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Get Your Plane Right On Time

22 Thursday Aug 2019

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It’s not enough that Josh Turner plays perfect guitar and the best Paul Simon covers you’ll ever hear, but the freakin’ guy actually does the Artie Garfunkel part for “Only Living Boy In New York” as well. Just amazing.

The reverb is courtesy of a tunnel in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. And stay tuned for the announcement after the song. Wish I could hop on a plane.

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Fool’s Gold

26 Friday Jul 2019

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The great and idiosyncratic Anthony Newley, singing, in costume, the song from Stop The World, I Want To Get Off! that had him laughing all the way to the bank.

Thanks to YouTuber Anthonay Newley

That Business Called Show

15 Monday Jul 2019

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Monday morning, Miss Merman doing what she did best.

Years ago, I was visiting someone in Roosevelt hospital in NYC, and to my surprise, there was Ethel, unpretentiously doing volunteer clerk work.

Thanks to YouTuber Alan Eichler

All The Things You Are: Norm Lewis and Audra McDonald

01 Monday Jul 2019

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Monday morning, we go legit. If you follow my blog regularly, you might know that this is one of my favorite jazz standards (see here and here and here for other versions). But it was originally written for a Broadway play for two duets with a lush orchestra. Here are  two wonderful legit singers, Norm Lewis and the extraordinary Audra McDonald, with their heavenly version.

Thanks to YouTuber Kylie Briggs

Floods Of Florence

21 Tuesday May 2019

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The Phil Ochs song about the 1966 Florence, Italy floods (fifty straight days of rain breached the walls of the River Arno which runs through the city) set to BBC footage of cleaning up the aftermath, as people attempted to save some of the artwork stored in the lower levels of museums, churches and warehouses.

Thanks to  YouTuber OnionFart (!) for the great job of putting this together.

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

03 Friday May 2019

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Anita O’Day with a great version of  a great song.

Oscar Peterson – piano

Herb Ellis – guitar

Ray Brown – double bass

John Poole – drums

Thanks to YouTuber jburidan

The Weight

22 Monday Apr 2019

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Monday morning the signal goes out and Josh Turner’s friends and family from around the country check in to sing this wonderful version of The Weight. That’s Josh’s dad and mom in the opening lines. Great work by Josh on putting the video together.

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Morse Code: Reina Del Cid And Josh Turner

18 Thursday Apr 2019

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Nice to find this song on YouTube—Reina and Josh sung it at their recent NYC engagement, and I thought it was a wonderfully smart piece of songwriting by Reina. Of course, Josh provides his usual tasteful musicianship to the performance.

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You Can’t Get Stoned Enough: Phil Ochs

07 Thursday Mar 2019

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Every once in a while an old demo tape or casual recording of Phil Ochs singing turns up. He wrote far more songs than he ever recorded commercially, so it’s always a treat to find one I haven’t heard before.

Thanks to YouTuber Boot Leg

Gold Dust At My Feet

11 Monday Feb 2019

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Monday morning, Nellie McKay and Friends heating things up on The Sunny Side Of The Street.

Nellie McKay – vocals; Dan Levinson – clarinet; Gordon Au – trumpet; Jim Fryer – trombone; Chris St. Hilaire – snare drum

Thanks to YouTuber Dennis Lichtman