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Les Étrangers Wed., Jan 7

2009-01-07 14:01:02 by Robert Ham in local Cut
 
...LES ONLY] Tribute acts exist to help us suspend our disbelief that we are seeing our favorite rock bands in their heydays Its a concept I understood but never fully appreciated until I discovered Les Étrangers. The Portland-based quartet speaks directly to my musical obsessions by bringing me back to Paris in the mid-60s, when the charts...
 
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News in Brief: Les Savy Fav, Deer Tick, Nels Cline, These Arms Are Snakes

2009-01-07 12:40:00 by Ryan Dombal in Pitchfork: News
 
Les Savy Fav -- led by the star of Pitchfork.tv's Beardo , Tim Harrington-- will take their punk rock freak show to Atlanta on January 23 at the Earl before heading over to nearby Roswell to play at a Whirlyball . That's right: a Whirlyball . Whirlyball, of course, is the bumper car game that's more fun than tetherball and basketball combined....
 
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Art Rock: Les Boom! at Numbers

2009-01-07 08:15:35 by Chris Gray in Houstoned Rocks
 
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COUNTDOWN TO JACQUES BREL : VOL. 9 - LES BONBONS

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2008-01-13 11:50:20 by Stefan in MOODSWINGS music :
...LES BONBONS (1964) 320 KBPS Another album filled with classics! Brel is in top form in the mid-60's! The album starts with the pseudo-naive Les Bonbons where Brel plays an idiot courting a lady, sweet! Les Vieux, the following track, has to be one of Brel's most depressing songs, speaking of aging, one of Brel's most recurring phobias. La...
 
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At 92, Music Pioneer Les Paul Still Performing (Voice of America)

2007-12-27 01:53:11 by Shyam Sundar in The LION 90.7fm
 
...Les Paul Still Performing By Kane Farabaugh New York City 26 December 2007 Born in the small town of Waukesha in the Midwest U.S. state of Wisconsin in 1915, Les Paul showed signs of musical ability at a young age. From those small roots, the musician and inventor traveled the country. From piano to banjo to guitar, Paul played with some of...
 
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Slash, Billy Gibbons Jam for Les Paul at Rock Halls American Music Masters Concert

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2008-11-17 19:36:46 by D.X. Ferris in Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
...Les Paul at Clevelands State Theater on Saturday. The sold-out show was the climax of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museums week-long tribute to one of the top guitar performers and innovators. Even Guitar Hero poster-boy Slash was wide-eyed and humble like a freshman glad to be at a seniors party Click above to watch Slash open up about...
 
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COUNTDOWN TO JACQUES BREL : VOL. 16 - LES MARQUISES

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2008-01-07 05:59:11 by Stefan in MOODSWINGS music :
...LES MARQUISES (1977) 320 KBPS In 1973, after he stopped his acting career, Jacques Brel decides to travel around the world. On his boat, the Askoy II - bought in 1974, he sails the tropical seas. But he knows his fate his scealed, he has lung cancer. In 1976, his doctors tell him that he cannot be cured. He then move to the Marquesas where he...
 
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COUNTDOWN TO JACQUES BREL : VOL. 16 - LES MARQUISES

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2008-01-07 06:01:13 by Stefan in MOODSWINGS music :
...LES MARQUISES (1977) 320 KBPS In 1973, after he stopped his acting career, Jacques Brel decides to travel around the world. On his boat, the Askoy II - bought in 1974, he sails the tropical seas. But he knows his fate his scealed, he has lung cancer. In 1976, his doctors tell him that he cannot be cured. He then move to the Marquesas where he...
 
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COUNTDOWN TO JACQUES BREL : VOL. 8 - LES BOURGEOIS

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2008-01-14 05:07:04 by Stefan in MOODSWINGS music :
...LES BOURGEOIS (1962) 320 KBPS 1962 was the year of consecration for Jacques Brel. The year before, he began establishing himself as one of the rising forces of French chanson with his stunning concert in the Olympia. Now, he's back in the studio and his creativity is in top form. This album (originally self titled like most of Brel albums and...
 
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