Outside of Italy, where he is a superstar whom everyone knows, singer Jovanotti is hardly famous. He ought to be. And probably will soon be. Ever since the 46-year-old played at the Bonnaroo festival in 2011, he’s been steadily building up a fan base in the US, a sure sign that he’s on the road to fame outside his native Italy. Read more

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Posted by Sanjoy Narayan on Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 6:28 pm
Filed under Download Central · Tagged African beat, Alabama Shakes, Ana Sia, Andy Stott, argus48, Asheville, ATO Records, bistecca alla Fiorentina, Bonnaroo festival, classical, Download Central, Eastern beat, Flipkart, Flyte, funk, Gomez, Google translate, India, Italia 2008-2011, Jovanotti, KEXP, Lorenzo Cherubini, LyricsMania, Michael Franti, Moogfest, Morton Subotnick, My Morning Jacket, North Carolina, opera-infused songs, Palestine, pop songs, Robert Moog, Safari, Sanjoy Narayan, Seattle’s radio channel, T-bone steak, Trey Anastasio and Widespread Panic, Tuscany, Twitter
Tomorrow is Monday. No matter how good or bad your weekend was, tomorrow is Monday. It’s been too many decades – far more than I would care to mention – since I left school, but the tendency to malinger on Monday mornings still lingers in me every time that first working day of the week looms ahead, precisely, invariably and without exception. So to dull the blow of Monday mornings, I try to put together a playlist for my commute to work, something to make it easier to get back to the grind. Last week, I surveyed my latest haul of albums, songs and podcasts and zeroed in on something that I hoped would be a good antidote to the Monday morning blues, the new Best Coast album, The Only Place. Read more

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Posted by Sanjoy Narayan on Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 2:01 pm
Filed under Download Central · Tagged argus48, Best Coast, Bethany Consentino, Bobb Bruno, Bonnaroo festival, California, Crazy For You, Dan Auerbach, Dr. John, Hindustan Times, Locked Down, Mac Rebbenack, Music, New Orleans, Ohio bluesman, On The Only Place, Revolution, Sanjoy Narayan, The Black Keys, The Only Place, Twitter, Why I Cry