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Michael Stanley Band: A National Treasure - chimesfreedom Michael Stanley, often categorized as a local rock legend, created some great music and meant a lot to people in the Cleveland area.

Michael Stanley, often categorized as a local rock legend, created some great music and meant a lot to people in the Cleveland area. www.chimesfreedom.com/2021/03/09/m...

The Head and The Heart - "Rivers & Roads" (The Doe Bay Sessions) YouTube video by soundonthesound

Funny thing about nights like this.

You start thinking about those who used to be part of the room. Not gone exactly… just someplace else now. Different streets. Different lives. But every once in a while something comes on the radio and suddenly they’re with you again.

Mm-hmm.

Let it ride.

The wife of the President received newspaper women today at the first White House press conference ever held by a first lady. Thirty-five newspaper women were received in the Red Room. Mrs Roosevelt brought a box of candied fruit, which went the rounds of the circle.
www.nytimes.com/1933/03/07/a...

Going to be interesting doing my final Elvis episode when I get there in a few months, because of the huge number of assumptions my audience has.

Bruce Springsteen draws a line from "Peter Pan" to "Born to Run" Springsteen reveals how a childhood love of Peter and Wendy led to a time-honored hit.

Bruce Springsteen draws a line from “Peter Pan” to “Born to Run”: www.salon.com/2026/03/04/b...

Hans Christian Andersen 1952 Thumbelina Scene 4 YouTube video by Strange Things Amy McFate

Took a small step toward eventually making my 6 yr old daughter appreciate classic films by showing her a clip of Danny Kaye. After an initial reaction of "this is boring" because it was not modern, she became enthralled and started dancing to his song. youtu.be/kirBGyDJPxI?...

Johnny Blue Skies aka Sturgill Simpson Drops New Album: "Mutiny After Midnight" - chimesfreedom Sturgill Simpson releases the new album "Mutiny After Midnight" by Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds.

Sturgill Simpson releases the new album “Mutiny After Midnight” by Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds.

www.chimesfreedom.com/2026/03/03/j...

Did my college honors thesis in Arthurian literature (a long time ago) largely because I loved The Once and Future King so much and wanted to spend more time with it. Loved the Book of Merlin too as a sort of epilogue.

'Twas a treat talking with Eric Ambel — and revisiting those Yayhoos albums, which remain tons of fun. Read his words of wisdom here:

No Depression’s Best of February 2026 Playlist For the shortest month of the year, February was still chock-full of great new roots music. Spotlight artist Big Richard blessed No Depression with a brilliant essay on where the get the audacity to b...

No Depression’s Best of February 2026 Playlist: nodepression.org/no-depressio...

Johnny Blue Skies aka Sturgill Simpson Drops New Album: "Mutiny After Midnight" - chimesfreedom Sturgill Simpson releases the new album "Mutiny After Midnight" by Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds.

Sturgill Simpson -- as Johnny Blue Skies -- has released the stream of his upcoming album early. Give it a listen:
www.chimesfreedom.com/2026/03/03/j...

Lou Reed Guess I'm Falling in love live YouTube video by Lund Peterson

velvet underground researchers have apparently confirmed that this audio from a random youtube user is genuinely the long-lost july '67 performance from upbeat, a cleveland teen tv show, doing the unreleased "guess i'm falling in love" complete with screaming girls. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU2U...

Ava Gardner and Richard Burton in THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA (1964)

Join us this Wednesday at 6pE for a watch-party of John Huston's THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA (1964).
A defrocked priest confronts desire and despair at a stormy Mexican hotel.
Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, and Deborah Kerr.
#TCMParty ^JW

I am deeply saddened to hear of the passing of my friend and inspiration, John Hammond, Jr. From the first time I heard him on the first blues album I bought, Blues at Newport ‘63 on Vanguard Records, I was just knocked out and have felt that way about him ever since.

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Jesus. F*cking. Christ.

