AKA "The Streetbeater." From the Jazz At The Santa Monica Civic '72:

The Postmodern Jukebox Band does a ragtime take on Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop."

Nice.

Scott Bradlee is the brains behind the operation.

Yes, Twisted Sister's Dee Snider.

When I found out about him doing an album of Broadway standards, Dee Does Broadway, I wondered if that meant he'd be doing it straight, or metalling it up into potential corniness?

Well... he does both. Dig his rendition of The Threepenny Opera's "Mack The Knife":

It's bit of fun.

From the upcoming Tom Jones album Spirit In The Room.

Well, mostly traditional Chinese instrumentation on this Talking Heads number - there is an upright bass in there, along with Guzheng, Erhu, and Ruan.

Their Kickstarter project, China Meets Matteo, is to release an album of original music composed and recorded in China. Yes, I am a backer.