Allen Stone performs Bob Marley's song Is This Love

The soulful Allen Stone is no stranger to MusicLoad. For those who are not familiar with our earlier posts on Allen Stone, please visit the links at the bottom of this post because the songs and performances at those links are fabulous. Here, just below, Taylor Guitar company hosted a performance of Allen Stone at the Taylor Sessions where Stone covers Bob Marley's forever hit song titled Is This Love.

Allen Stone performs the Bob Marley classic hit song titled "Is This Love" at the Taylor Sessions


And, while on the subject of Bob Marley.....

The Original Bob Marley Version and Official Music Video to Is This Love


Awesome performances of Allen Stone at this link performing his song titled Unaware (performed live in his Mother's living room) and also an excellent 24 minute filmed live performance of Allen Stone on Seattle's KEXP-FM :)
http://www.musicload.com/2012/06/allen-stone.html

Video montage of Allen Stone on the road, going town to town, working and singing hard and getting no sleep. Video edited to the studio recording of his very grooving soulful song titled Sleep His inner Stevie Wonder comes out in this song! http://www.musicload.com/2013/02/allen-stone-sleep.html

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Allen Stone & Nikki Yanofsky perform Ray Charles arrangement by Quincy Jones

Two fantastic emerging artists previously featured here on MusicLoad were brought together by Quincy Jones to perform a Ray Charles classic "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town". Quincy explains how he wrote the arrangement for Ray Charles in the beginning of the video. Enjoy!

Allen Stone & Nikki Yanofsky perform Ray Charles arrangement by Quincy Jones

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Hear some more Nikki Yanofsky on MusicLoad at MusicLoad.Com/2012/02/happy-18th-birthday-to-nikki-yanofsky.html

Allen Stone - Sleep

Allen Stone is one of the great live soul singers out there. He sings his ass off. This video was directed by David Cummings. Look out for Allen Stone's latest record being released March 25, 2013.



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A Tasty MusicLoad Playlist

A MusicLoad Playlist...

tUnE-yArDs - Bizness (Live on KEXP-FM in Seattle Washington)


Allen Stone - Unaware (live from his mother's living room)


JJ Grey & Mofro - Mississippi


Ruby Jane - Wake Up


Trixie Whitley - A Thousand Thieves - video directed by Matthu Placek


Have you heard of Avery Sunshine?


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Playlist of The Day

Press play, sit back and dig this 9 song playlist of the day.



Song order with direct links to official artist sites:
1. Nneka - Africans
2. This is SHEL
3. SHEL - The Latest and Greatest Blueberry Rubber Band
4. Cree Summer - Savior Self
5. Allen Stone - Unaware - Live from his mother's living room
6. Ruby Jane - Wake Up
7. Shauna Brittenham - When I'm Pretty
8. Steve Winwood - Can't Find My Way Home - Unplugged Acoustic Guitar
9. Nneka - Shining Star

Allen Stone

Thanks to my friend Leslie Monique Perry who turned me onto Allen Stone a while back....

Allen Stone grew up singing in big church choirs and in one interview he describes his early influences were Kirk Franklin, Fred Hammond and Mary Mary.

In all of the songs I've heard so far, he embodies the spirits of Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye and has a lot of Stevie Wonder influence.

This first song below is my favorite. Not only does it groove for days and days, but Stone sings truth to power and the lines are priceless. Singing about the growing deficit, the government spending more than it takes in, and talking about encroaching government who pretends to care. That's just in the first verse and he's just getting warmed up. Besides the substance of the song itself, I especially love the way it was filmed. The audio and video crew on this first clip did a seriously amazing job capturing Stone's true essence. Enjoy! GC

Allen Stone - Unaware (live from his mother's living room)

Here is a great live performance and interview at one of the greatest indie stations on the planet, KEXP-FM. Stone performs five songs: What I've Seen at 0:38, Contact High at 3:22, Interview at 6:27, Unaware at 14:00, and Satisfaction at 20:00.

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