Alt-Country Troubadour Adam Gaffney Unveils “Don’t You Cry” - That Eric Alper St. Louis alt-country artist Adam Gaffney releases “Don’t You Cry” on April 23, a deeply personal song of forgiveness written for his mother before her death. Built on angelic three-part harmony and glowing Wurlitzer tones, the track drifts between chicken-picking twang and cosmic textures. It feels expansive and intimate at once, anchored by a chorus […]

St. Louis alt-country artist Adam Gaffney releases “Don’t You Cry” April 23, a moving tribute to his mother ahead of the new album ‘Product of Another Sad Song’ out May 8, 2026. zurl.co/yjCpO

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Leontyne Price received many honors including 13 Grammys and a Lifetime Achievement Award. More than any other classical artist. She celebrated her 99th birthday last month.

O Patria Mia (from Aida by Verdi) - Leontyne Price (1962) youtu.be/2U5xd-WcMeo?...

March Winds Gonna Blow My Blues All Away The Carter Family sings a hopeful song about March.

The song “March Winds Gonna Blow My Blues All Away,” as sung by The Carter Family, recognizes the weather optimism that often comes with the month of March. . . . www.chimesfreedom.com/2014/03/01/m...

Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire sing "You've Got a Friend," accompanied by Bing's son Harry on the guitar. From Bing's 12/3/75 show.

Kelly Clarkson - All The Things She Said (Cover t.A.T.u.) (Live on The Kelly Clarkson Show) YouTube video by PH Company

How am I just now seeing this, holy shit

I still buy music instead of stream and had on various versions of iPods until they stopped making them and my collection outgrew my last one.

Bring On Defunct: The iPod Enthralls Young Music Listeners

Bring On Defunct: The iPod Enthralls Young Music Listeners. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/t...

Sunny War's "Whole" (Song of the Day) - chimesfreedom "Whole" appears as the final song on Sunny War's album "Anarchist Gospel," ending the album with some comfort for getting through difficult days.

Sunny War’s “Whole” (Song of the Day): www.chimesfreedom.com/2026/01/21/s...

What Are Your 3 Books to Build Civilization? The 1960 movie version of the H.G. Wells classic "The Time Machine" raises a question about the three books one would use to rebuild civilization.

What Are Your 3 Books to Build Civilization? #TimeMachine #HGWells

www.chimesfreedom.com/2015/03/10/w...

Born 26 Feb 1928, Fats Domino was a US singer-songwriter & pianist. One of the pioneers of rock & roll music, he sold more than 65 million records. His first single "The Fat Man" is cited by some historians as the first rock & roll single & the 1st to sell more than 1 million copies. #FatsDomino

Baz Luhrmann will make you fall in love with Elvis Presley The new movie is made up of footage originally shot in the early 1970s, which Luhrmann found in storage in a Kansas salt mine.

The new movie is made up of footage originally shot in the early 1970s, which Luhrmann found in storage in a Kansas salt mine. n.pr/4qW0hmX

Elmiene Drops Two New Songs From Debut Album 'sounds for someone' Ahead Of Sold-Out North American Tour - That Eric Alper Rising British-Sudanese songwriter and vocalist Elmiene continues to unveil the debut of his forthcoming album sounds for someone with two new songs, “HONOUR” and bonus track “I Want In” out now via Def Jam Recordings. Listen HERE. “HONOUR” unfolds as a plea for mutual recognition highlighting a yearning for validation met with dignity and belief. With lyrics such as “As much as you’re my light […]

British-Sudanese vocalist Elmiene releases "Honour" and "I Want In" today, two new tracks from his debut album 'sounds for someone,' as his sold-out North American headline tour prepares to launch April 30. zurl.co/AytXR

Thirty years ago today, The Cowboy Junkies came out with the beautiful album Lay It Down. #MusicSky

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Christoph Waltz's Closet Picks YouTube video by CRITERION

Waltz acts like a film professor & delivers a lecture on the theme of resistance via his picks.
Btw: he says ‘That’s a bingo!’ as he selects each film*
youtu.be/fJcVa4vYMHs?...