Thursday, January 25, 2018

My Favorite Albums of 2017

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Like most of the music-listening world, the digital age has changed the way that I listen to music.  I still buy CDs and rip them onto my ...
Sunday, January 21, 2018

Songs of 2017 - "Broken Halos," Chris Stapleton

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Scroll down a bit and you'll find what I wrote about the two albums Chris Stapleton released in 2017.  They were both outstanding, an...
Monday, January 15, 2018

"Linger," The Cranberries

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Every now and then, a song is released that is so perfect that it feels like a miracle.  The Cranberries' "Linger" is such a...
Sunday, January 14, 2018

Songs of 2017: "I Don't Care Anymore," Rodney Crowell

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This is not a young man's song, and Rodney Crowell hasn't been a young man for a while now.  You look at him in this video, and ...
Saturday, January 13, 2018

Songs of 2017: "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness," The National

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The National is another band that I came to enjoy rather late, and even now I've yet to discover a couple of their older albums that man...

Dick Enberg and Keith Jackson: R.I.P.

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In the span of less than a month, we've lost two of the all-time legends in sports broadcasting: Dick Enberg and Keith Jackson. Fun Fa...
Sunday, January 07, 2018

Songs of 2017: King Kendrick

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Son #2 asked me yesterday when the "Songs of 2017" series would get around to Kendrick Lamar, and now is as good a time as any.  P...
Thursday, January 04, 2018

Songs of 2017: "The Gold," Manchester Orchestra

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I like to think that I'm up-to-date on most of the new bands and music of the day, but every now and then one manages to slip through th...
Monday, January 01, 2018

Songs of 2017 - Two from Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives

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Task #1: Happy New Year!  Even though we're into a new year, we're still in the midst of wrapping up the "Songs of 2017" s...
Friday, December 29, 2017

Songs of 2017 - "Turn Out the Lights," Julien Baker

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The sound of Julien Baker's "Turn Out the Lights" is not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of "the Memp...
Thursday, December 28, 2017

Songs of 2017- "At the Purchaser's Option," Rhiannon Giddens

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There was little doubt before 2017 that Rhiannon Giddens was a singular artist, but whatever doubt might have been left was thrown out wit...
Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Songs of 2017 - "Grow Old With Me," Sunny Sweeney

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Sunny Sweeney is just one of the many terrific woman artists who have risen to the top of the country music universe in the past several y...
Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Songs of 2017 - "Carry Fire," Robert Plant

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This comment may give some hardcore Zeppelin fans heartburn, but it seems to me that their post-band careers have proven that Robert Plant...
Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Songs of 2017 - Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile

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The album "Lotta Sea Lice" came out in the fall, and it's definitely one of my 2017 favorites.  Part of what I like about it...
Sunday, December 17, 2017

Songs of 2017 - The New Pornographers

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Rolling Stone is doing it, Pitchfork is doing it, NPR is doing it, and I'm sure I've left out a few.  Everyone is choosing their t...
Monday, December 04, 2017

Chris Stapleton is the Real Deal

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With two outstanding albums released in the span of 8 months, it's safe to say that "Traveller" was no fluke, and that Chris...