More from Shauna Brittenham

MusicLoad regulars may remember Shauna Brittenham from a few years back. If you've ever had the chance to see in her person, you know how absolutely stunning, kind and understatedly humble she is. She has that intangible elusive "it" quality that you know is special. The fact that she really is special and acts like she is not, shows what great acting potential she has if she ever chose to go down that road.

She just released a video shot live with her band, which is a mashup of two songs: The Black Keys song titled Fever and Sweet Dreams by The Eurythmics. If you get a chance to catch her live, do it!

Shauna Brittenham - The latest mashup


and just below is a music video release from 2010...

Shauna Brittenham - When I'm Pretty

Kimbra, Nina Simone and more Kimbra

This is Kimbra performing live at Sing Sing Studios in her home turf of New Zealand.

Connect direct with Kimbra at KimbraMusic.Com, Facebook.com/kimbramusic, Instagram.com/kimbramusic, and Twitter.com/KimbraMusic

Nina Simone was the first ever to perform Plain Gold Ring, written by George Stone, on her debut album Little Girl Blue

Connect direct with the official site of Nina Simone at NinaSimone.Com

Enjoy these additional live performances and other music videos by Kimbra ;)

Kimbra - Settle Down

Kimbra - Good Intent

Come Into My Head

Kimbra - "Cameo Lover" (Live at Sing Sing Studios)

Kimbra - A Mashup of "Two Weeks - Head Over Heels"

and next is a great well known collaboration between Gotye and Kimbra.

Gotye featuring Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know

Kimbra - "Two Way Street" (Live at Sing Sing Studios)

Nneka live at Sziget Festival

Nneka photo shot exclusively for MusicLoad - All Rights Reserved 

Just below is a tasty full concert film with a great audio recording of Nneka performing at last years Sziget Festival, which since 1993 has been held each August on a island on the Danube in the northern part of Budapest, Hungary.

Nneka is one of the artists out on the international scene who has real deep roots of substance on humanitarian, political and other levels, right on up there with Bob Marley.  There is no jive turkeyism in this worthy artist's repertoire.



Hear more at: MusicLoad.com/2012/12/nneka.html

Connect direct with Nneka at NnekaWorld.Com, Facebook.Com/NnekaWorld, Instagram.com/nnekaworld and on Twitter.Com/NnekaWorld

Sia - Chandelier (featuring dancer Maddie Ziegler)

The latest album cover from Sia for her single titled Chandelier

Just below is the last music video from Sia to her song titled Chandelier.  The dancer is not Sia, it is a very serious 11 year old dancer named Maddie Ziegler.

Sia - Chandelier

Connect direct with Sia at siamusic.net, twitter.com/sia, instagram.com/SiaThisIsActing and facebook.com/siamusic

Connect direct with Maddie Ziegler at facebook.com/maddieziegler, twitter.com/maddieziegler and instagram.com/maddieziegler

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Steely Dan - Songs from Countdown to Ecstasy

Steely Dan album cover for Countdown to Ecstasy

In 1973 when the songs below came out and I was a 10 years old, I asked for this record for a birthday or Christmas. My great grandmother, who we actually called Granny, went to the store to buy it and changed her mind. She told my mother that the album cover contained pornography. When I heard that I wasn't getting that record and nobody would tell me what pornography was, I really wanted to have that record even more. I collected enough pop bottles to trade in to buy that record, and became addicted to this obscure form of pornography known as Steely Dan. These songs are are just two of my favorites from the record. In fact I love them all and as a kid I could scat every riff of every song, and still can. The entire record went a long way toward shaping my love for music.

