Showing posts with label Anders Osborne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anders Osborne. Show all posts

Friday, February 19, 2021

Anders Osborne - Orpheus And The Mermaids

Size: 96.7 MB
Time: 41:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Acoustic Blues Folk
Art: Front

01. Jacksonville To Wichita (4:52)
02. Light Up The Sun (4:07)
03. Last Day In The Keys (6:10)
04. Forced To (3:27)
05. Pass On By (3:57)
06. Welcome To Earth (5:46)
07. Dreamin' (4:51)
08. Earthly Things (3:39)
09. Rainbows (4:08)

Between the potency of his richly detailed songwriting, his intensely emotional, soulful vocals and his piercing, expert guitar work, New Orleans’ Anders Osborne is a true musical treasure. He is among the most original and visionary musicians writing and performing today. Guitar Player calls him “the poet laureate of Louisiana’s fertile roots music scene.” New Orleans' Gambit Weekly has honored Osborne as the Entertainer Of The Year. OffBeat named him the Crescent City’s Best Guitarist for the third year in a row, and the Best Songwriter for the second straight year. Osborne also won Song Of The Year for his composition, Louisiana Gold.

Osborne’s latest released Flower Box, his second full-length album of 2016, recorded in his hometown of New Orleans late last year, Flowerbox is a heavier, guitar-driven follow-up to the acclaimed Spacedust & Ocean Views.

"I love the way this record comes out stout and determined right out the gate, a four-piece rock & roll band making beautiful and conquering noise," says Osborne. "The producer, Mark Howard, has a way of making you play in the moment and being confident. His sounds and engineering style is that of classic records, with his own special sauce of 'haunting' on top of it. The musicians on here are undoubtedly some of my absolute favorites in the world, both as players and as people. Their contributions are invaluable. Scott Metzger, Brady Blade, Carl Dufrene, Chad Cromwell, Marc Broussard, David LaBruyere, Rob McNelley & Justin Tocket. Bad boys! I've been wanting to make this record for several years and I am stoked it's finally here."

A powerful live performer, the musician has won over fans through non-stop touring as well as a heralded collaboration with the North Mississippi Allstars & Southern Soul Assembly.

Jambands.com said, "Osborne finds a striking balance of muscle and grace that allows for the smaller moments of quiet to be just as resounding as the sonic booms." And USA Today has praised his music, saying "The relentless approach amplifies the anguished lyrics, which appear to be about the death of a loved one or a relationship torn asunder or perhaps a spiritual crisis." In a review of Spacedust & Ocean Views, Boulder Weekly said the album "finds the guitarist in a (largely) reflective mood, an extended meditation on place and moments in time, memory, passages through and exits from paragraphs in the non-fiction docudrama of life. Through languid, gently formed figures, Osborne coaxes odes of gratitude and compelling imagery in what seems a little like a travelogue — like watching his kid chasing seabirds on the beach..."

Osborne has earned hordes of new fans. He has toured virtually non-stop, either with his own band, as a solo artist, or as a guest with his countless musical admirers, including Toots and The Maytals, Stanton Moore, Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes, Keb Mo, The Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh, Jackie Greene and Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe. He’s produced and played on critically acclaimed albums by Tab Benoit, Johnny Sansone and Mike Zito.

Since his recording debut in 1989, Osborne has written virtually all of his own material and contributed memorable songs to a wide variety of artists. Two tunes co-written by Osborne appear on Keb Mo’s Grammy-winning 1999 release Slow Down. Country superstar Tim McGraw scored a #1 hit with Anders’ song Watch The Wind Blow By. Osborne’s compositions have been covered by artists as diverse as Brad Paisley, Tab Benoit, Jonny Lang, Edwin McCain, Sam Bush, Trombone Shorty and Aaron Neville and Kim Carnes. His songs have appeared in multiple feature films. He can also be seen performing in an episode of HBO’s New Orleans-based drama, Treme.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

VA - Blues Makers: The Vocal Mix, Vol. 13 to Vol. 18 of 18

Album: Blues Makers: The Vocal Mix, Vol. 13
Size: 80,4 MB
Time: 34:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

01 Sugar Pie DeSanto - Gimme A Penny (3:58)
02 The Steve Lott Band - Bad Information (3:58)
03 Big Daddy 'O' - Got No Blues Today (2:50)
04 The New Urban Project - California Road Home (3:19)
05 Big Daddy 'O' - Down Home Girl (4:06)
06 Time Pools & T J Politzer - When You Got A Good Friend (2:57)
07 Big Daddy O' - Too Tall To Mambo (3:45)
08 The New Dance Collective - Hittin' The Road (2:00)
09 John G. Autin - Ain't Got No Room For The Blues (2:57)
10 Sugar Pie Desanto - Boyfriend (4:46)

Album: Blues Makers: The Vocal Mix, Vol. 14
Size: 88,8 MB
Time: 38:20
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

01 Al 'Carnival Time' Johnson - My Life (4:09)
02 Nitzinger - Shotgun Sally (4:48)
03 Big Daddy 'O' - Poor Boy (5:06)
04 Big Daddy 'O' - Something Special (2:02)
05 Time Pools - Gettin' Something Straight (4:06)
06 The James Boys & Johnnie Johnson - The Reason For The Blues (2:51)
07 Big Daddy 'O' - Hesitation Blues (2:31)
08 The James Boys - How Can You (4:01)
09 Lindsay Mendez - It Hurt So Bad (3:58)
10 Sugar Pie DeSanto - Crazy Lovin' (4:43)

Album: Blues Makers: The Vocal Mix, Vol. 15
Size: 91,7 MB
Time: 39:35
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

