Greg has a two parter for us this week. First up, we were excited to hear Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit playing “Cover Me Up” at The First Waltz at The Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville, AL [YouTube]. The impressive venue was designed by Greg’s father, Jeffrey Loman & his associates at David M. Schwartz Architects. They’ve already got a solid summer concert series, check it out!

Right on cue, bird clock chirps us into the second part…with the reverberations of Isbell’s voice still fresh in our ears, we find ourselves somehow back in Birdland. That’s right, The Bird is Back and he’s singing us a song!

Videos:

The bird that sounds like Axel Rose [Facebook]

Dog plays piano and sings [YouTube]

Data Sonification: Black Hole at the Center of the Perseus Galaxy Cluster (X-ray) [YouTube Shorts]

Jay was thrilled to listen to the latest Rolling Stones release, “Live At The El Mocambo” from a concert performed in 1977. The band wanted to play a show before their big tour kicked off, so they decided to open for a local band April Wine as “The Cockroaches”. It was a remarkable show and it’s not the only great live album to come from the stage at The El Mocambo. That being the case, we trek up to the Great White North, with Toronto as our destination, for our latest “BienVenue.”

Song: Rolling Stones - Hand of Fate (Live at the El Mocambo 1977)

Last up, we’re diving back into NFTs folks! Let’s call this a NERD ALERT, even if the episode title couldn’t fit it. Nick’s exploring a new service called Sound.xyz. The, self-proclaimed, first artist contract owned NFT music platform, Sound.xyz embraces the hype required to successfully launch an NFT. With only 68 active artists (invite only), it’s in the concept stage, but Nick felt like it was a concept worth exploring, so we do!

Song: - Kendrick Lamar - “Mother I Sober”