Steely Dan - Bodhisattva


Steely Dan - Your Gold Teeth


Connect direct with Steely Dan at SteelyDan.Com

The personnel on the entire album consisted of the following musicians: Walter Becker (vocals, guitar, harmonica, bass guitar); Donald Fagen (vocals, piano, electric piano, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion); David Palmer (vocals, keyboards, background vocals); Jim Hodder (vocals, drums, percussion); Sherlie Matthews, Patricia Hall, Royce Jones, Michael Fennelly, James Rolleston, Myrna Matthews (vocals, background vocals); Ben Benay (guitar, acoustic guitar); Rick Derringer (guitar, slide guitar); Jeff Baxter (guitar, steel guitar); Denny Diaz, Denny Dias (guitar); Ernie Watts, John Rotella, Lanny Morgan, Bill Perkins (saxophone); Victor Feldman (keyboards, vibraphone, marimba, percussion); David Palmer , Sherlie Mathews, Pam Hall (background vocals).

Brushy One String

Brushy One-String - Photography By Agustin Dusserre

That classic 1930's jazz song that turned into the saying, "T'ain't What You Do, It's the Way That You Do It" sure does apply here. Here is a very soulful artist filled past the top with inspired funk, named Brushy One String.

This song/video below is the original, uncut, full version of Chicken In The Corn that gained notoriety in the the Jamaican music film titled RiseUp. Enjoy!

Brushy One String - Chicken in The Corn (Official Video)


Connect direct with Brushy One String at BrushyOneString.com

See the movie RiseUp at RiseUpMovie.com

The latest from JJ Grey & Mofro - The River featuring Danny Aiello

JJ Grey & Mofro latest vinyl album cover

This is the latest from JJ Grey & Mofro, an artist who might be under your radar so far. Generally known as super funky, JJ Grey also has a sensitive side and can croon out a nice ballad. The familiar face in the video is actor Danny Aiello.

The River


See more JJ Grey & Mofro music videos at the links below:

This link features two very funky JJ Grey & Mofro songs: On Fire and Mississippi
MusicTelevision.com/2012/12/jj-grey-mofro-is-funkier-than-funky.html

This link features a love song by JJ Grey & Mofro titled The Sweetest Thing
MusicTelevision.com/2012/07/jj-grey-and-mofro-sweetest-thing.html

Buy JJ's digital downloads, vinyl, cd's, t-shirts and posters directly from JJGrey.Com

SHEL - When The Sky Fell

Photo by permission of Taylor Ballantyne
Left to Right - Liza, Hannah, Sarah, Eva

Just below is the latest new music video from SHEL, the amazing organic writing, singing and true instrumentalist group of four sisters from Fort Collins, Colorado.  SHEL = Sarah (violin & vocals), Hannah (keys, squeezebox & vocals), Eva (mandolin and lead vocals) and Liza (drums, percussion and vocals).

SHEL - When The Sky Fell

Connect direct with SHEL at SHELmusic.Com, Facebook.Com/ILoveSHELMusic, Instagram.com/iloveshelmusic and Twitter.com/iloveshelmusic

See more SHEL videos from previous posts on MusicLoad:

http://www.musicload.com/2014/01/the-latest-from-shel_23.html

http://www.musicload.com/2014/01/the-latest-from-shel.html

http://www.musicload.com/2009/06/musicloadcom-favorite-pick-shel-music.html

http://www.musicload.com/2012/10/shel-lost-at-sea-live-performance.html

A Valentine's Day treat from SHEL

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Today, MusicLoad is happy to present the amazing and very organic Colorado based band of sisters known as SHEL and their free download offering of a song they wrote especially for Valentine's Day today. The song is titled Your Love Makes My Heart Sing.

Please download by clicking (Sorry - This Download Is No Longer Available - See Links Below for Other Songs) 

SHEL (left to right Hannah, Liza, Sarah and Eva)

By the way.... SHEL is Sarah (Violin - Vocals) Hannah (Keyboards-Accordion-Vocals), Eva (Mandolin-Vocals) and Liza (Drums-Percussion-Vocals)

Connect direct with SHEL at SHELmusic.Com, Facebook.Com/ILoveSHELMusic, Instagram.com/iloveshelmusic and Twitter.com/iloveshelmusic

Hear more SHEL tracks from previous posts on MusicLoad:

http://www.musicload.com/2014/01/the-latest-from-shel_23.html

http://www.musicload.com/2014/01/the-latest-from-shel.html

http://www.musicload.com/2009/06/musicloadcom-favorite-pick-shel-music.html

http://www.musicload.com/2012/10/shel-lost-at-sea-live-performance.html

Ian Roberts - Sweetlove Butterfly

Thanks to Anne O'Donoghue from Buckingham, United Kingdom for submitting this song by Ian Roberts.

