Song of the Day 4/6/10
The best 666 songs of alltime countdown continues every day, all the way to #1. Tuesday’s song is #114: Bob Dylan – Mississippi Essentially, this is his self-penned obituary, a cynical, anguished...
View ArticleSong of the Day 4/7/10
The best 666 songs of alltime countdown continues every day, all the way to #1. Wednesday’s song is #113: The Saints – Grain of Sand One of the great janglerock hits of alltime, and also the most...
View ArticleSong of the Day 4/8/10
The best 666 songs of alltime countdown continues every day, all the way to #1. Thursday’s song is #112: Bob Dylan – When the Ship Comes In Revenge has seldom sounded more sweet than it does here: “And...
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We’ll be upstate at the Beefstock Festival til Sunday and will be full of news about it when we get back on Monday. Since the mountain valley up there has no frankenpines, and no cell or wifi service,...
View ArticleSong of the Day 4/12/10
The best 666 songs of alltime countdown continues every day, all the way to #1. Monday’s song is #108: Midnight Oil – Mountains of Burma The haunting, apocalyptic centerpiece to the Australian...
View ArticleSong of the Day 4/25/10
The best 666 songs of alltime countdown continues every day, all the way to #1. Sunday’s song is #95: The Church – Kings Grimly hypnotic, apocalyptic anthem from the legendary psychedelic...
View ArticleSong of the Day 6/19/10
Every day, for the next forty days anyway, our best 666 songs of alltime countdown continues all the way to #1. Saturday’s song is #40: Albert King – As the Years Go Passing By The studio version of...
View ArticleSong of the Day 8/21/10
Every day, we count down the 1000 best albums of all time all the way to #1. Saturday’s album is #892: Albert King – Live Wire/Blues Power A characteristically intense yet nuanced concert recording by...
View ArticleAlbum of the Day 7/7/11
Still wrapping up the July/August NYC Live Music Calendar, shooting for getting it done tonight. Upcoming: crazy good times in Halifax; jaw-dropping virtuosity in Madison Square Park; a...
View ArticleThe Best Jazz Albums of 2013
Narrowing down the best jazz albums of the year to a couple dozen or so is a cruel task: it’s safe to say that there have been hundred of good ones issued this year. This is an attempt to assemble the...
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