Entries from August 2008 ↓

This week, we’re featuring episodes from our DocuTunes.TV Live Music Cafe.

Right now on the player are David Saw, Carrie Tree and Ben Taylor, all in Episode 4 of “The Vineyard Scene”.

Actor Mary Steenburgen has written a song as a gift for her friend Wendy Jenkinson, who recently had been diagnosed with brain cancer. We follow her to Mike Benjamin’s studio in Edgartown, as she meets up with Isaac Taylor to work out the vocals, and then follow both of them as they surprise Wendy with a moving rendition of the song.

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Sometimes having house-guests can be challenging, but in the Simon household, sometimes those house guests become extended family and musical collaborators. This was the case for England native David Saw, who came to the island as a guest of Carly’s son Ben Taylor at their Vineyard home (see Vineyard Scene - Episode 4). Since arriving on this side of the Atlantic, Saw not only has recorded an album on Ben’s independent label Iris Records, but he’s also had his songs recorded by Carly Simon, in addition to playing guitar and singing back-up vocals on her latest projects, he has collaborated with her in writing the song featured in this episode, “How Could You Ever Forget?” which is on Carly’s latest release, “This Kind of Love”.

Buy David Saw’s new CD,Broken Down Figure

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Singer/songwriter Ben Taylor tempts some of his friends from London to come to the Vineyard for the summer to create and record music. First we see Ben artfully explain to his mother Carly Simon the imminent British invasion and then we follow him as he hosts David Saw, Carrie Tree, Rumor Joyce, Amity Fletcher, Jonathon Quarmby and his family.

Aside from being a gifted musician, Ben Taylor co-owns his own independent record label, Iris Records. Since this episode was shot, Iris Records has released David Saw’s latest CD, “Broken Down Figure”.

Pre-Order Ben’s new CD The Legend of Kung Folk: Part I Ben Taylor and David Saw.

Read an article about Ben’s forthcoming album and indie label Iris Recordson CCN Money.
Connect with musicians from this episode on MySpace:
Ben Taylor on MySpace, David Saw on MySpace, Carrie Tree on MySpace, Carly Simon on MySpace, Rumer Joyce on MySpace, Iris Records on MySpace