William Farley’s 1986 documentary portrait of the Indian classical figure, who considered by many to be the godfather of drone. Featuring interviews with Terry Riley, Mariam Zazeela and […]
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In The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound, Warhol picks up his camera and captures a psychedelic journey. Andy Warhol is rightly regarded as a multidisciplinary […]
A rare look into the complex mind and artistry of composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. Here’s some more Yellow Magic Orchestra adjacent content… Tokyo Melody is a documentary by French […]
The spirit of Fela Kuti lives on in this live rendition of “Pansa Pansa.” Within the first few beats of this live rendition of Fela Kuti’s composition “Pansa […]
Happy birthday to the late great Holger Czukay of seminal krautrock band Can. “God gave Holger the tape machine and the devil gave him a pair of scissors…” […]
An hour-long “swamp special” hosted by New Orleans legend Dr. John. New Orleans has the distinct honor of being the undisputed cradle that birthed jazz, and its storied […]
An iconic performance that offers insight into why Gil’s influence, critique, and charm made him so dangerous to the fascist Brazilian government in the late ’60s. Montreux, Switzerland, […]
This thirty-minute Monk performance reminds us why we love and miss live jazz. For music lovers that have been starved of concerts and gigs for over a year […]
66-minutes of psychedelic, tribal dub from the On-U Sound collective featuring Lee “Scratch” Perry. Here’s another surprise gem from the archives found on SoundCloud. If you’re not already […]
Join the party with Keith Haring and friends. Featuring music by Gwen Guthrie, Eddie Kendricks, Ministry, and NYC Peech Boys. “I’ve been watching these videos nonstop and everything/everyone […]
In 1992, the BBC sent a team to Mumbai to explore the contemporary jazz scene with electric violin virtuoso L. Shankar. Jazz has its origins in the American […]
Daft Punk forever. French electronic music duo Daft Punk announced their retirement today after 28 years of iconic dance music. They broke the news with an 8-minute video […]
Wave Hill’s “Sunset Wednesdays” series presents Laraaji in a verdant moment of tranquility. Next time you need a cosmic reprieve, venture into Laraaji’s mystic grooves as part of […]
Buchla, Fairlight CMI, and homemade electronic instruments featured on classic children’s television. Suzanne Cianni, Herbie Hancock, Bruce Haack: We don’t know the circumstances surrounding how these synthesists came […]
Look inside the mind of the enigmatic dub producer. Lee “Scratch” Perry’s supernatural musical insights created and transformed genres from dub to punk, and the stories that saturate […]
Rest in peace Milford Graves <3 Full Mantis is available to stream on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Milford-Graves-Full-Mantis/dp/B07NGRL22J
A historic Sun Ra ensemble performs at the Philharmonie, Berlin. One of the greatest jazz lineups we’ve ever seen: Archie Shepp, John Gilmore, Don Cherry, Lester Bowie, Philly […]
A rare look into the music and life of the Lovely Music Ltd. composer, musician, and teacher. Just For the Record: Conversations with and about “Blue” Gene Tyranny […]
From Popol Vuh to Wagner to cellist Ernst Reijseger, an overview of a great director’s use of music in film. Viral videos of Werner Herzog’s skewed, oft archaic […]
Filmmaker Robert Mugge profiles Sun Ra, jazz musician, bandleader and self-styled poet and philosopher. “They say that history repeats itself. But history is only his story. You haven’t […]
In typical BBC4 fashion, here is Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany: A full panoramic breakdown of the rise of one of the most influential sounds from Europe. “From […]
Here’s a rare 2.5 hour recording of Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi band live at the Strata Concert Gallery in Detroit. The performance opens with an incredible rendition of “Hidden […]
A sublime performance from the innovative kraut band just weeks after they’d been banned by the Vatican. When Edgar Froese, Conrad Schnitzler, and Klaus Schulze came together as […]
Making Waves is a 2019 documentary examining how visionary directors work with sound designers to create the most exciting cinematic experiences. The film follows discoveries and advances in […]
New documentary shows how six African American women – Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier – changed American culture. American Masters: How […]
Revisiting one of our favorite labels with Aquarium Drunkard’s excellent three part ‘Guide to ECM’ series. To celebrate the anniversary of our ECM Listening Party with Aquarium Drunkard, […]
100 minutes of healing music from Ryuichi Sakamoto and shamisen prodigy Hidejiro Honjoh. Released on Sakamoto’s own YouTube channel, Playing the Piano for the Isolated is an emotional […]
Sharing an article from the Vanity Fair archives for our favorite Star Man’s birthday today. In Vanity Fair’s November 2003 issue, David Bowie reveals, in no particular order, the […]
Essential lockdown viewing and the perfect gateway into “cool jazz” legend Chet Baker. Let’s Get Lost, Bruce Weber’s monochromatic masterpiece on “cool jazz” great Chet Baker, is a […]
Like many people around the world, we’ve been heavily listening to and remembering Daniel “MF DOOM” Dumile through his music over the last few days… One of the […]
Revisiting one of our all-time favorite music pieces today from our good friend Randall Roberts. The Lost Art of Deep Listening encapsulates the essence of the In Sheep’s […]
We can’t say enough about how much we love the Aquarium Drunkard music blog. From the podcasts, to the AD Picture Show, to the amazing year end reviews, […]
Holiday season is upon us! We’re of course big fans of ‘Last Christmas’ by Wham! here at In Sheep’s Clothing, but surely everyone has heard that one enough […]
“The word ‘ambient’ doesn’t ring a bell with me. It’s meant to mean something but is, in fact, meaningless. It’s not relevant for me. My style is the […]
Here’s one of our absolute favorite documentaries. Alan Greenberg’s directorial debut Land of Look Behind is a beautifully honest and intimate look into the people and culture surrounding […]
“The synthesizer the way I play it doesn’t need any manual skill. You don’t have to be clever to turn a knob. So what I’m saying is that […]
Unlike virtually everyone else, Kate Bush has achieved success and impact without doing many live shows. The enigmatic artist performed just one concert tour in 1979 before taking […]
Whether you’re new to reggae or a longtime listener, this BBC documentary will leave you in awe of how contagious and powerful music can be. David Rodigan is […]
If you enjoyed Brazilian legend Arthur Verocai’s 1972 self-titled debut studio album featured in our collection today, here is a chance to see the album come to life! […]
Little footage exists of the British band the Blue Nile from the peak of their artistic career, and they weren’t known to have done many tours for their […]
Here’s a surprise nugget from the archives found on SoundCloud of all places… Talk Talk’s Spirit of Eden is easily one of our all time favorites and we’d […]
Part live concert, part political commentary, all poetry. Black Wax is a portrait of the great Gil Scott-Heron in 1982, at the peak of his powers. With Robert […]
If you enjoyed the album Horizon Unlimited in our record collection, here is a 2014 YouTube series by Okayafrica, interviewing the iconic Nigerian identical twin pop stars The […]
If you enjoyed the late Cameroonian writer and composer Francis Bebey’s album Psychedelic Sanza 1982-1984 in our record collection, here’s a rare on-camera interview with him recorded at […]
Beat Club was a German television show that featured performances from some of the biggest names in rock and roll between 1965 and 1972. In the sixties, the […]
Here’s a heartwarming video to accompany today’s featured classic album. ‘Ernest Explores’ is a short film produced by RVNG sub-label Freedom to Spend directed by Jodi Darby and […]
Sharp high-res scans of the elusive poster included with the first pressing of Kraftwerk’s transcendent third album. While looking into the backstory on Kraftwerk’s third album, Ralf Und […]
