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Koven Performances

Koven Performances

Kids, come on out and see me play with John Lindaman’s Latin Hustle tomorrow night at Spike Hill in Brooklyn. It’s going to be a great time. We’ll be playing some of John’s True Love Always tunes, several lovely João Gilberto songs, and at least one Mariah Carey tune. John puts it best; here is an excerpt from the Latin Hustle blog:

Newly added to the Latin Hustle Fantasy Bossa Nova League Dream Team are the redoubtable Koven J. Smith on drums, the indefatigable Madelyn Burgess on bass and vocals, the insoluble Gideon Crevoshay at the piano and with vocals, and the indescribable Sean Imboden as “The Flute Player”. Individually, they are formidable. Together, we are unstoppable. This summer, all the pieces fit.

More info on the events page.

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Image via WikipediaThis is one of those things that’s such a fine idea that it’s hard to imagine that no one has done it before. A magical being named Tim Bormans has created a YouTube/Last.fm mashup that creates a streaming video channel based on your Last.fm artist list. Last.fm, for those of you who aren’t yet hanging, is a nice service that keeps track of your listening habits and allows you to do all sorts of interesting things with that information (Last.fm powers the “recently listened to” playlist and the radio station in the sidebar on the right of this page). Anyway, the mashup is pretty cool. In just the first few moments of playing with it, I’ve discovered some sweet Tortoise rehearsal footage, an old Stan Kenton performance, and a from-the-audience video of Unwound performing in 1999. Awesome. Here’s my channel: http://tv.timbormans.com/user/fiveeasypieces/

Have a good weekend, everybody!

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