Playlist for sheltering in place and a few pandemic ramblings.
Pandemic Playlist: A Song for Every Mood
My Grammy PXCKS: Or, Why I even give a $#!%
Award shows are rapidly fading and the way the are structured, rightly so. One could say the Grammy's are no longer even relevant. 2019's show was down 6 million viewers from 2018 and this year's show is definitely on pace to be a cluster. The show definitely doesn't resonate with viewers and the very artists …
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Jeff Tweedy & Wilco: Silence Sings More True
Concert review of Jeff Tweedy & Wilco
Nashville: A Drinking Town with a Music Problem
Nashville has worked to earn it's reputation as "Music City." Music doesn’t seem to be much of a problem here. As for drinking- you be the judge. The city earned it's moniker back in 1950 when radio announcer David Cobb used the term "Music City U.S.A" on the air. It stuck. While it's true that …
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Fire and Rain: Notes on Music, Loss, and Grief
A personal story of music, loss, and grief.
One Love: Talkin’ ’bout a Highwomen Revolution
The Highwomen singing women’s stories. They’re not haters. It’s all about inclusivity and love. Country music radio loves its bros: young, white, tatted, gym-jacked, dirty pick-up with a bottle of something brown under the seat guys that sing about spring break and their ex's with a heavy snap track on loop. Lyrics are mired in …
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Spacy Symph-Pop is a Livin’ Thing: Jeff Lynne’s ELO
An Electric Light Orchestra concert has been sitting on people's bucket lists for 38 years (the last time they played the Twin Cities). The band stopped touring and recording in '86. Thankfully, co-founder Jeff Lynne brought his Jeff Lynne's ELO to Saint Paul's Xcel Energy Center on July 25. It was everything that the near …
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Kacey Musgraves, Dawes & Anderson East: Basilica Block Party Review
Kacey Musgraves, Dawes, and Anderson East Concert Review, Minneapolis, 2019.
Joshua Tree National Park: Then and Now
Mount San Gorgonio and Joshua trees The allure of Joshua Tree National Park is undeniable. It attracts artists, writers, psychedelic rockers, spiritual vagabonds, campers, climbers, hippie wannabees, genius scientists, yogis, middle-aged hipsters, psychics, and grumpy old cowboys; all of whom seek the freedom of its wide-open expanses. There's more to J-Tree than its boulders, rugged …
Lake Street Dive Pays Tribute to Prince, Concert Review
Lake Street Dive performs at St. Paul's Palace Theater, review.
