Top 5 and Why: Best Bob Dylan Songs
If a song moves you, that’s all that’s important… I don’t have to know what a song means. All Top 5 and Whys are tough, but…
An Orange-Blue Hue: Allman Brothers All-Time Top Five
Greg Allman is at it again. He’s writing memoirs and having seventh marriages. He has hepatitis and is long-lived for a man who’s lived so many…
Sizing Up The Tallest Man on Earth
WHO IS HE? He’s the enchanting wizard of rhythm. Wait. That’s Beck. You can call him “the next Bob Dylan” all you want, but Bob Dylan…
Riverbend 2012: Give and Take
When I first got the Riverbend brochure in the mail a few weeks ago, my first impression was that Riverbend must be experiencing declining funds. Just…
I Used To Be A Sparrow’s Debut
Paperwings Records asked me to consider doing a review on the recently released debut album of italian-swedish band “I Used To Be A Sparrow.” I listened…
Listen! Techniques to Improve Your Mind…and Relationships
Does pop music “ruin” your brain? That seems a little extreme, but the days that I listen to music (pop or otherwise) for long stretches, whether…
Is Wilco’s The Whole Love Boundary Pushing or Endearing?
In some ways–a lot of ways–rock is the very genre of boundary pushing, so what does it mean when album review after album review of an…
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