dalton-in-my-own-time-light-in-the-attic-global-routes/

kd lang: Watershed (Nonesuch)

...since 2000's Invincible Summer. As with Norah Jones' recent albums which have irritated critics for...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1494/kd-lang-watershed-nonesuch/

Vanessa Daou: Zipless (1994)

...Ono was sex, the other two sexy. Sometimes Grace Jones could be both. Sexy music -- the stuff you might... ...to The Hot Spot where Davis teamed up with John Lee Hooker to deliver something very sultry and... ...back the silk sheets and slide into a kind of sleepy, sexual langour. The opener, The Long Tunnel...

Essential Elsewhere: > essentialelsewhere/2781/vanessa-daou-zipless-1994/

Frank Zappa: The Talking Asshole (1978)

Here's a rare and odd one, taken from the vinyl album You're A Hook: The 15th Anniversary of Dial-A-Poem (1968-1983), a record which came through the label Giorno Poetry Systems. The idea behind Dial

From the Vaults: > fromthevaults/3057/frank-zappa-the-talking-asshole-1978/

THE ROLLING STONES, AN ESSAY: Living in Memory Motel

...sweater (of the kind that Stones Brian Jones and Keith Richard favoured), and that the show,... ...Checks, but older - and back then blond Brian Jones was the main man after Mick Jagger. Keith...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/397/the-rolling-stones-an-essay-living-in-memory-motel/

Blakroc: Blakroc (Blakroc)

...on Ain't Nothing Like You with Mos Def and Jim Jones. With Auerbach also contributing rhymes, this...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2806/blakroc-blakroc-blakroc/

Os Mutantes: Haih or Amortecedor (Anti)

...to a crazy cartoon, or a rock'n'roll Spike Jones) and generally offers some rather bewildering...

World Music: > world-music/2570/os-mutantes-haih-or-amortecedor-anti/

Alice Coltrane: A Monastic Trio (Impulse)

An excellent and intelligent reissue of late-60s recordings by the much underrated pianist/harpist widow of jazz sax legend John Coltrane which includes tracks from two albums, Cosmic Music and A Mona

Jazz in Elsewhere: > jazz/2326/alice-coltrane-a-monastic-trio-impulse/

TOM WAITS IN THE 21st CENTURY: Alice, Blood Money, Real Gone and Orphans

...sessions. And his wife of almost two decades Kathleen Brennan -- whose presence in his life marked a... ...the almost obligatory death ballad in Georgia Lee. And there was Get Behind the Mule, with its... ...Weiss or former girlfriend from his boho-LA days Rickie Lee Jones released albums. Inevitably his name... ...former girlfriend from his boho-LA days Rickie Lee Jones released albums. Inevitably his name would... ...girlfriend from his boho-LA days Rickie Lee Jones released albums. Inevitably his name would be...

Tagged with: bob dylan | lawrence ferlinghetti | tom waits | tom waits |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2284/tom-waits-in-the-21st-century-alice-blood-money-real-gone-and-orphans/

Robbie Fulks: Revenge! (Yep Roc) BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2007

...years ago on which he released his inner George Jones to great effect -- but also included his...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1262/robbie-fulks-revenge-yep-roc-best-of-elsewhere-2007/

Herbie Hancock: River, The Joni Letters (Verve)

...on her current new album Shine, and also Norah Jones' confident and equally deep reading of the...

Jazz in Elsewhere: > jazz/1373/herbie-hancock-river-the-joni-letters-verve/

Obits: I Blame You (SubPop/Rhythmethod)

This new project for New Yorker singer-guitarist Rick Froberg (formerly of Drive Like Jehu) is prickly with energy and spikey pop-rock ideas, keeps things in tight control (short and sharp songs whic

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2273/obits-i-blame-you-subpop-rhythmethod/

JOE LOVANO, A CAREER CONSIDERATION (2004): Sax in every direction

...his current charges at Blue Note include Norah Jones, Cassandra Wilson and now Wynton again who... ...Mraz, drummer Paul Motian and pianist Hank Jones. Mraz and Jones have played together for years... ...Jones’ own trio, and Motian and Lovano have been... ...his tenor-playing father, Tony. He attended Berklee in Boston where he met those other great... ...matter what. “We both started out at Berklee together in about 1972 and I loved his playing...

