Michelle was telling her Dad, her brother Jamie and Lily (my future in laws) that I find any excuse to make a mix. And she's right. Here's one for our latest Mogger Zengirl who joined our gang of music enthusiasts. On her first post she was requesting some new music, so professor Benevolent Pirate put together an Introduction to Mog 101 mix for her and any new Moggers who have just recently joi...
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This isn't a new song. In fact, it was released in 2003 as the title track of Daniel Lanois' Shine. But until today I'd never heard it, and I bet you haven't either. And it's a beautiful, understated song from an artist/producer that I like a lot.
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The Maker was written and performed by Daniel Lanois on his first album in 1989, Acadie. Lanois produced U2's The Joshua Tree, the 1987 Grammy Winner for Album of the Year. Bono of U2 recommended Lanois to Bob Dylan in the late 1980s; in 1989 Lanois produced Dylan's Oh Mercy, widely considered one of Dylan's greatest later albums. Eight years later Dylan and Lanois worked together on Time Out o...
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Daniel Lanois will release his sixth solo album Here Is What Is as a digital download exclusively at redfloorrecords.com on December 15th. The physical copy of the album will be released March 18th.The album features drummer Brian Blade and the Band's pianist Garth Hudson. The album is the companion to the film by the same name that follows Lanois in the art of making a record.“The film is a ca.
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...or is it Richard Hawley? I did a double-take hearing this one.
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My previous post reminded me of another quote about music that I've held on to for several years now. I've never managed to become a fan of Danny Lanois' music, but as a U2 fan I think the man is genius. I clipped this from an interview with him:"Music is absolutely spiritual and healing. That doesn't mean it has to be serious; it means it's got to make you jump out of your seat and be glad ...
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DANIEL LANOISThe Basement, SydneyDaniel Lanois is an odd kettle of fish. You couldn’t call his voice magic, but there’s a lot going on in his mind and how it’s tuned. Does it bear repeating he is best known as a producer, mentored by Brian Eno, crucial to career-changing work from U2, Bob Dylan and Emmylou Harris? You can hear that tonight in the songs: the rotating surge and lift-off of U2,
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