Ian Roberts - Sweetlove Butterfly


Connect direct with Ian Roberts at IanRobertsMusic.Org

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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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SHEL - Stained (Music Video)

Four fabulously talented sisters named Sarah (violin), Hannah (keyboards and squeezebox), Eva (Mandolin) and Liza (Drums) make up the group known as SHEL. They all write, arrange sing and play with exceptional skill with amazing vocal harmonies that are very real without special effects or auto tuning. Their studio recordings sound much like their un-lipsynced live performances, because these girls are not manufactured or polished by producers. In my opinion, the producers the band has worked with have done little more than press the record button, which is all the band needs. They are organic, pure and real.

The girls grew up in a music family. Their father towed them along to his own gigs when they were all young. They grew up listening to a very diverse selection of music. They have so many influences including rock bands such as Jethro Tull and in this song in particular, there is a little Led Zeppelin influence. Stained reminds me of Led Zep's song titled The Battle of Evermore, which SHEL separately did a nice cover of as well. Enjoy!

SHEL wrote this about their self produced/directed video: "On what felt like the coldest day of winter, we shot this video along the Harpeth River in Franklin, TN. We've been told this trail is part of the original Natchez Trace, which is why the road is worn far below the tree roots. This same area was a camp site during the The Battle of Franklin - the bloodiest battle of Civil War and it's near an ancient Native American village now called "Old Town" that dates back to the year 900...now that's some history!"

SHEL - Stained

Connect direct with SHEL at SHELmusic.Com, Facebook.Com/ILoveSHELMusic, Instagram.com/iloveshelmusic and Twitter.com/iloveshelmusic

Hear more SHEL tracks from previous posts on MusicLoad

MusicLoad.com/2014/01/the-latest-from-shel.html

MusicLoad.com/2009/06/musicloadcom-favorite-pick-shel-music.html

MusicLoad.com/2012/10/shel-lost-at-sea-live-performance.html

Susan Calloway

Here is an artist with who delivers that "it" thing. She is a classically trained pianist with a strong voice and songwriting skills. This is Susan Calloway with her song Chasin' The Sun. In one take she lays down this raw track with pure passion, showing how much of the real deal she is. Enjoy!

Susan Calloway - Chasin' The Sun


Connect direct with Susan Calloway at SusanCalloway.Com

William Michael John Carroll & Friends

Stumbled upon the music of a talented all around artist in photography, illustrations & visual arts, poetry and music. On the music side, William Michael John Carroll has a blog featuring multiple music projects he is and/or has been involved in featuring numerous free downloads of tasty alternative edgy surf punk funk that defies pigeonholing into any particular genre.  Visitors to William's music archive blog at http://wmjcmusic.wordpress.com could easily download enough interesting (and free!) music to keep one tied up for several days. Enjoy!

Trixie Whitley - Need Your Love

Trixie Whitley - Photo by Anton Coene

Trixie Whitley has been featured on MusicLoad 10 times, and this is the third time we are featuring different tasty takes of her song titled Need Your Love. Call me biased, I can't help but love this girl's music. (Her song Breathe You In My Dreams is the MusicTelevision.Com Song of the Year for 2013)  And, she's cool... really really cool. Every time she plays live, she cops a slightly differently feel & groove and it always is great to listen to, no matter what. Enjoy!