01 Big Daddy 'O' - Confessing The Blues (4:24)
02 Big Daddy 'O' - Sportin Life (4:52)
03 Big Daddy 'O' - Gertrude (2:52)
04 Sugar Pie DeSanto - I Need Help (5:03)
05 The New Blues Revival - Going Back Home Tonight (3:23)
06 Time Pools - Four Until Late (2:38)
07 The James Boys - Nadine (2:52)
08 Shotgun - Cold Sunday (3:22)
09 Time Pools - Little Red Rooster (5:12)
10 Time Pools & Larry Bragg - Love In Vain (4:53)

Album: Blues Makers: The Vocal Mix, Vol. 16
Size: 90,8 MB
Time: 39:11
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

01 Time Pools - Wade In The Water (4:02)
02 Big Daddy 'O' - Johnny B. Goode (2:38)
03 Dennis Cavalier - New Orleans Rising (4:38)
04 Sugar Pie DeSanto - Super Fool (4:30)
05 Steve Lott - Echoes Of Dallas (3:24)
06 Rockin Jake - Me And My Brothers (4:05)
07 Mitch Golner - Never Let A Woman (2:54)
08 Big Daddy 'O' - Need Your Love So Bad (4:49)
09 Al 'Carnival Time' Johnson - Sad Story (3:24)
10 Sugar Pie DeSanto - Blues Express (Part 2) (4:44)

Album: Blues Makers: The Vocal Mix, Vol. 17
Size: 72,9 MB
Time: 31:23
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

01 Sugar Pie DeSanto - Jump In My Chest (4:57)
02 The Borderers - Not Going Home (We're Gonna Keep On Dancing) (2:55)
03 Tom McDermott - Tricks Ain't Walkin' No More (2:38)
04 Big Daddy 'O' - Floating Bridge (3:27)
05 Blues Toulouse - Never Let A Woman (2:54)
06 Big Daddy 'O' - Sucker For Love (2:53)
07 Time Pools - The Spider And The Fly (3:25)
08 Al 'Carnival Time' Johnson - Super Bowl Time (4:05)
09 Skip Haynes - Jazzman Blues (4:05)

Album: Blues Makers: The Vocal Mix, Vol. 18
Size: 78,3 MB
Time: 33:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

01 Laurel Canyon Animal Company - I Love To Walk My Dog (5:03)
02 Lindsay Mendez - South Louisiana (4:06)
03 Anders Osborne - Right On The Money (3:28)
04 Big Daddy 'O' - Crossroads (2:54)
05 Time Pools - Little Queen Of Spades (5:01)
06 Anders Osborne - Give It To Me Two Times (3:30)
07 Big Daddy 'O' - I Don't Drink Much (2:39)
08 Sugar Pie DeSanto - Blues Hall Of Fame (4:05)
09 Paul Austin Kelly & Richard Durrant - Deep Down In The Music (2:56)

Blues Makers: The Vocal Mix, Vol. 13
Blues Makers: The Vocal Mix, Vol. 14
Blues Makers: The Vocal Mix, Vol. 15
Blues Makers: The Vocal Mix, Vol. 16
Blues Makers: The Vocal Mix, Vol. 17
Blues Makers: The Vocal Mix, Vol. 18

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Anders Osborne - Buddha And The Blues

Source: Lossless Digital Copy
Size: 80,7 MB
Time: 34:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Alone (3:59)
02. Fields Of Honey (3:56)
03. Running (3:36)
04. Smoke And Mirrors (4:51)
05. Aching For You Love (3:39)
06. Escape (4:07)
07. Buddha And The Blues (3:07)
08. The One I Love (3:33)
09. Traveling With Friends (3:51)

Few musicians know what it’s like to leave New Orleans for California, record an album with a few absolutely legendary musicians, and return home in time to release said album and play the main stage at one of the world’s most beloved music festivals—but by the time the second weekend of New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival rolls around, Anders Osborne will. On April 26th, Osborne’s Buddha and the Blues will be released worldwide on Back On Dumaine Records. With the title in hand from the start, Osborne had a clear vision of how his new record should resonate, noting that, “Buddha and the Blues means the duality of our existence. The lyrics are supposed to be true, conversational, and uplifting with clean, classic, and thumpin’ sounds. That’s what I set out to accomplish.”

With the help of Buddha and the Blues producer, Chad Cromwell, an all-star cast of west coast session musicians was assembled at Brethren Studio in Ojai, California, for a soulful SoCal meets the Big Easy tracking session. In the company of Waddy Wachtel(Stevie Nicks, Keith Richards, Linda Rondstadt, Warren Zevon) on guitar, Bob Glaub(Jackson Browne, John Lennon, Don Henley) on bass, Benmont Tench (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash) on keyboards, Windy Wagner (Ringo Starr, Rod Stewart) on background vocals, and Cromwell (Neil Young, Mark Knopfler, Joe Walsh) on drums, Osborne set out to complete his initial vision; clean, classic, and most certainly thumpin’. The mellow, pacific vibes never overshadow Osborne’s greasy and groovy New Orleanian nature; it could even be argued that their symbiotic relationship could or should have been explored more thoroughly before now.
Buddha and the Blues opens with Osborne setting the tone off-mic in the studio. “Intimate and cool,” he says to the band, seemingly in jest, but a true mantra for what transpires next. The CD tracklisting differs from the digital release of Buddha and the Blues in that it is sandwiched by two very different versions of the same song—“Alone” and “Alone (Unplugged). “‘Alone’ was a meditative prose I wrote in my backyard,” he says. “It had a circular vibe to it, when I added the music, I wanted it to match the poem: a small word with an epic impression,” says Osborne. Between “Alone” and its unplugged counterpart, the album flows through a familiar-to-fans collection of quintessentially Anders Osborne songs. “Running” rides a mid-tempo, backbeat-heavy groove while Osborne sings about wading through life’s bullshit in his signature gravelly voice; a jubilant ode to one of life’s unfortunate realities. Of all the songs, the album’s penultimate tune, “Traveling with Friends”, feels the most like Southern California, musically-speaking—channeling a style these very studio musicians made popular with Jackson Browne, Tom Petty, and the like. Lyrically, it’s more personal to Osborne. “I wrote ‘Traveling with Friends’ on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands while on vacation with my family. We had an amazing spot on top of a mountain overlooking a big part of the island, and I felt inspired and really grateful. I had a moment of relief from all of my searching and dissonance. I saw us all for what we are—beautiful, fragile, and in this tumultuous space trip all together.” On a grander scale, “Traveling with Friends” wraps up all of Buddha and the Blues’s conversations, ideas, and lessons, reminding us that we’re all here, doing this thing together.