Jazz in Elsewhere: > jazz/1867/joe-lovano-a-career-consideration-2004-sax-in-every-direction/

RAY BROWN, SUPERBASS (1926-2002): A talent beyond words

...Young, Sonny Stitt, Anita O’Day, Quincy Jones (whom he managed) . . . Brown was a founding... ...with almost embarrassing frequency. In Gene Lees' 1988 The Will to Swing biography of Peterson,... ...Holiday and Coleman Hawkins. He met pianist Hank Jones who introduced him to Gillespie. Brown picks up...

Jazz in Elsewhere: > jazz/3087/ray-brown-superbass-1926-2002-a-talent-beyond-words/

The Beatles; You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) (1970)

...a few friends and has Rolling Stone Brian Jones on saxophone. A B-side for sure, but quite an...

From the Vaults: > fromthevaults/2802/the-beatles-you-know-my-name-look-up-the-number-1970/

ELVIS COSTELLO: SPECTACLE, SEASON ONE (Ovation/Southbound DVD set)

...with Kris Kristofferson, Rosannne Cash, Norah Jones, John Mellencamp, James Taylor and others, and...

Film in Elsewhere: > film/3092/elvis-costello-spectacle-season-one-ovation-southbound-dvd-set/

BILL WYMAN, STONE ALONE REVIEWED (1990): Insider looking out

...the death of founder and then former Stone Brian Jones and the Hyde Park concert of 1969) and the... ...He was seven years older than Mick Jagger, Brian Jones and Keith Richards. His favourite musician was... ...but you don’t know what it is, do you Mr Jones?” the sensitive and gifted Stone thought... ...of middle-class boys like Jagger, Richards and Jones who were playing the poverty game, living in... ...in June 1963. Wyman determinedly credits Jones as being the founder, early visionary and... ...genius behind the group. But he also notes Jones was pathetically insecure, unscrupulous and very... ...Looking for your wallet? Brian picked it up. But Jones quickly became marginalised by Jagger, Richards... ...his songwriting contributions and by ‘63 Jones simply couldn’t cope. He took early solace... ...there. Her tells of the tragic figure of Brian Jones in decline; the self-serving and astutely...

Tagged with: bill wyman | keith richards | mick jagger | rolling stones |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/509/bill-wyman-stone-alone-reviewed-1990-insider-looking-out/

Frank Turner: Poetry of the Deed (Epitaph)

One part youthful Billy Bragg and another of very early Springsteen (the Asbury Park period) and a Pogues-styled energy propels this manic, politicised, wordy outing by this English post-punk folk po

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2794/frank-turner-poetry-of-the-deed-epitaph/

Austin, Texas (2004): Deep in the Arse of Texas

...the nation's foremost conspiracy theorists Alex Jones who has radio programmes, websites and low-tech... ...shows on television. "I consider Alex Jones a soldier," says Tom. "He's just using... ...warfare." It would be too easy to dismiss Jones lightly as attracting only the fringe dwellers.... ...and low budget television programmes Jones speaks of the oil cartels, takes heartland... ...technology -- one of his many linked websites is jonesreport.com -- and while he may be a blunt speaker... ...or vaguely curious. Intellectual dissenters like Jones ("Now he's a true patriot," says Ray... ...and AM radio to hear the voices of people like Jones. He might not be reaching as many people as John... ...another Survivor," says Tom. "But Alex Jones is the real reality television." We buy...

Travel Stories: > travelstories/270/austin-texas-2004-deep-in-the-arse-of-texas/

Various: A Tribute to Fats Domino (Tipitina's/Shock)

...it is quite some rollcall -- Neil Young, Norah Jones, Robert Plant, Lucinda Williams, Toots and the...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1353/various-a-tribute-to-fats-domino-tipitinas-shock/

Fionn Regan: The Shadow of an Empire (Inertia/Border)

...again? Let's take it outside, the kids are sleeping. I'll pay you to do me some damage . .... ...acclaim, but the follow-up (produced by Ethan Jones) was rejected and locked up by his record... ...a refined poetic imagery in his lyrics: "Sleet and hail on the skylight, like sheets wrapping...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2978/fionn-regan-the-shadow-of-an-empire-inertia-border/

Various: Dark was the Night (4AD)

...the Kronos Quartet with the title piece, Sharon Jones and Dap-Kings . . . Nope, not going to play...