Trixie Whitley - Need Your Love (Live on DWDD Sessie/De Wereld Draait Door)


Trixie Whitley - Need Your Love (Live on One Take at the Liberty Room in NYC; Thomas Bartlett on Wurlitzer. One-Takes are live performances by artists you know, should know, or will know.)


Watch the official music video for Need Your Love directed by Anton Coene at: http://www.musicload.com/2013/05/more-from-trixie-whitley.html

And one more different tasty live take of Need Your Love recorded at Studio Brussel: http://www.musicload.com/2013/01/trixie-whitley-live-at-studio-brussel.html

Connect direct with Trixie Whitley at TrixieWhitley.Com

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The latest from Jocelyn Ellis

Back on Thanksgiving in November 2012, MusicLoad posted "Who is Jocelyn Ellis?" - The videos featured in that post are worth watching to catch a glimpse and earful of Ms. Ellis and the sweet soulful side of her voice. musicload.com/2012/11/who-is-jocelyn-ellis.html

Today, we revisit where she has gone since that time, with the official video to the opening track of her latest record titled Life of a Hologram, which seems to be going in a electronic and pop direction direction.

jocElyn ellis - System Distortion

Shadow ReWinD - Say So

A tastefully ethereal emo song with a well done self produced video by Shadow ReWinD, a US based indie act worthy of attention. Enjoy!

Shadow ReWinD - Say So

SHEL - Lost At Sea (Music Video vs. A Live Take)

SHEL is Sarah, Hannah, Eva and Liza

This is one of the most fantastic organic unmanufactured groups anywhere. SHEL is a group of four sisters named Sarah, Hannah, Eva and Liza. The first video below is one of their most recent music videos. Their songwriting, music arrangements, individual musicianship, sweet vocals and harmonies are the real deal!

SHEL - Lost at Sea

To illustrate how organic and unmanufactured SHEL really truely is, here is the same song again, performed live (in one take) on Second Story Garage with no special effects or overdubs. Bravo! :)

Connect direct with SHEL at SHELmusic.Com, Facebook.Com/ILoveSHELMusic, Instagram.com/iloveshelmusic and Twitter.com/iloveshelmusic

Below are previous posts featuring more tasty songs and music videos from SHEL

http://www.musicload.com/2013/05/shel-children-of-circus.html

http://www.musicload.com/2013/01/shel-man-who-was-circus.html

http://www.musicload.com/2012/08/shel-to-play-hotel-cafe-hollywood.html

http://www.musicload.com/2012/04/if-you-are-in-new-york-tonight-see-free.html

David Crosby to release "Croz"

MusicLoad is generally focused on the great unknown artists, bands and songwriters who are way to far under the radar. But every once in a while there is a great established artist or group that I feel compelled to give a plug to. The legendary David Crosby is one such artist who deserves a big round of applause because he is always willing to use his status and power to say something and speak truth to power. He is outspoken politically and is always willing to get up and take what might at first be an unpopular stand. For that reason alone, David Crosby will always be welcome here.

David Crosby will release "Croz," his first solo album of studio material in 20 years, on January 28. Pre-Order your Copy Today.



Below is a full song featuring Mark Knopfler titled What's Broken from Croz


Connect direct with David Crosby at DavidCrosby.Com

Beats Antique (Live at Bumbershoot Music Lounge)

The fabulous indiecentric radio station, KEXP 90.3 FM, which is a service of the University of Washington, consistently films great concerts, and the video below of the show featuring the unique group known as Beats Antique is one more stellar take :) Enjoy!

Beats Antique (Live at the Bumbershoot Music Lounge)

Parov Stelar - All Night (Dance video by JustSomeMotion)

A dancer who goes by JustSomeMotion filmed his own excellent dance video to the music of Parov Stelar.

Parov Stelar - All Night (Dance video by JustSomeMotion)


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Classic footage of Eric Burdon & War

Below are some awesome live films of Eric Burdom & War from the early 1970's.