Buddha And The Blues

Friday, April 27, 2018

Anders Osborne - American Patchwork

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:55
Size: 100.5 MB
Styles: R&B, Soul, Blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[4:17] 1. On The Road To Charlie Parker
[4:32] 2. Echoes Of My Sins
[4:03] 3. Got Your Heart
[4:07] 4. Killing Each Other
[3:47] 5. Acapulco
[5:58] 6. Darkness At The Bottom
[5:13] 7. Standing With Angels
[5:00] 8. Love Is Taking Its Toll
[3:58] 9. Meet Me In New Mexico
[2:56] 10. Call On Me

Grammy-award winning guitarist/singer/songwriter ANDERS OSBORNE blends blues, rock and roll and New Orleans funk and R&B to create a distinctive genre-bending style that has captivated music fans and fellow performers alike. He wrote "Watch The Wind Blow By," a #1, million-selling country hit for Tim McGraw and two tracks on bluesman Keb' Mo's Grammy-winning album Slow Down. American Patchwork is an intensely soulful album, ranging from gentle ballads to burning rockers, including some truly amazing guitar playing. Galactic's Stanton Moore and Corrosion of Conformity's Pepper Keenan guest.

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Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Various - The Alligator Records Playlists: UFO Interstellar Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:09
Size: 114.8 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[11:16] 1. Anders Osborne - Black Eye Galaxy
[ 2:27] 2. Bob Margolin - Alien's Blues
[ 3:48] 3. Dave Hole - Beyond Jupiter
[ 5:03] 4. Albert Collins - The Moon Is Full
[ 2:45] 5. Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women - Rocket Ship
[ 6:26] 6. C.J. Chenier - The Moon Is Rising
[ 4:53] 7. Long John Hunter - Marfa Lights
[ 6:50] 8. Dave Hole - Cold Blue Moon
[ 3:41] 9. Bob Margolin - Falling Star
[ 2:56] 10. Raful Neal - Blues On The Moon

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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

VA - The Musical Mojo Of Dr. John: Celebrating Mac And His Music (Live)

Size: 123,2+137,4 MB
Time: 52:23+58:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: New Orleans Blues, Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

CD 1:
01 Dr. John & Bruce Springsteen - Right Place Wrong Time (Live) (4:33)
02 Jason Isbell - Blow Wind Blow (Live) (3:45)
03 Cyril Neville - My Indian Red (Live) (3:35)
04 Anders Osborne & Bill Kreutzmann - Somebody Changed The Lock (Live) (3:09)
05 Dr. John, Aaron Neville & Charles Neville - Please Send Me Someone To Love (Live) (6:04)
06 George Porter Jr. & Zigaboo Modeliste - Junko Partner (Live) (5:14)
07 Irma Thomas - Since I Fell For You (Live) (3:48)
08 Tab Benoit - Stack-A-Lee (Live) (4:12)
09 Allen Toussaint - Life (Live) (3:09)
10 Shannon McNally - Street People (Live) (3:32)
11 Dave Malone - Goodnight Irene (Live) (5:53)
12 Big Chief Monk Boudreaux - Big Chief (Live) (5:24)

CD 2:
01 Widespread Panic & Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Familiar Reality (Live) (9:46)
02 Warren Haynes - You Lie (Live) (6:34)
03 Chuck Leavell - Traveling Mood (Live) (3:53)
04 Ryan Bingham - Back By The River (Live) (4:29)
05 John Boutte - Let's Make A Better World (Live) (2:46)
06 Mavis Staples - Lay My Burden Down (Live) (5:59)
07 John Fogerty - New Orleans (Live) (3:41)
08 Dr. John & Terence Blanch - Rain (Live) (6:07)
09 Dr. John & Sarah Morrow - I Walk On Guilded Splinters (Live) (7:02)
10 Dr. John & Sarah Morrow - Such A Night (Live) (8:27)

On Saturday, May 3, 2014, a group of esteemed musicians and friends joined together for “The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: A Celebration of Mac & His Music” a special concert event taping that honored this musical icon. The star-studded concert took place at New Orleans’ Saenger Theatre, with Dr. John joined by a stunningly diverse assortment of notable guest artists, who perform 22 songs written, recorded and/or popularized by Dr. John during his prolific six-decade career, honoring his large and still-growing musical legacy.

“It was very moving to have all these people paying tribute to me, but I just treated it like it was another show,” Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and six-time GRAMMY®-winner Dr. John says of The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: A Celebration of Mac & His Music.

The performers include Bruce Springsteen, who duets with Dr. John on the 1973 smash “Right Place Wrong Time”; Jason Isbell, who delivers a heartfelt “Blow Wind Blow”; John Fogerty, who performs the raucous Crescent City anthem “New Orleans”; Mavis Staples, who brings gospel fervor to “Lay My Burden Down”; Widespread Panic, who lend musical muscle to “Familiar Reality”; and Ryan Bingham, who delivers a haunting “Back by the River.”

