As the story goes, rising soul-folk singer Michael Kiwanuka cut his teeth as a studio guitarist before gaining enough confidence in his own material to share that incredible voice with us last spring. That confidence bit aside, this trajectory does hold a few similarities to Jimi Hendrix, who first put sounds to tape as a session man for … Read more
30 minutes until midnight here in California and the main thing on my mind is how grateful I am to you all for reading, supporting, and giving me the opportunity to share this year. (Obligatory: even better stuff is on the way.) <3 you, pals.
Thanks to Head Underwater, here’s Lord Huron with a gorgeous version of “Auld Lang Syne,” and — if that’s a bit too mellow — chase it down with Hendrix’s live take below.
Jimi Hendrix (1969):
Here are a couple stories burning a hole in our queue… The full posthumous Jimi Hendrix record Valleys of Neptune is streaming here (via Blabbermouth). Our buddies at Speakers in Code interviewed surfer, photographer, and Ryan Adams & the Cardinals guitarist Neal Casal about his new photo book A View of Other Windows. Joanna Newsom … Read more