The big loss in music this week was that of Zakir Hussain, dead at 73. I had a few chances to see the great tabla player here and there but never did. Sigh. I often find the kind of new visual story the Times does...
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While I am in Mexico and am not really seeing much in the way of shows, I did have a live music experience last weekend. My wife is very much.
Being in Mexico, I don't have any shows to talk about right now, but that doesn't mean music isn't still a central part of my life. In a different moment,.
So, writing on this website has led to a lot of good things in my life, from providing the material for my books to getting recognition as a labor historian. Sure, there are some negatives sometimes too, but mostly it's good. But sometimes, something incredibly...
The last show I will see for a few months was last night at Firehouse 12 in New Haven, that great jazz space highlighting some of the real leaders in.
I saw two shows this week, both before the election, so I could actually enjoy them. The first was Allen Lowe and the Constant Sorrow Orchestra, at Firehouse 12 in.
The big music news for me recently was seeing Sunny Sweeney in North Andover, Massachusetts. Sweeney is probably best known for hosting some of the country shows on Sirius XM. This leads me to another point that while I don't subscribe to Sirius, many years...
More discussions of the great Kris Kristofferson are in order. The Guardian has 10 of his greatest songs, which is different than a definitive top 10. That's good because this.
My big music news was seeing John Moreland at the Wonder Ballroom in Portland last week. It was my 4th time seeing Moreland, but the first time since 2017. He's.
Well this was cool. I have been in Eugene the last few weeks with family and this is not a great music town. In fact, Bend has significantly surpassed Eugene to be the second best music town in Oregon, behind Portland obviously. This despite Bend...
Hey look at me, getting a music notes column out on time. I recently read Alex Harvey's Song Noir: Tom Waits and the Spirit of Los Angeles. Focusing on Waits'.
Been too long again since I did one of these. I've seen a few shows in the last month that need discussion. I've seen four shows, three of which are.