Fittingly, The Musical Mojo of Dr. John also features memorable performances by several New Orleans legends, including Allen Toussaint, Irma Thomas, Terence Blanchard, John Boutté, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, George Porter Jr. and Zigaboo Modeliste of the Meters, and Aaron, Charles and Cyril Neville. Bassist Don Was served as the project’s musical director, leading an all-star house band that also included Allman Brothers Band/Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell, renowned NOLA pianist John Gros, Funky Meters guitarist Brian Stoltz and journeyman drummer Kenny Aronoff, as well as Dr. John’s longstanding musical compatriot, trombonist Sarah Morrow.

The Musical Mojo Of Dr. John

Friday, July 22, 2016

Anders Osborne - Flower Box

Size: 112,3 MB
Time: 48:05
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Different Drum (6:58)
02. Fools Gold (5:11)
03. Flower Box (3:31)
04. Hurt (6:20)
05. St. John (4:10)
06. Born (8:14)
07. Old Country (9:15)
08. Strong (4:21)

"Up and coming" may have been a good way to describe guitarist, singer, and songwriter Anders Osborne earlier in his career, but Osborne's fame has certainly spread beyond the borders of New Orleans, a city where he first cut his teeth and developed a reputation for incendiary live shows. Osborne was born in Sweden in 1966. His father was a professional drummer and a jazz fan whose early-'60s jazz combo played clubs throughout Europe. At a young age, he became fascinated with the singer/songwriters of the '60s and '70s, but then traced those artists' roots back to more basic blues. He traveled around the world, earning money from shows, and settled in New Orleans, which became his home base after 1990.

Osborne artfully blends blues, funk, soul, and classic R&B to create his own distinctive synthesis of styles. Osborne's most widely available early album is 1995's Which Way to Here, recorded for OKeh/Sony; two other independent label releases from the late '90s and early 2000s may still be around for those willing to search: Live at Tipitina's appeared on Shanachie in 1998, followed by Living Room the next year. The introspective Ash Wednesday Blues was issued in early 2001. In 2002, Osborne cut his final two albums for Shanachie, the wonderfully raucous, enigmatic collaboration Bury the Hatchet with Big Chief Monk Boudreaux of the Mardi Gras Indian Tribe the Golden Eagles, and the blues- and Americana-drenched Break the Chain.

He didn't record again until 2006, when he released the larger band session Osborne Orchestra. Osborne was playing nonstop in New Orleans and occasionally in Europe during this period. His 2007 recording, Coming Down, issued on the M.C. imprint, was the most intimate collection of songs he released to date, and walked the line between the nakedly confessional and his observations about living in N.O. after Hurricane Katrina. Live at Jazz Fest 2008, featuring Osborne's killer road band, appeared that year.

In 2009 he signed with Chicago's Alligator label. His first offering for the imprint was the driving, boisterous American Patchwork, issued in 2010. Osborne toured nearly nonstop after the album and produced recordings for Johnny Sansone, Tab Benoit, and Mike Zito. He released Black Eye Galaxy in the spring of 2012; he co-produced the album with Galactic's Stanton Moore and Warren Riker. During relentless touring to celebrate what was his most critically acclaimed album, Osborne took a break late in the year to record the uncharacteristically casual Three Free Amigos, a semi-acoustic, six-track EP, which was released in Feburary of the following year. Later that fall he returned with the full-length Peace. ~by Richard Skelly

Flower Box

Friday, March 18, 2016

Anders Osborne - Spacedust & Ocean Views

Size: 135,4 MB
Time: 57:58
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Wind (4:44)
02. Pontchartrain (4:42)
03. Life Don't Last That Long (4:35)
04. Lafayette (3:55)
05. Cape Cod (6:07)
06. All There Is To Know (3:55)
07. Can You Still Hear Me (3:14)
08. Move Back To Mississippi (6:17)
09. Burning Up Slowly (3:43)
10. Tchoupitoulas Street Parade (4:54)
11. Big Talk (5:40)
12. From Space (6:07)

The depth of one’s life is evident through their music. The more sorrow, laughter and adventure experienced, the more interesting curves and crevices are carved into an artist’s songs. The miles traveled leave rich lines in the verses that only time, misadventure, and hard-won wisdom can produce. Anders Osborne is a map of intensely felt, passionately engaged living, a fractured but healing topography of heartbreak and hope for fellow travelers to explore. Osborne’s music is redolent of the blues bathed in West Coast sunshine and brotherly compassion, a torchbearer for rock ‘n’ roll with blood in it’s veins and a heart in it’s hands. His long awaited new full length, Spacedust & Ocean Views, offers up graceful songwriting and signature guitar work on one of the strongest releases in his storied career. A strong sense of place runs through the album. From an evocation of geography to a questioning of one’s place in the universe, big ideas are condensed in thoughtful, smoothly swinging ways. It’s the album his fans have been waiting for- one that only he can deliver. “These twelve songs speak about places dear to me, places I feel something profound about, but there’s also the presence of the universe,” explains Osborne. “I think one of the main struggles we all face is the separation from unity. I want to understand how I can feel unified with the world and others, with the universe writ large. I can arrange the ideas intellectually but the feeling of longing remains. The whole thing is a mystery, sometimes a sad, baffling mystery and sometimes very enchanting, but overall I just don’t understand and want to desperately. That’s what this music is, an attempt to understand it all.” And what an attempt it is. Producer Mark Howard (Bob Dylan, Daniel Lanois, Iggy Pop) uses Osborne’s seasoned, searching voice like a river running through the song cycle. It’s a distinctly human element that continually tenderizes the listener as his sinewy, emotionally charged guitar dances with longtime bassist Carl Dufrene, guitar foil Scott Metzger (Joe Russo’s Almost Dead), and the shared drumming of Brady Blade and Tony Leone. New Orleans percussion master Johnny Vidacovich, bassist James Singleton, and pop-jazz legend Rickie Lee Jones join Osborne for the cosmically charged album closer “From Space.” On the other hand, Spacedust’s lead single “Lafayette” is a roots-fueled rocker- a track that finds Osborne simultaneously sticking to his guns and exploring new territory as an artist. This special collection of compositions is the culmination of years of writing and touring. “This is the last chapter before something new emerges. I’m wrapping some stuff up and figuring some fresh stuff out,” says Osborne, who’s been moving beyond his complicated past for close to a decade. “Now my life is about a human experience in a larger sense. Now, I feel I’m standing on my own two feet, trying to be a grown man doing the right thing.” In an ever changing musical landscape, Spacedust & Ocean Views firmly plants Anders Osborne as one of American music’s elite guitarists and songwriters.

