Run The Jewels are the Artists we Need Right Now
Earlier this month Run the Jewels released their most recent album and it’s the music we need for these crazy times. The band effectively captures the tensions felt by people…
Earlier this month Run the Jewels released their most recent album and it’s the music we need for these crazy times. The band effectively captures the tensions felt by people…
Night Ride Home, 1991 Although I mostly enjoyed Joni’s previous album, Chalk Mark In a Rainstorm, I still harboured a nagging doubt and vague dislike. Both Chalk Mark (1988) and…
cbcgem.app/6HfDjTTeYbeDgnMF6 Words I can’t think of right now.
Chalk Mark In a Rainstorm, 1988 After writing my first negative review in this series, I was half-dreading listening to the album. Happily, I ended up pleased and relieved. Chalk…
Marconi Union – Weightless (Official Video) from Optical Vitamins on Vimeo. The song Weightless by the Marconi Union has been proven by neuroscientists to reduce people’s anxiety, and in times…
I’m taking piano lessons! I’m really happy and excited about it. I’m using an amazing site called Pianote, which combines traditional lessons with seamless, user-friendly technology. * * * *…
Dog Eat Dog, 1985 Front Cover We’ve reached a milestone: a Joni Mitchell album I don’t like. No, that’s a cop out. It’s not merely that I don’t like Dog…
Dog Eat Dog, 1985 Front Cover We’ve reached a milestone: a Joni Mitchell album I don’t like. No, that’s a cop out. It’s not merely that I don’t like Dog…
Dog Eat Dog, 1985 Front Cover We’ve reached a milestone: a Joni Mitchell album I don’t like. No, that’s a cop out. It’s not merely that I don’t like Dog…
Wild Things Run Fast, 1982 Front Cover Wild Things Run Fast feels like the beginning of a new Joni era. Mingus ended a trajectory. After Mingus, Joni toured, and took…
For a lot of years I listened to the American Country Countdown with Bob Kingsley. In more recent years he’s had another countdown show, while Kix Brooks hosted American Country…
Mingus, 1979 Mingus is unique in Joni’s work, in that she wrote lyrics to someone else’s instrumental music. Four of the six tracks on Mingus were written collaboratively by Joni…
Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter, 1977 I discovered I didn’t own Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter either on LP or CD — which means I don’t know the music from it, except…
When we were negotiating for this house, through realtors, the former owners asked if we were interested in keeping their piano. I had noticed the old upright as soon as…
Allan and I have been greatly anticipating “Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story”, the new film by Martin Scorsese released this week on Netflix. When “The Last Waltz” opened…
Hejira, 1976 Front CoverPhoto by Norman Seeff; Frozen lake by Wisconsin. Hejira snuck up on me. I heard it was “wordy,” “cold,” and “cerebral” and that the music was “abstract”.…
Yes. Melancholy Monday. Foggy, and wet – it feels like a Milk Carton Kids morning. The Milk Carton Kids are an American indie folk duo from Eagle Rock, California, United…
As we approach the sad 30th anniversary of a brutal hate crime that left a stain on my beautiful city, I find to my surprise this song of mine, written…
As we approach the sad 30th anniversary of a brutal hate crime that left a stain on my beautiful city, I find to my surprise this song of mine, written…
As we approach the sad 30th anniversary of a brutal hate crime that left a stain on my beautiful city, I find to my surprise this song of mine, written…