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I’m excited to post my second album review, especially because I actually know the artist. I met the now Ohio-based composer Incentive when we both grad students living in Pittsburgh. While we didn’t get to know each other well enough to be considered friends, we each recognized a kindred spirit and so have kept in…
Fans of Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, and Wilco will definitely want to check out this video of a 1994 live performance recorded St. Louis. The sound is quite good considering the venue and age of the recording. This would have been one of the final concerts given by the band before breaking up. While many…
Sharing this in case you need something uplifting to touch your heart and raise your spirits: the first single from Elbow’s upcoming album Little Fictions.
I plan on posting a number of playlists in the coming months that will all be related to the different needs of resisting the corrupt, misogynist, racist, incompetent, and cruel administration of Trump and his lackeys. These playlists will, hopefully, provide some beauty, fun, energy, righteous anger, and musical solidarity to your struggle for peace…
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say what you want say what you want say what you will just don’t leave me alone “This is My Way of Saying That I’m Sorry” There are some albums that demand your attention. Wintersong, a live album by Dakota Suite’s Chris Hooson and pianist Quentin Sirjacq, is not one of them. It is a…
Nearly every morning my first encounter with music comes through SomaFm’s Groove Salad station. Billed as a “nicely chilled plate of ambient/downtempo beats and grooves,” the station provides pacing without rush and smoothness without tedium, playing at just the right vibe for getting the morning going in a peaceful but energized way. Programmed by Rusty…
When I was a child, I used to rehearse which would be worse: going blind or going deaf. As an avid reader from a very young age, I always knew that going blind would be worse. This assessment lasted into my 20s and 30s as I began directing theatre. Now, as I languish solidly in my…