Eric Burdon & War - Spirit (Live In Copenhagen 1971)


Eric Burdon & War - Love is All Around (Live In Copenhagen 1971)


Eric Burdon & War (Full episode of an appearance on Germany's Beat Club television show in 1970)
Song 1. Paint It Black - 0 - 12:42 mark
Song 2. Spill The Wine - 12:42 - 19:35 mark
Song 3. Tobacco Road - 19:40 - 33:53 mark
Song 4. Bear Back Rider - 33:55 - End


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Sara Savery

Sara Savery

Nice random ethereal music find with interesting music videos ;)

Sara Savery - Angel (Video directed by Janus Metz)


Sara Savery - Eyes Closed - (Video directed by Tobias Wilner)


Connect direct with Sara Savery at SaraSavery.Com

White Bone Rattle

The Maidstone U.K. based band known as White Bone Rattle and their song Rise With The Morning is some serious organic hard rock that reminds me of where early Led Zeppelin meets Black Sabbath. Enjoy!

White Bone Rattle - Rise with the Morning


Connect direct with White Bone Rattle at http://WhiteBoneRattle.Com

Robert Glasper Experiment - Let It Ride (featuring Norah Jones)

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Robotboys featuring Poppin John

Learn from Poppin John at Learn2Bust.Com

Connect direct with Robotboys at Facebook.com/Robotboys

The sound design was by Robotboys
00-01:50 "Pumpin' Iron" by Robotboys
1:50-03:38 mashup:
Skrillex kill everybody (koan Sound remix)
Zanetic space crunk
California love (Alpha data remix)
Alpha centauri (receptor remix)











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The sweet sounds of Dom La Nena

If you have not yet heard the sweet voice and cello playing from the angel faced Brazilian songwriter Dom La Nena, this happens to be your lucky day. This is her latest track just released in Europe on October 7 and coming to America in late October. You will want to delve into her other music and the links below. Enjoy!

Dom La Nena - Golondrina


Connect direct with Dom La Nena at DomLaNena.Com

Hear more Dom La Nena music at the following posts on MusicTelevision.Com:
This post features a live version and studio version of her breakout song titled No Meu Pais
http://www.musictelevision.com/2013/03/dom-la-nena.html

This post features the song Buenos Aires, Dessa Vez featuring Piers Faccini, Saudade and Ela featuring Dancas Ocultas
http://www.musictelevision.com/2013/04/more-from-don-la-nena.html

This post features No Meu Pais featuring Absynthe Minded
http://www.musictelevision.com/2013/04/one-more-gem-from-dom-la-nena.html

This post features her song titled Anjo Gabriel
http://www.musictelevision.com/2013/05/angel-faced-artist-with-sweet-sound-dom.html

Something New from Nikki Yanofsky

It's so refreshing to hear a real talent like Nikki Yanofsky with actual substance and no hype necessary.

In 2006, at age 12, she became the youngest artist to ever headline at the Montreal International Jazz Festival.

Having honed her craft in more of a jazz vein from a young age, she has developed real musical chops that give her the flexibility to cross over into multiple genres as she has grown up into a fine young lady who does not need to flaunt anything except her honestly amazing voice.

Presently, at age 19, she has been working with Quincy Jones making music with a classic flair. Enjoy!

Nikki Yanofsky - Something New (Official Music Video)

Nikki Yanofsky and Quincy Jones: The Capitol Sessions

See and hear other songs by Nikki at:
MusicLoad.com/2012/02/happy-18th-birthday-to-nikki-yanofsky.html

MusicTelevision.com/2011/09/nikki-yanofsky.html

MusicLoad.com/2013/06/allen-stone-nikki-yanofsky-perform-ray.html

Connect direct with Nikki Yanofsky at NikkiYanofsky.com

Nneka - Lost Souls (Live in Philly)

To regular visitors to MusicLoad, Nneka needs no introduction. For those who do not know her, yet, she is a powerful quiet storm who will blow your mind if you can take the time to sit back and ponder her lyrics. One word can be used to describe her: "DEEP". One word can describe what her music has: "IT".

