This was quite the last couple of weeks for music in my world Not only did I get lucky enough to listen to some really great albums for the first time, but I also saw a few outstanding shows. First, I saw my 14th Drive-By...
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Memorial Day weekend is a good time for some music notes. I had the honor of seeing the amazing pianist Matthew Shipp perform on Friday, at Firehouse 12 in New.
It's been entirely too long since I did one of these posts. Since I published the last, I've seen three live shows. Most important is seeing Kris Kristofferson playing with.
Let's talk tunes! Nipsey Hussle isn't someone whose music I knew very well but his murder affected a lot of people and so it seems appropriate to lead off with a link to it. I talked about seeing Mdou Moctor a couple of months ago...
I don't have anything particularly profound to say on music today. But we all need a.
The major recent music news in my life was seeing Robbie Fulks play a really fun set at City Winery in Boston last night. This is the third time I've.
If it's Saturday night, it's time to talk tunes. Now that The Paranoid Style's Elizabeth Nelson is writing for LGM, it is even more ridiculous that I provide my pointless scribbling about music. As an admittedly bad music writer, Elizabeth reminds me how good music...
My main music news this week was seeing Neko Case and Margaret Glaspy on Wednesday at the Columbus Theater in Providence. Hearing Neko sing is always a treat. That voice.
As usual when I am traveling overseas, I read a lot in Martinique. One of the books I read was Lester Bangs' Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung. Not sure how.
I had the privilege of seeing Mdou Moctar in Providence last week. Representing a new generation of Tuareg guitarists that is more connected to world dance music than the tradition of the elders, this was one hell of a show. The first half of the...