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'I'm still out here somewhere'
Alejandro Escovedo subverts expectations, Richard and Linda Thompson look back, and Johnny Cash's vaults yield one last (?) surprise.
May 1
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John Kenyon
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April 2024
From confessional pop to scientist rock
Buckle up: We're touching on Taylor Swift, Cindy Lee, Beyoncé, and the Minutemen -- all with a touch of yard work -- before this one is done.
Apr 26
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Curating (my) taste
Remembering Chris Wiersema by thinking of his role as one of the handful of people who helped to expand my musical horizons
Apr 4
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March 2024
If I could turn back time
The old days were better, but not for the reasons you might expect
Mar 5
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February 2024
There comes a time...
"The Greatest Night in Pop" is a fun look at the recording of "We Are the World," as captivating for the 1985 time capsule it provides as for the…
Feb 6
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January 2024
Interpretations of modern guitar
Jeff Parker, Chuck Johnson, and William Tyler explore the carious ways to make steel strings sing.
Jan 30
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Criticism, nostalgia and me
The fate of the record review in modern times and a look at new albums from two legacy acts that make me feel old: Green Day and Sleater-Kinney
Jan 25
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Of course people around here read Tolstoy
And many other books, and one of them (OK, it's me) will fill you in on some of the best from 2023
Jan 23
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Some kinda love
A scattershot look at some of the music that earned my attention in 2023.
Jan 8
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December 2023
Christmas comes but once a year
Which is a good thing, and if you can attend a Christmas concert by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band that is more jazz than Christmas, that's even…
Dec 13, 2023
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I heard the sound of thunder
And then it was drowned out by a saxophone, or, how the new "The Complete Budokan 1978" from Bob Dylan expands upon one of the man's missteps.
Dec 5, 2023
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October 2023
The best Stones album in 18 years!
As you might have noticed, the Rolling Stones have a new album. I weigh in, and offer a short tribute to the late Dwight Twilley
Oct 21, 2023
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