Here’s the latest music video from ex-Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash: “Beautiful Dangerous” with Fergie on vocals. When Slash’s eponymous, guest-star filled album came out earlier this year, we were impressed with Fergie’s rock pipes. Check out this video and you may come away impressed with a few more of Fergie’s, ah, attributes. Slash is opening for Ozzy Osbourne on the Prince of F***ing Darkness’ latest tour.
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As usual, the new album racks fill up between SXSW and Record Store Day next weekend … and there is a lot of good new stuff out there. So let’s get right to the best:
J. Geils Band frontman Peter Wolf hasn’t put out a studio set since 2002 but with the new Midnight Sessions he turns back the clock with a collection of excellent songs ranging from the elegaic rocker “The Night Comes Down (For Willy DeVille)” to the delicate acoustic ballad “The Green Fields of Summer.” The album swerves from loose, Rolling Stones-flavored rockers like “Tragedy” (a duet with Shelby Lynne), Americana ear candy like “Always Asking For You” and love-man funkiness with “Overnight Lows” and a cover of the Lou Donaldson classic “Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky.” In addition to Shelby Lynne, guests include Neko Case and Merle Haggard. Highly recommended.
Listen: “Tragedy” by Peter Wolf w/Shelby Lynne
At one point on Women + Country, Jakob Dylan sings “Everybody’s Hurting,” and he is talking about an America that’s been shaken down to the roots – namely the common hard-working Americans who can’t see a future for themselves and their loved ones. On this album Dylan visits the America that was most vividly depicted by the Band so many decades ago, and the music (produced by T-Bone Burnett, in the style of the Plant-Krauss masterpiece Raising Sand) lends the songs a ghostly, dreamlike quality. But lest you think this is all depressing stuff, “Lend A Hand” assumes a jaunty French Quarter strut and the opener “Nothing But The Whole Wide World” perfectly blends Dylan’s voice with backing singers Neko Case and Kelly Hogan, who drift in and out throughout the album. This album has really grown on me, and you should give it a chance to grow on you too.
Listen: “Everybody’s Hurting” by Jakob Dylan
Let’s open up a big ol’ Easter egg of new music, a lot of which was previewed at SXSW in Austin a few weekends ago. We don’t want to get shut down by the blog police, so you can only stream these tunes … I encourage you to click through to the artists’ individual websites, because there are plenty more surprises and goodies awaiting you there. So, let’s rock!
Courtney Love is bringing back her band Hole, although she’s the only original member left. The new album Nobody’s Daughter is due in stores April 26.
“Samantha” by Hole
Former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash drops his eponymous debut album April 6 with a slew of guest singers including Ozzy Osbourne, Chris Cornell, Lemmy Kilmister, Kid Rock and many more. He’s also joined by ex-GNR mates Izzy Stradlin and Duff McKagan … here’s a surprising remake of one of their finest moments:
“Paradise City” by Slash featuring Cypress Hill and Fergie (yes)
Stone Temple Pilots are back, with Scott Weiland (apparently clean and sober) on vocals. Their new album (I couldn’t find a title) is slated to come out May 25.
“Between The Lines” by Stone Temple Pilots
Sixties psychedelia survivor Roky Erickson has teamed with indie rock wonderboys Okkervil River for the new album True Love Cast Out All Evil, due in stores April 20.
“True Love Cast Out All Evil” by Roky Erickson and Okkervil River
Also out next week is Jakob Dylan‘s newest, Women and Country, produced by T-Bone Burnett and featuring the backing vocals of Kelly Hogan and Neko Case.
“Everybody’s Hurting” by Jakob Dylan
Guitar god Jeff Beck will release his newest album Emotion and Commotion on April 13. He turns in some rockin’ instrumentals and welcomes guest singers Imelda May, Olivia Safe and Joss Stone.
“I Got A Spell On You” by Jeff Beck featuring Joss Stone
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