Producer Daniel Lanois has fine-tuned the music of Bob Dylan, U2, Emmylou Harris and Jimmy Cliff. Neil Young even named his new album, “Le Noise,” for the studio wiz that crafted it. Today, Lanois joins us to talk about recording donkeys in Morocco with Brian Eno and other stories recounted in his autobiography, “Soul Mining: A Musical Life.” Plus: Lanois performs with his new band Black Dub live in our studio.
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Daniel Lanois
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Comments [9]
Loving the new Black Dub album! Check out their live performances on Vevo!
The amount of talent in this band is staggering, and they mix it together so well. I heard one of their unreleased tracks, "I'd Rather Go Blind," about a year ago on Milwaukee Public Radio and have been obsessed ever since…glad they have a bunch of videos up on YouTube/Vevo
absolutely love black dub. i can't wait to see them live, trixie's voice is amazing. "i believe in you" is my favorite so far!
Really like the Black Dub album. If you're a fan of Daniel Lanois, you should check out the album! There's also an amazing NPR session of "I Believe in You" that I've watched about 5 times today.
Dear bilchamberlin, Gawd, I hope not! I hope the title is mere coincidence and nothing else. I suppose Dan could have called it, Diamond Mine, or something. You know, maybe lift a page from Blue Rodeo – lol.
What a musical inspiration. I love his sound!
Digging it. Lanois is committed to making good stuff. This I believe does not fall short.
Surely... I can't be the only one who's glad that's over.....
Was the title "Soul Mining" influenced by the album of the same name by "The The"?
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