With this post I introduce a new feature which I call One Song, Three Versions. It always fascinates me how different artists can take just one song, run it through their own filter and make something completely different out of it… “Baby Don’t You Do … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – Baby Don’t You Do It
A while back I shamelessly plugged my son’s band, The Color and Sound. Not satisfied with having just one band, he is involved with (guitarist for) two of them. This one is called Pray for Sound and they are a “Massachusetts-based instrumental post-rock band started in … Continue reading Pray for Sound
The second in a random series of musings about the way we listen to music. Part 1 is here. The guy in the picture is Charles Laquidara, arguably the pre-eminent DJ on Boston’s WBCN for many years…. In the late ‘60’s, early ‘70’s there was a ton … Continue reading Radio, Radio (2)
I had never seen U2 and decided to check them out when they came to Boston back in July of this year. While I am not a huge fan, I do like them a lot and enjoy a fair amount of their music. They have … Continue reading Concert review – U2 – Innocence + Experience Tour
…posts, that is. (Apologies to Jimmy Buffett). Sure, thirty isn’t really much of a milestone. But at this point in my blog I have to say I’m really enjoying writing it. I didn’t know what to expect in terms of who might read it and/or … Continue reading A Pirate Looks at Thirty …
“And I say I don’t like reggae no no I love it.” Dreadlock Holiday, Squeeze The first time I ever heard a reggae song was in 1968, on my local AM station. Now this station wasn’t typically given to playing anything outside of the Top … Continue reading Reggae
In my last post on the blues I said this, “I think I’m gonna need a third blues post for the later British and American players. But I’ll do that one later on down the road.” So this is that. First post here. Blues arguably … Continue reading The Blues (Final of 3)
It occurred to me that I had done a post about jazz but not yet one about blues as a genre. And so let me now rectify that. I mentioned in my first post that I discovered blues the same way so many of my peers … Continue reading The Blues (1)
With this post I introduce the occasional “Featured Album,” which will discuss albums that are so good they deserve their own write-up. And I decided to start with a disc I recently bought, which is a (sort of) tribute to Bob Dylan. Apparently he wrote … Continue reading Featured Album – Lost on the River (The New Basement Tapes)
The first Miles Davis post is here. In an earlier post about jazz I featured a number called “E.S.P.” from Miles’ second great quintet (1964-1968.) What’s interesting to me is how Miles expanded his sound shortly thereafter and become such a force in what came to … Continue reading Miles Davis (Final of 2)
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