Spacedust & Ocean Views

Sunday, January 24, 2016

Various - Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:12
Size: 92.0 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[3:27] 1. Alvin Youngblood Hart - Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues
[3:09] 2. John Hammond, Jr. - Malted Milk
[3:25] 3. Duke Robillard - I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
[3:01] 4. Corey Harris - C.C. Pill Blues
[2:55] 5. Anders Osborne - From Four Till Late
[2:02] 6. Toni Price - Junk Man
[3:47] 7. Guy Davis - Motherless Children
[3:23] 8. Paul Geremia - Toootie Blues
[3:01] 9. Otis Taylor - Stone Pony
[3:49] 10. Rishell & Raines - Bye Bye Blues
[3:21] 11. Debbie Davies - That Lonesome Rave
[4:45] 12. Eric Bibb - Goin' Down Slow

Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues is a modern acoustic tribute to classic pre-war blues initially recorded by the likes of Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, and Blind Blake. While it would be impossible to top the original versions, these musicians have their hearts in the right place and contribute to the overall timeless quality of this music, making it enjoyable for blues purists and newcomers to the style. A dozen tracks by devotees of the pioneering style include Anders Osborne, Eric Bibb, John Hammond, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Corey Harris, Guy Davis, Paul Geremia, and Debbie Davis. ~Al Campbell

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Thursday, September 3, 2015

Ryan Montbleu - For Higher

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:15
Size: 103.6 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[4:01] 1. Yeah Man
[3:36] 2. Heartbreak Road
[3:59] 3. Away We Go
[4:39] 4. Head Above Water
[7:06] 5. Here But I'm Gone
[5:00] 6. Burning And Hiding
[4:53] 7. Sweet, Nice And High
[3:24] 8. Just Perfect
[5:15] 9. Dead Set
[3:18] 10. Full Grown Man

Produced by Galactic's Ben Ellman, For Higher was recorded at Fudge Studios in New Orleans for two long days and nights in May of 2011, on the heels of Jazz Fest. Ben assembled an all-star session band featuring George Porter Jr. on bass, Ivan Neville on keys, Anders Osborne on guitar and Simon Lott on drums. The end result is a handful of originals (including one co-write with Eric Krasno of Soulive) and some choice, deep covers.

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Friday, June 12, 2015

VA - The Blues Tribute To The Grateful Dead

Size: 154,0 MB
Time: 65:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2001
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Michael Hill - Spoonful (4:39)
02. Guy Davis - Little Red Rooster (4:06)
03. Full House Blues Band - Hey Pocky Way (7:37)
04. Langhorne Slim - Turn On Your Love Lights (6:41)
05. Richie & The Pocket Rockets - Truckin' (4:28)
06. Amy Helm - It Hurts Me Too (3:36)
07. Anders Osborne - Big Boss Man (3:00)
08. Charles Butler - It Must Have Been The Roses (3:33)
09. Amy Helm - Next Time You See Me (3:29)
10. Richie & The Pocket Rockets - Black Peter (3:31)
11. Richie Castellano - Operator (4:11)
12. Langhorne Slim - Mama Tried (2:53)
13. Michael Hill - Casey Jones (4:40)
14. Langhorne Slim - Friend Of The Devil (2:38)
15. Richie & The Pocket Rockets - Touch Of Grey (3:25)
16. Langhorne Slim - Ripple (3:11)

Personnel: Guy Davis (vocals, guitar, harp, percussion); Anders Osborne (vocals, guitar, percussion); Michael Hill (vocals, guitar); Amy Helm (vocals); Matt Baxter (guitar, slide guitar); Charles Butler (guitar, dobro, banjo); Jim McElwaine (saxophone); Joe Ferry (percussion).

The Blues Tribute To The Grateful Dead

Saturday, May 16, 2015

VA - Acoustic Blues Nuggets

Size: 174,4 MB
Time: 74:08
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Art: Front

01 Anders Osborne - Call On Me (2:56)
02 Ann Rabson - Serial Love (3:32)
03 Corey Harris - She Moves Me (2:09)
04 Kenny Neal - Morning After (3:04)
05 Lonnie Mack - Oreo Cookie Blues (4:51)
06 Sonny Terry - So Tough With Me (4:11)
07 Little Charlie & The Nightcats - Too Close Together (3:07)
08 Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women/Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby (2:33)
09 Big Walter Horton - Trouble In Mind (4:37)
10 Charlie Musselwhite - Newport News Blues (3:58)
11 Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - Catfish Blues (3:33)
12 Johnny Jones - Early In The Morning (2:34)
13 Bob Margolin - Worried Life Blues (5:17)
14 Gaye Adegbalola - Let Go, Let God (4:29)
15 Johnny Winter - Bad Girl Blues (4:32)
16 Shemekia Copeland - Beat Up Guitar (4:26)
17 The Holmes Brothers - Close The Door (3:42)
18 Cephas & Wiggins - Hard Liquor (4:13)
19 John Jackson - She's So Sweet (2:58)
20 Carey & Lurrie Bell - Short Dress Woman (3:17)