Tagged with: arcade fire | cat power |

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2173/various-dark-was-the-night-4ad/

Van Morrison: What's Wrong With This Picture? (Blue Note)

...of genius. But from the late 80s they became fleeting (parts of Enlightenment, most of Hymns to... ...jazz-blues albums with Georgie Fame, with Jerry Lee Lewis' sister Linda Gail, The Skiffle Sessions,... ...to give careers to non-Dewey System people Norah Jones and Cassandra Wilson. But where they bring...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2685/van-morrison-whats-wrong-with-this-picture-blue-note/

Jeb Loy Nichols: Parish Bar (Compass)

...from Funkadelic to Bob Marley to George Jones to The Ramones". He saw the Sex Pistols and...

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New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2136/jeb-loy-nichols-parish-bar-compass/

THE FATE OF THE NU: Something old, new, borrowed and Blue Note

...new era (and doing nicely now thanks to Norah Jones, Medeski Martin & Wood, Cassandra Wilson,... ...of Tolon Willie (with Salif Keita and Grace Jones), then his mix of Ronny Jordan’s London...

Jazz in Elsewhere: > jazz/3128/the-fate-of-the-nu-something-old-new-borrowed-and-blue-note/

VINYL HAYRIDE; COUNTRY MUSIC ALBUM COVERS 1947-89 by PAUL KINGSBURY

...easy because country wears its art on its sleeve. This large-format, soft-cover collection of... ...very wrong jackets for Loving Arms, and Grandpa Jones really shouldn't have put on leiderhosen for...

Tagged with: country music | steve earle |

Writing in Elsewhere: > writingelsewhere/2704/vinyl-hayride-country-music-album-covers-1947-89-by-paul-kingsbury/

John Mayall: Live From Austintx (New West/Elite)

...among other things); Mick Taylor (later Brian Jones' replacement in the Stones); Peter Green John... ...in the Stones); Peter Green John McVie and Mick Fleetwood (the first Fleetwood Mac); and many more...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1458/john-mayall-live-from-austintx-new-west-elite/

JOHN COLTRANE AND MILES DAVIS: Genius at work and playing, 1955-61

...of pianist Red Garland, drummer Philly Joe Jones and bassist Paul Chambers. But saxophonist Sonny... ...his contract required him to return for work. At Jones' suggestion he approached Coltrane. Davis - at...

Jazz in Elsewhere: > jazz/2336/john-coltrane-and-miles-davis-genius-at-work-and-playing-1955-61/

THE MONTY PYTHON AUTOBIOGRAPHY by THE PYTHONS(2003)

...scripted and honed to perfection. Terry Jones remembers a childhood joke that went wrong,... ...to the frustration of the disciplined John Cleese in particular, incapable of performing. Cleese... ...unique. The final pages are disconcerting. Cleese believes Python changed comedy in a negative... ...stuff to the next stage, they avoided it"). Jones says all they achieved was, instead of...

Tagged with: books and authors | christopher guest | george harrison | paul mccartney |

Writing in Elsewhere: > writingelsewhere/228/the-monty-python-autobiography-by-the-pythons2003/

CLEO LAINE INTERVIEWED (2005): Ain't nothin' like a dame

...as Cassandra Wilson, Patricia Barber and Norah Jones have expanded the parameters of jazz...

Jazz in Elsewhere: > jazz/2308/cleo-laine-interviewed-2005-aint-nothin-like-a-dame/

Downliners Sect: The Sect (1964)

...suggested it might have been Rolling Stone Brian Jones. Or maybe it was future Led Zeppelin member John... ...Jones who the following year tinkled the ivories on...

Tagged with: downliners sect | rolling stones |

Essential Elsewhere: > essentialelsewhere/2481/downliners-sect-the-sect-1964/

Steve Kuhn: Mostly Coltrane (ECM/Ode)

...their own. Baron is capable of channeling Elvin Jones, for example, but for most of this he plays in...

Tagged with: ecm records | joe lovano | john coltrane | steve kuhn |

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2568/steve-kuhn-mostly-coltrane-ecm-ode/

Fight Like Apes: Fight Like Apes and the Mystery of the Golden Medallion (Shock)

What we forget, because history is reductive, is that for every Beatles there were a dozen bands like the Merseybeats, for every Clash probably 20 like Sham 69 or UK Subs, for every Nirvana . . . Wha

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2259/fight-like-apes-fight-like-apes-and-the-mystery-of-the-golden-medallion-shock/