Most of her music has deep political undertones, but songs often start out with lyrics that may sound like trite love songs, before the depth of the political undertones take shape.  So, pay close attention!

This song in particular, Lost Souls from her album TO AND FRO, has a little of that for a moment and might even invoke listeners to ponder thoughts of how they themselves have grown older and changed... our inner light that can begin dimming toward darkness because of life's harsh realities.

When I look into your eyes, all I see is your lost soul...
You Use to Shine… in The Darkness… You were a star...
You… it was always you, you used to shine
Overnight, you shine no more…
In this world of darkness…. racism, prejudice, of guns and war.. you need to give love... In my world of selfishness, in my world of wickedness, in this world of guns of war… you need to give love… Please, Please…

Nneka is from Lagos, Nigeria. Most of her political angst is based in the political corruption in her own part of the world, but she is well aware of the global political scene and how imperialist powers have played a role in the corruption of even her own politicians in Lagos. Nneka is a voice that speaks truth to power everywhere, whether she names names or not. She once told me in a one on one meeting that she never names names. I love her music for it's substance and feel she shares the same activist spirit that was emitted from Bob Marley's soul and music. All of her music going to back in time to when she was getting started musically is worthy of a long dig through. It's as fresh and meaningful today as it was when it was all originally made.

Nneka - Lost Souls (Live in Philly at World Cafe Live)

Hear more Nneka at MusicLoad.com/2013/01/nneka.html

Connect direct with Nneka at NnekaWorld.Com, Facebook.Com/NnekaWorld, Instagram.com/nnekaworld and on Twitter.Com/NnekaWorld

Special thanks to filmmakers Craig Carpenter and Mike D. of ReelBlack Productions for posting the above live performance of Nneka.

More from CSS

One of the most fun rock bands anywhere in the world, Brazil's CSS, also known as Cansei de Ser Sexy always has great crazy fun music videos that can put smiles on sad faces. Below is their most recent video to their song titled Hangover from their album titled Planta.

CSS - Hangover


Get the digital version of CSS' Planta album on iTunes or the vinyl at Amazon.

Hear a fantastic handpicked list of classic CSS songs with videos at http://www.musicload.com/2012/12/css-cansei-de-ser-sexy.html

When in Los Angeles not long ago, CSS rocked it big time! They are super excellent live and a must see if in your town.

CSS is presently on the European leg of their 2013 world tour. Please see dates below and visit the official CSS website for the best direct link to tickets.

SEP 21 Sheffield, GB
SEP 22 London, UKHeaven
SEP 23 Paris, FRTrabendo
SEP 24 Amsterdam, NLParadiso
SEP 26 Berlin, DEBerghain
SEP 27 Copenhagen, DKRust
SEP 28 Hamburg, DEReeperbahn Festival
SEP 29 Brussels, BEOrangerie
OCT 01 Conegliano, ITApartamento Hoffman
OCT 02 Zürich, CHRote Fabrik
OCT 03 Vienna, ATWaves Vienna Festival
OCT 04 München, DEBackstage Club
OCT 06 Barcelona, ESBikini
OCT 07 Madrid, ESCírculo de Bellas Artes
OCT 08 Lisbon, PTTMN AO Vivo
OCT 09 Santiago de Compostela, ES

Connect direct with CSS at https://www.facebook.com/CSSSUXXX

Tricky (featuring Nneka)

Tricky, one of the world's great musical collaborators, managed to pull off a nice track with the great Nigerian songstress known as Nneka. Enjoy!

