It doesn't exist until it's backed up.

Oz Fritz, in this post, part of his ongoing account of recording native music in Morocco.

You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com

Courtesy of Younghusband at Coming Anarchy.

The instrument is a morin khuur, considered the national instrument of the Mongolian people..

Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group's last surviving member, was found dead in his hotel room early Wednesday. He was 61 ( Read more... )

Friend: You're not a lawyer. Why do you read those law blogs?

Mise: For stuff like this: Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, and Tony Williams playing "Round Midnight" in Stockholm in 1967.

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H/t to Orrin Kerr at The Volokh Conspiracy.

Frank would probably be amused -- and write a song about it.The Zappanale has been celebrating the music of rock legend Frank Zappa for almost 20 years. Now, though, Frank's widow -- Gail Zappa -- has sued the festival for trademark violations. She insists she is only trying to protect her husband's "musical integrity ( Read more... )

Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" covered by a traditional Japanese ensemble -- with an orchestra backup.

H/t to Zenpundit.

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A rare violin has been sold for a record figure, "well in excess" of the previous top price of $3.54m (£1.8m) for an instrument sold at auction.

Virtuoso violinist David Garrett smashed a Stradivarius when he fell over after a concert in London over Christmas, he has revealed.

A rollicking version of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" performed by Earl Scruggs, Steve Martin, and others.

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I have a stack of old 78 rpm records that were my parents that I've always wanted to record on tape or MP3. Most of them are by big name big band folks like Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw and Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, and thus are probably available on 33 vinyl, if not CDs, but a lot are by people that aren't nearly as well known, and thus probably not ( Read more... )