Acoustic Blues Nuggets

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

JeConte - Down By The Bayou

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:54
Size: 89.1 MB
Styles: Swamp blues
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[4:37] 1. Down By The Bayou (Feat. Anders Osborne)
[4:19] 2. Evermore
[3:05] 3. Mother Africa
[5:37] 4. Stuck In The Mud
[3:08] 5. Is What It Is
[5:06] 6. Everything
[4:21] 7. Little Christina
[3:36] 8. Cellophone
[5:01] 9. Promised Land

JeConte is primarily known as a blues rock singer and harmonica player. He's based out of the San Francisco Bay area and is in a dizzying number of bands. He's probably best well know for his band JeConte & the Mali Allstars who had an album called Mali Blues which did well on the World Music charts.

But now he's teamed up with Anders Osborne, who's a mainstay of the New Orleans blues/rock scene. And somehow these two have produced Down By The Bayou. It's one of the most amazing Cajun-ish, swamp-rock-ish albums I've heard in a while. JeConte's harmonica and gravelly voice are paired with Osborne's 3am jam-band approach to music to make. It's like after the old folks in the suspenders have packed up their squeeze boxes for the night and headed off to bed, the take the stage and get down to business, finding the music in the mud and the dark of night. ~Calvin Powers

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Thursday, February 19, 2015

Anders Osborne & North Mississippi Allstars - Freedom & Dreams

Released: 2015
Size: 123.6 MB
Time: 53:20
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Rock
Art: Front

1. Away, Way Too Long [3:04]
2. Back Together [5:24]
3. Lonely Love [4:40]
4. Dyin' Days [4:10]
5. Shining (Spacedust) [4:33]
6. Brush Up Against You [7:16]
7. Annabel [4:01]
8. Katrina [5:01]
9. Kings and Peasants [5:40]
10. Many Wise Men [4:39]
11. Junco Parda [4:48]

Fans of roots music are in for a nice surprise with the release of a collaboration album between the North Mississippi Allstars and Anders Osborne, "Freedom & Dreams."

Branded as a release by North Mississippi Osborne, the album pairs to of the South's top guitarist, Hernando's Luther Dickinson and New Orleans' Osborne.

"Freedom and Dreams is extremely honest and captures NMO's relaxed chemistry so well, most of these songs did not even have a proper count off or beginning," said Dickinson in a release. " We were interested in combining Anders' singing and songwriting with NMA's groove and aesthetic to create something unique that neither of us could do without the other — a type of modern Southern folk rock."

Dickinson describes the Allstars' version of modern rock as "primitive modernism" that combines blues guitar with danceable beats, in attempt to make the music he learned from Hill County greats R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough, more palatable to a younger generation.

Osborne, who was recently named the Crescent City's best guitarist by the readers of Offbeat Magazine for the third year in a row, fell under the spell of Bob Dylan, Ray Charles and other American musical icons as a teenager. Since relocating to New Orleans in 1985 he has distinguished himself as a songwriter — penning tunes for Keb' Mo', Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw (the number one hit "Watch the Wind Blow") and others — and singer of the highest caliber.


Freedom & Dreams


Thursday, January 15, 2015

Andy J Forest - Deep Down Under (In The Bywater)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:29
Size: 101.8 MB
Styles: New Orleans blues
Year: 2004/2014
Art: Front

[4:24] 1. We Win
[3:52] 2. Bywater
[3:48] 3. Fat Chance
[4:00] 4. Voodoo Lips
[3:21] 5. Tongue Tied
[4:13] 6. Long Dark Road
[5:19] 7. Weak Point
[2:09] 8. Levee En Rose
[4:16] 9. Imaginary Friend
[3:45] 10. Eurostar
[3:04] 11. All I Need
[2:12] 12. Lost Song

Andy J. Forest comes at you from all sides. A talented musician, poet and painter, he is one of those people whose life is a non-stop work of art. "Andy is such a force," said Anders Osborne, who has produced Forest's last two albums. "Once he starts playing there's so much energy." Last year Forest bought a house in the Ninth Ward on Piety Street and he's had his hands full renovating the place from stem to stern ever since. His 15th album, "Deep Down Under In the Bywater," is filled with songs about his new home.

Osborne sought to bring out Forest's individuality in the recording." What I like about Andy is the way he writes in a different kind of poetic style, especially with his blues background," said Osborne. "The first time we hooked up he brought me pages and pages of song ideas and lyrics and they were really stories. So the idea came up, 'What if you just read the stuff, not so much as a spoken word thing, but telling the story as you go."

" On '...Bywater,' Anders added a lot to the arrangement," said Forest. "That groove on '...Bywater,' that octave thing, I've been doing that for years, so I decided to write a song to it. I like some of the lines in there. The line about hearing the washboard: "hear the rattle of the washboard beat," that's for Washboard Chaz, who I play with from time to time, he lives down here on Mazant, he's my neighbor."'Fat Chance' was originally a 12 bar blues and Anders said 'Just hang on the one' so he brought some arrangement to it. He kind of pushed the melody into a different direction. "Voodoo Lips" is already one of Forest's most popular live numbers. "When I do that live and I'm selling CDs after the gig people invariably ask 'Which one has "Voodoo Lips?' That's a good sign." 'Weak Point' was another poem. Anders didn't initially want to do it, he didn't think it would fit in. When we were done we still had another hour left in the studio. I said 'C'mon let's do that Weak Point tune, 'cause bassist Jesse Boyd's a jazz guy,' and he said 'OK, but only if I get to play drums.' I knew he used to be a drummer when he was a teenager but I'd never heard him play. He sounded good.

