a classic i have not listened to in a long time its a banger
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I’d like to pay tribute to the American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson, who passed away a week ago today at the age of 70. She was a fine singer, whom I’ve passed by now and then the past 10-15 years. She did 20 studio albums, often mixing blues, country and folk with her jazz. Thank you for the music Cassandra, may you be rememembered 
Cassandra Wilson - Don’t Explain (2015)
Cassandra Wilson - Last Train To Clarksville (1995)
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The American mandolinist, singer and songwriter Bill Monroe (1911-1996) passed away 30 years ago today at the age of 84. Together with Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family, he is the most important pioneer in the evolution of country music, which also makes him a pioneer in modern popular music in general.
Bill Monroe is called “The Father of Blugrass”, meaning no less than that he invented the bluegrass genre, which by the way was named after his band The Blue Grass Boys. His heydays was in the latter part of the 1940’s and well into the 50’s, when he and his band enjoyed big commercial success.
However, towards the end of the decade the interest was fading. Rock ‘n’ roll was becoming popular and more mainstream Nasville country was taking over for Bill Monroe’s more traditional sound. Still, Bill Monroe remained a household name. His records still sold pretty well, and there were concerts and appearences on TV shows almost to the end.
Bill Monroe’s last performance was in March 1996, around six months before he passed away. To honour Bill Monroe’s legacy, here is his best known song, written and sung by him
Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys - Blue Moon of Kentucky (1946)
Bill Monroe is a big name in music history, and since it’s 115 years since he was born this upcoming Sunday, he might as well get one more while we’re at it.
Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys - My Rose of Old Kentucky (1947)
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Gonjasufi - Duet
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Miley Cyrus - The Backyard Sessions - “Jolene”
Elle King - Ex’s & Oh’s
bonus track 
Grace VanderWaal - “Ex’s & Oh’s” Elle King cover
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Journey - Separate Ways
“Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” is a song performed by the American rock band Journey, recorded for their album Frontiers and released as a single in January 1983. It peaked at number 8 for six consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and spent four weeks at number 1 on the Top Tracks chart.[2] The song is also well known for its use in the films
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Europe - The Final Countdown
The Final Countdown is a song by the Swedish rock band Europe released in 1986.
It was the debut single from the [studio album of the same the_Final Countdown album and became a global hit though the band was uncertain about the song due to it being somewhat atypical of their previous more aggressive, guitar oriented sound. The music video by Nick Morris made to promote the single, has received over 1.3 billion views on YouTube
“The Final Countdown” was based on a keyboard riff the band’s vocalist [Joey Tempest wrote in the early 1980s, with lyrics inspired by [David Bowie] Space Oddity The song “Pictures”, from the 2017 album Walk the Earth is a sequel to "The Final Countdown
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The baby faced assassin. The designation Ole Gunnar Solskjær was given once upon a time. 
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Happy Birthday to the American acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke, who is turning 81 today. Since his debut album in 1969, he has released over 20 records. The majority of the songs on these records are instrumental, but Leo Kottke is no stranger to singing.
Leo Kottke - Louise (1972)
As Leo Kottke’s music is mostly instrumental, big sales and commercial success has escaped him. However, he is a master craftsman on the guitar, playing a blend of folk, blues and jazz on his six- and twelve string guitars. This has earned him great respect from his fellow musicians and secured him a solid career on the folk circuit.
Leo Kottke - Hear the Wind Howl (live 1997)
Leo Kottke’s career is still going. He’s got two concerts sceduled later in September, and then seven for January next year. Happy Birthday Leo Kottke
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been waiting for a while, but it did not continue , so i will try to share some Nederbeat every now and then
Bintangs - Rolling Down Again
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And this is a new song from a Dutch Guy
Famous here and working his way up in the states..
I think he will get there
Douwe Bob - Note To Self
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Thanks for the reminder, I forgot about this. That’s just me being my usual self 
Anyway, these documentaries are still in my YouTube “watch later” playlist, and I really should expand my knowledge about Dutch rock further than Focus, Shocking Blue and Golden Earring (and to a certain extent Q65 and The Outsiders).
So here is some punk rock from the Netherlands, several years before there even was a music genre called punk. Cool track, and I had never heard of this band before.
The Sound of Imker - Train of Doomsday (1969)
Keep them coming 
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Well the guitar player of Q65 Joop Roelofs was at the party i gave for becoming 50..
He did not play, just wanted to watch a mutual friend who’s band i invited to play .
So we talked a bit about their music and life with a pilsener and a whiskey 
Most of the people who were there did not know him and he liked that.
they had a lot of good songs, i already shared some earlier on here
so here another one with maybe one of the first videoclips ever
Q65 - Bring it on Home
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and one more which you all might know, it was the titelsong of the musical Hair in 1968
allthough the song was not theirs, they made the rockversion on the instructions ofthe musicaldirector Rudi Carell who became more famous in Germany than he ever was in the Netherlands
Zen - Hair
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It’s time to celebrate the memory of one of the greatest country singers ever, because George Jones was born 95 years ago today. Heavily inspired by Hank Williams, he made his recording debut in 1954, and gained some popularity on the country circuit during the rest of the 50’s. And at the end of the decade came his big breakthrough with the single White Lightning.
George Jones - White Lightning (1969)
George Jones went on to have huge success through the 1960’s and most of the 70’s. He had numerous hits, sung with his distinct baryton voice, often considered to be one of the finest voices ever in country music, and in music in general.
However, these were also troubled years for George Jones. There was serious problems with alcuhol and and a turbulent marriage to Tammy Wynette, another huge name in country. Several times he wasn’t able to show up for his concerts, which earned him the nickname “No Show Jones”.
Towards the end of the 70’s he hit rock bottom. In addition to even more serious dwinking, he had also been inroduced to coc-aine. His career was in decline, and financial problems was becoming the order of the day. It was then he was able to make a surprising comeback with the song He Stopped Loving Her Today.
George Jones - He Stopped Loving Her Today (1980)
The song became a huge hit, spending 18 weeks at number 1 in the country charts, and it is today generally considered to be one of the finest country songs there is. The song also renewed interest in George Jones’ music, and this time he actually managed to pull himself together. He stayed mostly sober for the rest of his life, enjoying a good musical career and his position as one of the grand old men in country music.
George Jones passed away in April 2013 at the age of 81. He was scheduled to perform his farewell concert in November the same year. Here’s to the memory of George Jones’ 
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Elle King, with Sierra Ferrell - White Lightning (2025)
Since I prurchased a bottle of some good malt today, I might as well continue the white lightning theme. I know regular malt ain’t like the good old moonshine, but let’s not nitpick on a cheerful Saturday evening. Cheers to you all
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