Ropeadope

(1) Start it off with 11 random facts about leap year here. (2) The good people at Palms Out posted this tasty mixed tape from DJ Food (free!); (3) Just when I thought I was totally up on all the new drugs, kids are now doing Cobra Venom? (4) From Nasa - dig the real sounds of Saturn and Space. 

When ropeadope.com grows up it wants to be juuuuust like NprMusic.org   So many directions to choose from and today i went with all Field Recordings!  Dig  Eric Harland and Eric Harland And Avishai Cohen: Scrap Metal Improv, watch Mountain Man: a choir of angels and if you're feeling THAT tap this field recording:  Alisa Weilerstien playing bach with the fishes.  Keep NPR alilve and kicking - donate here.     

Ropeadope is hosting a SXSW showcase at Headhunters on March 15 th. The little label with the big name has always been known for crossing boundaries, and this year's showcase finds the label crossing over boldly into Americana with four diverse and solid acts....Southern soul man Greg Hester, 22 year old Nashville star Jordan Hull, bluegrass turned jamband-avant-garde bohemians Cabinet and rowdy barn-burners Toy Soldiers.  A limited number of special guest invites are available. Contact louis@ropeadope.com for yours.          

In August LA music venue Sunset Junction was denied a permitby the Board of Public Works, due to unpaid fees. This left everyone scrambling to get money they were owed, including ticket buyers, vendors, and bands themselves. Court records reveal how much each act scheduled to perform was supposed to be paid. And so here it is, every single band and DJ, listed from biggest missed payday to smallest. Surprises abound: $22,000 for freaking Clap Your Hands Say Yeah? $20,000 for Hanson? Only $500 for swimsuit edition hero Nick Waterhouse? The full list of which band was to get paid what amount is here.         

The Robert Glasper Experiment's new album Black Radio draws from jazz, hip hop, R+B and rock, but refuses to be pinned down by any one tag. It comes out via Blue Note Records tomorrow (2/27) and NPR does a great feature of the whole project on their music site and you can listen to the whole album in it's entirety here.     

Sometimes life is about being in the right place at the right time and that thought holds particularly true when it comes to ropeadope & Snarky Puppy.   We met Michael League, we met the band, we hung out for a weekend by the swamp in Lafayette La, and, well, we fell in musical love.   A wonderful product of that love-making is the Pups new CD-DVD "Ground Up" coming out in April - you can pre-order it here, but do yourself a favor, and click this link right here to watch Thing of Gold - and tell me that you know of another band of young folks that make music this sweet!  

ropeadope has long been a HUGE fan of all things Erik Krasno and thoroughly enjoyed reading THIS article on jambands.com that run's down State of the Union. 

Frm the NY Times Artsbeat: what Norah Jones, Mudhoney, and vintage horror have in common.  And really, what does Danger Mouse have to do with it anyway?