Sunday, February 20, 2011
Set List for Revel without a Pause at KOTO FM on 2/20
Revel without a Pause
2-20-2011
on KOTO FM in Telluride, Colorado
1. Bob Marley – Rat Race
2. What’s My Name – Rihanna and Drake
3. Ali in the Jungle – The Hours
4. The Big Bang – Rock Mafia
5. Low Income – Wyclef Jean
6. Blow Your Song – Jim Jones,
7. Alors on Danse – Kanye West
8. The Sex is Good – Saving Abel
9. Mr. Officer, I Swear It Wasn’t Me
10. Baker Street – Gerry Rafferty
11. How You Like Me Now – The Big Heavy
12. Spy – Beat Assailant
13. Finally Moving – Pretty Lights
14. Hurricane Waters – Citizen Cope
15. Sun of a Gun – Oh Land
16. Stairway to Heaven – Rodrigo y Gabriela
17. Rope & Summit – Junip
18. Amazing – OneEskimo
19. Soak it Up – Houses
20. Little Lovin’ – Lissie
21. Fire in Free Town – K’naan
22. Down on Me – 50 Cent and Jeremih
23. Blackbird Song – Duptribe
24. Pick up the Phone – Ludacris, and R. Kelly
25. Give Me a Try – Sizzla
26. Shwaze -- Sally
27. Slow Motion – Juvenile
28. Dice – OC
29. Cassidy and R. Kelly – Hotel
30. Is this Love – Corrine Bailey Rae
31. Summertime -- Sublime
Sunday, February 13, 2011
RollnSmokeRecords Covers the 2011 Grammy's
Rihanna. That’s it for the 2011 53rd Annual Grammy’s Red Carpet. Rihanna.
Opening performance is a power quintet tribute to Grammy performer favorite, Aretha Franklin, with Christina Aguilera and her frosty-white hair like lip gloss, clearly seeking redemption for a gaffed Super Bowl performance.
Followed by the spectacle that is Lady GaGa who follows a sharp producer-instinct as she multi-tasks on stage, satirizing Madonna with her big blonde braid and tall black boots and bared belly and chest plate with breasts – no cones – rather, nipples, and her creepy plastic face.
Hewlitt Packard offers up a super advertising spot when they work a classic Lou Reed track. And the much-tweeted Detroit-Eminem-Chrysler spot from Sunday's Super Bowl reappears.
Muse shows up with solid Brit rock, and Mumford & Sons lays on some hearty folk grooves. Then there’s an unanticipated and out-of-place cameo by Gwenyth Paltrow in duet with Cee Lo Green. Crowd-pleaser “Teenage Dream” is made complete with fluffy valentines by Katy Perry. John Mayer teams up with Norah Jones and Keith Urban for an acoustic cover of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” and together they go on to present an anti-climactic Song of the Year (as well as Record of the Year) award to “Need You Now” by Lady Antebellum.
The quick jab by Seth Rogen about getting high backstage with Miley Cyrus earns the crowd’s verbal cringe. First time ever on Grammy stage, Mick Jagger -- ever the professional performer with his endless energy – pays tribute to Solomon Burke.
The act we’re all waiting for -- Rihanna & Eminem’s “Love the Way You Lie” – is over-poised and dramatic, chopped and diced so that the performers are separate, and then the song is gone, blended into an unfamiliar duet. Then Dr. Dre appears and raps briefly with Eminem, and all the hype is followed by a huge upset in Best New Artist category, which is awarded to Esperanza Spalding (NOT Justin Beiber nor Drake). Rihanna returns to the stage with Drake to perform “What’s My Name.” Steamy grind moves and appealing stage props still can’t beat what sounds better out of the studio.
Night closes out with another shock -- Arcade Fire takes home Album of the Year.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
RollnSmoke Scoop
Prince is preparing for a New York residency at the Apollo Theater called “Welcome 2 America,” a series of shows where he will be joined by guests like Janelle Monae, Maceo Parker and Cassandra Wilson. Boston New Wave legends The Cars are reunited and working on their first album in 23 years and are considering touring in 2011. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are half-way finished with a follow-up album to 2006’s Stadium Arcadium to be released in March. And finally, alt-rock icons R.E.M. are also planning to release their 15th studio album this spring.
Monday, October 18, 2010
RollnSmoke Scoop
Snoop Dogg is planning a sequel to his 1993 debut LP Doggystyle but Dr. Dre will not be the producer – Swizz Beatz will produce this time round. Between now and Christmas, Roll is looking forward to new album releases from Mark Ronson (9/28), KT Tunstall (10/5), Rihanna (11/16), Black Eyed Peas (11/16), Nelly (11/16) and Cee Lo Green (12/7).