Free Music Friday – Music Fest Preview April 30, 2010
Posted by Matt in concerts.Tags: alice in chains, Band of Horses, Beale Street Music Festival, drive-by truckers, Earth Wind and Fire, Jeff Beck, Memphis in May, Rock Sugar, thunderstorms, Widespread Panic
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For those of you who will not be attending this weekend’s rain-drenched Beale Street Music Festival, here is a taste of what you’ll be missing.
Widespread Panic
Jeff Beck
Drive-By Truckers
Alice in Chains
Rock Sugar
Earth, Wind & Fire
Band of Horses
…and a whole lot more. It’s gonna be a good weekend, ya’ll, and I’ll be right in the middle of it, despite the forecasted thunderstorms. If any of you are going to be around let me know and maybe we can hang out at the festival…
Free Music Friday – More Sugar February 19, 2010
Posted by Matt in free music friday.Tags: mash up, Rock Sugar, Shook Me Like a Prayer
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I know I mentioned the band Rock Sugar earlier this week, but I just can’t get enough of them. Below is their mash-up “Shook Me Like a Prayer.” Enjoy.
Meant to be Mixed? February 17, 2010
Posted by Matt in music.Tags: Don't Stop the Sandman, mash ups, Rock Sugar, video
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Maybe you live in a house like the one I do. One where you and your significant other have different ideas of what constitutes great music. I like to rock, she likes things softer and easier. She likes Journey, I like Metallica. It may seem like a minor difference until you go to turn on music in the car…
But, maybe there is hope for us…maybe, just maybe, Mars and Venus will somehow collide…
Recently I heard about a band on the radio and it seemed as though our problem has been solved. This musical venture goes by the name of Rock Sugar and they specialize in a type of mash-up in which the band mixes up hard rock songs with pop songs, forming a conglomeration like you’ve never heard before. Their songs employ some strange combinations, including AC/DC and Madonna (You Shook Me Like a Prayer), Joan Jett and Def Leppard (I Love Some Sugar on Me), and many others.
Just check out the clip below, “Don’t Stop the Sandman,” and you’ll understand why their work appeals to Diana and I.
