Townes Van Zandt

I’d like to recommend the movie Be Here To Love Me (2005), a documentary about the late great Townes Van Zandt by director Margareth Brown. If you’re into Van Zandts music, this film is a must-see. Van Zandt was one of the most gifted new songwriters that grew up in the 60′s and he has [...]

New music march 09

I just fell in love with the music of Bat for Lashes (mypsace: http://www.myspace.com/batforlashes). Natasha Khan is so gifted and she also has an experimental edge to her music. Her new album is called Two Suns and is released april 6. Daniel is the latest single. Read an interview with Natasha Khan here And another [...]

Scott Walker DVD

Have you seen the music documentary 30 Century Man about Scott Walker? It’s a must see, a really good documentary about the legendary artist that started out in The Walker Brother but has gone experimental on his later records. The movie has interviews with among others David Bowie, Radiohead, Brian Eno, Allison Goldfrapp, Rob Ellis [...]

Evelyn Glennie

I saw a film about the scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie called Touch The Sound. Since Evelyn is nearly deaf, she can’t hear sound the same way others can, instead she feels the frequencies through her body. Her favorite percussion instrument is the snare drum, but she plays lots of other instruments as well. In the [...]

Bebe Barron RIP

Bebe Barron, som sammen med mannen sin Louis Barron komponerte den elektroniske musikken som ble brukt i Sc-Fi-klassikeren Forbidden Planet døde 20. april. Filmen kom i 1956. Ekteparet har på mange vis en særstilling i den tidlige elektroniske musikken siden det på denne tiden bare var musikkstudioer tilknytta universiteter og andre institusjoner (eks BBC Radiophonic [...]