As host of American Bandstand, Dick Clark was responsible for smuggling subversion into US homes It is easy to think of Dick Clark , who died on Wednesday, as a real square, standing dead centre in the cultural median, slick and mainstream, ageless and rocking a perdurable deep Californian tan and a haircut that didn't change in the 33 years that American Bandstand , the music show he hosted, was on the air. Looking at him now from the distance of 2012, he seems like a relic of another innocent time. Perhaps he was. He was prescient; understanding how impactful rock ...

"Fools" is the 8th episode of Andy & Reggie’s Songs About Stuff & Things Radio Hour. Special guest, Thom Derby, buys out the entire hour to host the episode alone. Thom's experience with dealing with day-to-day fools while running his company, DERBY | REYNOLDS, turns out to be entertaining-between-song banter. Songs by The Stone Roses, Miles Nielsen, Elvis, Donkey Boy (USA), Gorgeous George, Kort, Neutral Milk Hotel, Jeff Tweedy, A Tribe Called Quest, Van Halen and so much more are played. Special online requests of Neko Case, O.A.R and Paul Anka tunes, by Jojo Wrinkles, Katie Dunbar Davison and ...

New York Magazine : “You got talent,” Jerry declared. Ahmet looked at Jerry and then at me. “Come back and see us when you got more songs.” The next afternoon, I called ABC -­Paramount, which had just had a chart-topping success with Paul Anka’s “Diana.” I had practically worn out my copy of “Diana.” The secretary who answered the phone said, “I’m sorry, we’re not seeing any new artists.” But even if they weren’t seeing any new artists, surely they’d see me. I kept calling. I played five songs for Don Costa with no visible reaction ...

I think this Lp was from the remaindered stall down Cheshire Street from the 80's. Not played it before as it has some dodgy tracks covered in the label which has been aligned badly and bits have come off. So just the first 4 tracks of side two here. You get a taste of what the LP is like anyway - lovely atmospheric flute and drums mostly recorded in the field by Gerard Kremer on the French Arion label in 1978. Wikipedia says about Algerian music - "Algerian music is virtually synonymous with raï among foreigners; the musical genre has achieved ...

Are you MAN enough to defend your love against... 100 GUITARS!? I didn't have a lot of information about this video when I posted it, but thanks to a PCL visitor who did some great research, now we know... "de la TV Romande" indicates that it's French-Swiss (i.e., from the French-speaking part of Switzerland). In this case it came from SSR/TSR (Télévision Suisse Romande). It's an excerpt from "Happy End", which won the main prize at the 1964 Rose d'Or Swiss TV festival/awards. (See WIKI LINK ). Apparently the Stones and Petula Clark played ...

On January 9th, the Canadian TV station RDI will be airing a documentary called “Je Suis Fan” , in which its director Yanie Dupont-Hébert explores the importance of the relationship between artists and their fans and how these relationships have evolved from the 50s till today. The documentary talks about the fans of Simple Plan, Roch Voisine and Paul Anka from all across the world and of all ages. A trailer for the program can be viewed by clicking read more.

Between the chiseled Nietzschean prog rock of ‘The Man Who Sold The World’ and the brash, sexually ambiguous glam of ‘Ziggy Stardust’ nestles ‘Hunky Dory’, Bowie’s fourth studio album. An artful anachronism in his prolific ’70s canon, ostensibly it’s one of his most ‘straightforward’ albums. Its sheer stateliness and scope rendering it anything but of course. With hindsight it appears a thinly veiled statement of intent, introducing us to almost all the themes that were to recur throughout his career. Even the sleeve, which has him posed as a modern day Dietrich, ushered in the affectation of the ...

Last year, BMI and the Songwriter’s Hall ofFame awarded Laura Warshauer with the prestigious “HollyPrize,” an award named after Buddy Holly and presented to only onesinger-songwriter per year. This year, after a string of high-profile shows(including a headlining set at the Official MPressFest CMJ Showcase, tourdates with Bob Schneider, Frankie Moreno, and Scars on 45, and anappearance at WXPN World Café), two national television appearances(including an interview and performance of “ To Will And Kate, Meet MeAt Exit 109” on the E! True Hollywood Story: Kate and PippaMiddleton ”), a twelve-week chart run on MediaBase with “WishingWell,” and an ...

Introducing the first of two exclusive session tracks, Anna Calvi explains why she covered the Shirelles' 1962 hit My father used to play me classic 50s songs all the time when I was a kid – we would listen to Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Paul Anka and Roy Orbison. One song really stood out for me, and that was the Shirelles version of Baby It's You. The vocals are incredible – tough yet vulnerable, and delivered in a dreamy yet highly emotional way. I wanted to try and capture the essence of the song with just my guitar and my voice ...

Everyone from Miley Cyrus to Paul Anka have ruined the Nirvana classic 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'

Everyone from Miley Cyrus to Paul Anka have ruined the Nirvana classic 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'

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Canadian experimental artist Anthony von Seck collaborated with the likes of Amy Millan from Stars, Basia Bulat, Elizabeth Anka Vajagic, plus the players from A Silver Mt. Zion and Stars to create his conceptual debut album My Best Friends In Exile. The concept behind the album is that it “felt more like you were surfing through radio stations, starting as very dense and urban, and whittling down into something more earthy and fragile.” “The Music of My Best Friend In Exile” was launched to a packed audience during a live performance at Pop Montreal in October 2009. Here are three ...

Another group who is really great on the show Cover Me Canada is this one. Here’s their best cover: Whosarmy performs “Lonely Boy” by Paul Anka on Cover Me Canada (by CBCCoverMe )

It's been a while! Songs of December is the first seasonal recording from music icon Paul Anka in more than 50 years. Recorded at both the legendary Capitol Studios and Ocean Way Recording Studio in Los Angeles, California, Songs of December features eleven holiday classics produced by the original