One of the greatest loves of all time: Rest In Peace Whitney Houston

First TV performance by Whitney Houston - "Home" - as derived from The Wiz.
1985 - Merv Griffin Show



The man who put Whitney on Merv Griffin's show, and guided her as she rose to great success, consistently delivering her remarkable music, was the incredible music business guru, Clive Davis.

Clive Davis speaks about Whitney Houston at her funeral.


Connect direct with Whitney Houston, for her legacy lives on, at WhitneyHouston.Com

Peace Love Groove
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Salt Petal - an indie living room recoding in the raw

Came across indie music video producer Elliot Glass on YouTube a while back and immediately loved his films of LA indie bands shot in what seems to be various living rooms. He has amassed numerous of great recordings. His crew at Little Videos records the sound beautifully and the photography/video work is pretty darned good and always fits.

Salt Petal - Young Love


Connect direct with Salt Petal at SaltPetal.Com

Connect direct with Little Videos

Steely Dan

When I was a 10 years old, I asked for this record for a birthday or Christmas and my great grandmother 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. This song is just one of my favorites on the record. In fact I love them all and could scat every riff, as a kid, and still can. This record went a long way toward shaping my love for music. gc

Steely Dan - Your Gold Teeth


Connect direct with Steely Dan at SteelyDan.Com

This song was the track #3 on Steely Dan's "Countdown To Ecstasy" album released in 1973. Personnel on the entire album: 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).

Hear More Steely Dan Tracks off Countdown to Ecstasy and buy some MP3 downloads :)

Happy 18th Birthday To Nikki Yanofsky

Been following this young lady for a while. She is a real artist who can handle some very serious music. Nikki Yanofsky is gifted. She has that "it" thing. She covers multiple genres of music and especially love that she is helping keep real jazz music alive.

Best wishes to Miss Yanofsky for a fantastic birthday and wonderful year ahead.

Nikki Yanofsky Sings "You've Changed" (a few years ago when she was about 14 or 15 years old)

Nikki Yanofsky - Don't Know Why (RAWsession)

Nikki Yanofsky - Try Try Try (RAWsession)

Nikki Yanofsky - Cool My Heals (RAWsession)

Nikki Yanofsky - God Bless the Child (Live TV performance at age 14 in 2008)

Connect direct with Nikki Yanofsky at NikkiYanofsky.com

This post was created on February 7, 2012 with subsequent edits and updates by Mariana L. Villanueva for The Indies Network.

Habib Koité

Music From Mali

Habib Koité - Batoumambé


Five Great Guitars - African Blues


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