Catch Ian Anderson talking about all the songs on the 1971 album Aqualung in this live special that first aired March 19 2021.
Saturday, March 20, 2021
Friday, February 19, 2021
New song from Walter Becker released just in time for his birthday: One In the A.M.
Walter Becker was born February 20, 1950. And just in time for February 20, 2021 one more song from the vaults sees the light of day - or darkness of night, depending were you live.
We at Radio Dupree got to enjoy it 11:35 p.m. February 19.
Pop on over to the forum at
https://www.walterbeckermedia.com/forum/rarities-unreleased/one-in-the-a-m and wish Walter a Happy Birthday. Maybe even leave a comment on the song. Then listen to all the other stuff that's there; demos, unreleased songs, rehearsal tapes etc. All available to listen to and download for free as per Walter Becker's wishes.
Sunday, February 14, 2021
There is a tape of Zappa and Hendrix jamming...but where?
The Zappa vault sure contains a lot, and everything have not been cataloged, the Hendrix tape being one of those items.
"The one we haven’t found yet", Frank's son Ahmet Zappa tells Noise11.com.
Saturday, February 13, 2021
The pocast Phil Collins from A to Z premieres
The first of six episodes of this podcast has been published! As the title says it's all about Phil Collins with Phil Collins and hosted by radio personality Matt Everitt.
The following five episodes will be released one a week on Fridays. And here's the link:
Friday, February 12, 2021
Jazz giant Chick Corea has passed away
The legendary keyboard artist Chick Corea passed away on February 9, Corea's family reports on his Facebook page.
"It is with great sadness we announce that on February 9th, Chick Corea passed away at the age of 79, from a rare form of cancer which was only discovered very recently."
https://downbeat.com/news/detail/in-memoriam-chick-corea
Saturday, February 06, 2021
Chester Thompson talks about his days with Zappa, Genesis and Weather Report
Rolling Stone has an interesting interview with drummer Chester Thompson. The man is a real veteran and talks about his days with Genesis, Frank Zappa, Weather Report and others.
"One day, he got pretty frustrated with me and literally cussed me out in front of everybody. He told me that I sounded like crap and all that. The vibe just changed." – Chester Thompson on Phil Collins
Saturday, January 16, 2021
Steely Dan on the Biden-Harris Inaugural Playlist
As per usual the US president and vice president has reeleased a playlist for the inauguration. Steely Dan being on it is the reason we made a post about it, although there are quite a few more on that list that would make the Radio Dupree playlist as well.
More about the list here:
https://variety.com/2021/music/news/biden-harris-inaugural-playlist-songs-streaming-1234886600/
Sunday, January 10, 2021
New song from State Cows for all yacht rock westcoast AOR fans
The Swedish band State Cows has a new song for 2021.
And here is where you can hear it:
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Jimi Hendrix live in Maui – new documentary and soundtrack
"The film chronicles the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s storied visit to Maui, and how the band became ensnared with the ill-fated Rainbow Bridge movie and incorporates never-before-released original footage and new interviews." (jimihendrix.com)
Monday, December 07, 2020
Bob Dylan sells his entire songwriting catalog
According to The New York Times the price was not disclosed, but is estimated at more than $300 million.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/arts/music/bob-dylan-universal-music.html
Saturday, November 28, 2020
Zappa film soundtrack now available digitally
Alex Winter's film "Zappa" has got many positive reviews, and they are now taking pre-orders for the original motion picture soundtrack. It will be available next year as a 3 CD set and a 5 LP set, but already now on streaming platforms.
The soundtrack includes many songs that appear on earlier albums but also previously unreleased recordings from the Whisky A Go-Go 1968 and Saturday Night Live 1978.
It also includes music that was composed for the film by John Frizzell.
Track list and more information here:
Sunday, November 22, 2020
Al Di Meola presents sequel to Friday Night in San Fransisco
The Friday's show was released on the famous album pictured above.
"The tapes had been stored at Al’s studio vault room for 40 years. Now finally after restoring the tapes they will be brought out for release in June or Sept 2021 in the states on the IMPEX - SONY label and in Europe on EAR MUSIC label . The live recording will feature compositions of John’s “Meeting of the Spirits”, Paco’s “El Panuelo” , Al’s “Splendido Sundance”, Luis Bonfa’s “Black Orpheus”, and each player’s unaccompanied individual solo spot."
Tuesday, November 03, 2020
New old demo released! Walter Becker: Camilla
It's been a while but here's another demo from Walter Becker. It's copyright 1996 so probably recorded around the time of his first solo album 11 Tracks of Whack (1994). Give it a listen:
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Check out the trailer for the new Zappa documentary
Director Alex Winter’s portrait of the visionary musician and artist.
In theaters and on demand (in North America) on November 27, 2020.
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Two new Stevie Wonder songs!
October 13 saw two new songs pop up on Stevie Wonder's official YouTube channel. The second one; Where Is Our Love Song has been performed live before, but the first one titled Can't Put It In The Hands Of Faith is a timely tune with the situation as it is n the USA including the election of a president coming up November 3.
Interestingly Stevie Wonder cited the lyrics in this video published three weeks before:
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