Tricky - 'Nothing Matters' feat. Nneka


Connect direct with Nneka at NnekaWorld.Com, Facebook.Com/NnekaWorld, Instagram.com/nnekaworld and on Twitter.Com/NnekaWorld

Connect direct with Tricky at TrickySite.Com

Hear more Nneka at the following links:

http://www.musicload.com/2013/03/nneka-restless.html

http://www.musicload.com/2013/03/nneka-focus-live-featuring-babatunde.html

http://www.musicload.com/2013/02/more-nneka.html

http://www.musicload.com/2013/01/nneka.html

Lady - More sweet sounds from the fabulous U.K. soul duo

I love everything about the songs on the debut record from R&B/soul duo known as Lady featuring vocalists Nicole Wray and Terri Walker. The songs are fresh and original, but fortunately, the group is not afraid to find a special sweet spot inside a sound that is classic in the nicest of ways. Last April, Musicload featured their video to their very tasty song titled Get Ready. Revisited the other songs from their debut album this morning with a big smile. Enjoy!

Lady - Tell The Truth


Lady - Please Don't Do It Again


Lady - If You Wanna Be My Man


Lady - Good Lovin


Lady - Karma


Get the new album direct from Truth & Soul Records at: http://truthandsoulrecords.com/albums/lady/

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Mazzy Star - California + Fade Into You (Official Music Videos)

Unless you've lived under a rock, Mazzy Star needs no introduction. After nearly two decades, Mazzy Star has been long overdue for a release. Here is the latest song titled California which is from the upcoming release titled Seasons of Your Day.

Mazzy Star - California

Originally released in 1994, the song below is the highest charting Mazzy Star song so far, and the song that made them stand out most as the ethereal cult classic group that they are to this day.

Mazzy Star - Fade Into You

Connect direct with Mazzy Star at Facebook.com/MazzyStarOfficial

More from the great Bettye LaVette

One of the baddest soul funk R&B artists the planet has ever seen or heard, Bettye LaVette has that "it" thing that will rock your world. Never contrived or jive, she is always believable and authentic.

This particular live performance of Bettye, featured below, happens to be a cover of a Lucinda Williams song titled Joy which Lucinda wrote for her own 1998 album titled Car Wheels On A Gravel Road. In 2005 Bettye LaVette recorded Joy for her own album titled I've Got My Own Hell To Raise. This particular live performance is solid, just like everything Bettye sings. Enjoy!

Bettye LaVette - Joy


Connect Direct With Bettye LaVette at BettyeLaVette.Com and Facebook.Com/BettyeLaVette and Twitter.Com/BettyeLaVette

Hear/see more from Bettye LaVette in our previous posts:

http://www.musicload.com/2011/08/bettye-lavette-stories-from-segregation.html

http://www.musicload.com/2011/01/bettye-lavette.html

http://www.musicload.com/2009/01/who-is-bettye-lavette-she-is-someone.html

Jac Stone - Trying To Be Sorry + Someone With You (Audio Streams)

When MusicLoad first wrote about the beautiful sounds of Jac Stone in 2008, she spelled her name with a capital C as JaC, but appears that it's just Jac Stone these days with a small c.

What has not changed is that Jac still has that "it" thing. She may remind many listeners of artists from years gone by such as Joni Mitchell, Lisa Loeb, Jewel, Natalie Merchant, Edie Brickell and Suzanne Vega. But Jac is all original, not trying to cop someone else's groove. She has one of those great believable story telling voices that makes minds wander. The kind where you get lost and need to replay the song again, only to get lost again.

Recently, she has been having a successful run on Australia's version of the TV program, The Voice. MusicLoad, and the network it is part of, keeps hoping that we will see her here in LA sometime.

Jac Stone - Trying To Be Sorry


And... this live recording below from 2009 is one of her original tracks you will love!
(the video has a visual glitch - but the audio does not - please enjoy!)

