Rufus Wainwright - "Harvest"
When I started this series I knew that I wanted to highlight music that I had recently discovered and found interesting. For the most part this will be music released recently by bands that aren't particularly mainstream. Once in awhile though I hope to present music that isn't particularly new, or obscure, but that is wonderful just the same.
Rufus Wainwright comes from a musical family that includes Loudon Wainwright and Kate McGarrigle (his parents) and Martha Wainwright (his sister.) This performance of the classic Neil Young song comes from KCRW, a radio station out of Santa Monica, California, and their always wonderful Morning Become Eclectic program. I've always loved this period of Neil Young's music, and in particular this song. It is such a haunting piece of music, and Rufus' performance is simply beautiful.
You can listen to the another Morning Becomes Eclectic program featuring Rufus Wainwright here.
Article comments
1 - El Bicho
It's the Honeybears that are mostly white; Black Joe Lewis appears mostly black. I am off to get my slow jam on with "I'm Broke,".
2 - The Commissioner
thank you thank you thank you - glad you like Kalamaya so much!
Just an FYI though, some of the musicians involved with Kicksville ARE African. Tani Diakite (the singer on Kalamaya) is from Mali, and there are a number of other Kicksville citizens who came from various parts of Africa (Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, etc.)
3 - Mat Brewster
D'oh, didn't realize there were comments here. ElB, keep that slow jam going as long as you can.
Commissioner, thanks for the information. I couldn't find very much information on Kicksville other than what I wrote. I appreciate you giving me some more.