Willie Nelson turned 87 this week. In honor of that, Texas Monthly ranked all 143 of his albums. This is truly the list we all need. Things that are correct about this list: #1 is Phases and Stages and #2 is Red Headed Stranger. Yes,...
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It is Fiona Apple's world and we are just living in it. I review her album below, but there's plenty of great material on her in recent days and weeks..
The loss of John Prine is, for me, the biggest loss of COVID-19 thus far. I don't have that much to add beyond what Scott and Simon wrote. I saw.
The last show I saw before the coronavirus restrictions was Bill Frisell, at the Shedd in Eugene, Oregon. This is a good time to talk about Frisell's role in my musical life. When I was in college, I really started exploring new and experimental music...
This goes out to everyone who wants to talk about something else than politics on Super Tuesday. This is going to be a very heavy Drive-By Truckers based post. Album.
Haven't had a good music notes post in a very long time. Still in my concert drought, but that will be ending soon. With new albums on the way from.
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Scott Garfitt/Shutterstock (10327776bi) Juice Wrld - Juice Wrld Wireless Festival, Finsbury Park, London, UK - 06 Jul 2019 I don't have any particularly compelling personal musical experiences since the last Music Notes post. My concert schedule has a lull in it...
The biggest musical event for me since the last of these posts was seeing the Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet at Firehouse 12 in New Haven last Friday. Bynum likes working.
FILE - In this Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008 file photo, British musician Ginger Baker performs at the 'Zildjian Drummers Achievement Awards' at the Shepherd's Bush Empire in London. The family.
TELLURIDE, CO - SEPTEMBER 16: Jason Isbell performs on September 16, 2016 in Telluride, Colorado. (Photo by Erika Goldring/FilmMagic) It has been entirely too long since I have written up one of these posts. I am very busy this semester, partially explaining less blogging than...
I haven't done one of these in quite awhile, largely because until the last week, I was too busy to listen to many new albums. Then I listened to so.
Janet Weiss leaving Sleater-Kinney is extremely depressing news, especially as while I have seen her play before, I have never actually seen S-K and will fix that problem on the.