Jac Stone - Someone With You


Connect direct with Jac Stone at Twitter.Com/JacStoneMusic

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This post was originally created on July 3, 2013, with subsequent edits and updates by The Indies Network at TheIndiesNetworkCom, Facebook.Com/TheIndiesNetwork and Twitter.Com/indies

Fela Kuti and the Egypt 80 Band

After featuring the music of Antibalas, the band whose sound that is so heavily influenced by the late great Fela Kuti, it seemed logical to finally follow up with some more Fela Kuti himself. This is a live concert film of Fela in 1984 at Glastonbury, the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world to this day. This concert film also includes a segment/interview of Fela that not part of the music performance, but in a room somewhere, wearing what he wore on stage. He speaks candidly about his activism, various other thoughts and about his life as far back as a child. A great snapshot of a very interesting dead music legend whose music and spirit is still very much alive and influencing living artists with similar activist bents and heavy grooves. A MusicLoad favorite artist named Nneka quickly comes to mind. If you like afro funk music, this film is worthy of turning off the phone, turning up the volume knob, sitting back and watching.

Antibalas - Live

This footage shot by El Fusil in Mexico, is the latest live concert footage of the Brooklyn Based Afrobeat/Funk/Jazz group known as Antibalas, a word which translates in Spanish to bulletproof.

Much of Antibalas' music is in the vein of the late great Fela Kuti. In fact in 2008-2009, Antibalas actually was the house band in the off-Broadway and then Broadway musical, Fela!, about the life of Fela Kuti, the Nigerian political & social activist and recording artist.

On it's own, Antibalas, which is on the Daptone Records imprint, has a powerful unique sound worthy of cranking up the volume knob and escaping the world of texting or any further reading here.

Antibalas - Che Che Cole










Hear and see more music/videos by Antibalas on MusicLoad at the following links:

Antibalas - Dirty Money (directed by The Fine Brothers)
Music video where claymation meets animation. It's terrific... it's cool. It's Antibalas.
MusicLoad.com/2012/09/antibalas-dirty-money.html

Antibalas - Live
More from Antibalas at The House of Soul
MusicLoad.com/2012/10/more-from-antibalas-live-from-house-of.html

Connect direct with Antibalas at Antibalas.com

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

Connect direct with Nikki Yanofsky at NikkiYanofsky.Com

Connect direct with Allen Stone at AllenStone.Com

Hear some more Allen Stone on MusicLoad at MusicLoad.Com/2012/06/allen-stone.html

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

Remembering Frank Ruffino of China White

Frank Ruffino, the guitarist of the late 1970's early 80's punk band China White, just lost his battle with cancer.

The first time I saw China White was at a house party in Huntington Beach before I had a drivers license. It must have been 1977 or 1978. China White played the most intense hard core music I'd ever heard at that time. Later when I saw the band in various clubs, their intensity was increased. It was a quite memorable great time when punk music took us all by storm.

China White - Danger Zone

China White - Addiction

China White - (Live 1981)

China White - Criminal

China White - Solid State

This post was created on June 6, 2013 with subsequent edits and updates by Mariana L. Villanueva for MusicLoad and The Indies Network.

More from The Dø

Out of Paris, France, below are some more fantastic songs and music videos from the music duo known as The Dø (pronounced The Dough). The group is fronted by Olivia Merilahti and Dan Levy. Enjoy!

The Dø - Slippery Slope


The band is incredible live, perhaps even more prolific than in the studio! This recording below is a fine example :)

The Dø 'The Wicked & The Blind' - Live Session at Studio Pigalle


The Dø - On My Shoulders


The Dø - Stay


Hear other songs and music videos from The Do at http://www.musicload.com/2012/09/the-d.html

Connect direct with The Dø at TheDoMusic.Com, Facebook.com/thedoband, Instagram.com/thedoband and Twitter.com/thedoband

14 Year Old Guitarist Tina S of France - Cover of Eruption by Van Halen

This is a repost from TheIndies.Com. It features a young artist named Tina S out of France. She has been honing her guitar skills quite nicely!

Tina S. performs Eruption - Originally performed by Eddie Van Halen

Connect direct with Tina S at YouTube.com/user/malabar777, at Twitter.com/Tina_S__ and at Facebook.com/pages/Tina-S/181555232026760