I have a couple of road trips coming up in the next couple of weeks. Heading to Nashville for a weekend, then a quick turnaround before heading to Chicago for a few days. So, I do what I do–make a … Continue reading What Are Your Road Trip Go-To Songs?
Or, at least, the 126 albums I listened to and rated song by song. For those of you who have not been here before, I have a very unscientific scientific approach to my album ratings. Utilizing a couple of spreadsheets, … Continue reading Top 126 Albums of 2022
Stop me if you have heard this one before, but I recently caught some live music. One of my goals for 2022 was to get back in the habit of catching live shows more frequently. I once hit 20 national … Continue reading J.R. Carroll and Drayton Farley at Hi-Fi Indy
Here are this week’s five songs worth listening to. I’m not a fan of traditional Christmas music, but I do keep a playlist of Acceptable Christmas Music on hand, because of course I do. Here are some recent additions to … Continue reading Fab Five Friday–Dec. 16, 2022 (Christmas edition)
Here are this week’s five songs worth listening to. This installment will feature just two artists, simply because I am going to see them live in Indianapolis next week, and I can’t wait. I’ve featured both JR Carroll and Drayton … Continue reading Fab Five Friday–Dec. 9, 2022
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March 22, 2023 Son Volt–Windfall March 19, 2023 Jason Isbell–Speed Trap Town March 11, 2023 Johnny Cash–Help Me Feb. 28, 2023 Rodney Crowell–I Know Love Is All I Need Feb. 26, 2023 Jason Isbell–The Life You Chose Feb. 24, 2023 … Continue reading Sad Bastards Song of the Day
Listen, I don’t know how you spent your Friday morning, but I spent mine making a playlist of songs that should be in the Cocaine Bear movie. What is the Cocaine Bear movie, you ask? Well, where have you been? … Continue reading The Unofficial Cocaine Bear Soundtrack
Here are this week’s five songs worth listening to. Tedeschi Trucks Band–Gravity Leading off with a little southern rock/blues ditty. Elizabeth Cook–Everybody Wants To Rule The World Yes, a Tears For Fears cover. Run The Jewels–Caminando en la Nieve (Orestes … Continue reading Fab Five Friday–Nov. 4, 2022
I am an unabashed Steve Earle fan. One of the first things I do just about every Sunday morning is fire up my Sirius XM app and listen to the replay of Earle’s Hardcore Troubadour show, an hour of him telling stories and playing songs. See, Steve Earle is a really, really good song writer. And yet he is an even better story teller and self-made music historian. The Moment in 1965… is built around a premise Earle has, that I have heard from him before, that Bob Dylan wanted to be John Lennon, and John Lennon wanted to be … Continue reading Book Nook: The Moment In 1965 When Rock and Roll Becomes Art, by Steve Earle
Here are this week’s five songs worth listening to. Spooky banjo time! Sarah sent me a playlist earlier this month with some roots/banjo/dark theme songs. It has made for good background music this October. Halloween week is upon us. Steve … Continue reading Fab Five Friday–Oct. 28, 2022
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