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Hart Valley Drifters :: Sitting On Top Of The World

2871 days ago
Aquarium Drunkard“My name is Jerry Garcia. I play banjo on the old-timey songs and guitar on the bluegrass songs. And do a lot of lead singing too. Which I am not proud of.” With a bit of self-deprecation and a guffaw we pay witness to the earliest known ... more info

Release Day Picks: November 11th New Album Highlights

2933 days ago
JamBaseNew releases are out today from Hart Valley Drifters, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Band, Sting, Umprey's McGee, Lettuce and The Nth Power. more info

Earliest known Jerry Garcia recordings to be released for the first time

2963 days ago
Consequence of SoundThe Hart Valley Drifters' Folk Time was recorded in 1962 at Stanford University. more info

ALBUM REVIEW: GIRLS ON GRASS, s/t

3056 days ago
PopdoseThis quartet who call Brooklyn home are not what one would expect from the borough’s “indie scene”; rather, they’ve got their own interesting thing happening.  Girls On Grass’ debut album, eponymously titled, is ripe with crisp riffs, twan... more info

Cork festival news: Guinness Cork Jazz Festival & Indie Cork

3348 days ago
Nialler9After this weekend’s inaugural Sounds From A Safe Harbour went down a treat, two more festivals have returned with news of lineups for Cork. The Guinness Cork Jazz Festival has announced its lineup for its 37th year for 22nd – 26th October, which... more info

Motown creator Berry Gordy charts his musical trajectory

3493 days ago
L.A. Times - EntertainmentMotown Records didn't release every indelible pop-soul hit from the '60s and '70s, although sometimes that's how it seemed. The Drifters' "On Broadway," for example, was one that got away, to Atlantic. Berry Gordy, the Detroit auto plant worker, onet... more info

R.I.P. Ben E. King

3493 days ago
StereogumThe BBC reports that Ben E. King, the R&B singer who founded the Drifters and who sang and co-wrote the ageless ballad “Stand By Me” has died. A publicist cites only “natural causes.” King was 76. King was born Benjamin Earl Nelson in North C... more info

‘Stand By Me’ Singer Ben E. King Dead at 76

3493 days ago
TimeHe started his career with The Drifters more info

Ben E. King, RIP

3493 days ago
Brooklyn VeganBen E King, the singer best known for the hit Stand By Me, has died aged 76, according to his agent. King started his career in the late 1950s with The Drifters, singing on hits including There Goes My Baby... more info

Field Music – “Casting Out Pts 2 And 3″

3510 days ago
StereogumFor Record Store Day this year, Field Music will put out their fifth full-length album, an entirely instrumental recording that’s meant to act as the score to the 1929 silent documentary Drifters. It’s a discursion for the British band, who have ... more info

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