June 24, 2020

A cool pic I took I'm having printed, from Tucson Botanical Garden ...

At least I think it's pretty cool

I'm curious if it takes a second to figure out what it is when you don't already know?

That's what I'z kinda hoping

June 23, 2020

in which lyle lovett sums up the human condition in 2 and half minutes ...

Such a great song, man ...

June 16, 2020

norah jones - nightingale (live-2002) easily my favorite tune of hers

the closing corker on Come Away With Me ...

and the original ... musical perfection, imho ... here's a vinyl drop that sounds brill ... and I highly recommend actually clicking the youtube link and running it from there, sounds noticeably better than it does playing it on DU

June 15, 2020

madeline peyroux - getting some fun out of life (studio-1996) great performance of a great song

I seriously thought this WAS Billie Holiday the first time I heard it. And I've listened to a LOT of Billie over the years.

I mean ... it's so spot on it's ... and she was like 22 at the time.

June 6, 2020

jack river - talk like that (studio-2016) t'was her first single, i totally dig it ...

June 6, 2020

jack river - fools gold (studio-2018) okay, I just ran through her whole catalog ...

while I was assembling some new audio furniture ... and this young aussie lady is awesome!

i won't lie, she rips off old melodies right and left, but they're melodies you love ... everything from neil young (the album is called sugar mountain ffs and she covers the song, and it's cool) to pretenders to bob dylan to U2 ... and some of her tracks have a serious mazzy star vibe.

and of course this particular song is fairly reminiscent of a certain tommy james by way of joan jett song ...

check it ...

the acoustic version is also pretty sweet



here's another one I love ... sounds like about 5 old songs I can think of ... but solidly based on the G-D-C 'Knockin' On Heaven's Door' riff that occurs in roughly 1 of 10 songs in the rock world ...

June 3, 2020

gangstagrass - nickel and dime blues (live in studio-2019) one for The Sarge :)

June 3, 2020

grace potter w/jackson browne, marcus king, & lucius - eachother (studio-2020) - KILLER!

With this much talent together on one song, you expect it's great ... and it is.

June 3, 2020

train - rescue dog (studio-2020) proceeds to North Shore Animal League

Can't say I'm a HUGE fan of latter day Train's more produced, poppy sound vs. their rootsy early work ... but for pop music, what they do is still pretty good stuff.

June 3, 2020

whitney w/waxahatchee - take me home country roads (studio-2020) out this past week

A really nice, and very faithful, cover of the classic.

I totally dig both Whitney and Waxahatchee so it's treat for me.

Bonus Track, Whitney's cover of the Glen Campbell hit ... this is really great.