Category Archives: Daily Music Video

From the Appalachian Mountains

Celtic Folk Music

Recorded live at London’s Royal Albert Hall as part of the famous Proms Season 2001, Christoph Eschenbach conducts the Orchestre de Paris with Hélène Grimaud as soloist.

One of our favorite artists and songwriters is @Ben Rector. We have seen him live more times than we can count and when he released this song last year, we knew we wanted to cover it. Thanks for continuing to put beautiful music in the world, Ben!

This performance is included in the jam-packed bonus disc of the Blu-Ray release of Edgar Wright’s amazing documentary “The Sparks Brothers.” Edgar asked me to bring my accordion to the Q&A session and perform the Sparks classic for him, and I gladly obliged. I’m sure I could have played it better, but Edgar was happy with the first take – one and done, baby!

For the past two months, I have had the opportunity to tour and perform with these incredible musicians from the Simon & Garfunkel story. A huge thanks to all of you for learning and recording this tune with me, and piling into the back lounge to record it.

Classical Tunes

(Live in late 80s)

For Michael Ray, music is his grandfather singing and sweating on a rural Florida stage. It’s the childhood refuge he found during the pain of his parents’ divorce. It’s family and stories, history and hope. Ray says music saved him, but it did even more: Music made him. In four short years, Ray has built an impressive foundation.