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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Preshall on Boing Boing!

Preservation Hall Jazz Band: old time jazz from New Orleans - Cory Doctorow

Last year, I found myself in New Orleans for a rather epic birthday party. One place I knew I wanted to visit was Preservation Hall, (which I'd written about here), a legendary unamplified jazz club. It was everything I'd heard and more.
I bought the whole run of Preservation Hall CDs, and they've been in heavy rotation here. Of the bunch, my favorite is "Songs of New Orleans," and I always know it's going to be a good day when the random number generator smiles on me and shuffles a track from the double CD into my music player, especially if that track is Go to the Mardi Gras, which played about ten minutes ago and put a smile on my face that's certain to last the day through.
I've just noticed that there's a new(ish) Preservation Hall Jazz Band CD, American Legacies, which, alas, I can't say anything about, because the Amazon MP3 store won't sell it to me (I'm in Germany and my credit card is registered in the UK, so they shut me out).

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Preservation Hall Jazz Band featured in My Morning Jacket Video from Boing Boing

This video is a fantastic glimpse into My Morning Jackets'  June 24th performance from historic Fox Theatre in Oakland California. Keep your eyes peeled at the 17:00 mark, as we join this incredible band on stage.  Video directed  by Scott Compton (Boing Boing Video)