Pamela Leavey

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Sweet: The Slide Brothers – Motherless Children

I was sitting here listening to the radio, WUMB, and I had one of those moments where in the first few notes I knew the song was Motherless Children. Fully expecting to hear Eric Clapton  playing the chords and singing his classic song, I was pleasantly surprised by this awesome cover version by Robert Randolph and The Slide Brothers:

Enjoy…

“Motherless Children” was first recorded by Blind Willie Johnson in 1927. It was later covered by Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Steve Miller, Dave Van Ronk, and Lucinda Williams. And now we can add The Slide Brothers to that illustrious list.

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Hozier on the Today Show

Hozier was on the Today Show this morning performing his breakout hit Take Me To Church and his new single, From Eden, both from his self titled debut CD, Hozier. As noted in the interview before his performance of From Eden, Hozier is indeed, “a tall drink of water.” Watch here:

Hozier performs Take Me To Church on the Today Show: (more…)

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