The biggest surprise from SXSW this year was an emerging artist from the UK Uganda, Michael Kiwanuka. I was very fortunate to happen to stumble into him performing at Stubb’s and was absolutely blown away by his voice and the soulful vibe of his music.
Here is the album version of Tell Me a Tale:
This past February we managed to get the original trio back together for a couple nights. The video and audio got out of sync somewhere in the process of ripping the DVD and uploading to YouTube. I will try to resolve this when I have time. In the mean time, here is the whole evening’s performance:
Brian and I as the Blues Brothers for Halloween 2006. Yes, we are that awesome.
It’s hard to believe that I’ve never posted any Randy Newman stuff but I can’t imagine a better way to start than Losing You, live with nothing but Randy and a piano – plus a foreword about the inception of the song.
My name is Justin Winslow and I currently reside in Austin, TX.
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