"Anders made up the bass line on 'Levee En Rose.' I wanted an instrumental with a Leslie harp on it. I put a wah wah pedal on there. I just wanted to do something different. On 'Sunday Rhumba' I did an instrumental, a kind of distorted, Jimi Hendrix thing, and a lot of people commented on it, WWOZ played it a lot, so I figured I'd do an instrumental on this album. "Anders completely changed 'All I Need,' It had a different melody, different groove. He said 'Let's do it Mississippi John Hurt style'."

The entire album was a Ninth Ward project. The tracks were recorded at The Truck Farm. "A couple of people from Kingsway opened up this house right up on St. Claude just about three blocks away from us. Andrew Gilchrist engineered and mixed it over there along with Anders, and John Fishbach mastered and edited it right down the block at Piety Street Recording. ~ JOHN SWENSON

This CD features a fine group of New Orleans musicians including John Fohl, Doug Belote, Jesse Boyd, Sergio Cocchi, Anders Osborne & Lynn Drury.

Deep Down Under (In The Bywater)

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Big Al & The Heavyweights - 2 albums: Sunshine On Me / That Ain't Nice

Album: Sunshine On Me
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:00
Size: 89.3 MB
Styles: Louisiana blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[3:07] 1. Don't You Want Me
[3:45] 2. What's Up With That
[3:43] 3. Sunshine On Me (Feat. Warren Haynes, Anders Osborne)
[6:04] 4. Money Matters
[2:35] 5. Won't You Dance With Me
[2:57] 6. Pass A Good Time (Feat. Anders Osborne)
[3:11] 7. What Was I Thinking
[3:20] 8. Midnight Train To Memphis
[3:30] 9. Peaches
[3:28] 10. So Many Women
[3:14] 11. Zydeco Boogie

When the CD cues up and the first cut “Don’t You Want Me” starts, it’s obvious that Big Al and the Heavyweights are serious about their brand of blues. These seasoned road veterans hit it tight and hard from the get-go, and the intensity never lets up. Their sound is tried and true Chicago blues with little Westside saxophone and a taste of South Louisiana bubbling up with some frattoir and accordion. Drummer Big Al Lauro plays the blues shuffles like he was born with the drum sticks in his hand, and John “The Colonel” Fuhrman’s harmonica threatens to go completely off the rails but never quite takes it that far. This is roadhouse music, music for a dancing up a good time with a cold one never far away from one’s hand. There’s a humorous why-you-got-to-be-like-that-woman tune in the vein of Sonny Boy’s “Don’t Start Me Talkin’” called “What’s Up With That.” and the deep funk of the title cut with special guest Warren Haynes slinky slide guitar over a Meters-esque beat. The Heavyweights vary up the South Side sound with some zydeco two steps spread throughout the disc so that they don’t get bogged down in the blues. Even though the band’s playing is hard and committed, a couple of the songs delve too much into blues cliché. No one needs to do a song about a midnight train to Memphis in 2013. Aside from that, Sunshine On Me brings on a need to shake a tailfeather and sip an ice-cold beverage, and do that all night long.

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Album: That Ain't Nice
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:11
Size: 92.0 MB
Styles: Louisiana blues,
Year: 1996
Art: Front

[4:40] 1. A Man Out Of Love
[3:43] 2. That Ain't Nice
[3:16] 3. Shout For More
[2:53] 4. House Party!
[3:53] 5. King Of The Blues
[3:24] 6. Walk That Walk
[2:48] 7. Designated Fool
[3:19] 8. Ten Most Wanted List
[2:45] 9. Zydecoco
[2:41] 10. The 'fess
[3:21] 11. Every Day Of My Life
[3:22] 12. Santa Wants To Play The Blues

Big Al & the Heavyweights have garnered ecstatic reviews for this disc, especially from Blues Brother, Dan Ackroyd, who featured it on his syndicated House of Blues Radio Show. In fact, he selected the Louisiana party anthem, "House Party" as the Blues Breaker of the Week. The CD was also nominated for a Blues Album of the Year Award by the NEA (Nashville Entertainment Association).

From start to finish, the band will keep you toe tapping and booty shaking through this obviously crowd pleasing set of original blues tunes. Fine axe handling and vocal talents are clearly displayed by Michael Holloway and are balanced by the aggressive harmonica playing of Roguie Ray. Opening with the musically vivacious "Man Out of Love" and grooving through the tribute to Albert King, "King of the Blues", this CD has it all. Check out the blues rocking shuffle of "Walk That Walk", and the R&B sound of "Designated Fool" and "Every Day of My Life". Louisiana music fans will be moving to "Zydecoco" and the Professor Longhair inspired "The ‘Fess". There is even some Yule Tide spirit in "Santa Wants to Play the Blues".

The mood is exuberant and the groove never stops with cuts like "Shout For More" and the title track "That Ain’t Nice". Big Al & the Heavyweights deliver with knockout strength.

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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Mia Borders - Quarter Life Crisis

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 38:21
Size: 87.8 MB
Styles: New Orleans blues, Contemporary blues vocals
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[1:50] 1. Soundcheck
[4:07] 2. Forget My Name
[3:40] 3. Try
[4:19] 4. Tomorrow
[3:09] 5. Shooter
[3:30] 6. Keep Crying
[5:01] 7. Say A Prayer
[4:29] 8. Twenty-Five
[3:59] 9. Where I Come From
[4:12] 10. You Loved Me Once

Mia Borders (Vocals, Guitars, Accordion), Rob Lee (Drums, Percussion, Chants), Jesse Morrow (Bass, Chants), Takeshi Shimmura (Guitars, Chants), David Egan (Piano, Keys), Anders Osborne (Guitars, Piano, Accordion, Chants). Produced by Anders Osborne.

