Playlist for sheltering in place and a few pandemic ramblings.
Pandemic Playlist: A Song for Every Mood
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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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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Isbell, and Misty, and Bird- Oh My!
The Armory, Minneapolis, June 14 and there's still tickets!!! I fell in love with Jason Isbell's music on April 24, 2015. He and his wife, Amanda Shires, joined David Letterman during his last month of shows. They were joined by Willie Nelson's favorite harmonica guy, Mickey Raphael. They performed "Mutineer" (a song Warren Zevon, one …
Push 2 the Front 