A few years ago I started keeping an ongoing folder on my computer of the songs, both old and new, that made an impression on me that year. Basically, my favorite songs of the year, which I’ve continued doing every year since. In 2018 (as usual) it’s a pretty big list. But, if I had…
Category: Art on the wall
From Scimitars to Ukuleles: An Interview with Suzy Callahan and Scott Tyburski
Some music just stays with you through the years. You may forget about it for a while, it may get lost for long lengths of time in the flotsam and jetsam of life, but you always find it again (or maybe it finds you.) Ever since stumbling on the Devils Wielding Scimitars’ Worry Dolls CD…
Different / Same – Rupert Hine’s “Pick Up a Bone” and Ohio Knox
Join me as we take a look at two unique albums – Rupert Hine‘s Pick Up a Bone and the self titled release from Ohio Knox – that, although quite different musically, wear their idiosyncrasies on their sleeves and share a similar spirit: a mix of the sardonic, the sensitive and the sincere. Both take…
Mannkind: The Eccentric Album Art of Herbie Mann
Jazz flautist Herbie Mann’s 1971 album Push Push is widely considered one of the worst examples of album cover art ever, noted online and in books on the medium. (In fact, The Art of the LP, by Morgan and Wardle, devotes a lengthy paragraph to the cover which starts out with a response to the…
2017: Seventeen of the Best Album Covers
Some really nice graphic design in album art this year. Striking or subtle, it was all there. These are 17 or so of the best. Not sure if I was just attracted to them, but covers with circles in the design seemed to predominate… [click image to enlarge] — Feist: Pleasure There’s probably a good…
Four Reissues You Need to Hear!
Well, okay, you don’t really need to hear them. Don’t you hate those kinds of click bait headlines? That kind’s not as bad as something like “The Ten Best Reissues of 2017 – I Couldn’t Believe #3!” That type of click bait headline makes me want to stop reading whatever it is I’m reading, unsubscribe…
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