Taking It All Too Hard: Unironic Love For Phil Collins
Sean MurphyThere must be some misunderstanding. Is he in or out? (You've got to get in to get out...) Not the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which Genesis was finally…
Music From The World Tomorrow: Lloyd Miller & The Heliocentrics
Even though I’m sincere when I insist that this release is the most impressive album I listened to in 2010, I’m not sure who I would recommend it to. That…
Halo of Ashes
It's Ash Wednesday, which affords me the opportunity to talk about the Screaming Trees. (What, did you think I was going to talk about the hopelessly outdated tradition of Catholics…
Mardi gras in my mind (Revisited)
Mardi gras makes me think of New Orleans and all the good things I associate with The Crescent City. Among many other things, New Orleans makes me think of snapping…
From The Annals of Inscrutability…Robert Plant!
After praising The Marshall Tucker Band I reckon it's time to break out the big guns. Everyone can list a handful --or more-- songs that have presented lyrical challenges. I can…
Heard ____ In A Love Song
Any questions? Kind of like a wine cooler fan's Lynyrd Skynyrd, you have to appreciate the Marshall Tucker Band for incorporating a flute (effectively! convincingly!) into their safe-for-radio country rock.…
Less Cowbell; More Cult (Blue Öyster, Naturally)
Your reaction to this image might reveal many things about yourself and your attitude toward, and awareness of, a certain sort of music. Quick: what is Blue Öyster Cult's most…
Ten Years Gone: Happy Birthday, George
Hard as it is (for me, anyway) to believe, this November will be the 10th anniversary of Harrison's untimely passing (of course it's devastating enough to consider that we've already…
Songs Of Freedom
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, I had a few things on my mind. Fortunately, I can take a nap because the ever-reliable and brilliant…
Ali Farka Touré’s Finished Business (Revisited)
Great news from Nonesuch Records (Via FB): Nonesuch Records Congratulations to Toumani Diabate and the late Ali Farka Toure, winners of the Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album…