My Kind of Christmas Music
Sean MurphyTchaikovsky Corelli Bach John Fahey The Who Chuck Berry a two-fer from Jethro Tull! The Godfather The Boss Satchmo Ella! (An embarrassment of riches here, here, and here)…
The Verdict Is In: Top 10 of 2009
Let's do this. 1o. Mastodon: Crack The Skye Some men let their freak flags fly. Some men get tatted up and sport full arm sleeves. Other men get tattoos…
The Ace of Spades
The verdict is in and was never really in doubt: Lemmy is sui generis. Sui genius, too. Lemmy who? Nevermind; if you don't know, you won't understand (you need to…
Heart Full of Soul: The Return of Living Colour
The rumors of Living Colour’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. They are back, but perhaps more to the point, they were never really gone. The Chair in the Doorway, their…
The Day The Music Died, Redux
Where were you? I was in my mother's bedroom, kissing her goodbye before I caught the school bus, and I heard the horrible news on the clock radio (incidentally, I…
This is Fela Kuti’s Time
You are already down with Fela Kuti, correct? If not, you may want to remedy that, STAT. Seriously, you gotta get this into your life. You may have heard that…
The Greatest Rock & Roll Band in The World: Liver Than They’ll Ever Be
Best live album ever? Who cares. What is beyond dispute is that 1970’s Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out is certainly the best live album the Rolling Stones ever recorded.…
Paint It Black (Sabbath)
I'm so proud of my Pops. Last night, quite out of the blue (or, out of the black as the case may be), he said he had to ask me…
For You Blue: Remembering The Beatles’ “Blue Album”
Let us not forget, it’s the “Blue Album”. Before it was the cassette, the eight-track, CD or digital download, it was a record, played on things called record players. And…
Ten Songs To Celebrate The Fall of the Wall
Beethoven, Symphony No. 3, 1st Movement Grant Green, “Exodus” Rahsaan Roland Kirk, “Balm in Gilead” John Coltrane, “Psalm” Philip Glass, “String Quartet No. 5” Jimi Hendrix, “Beginnings” Bob…