With her endlessly soulful voice, richly emotional songwriting, and undeniable style, Mia Borders embodies the spirit of her hometown, New Orleans, Louisiana. She is heralded locally and nationally as one of New Orleans’ best talents. The Times-Picayune described her as “confident and cool,” while USA Today characterized both Borders and her original material as “deeply funky.” New Orleans’ own Offbeat Magazine applauded Borders and her “great music and great intensity.”

After entering the professional music scene in 2006, Borders has released music every year since. Her impressive catalogue features two EPs, five LPs, one live album, and her newest single, 2014’s “My Darling Love.” In support of her releases, Borders tours frequently, while remaining based in New Orleans. She performs at clubs and festivals around the world, most notably: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Essence Festival, Brazil’s Bourbon Street Music Festival, House of Blues New Orleans, Tipitina’s, Santa Cruz Blues Fest, Chattanooga’s Night Fall, Telluride Cajun Festival, Voice of the Wetlands, Memphis’ Levitt Shell, Wakarusa, Long’s Park Amphitheater, 2012 Food & Wine Classic, and The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. With further touring ahead and more new music expected in 2015, Mia Borders shows no signs of slowing down.

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Various - The Greatest Swamp Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 57:07
Size: 130.8 MB
Styles: Swamp blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[3:56] 1. Sonny Landreth - Taylor's Rock
[3:28] 2. Corey Harris - Fish Ain't Bitin'
[3:48] 3. Katie Webster - Black Satin
[5:01] 4. Anders Osborne - Love Is Taking Its Toll
[2:46] 5. Lazy Lester - Alligator Shuffle
[3:45] 6. Guitar Shorty - Right Tool For The Job
[4:10] 7. Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Alligator Eating Dog
[2:36] 8. Janiva Magness - Whoop And Holler
[4:22] 9. Chuck E. Weiss - Fake Dance
[3:57] 10. Gov't Mule - Gonna Send You Back To Georgia
[3:31] 11. Marcia Ball - Somebody To Love
[2:52] 12. Ramsay Midwood - Alligator's Lament
[4:39] 13. Tab Benoit - Down In The Swamp
[3:44] 14. C. J. Chenier - Road Dog
[4:25] 15. Buckwheat Zydeco - The Wrong Side

Swamp Blues, the looser, more rhythmic variation of the standard Louisiana sound, also brings more contemporary elements of New Orleans, zydeco, soul music, and Cajun to bear on its style. The guitar work is simple but effective, and is heavily influenced by the boogie patterns used on Jimmy Reed records, with liberal doses of Lightnin' Hopkins and Muddy Waters. Unlike the heavy backbeat of the more popular urban styles, its rhythm can be best described as laid-back, making even its most uptempo offerings share the same mood and ambience of the most desultory of slow blues.

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Saturday, October 5, 2013

Anders Osborne - Peace

Size: 116,5 MB
Time: 50:34
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Peace (6:46)
02. 47 (4:43)
03. Let It Go (4:30)
04. Windows (4:59)
05. Five Bullets (3:10)
06. Brush Up Against Me (2:37)
07. Sentimental Times (4:51)
08. Dream Girl (4:22)
09. Sarah Anne (5:41)
10. I'm Ready (4:06)
11. My Son (4:44)

Between the potency of his richly detailed songwriting, his intensely emotional, soulful vocals and his piercing, expert guitar work, New Orleans’ Anders Osborne is a true musical treasure. He is among the most original and visionary musicians writing and performing today. Guitar Player calls him “the poet laureate of Louisiana’s fertile roots music scene.” New Orleans’ Gambit Weekly recently honored Osborne as the Entertainer Of The Year. OffBeat named him the Crescent City’s Best Guitarist for the third year in a row, and the Best Songwriter for the second straight year.Osborne also won Song Of The Year for his composition, Louisiana Gold.

Since the release of his 2010 debut, American Patchwork, his 2012 follow-up, Black Eye Galaxy, and his critically acclaimed 2013 EP, Three Free Amigos, Osborne has earned hordes of new fans. He has toured virtually non-stop, either with his road-tested trio, as a solo artist, or as a guest with his countless musical admirers, including Toots and The Maytals, Stanton Moore, Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes, Keb Mo, The Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh and Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe. He’s appeared on Galactic’s Ya-Ka-May album, and in 2011 produced and played on critically acclaimed albums by Tab Benoit, Johnny Sansone and Mike Zito.

Now Osborne delivers the next chapter of his spiritual odyssey, Peace. With the new CD, Osborne continues the journey started by American Patchwork and Black Eye Galaxy, emerging from a whirlwind of emotional chaos and moving toward a sense of inner peace. Recorded at Dockside Studios in Louisiana and produced by Osborne and Warren Riker, Peace looks at the title subject from all angles. Drawing strength and inspiration from his family and friends, Osborne created the most observational record of his career. According to Osborne, “Peace is light from darkness. The songs are written from the outside looking in. They are not making any judgments. I’m just stating facts. I’m writing from a brighter perspective. There’s less dusk and dark, and much more sunlight. The results are greater than I expected. The driving tones and sounds are free and natural. This is one of the coolest records I’ve ever made.”

Since his recording debut in 1989, Osborne has written virtually all of his own material and contributed memorable songs to a wide variety of artists. Two tunes co-written by Osborne appear on Keb Mo’s Grammy-winning 1999 release Slow Down. Country superstar Tim McGraw scored a #1 hit with Anders’ song Watch The Wind Blow By. Osborne’s compositions have been covered by artists as diverse as Brad Paisley, Tab Benoit, Jonny Lang and Kim Carnes. His songs have appeared in multiple feature films. He can also be seen performing in an episode of HBO’s New Orleans-based drama, Treme.

Peace