βI am in truth the Steppenwolf that I often call myself; that beast astray that finds neither home nor joy nor nourishment in a world that is strange and incomprehensible to him.β – Hermann Hesse – Steppenwolf. The above quote from Hesse’s 1927 novel Der … Continue reading Steppenwolf
From a Newsweek profile on Prince in 2004 (during a pre-show soundcheck): “The 5-foot-2 singer adjusts the long poet sleeves of his with blouse, strokes his goatee, fidgets with his diamond-encrusted pendant and taps his platform heel on the concrete of this sports arena in … Continue reading A Six-Pack of Prince
I grew up singing Mexican music, and that’s based on indigenous Mexican rhythms. Mexican music also has an overlay of West African music, based on huapango drums, and it’s kind of like a 6/8Β time signature, but it really is a very syncopated 6/8. And that’s … Continue reading Linda Ronstadt (final of 2 posts)
A couple of weeks ago I had the (semi) bright idea of soliciting songs from fellow bloggers to put together a combined playlist. The restrictions – such as they were – were that they had to submit three songs from the rock, soul, blues, jazz, … Continue reading Good Clean Fun to Over the Rainbow – The Blogger’s Playlist – Revealed
I’m every bit as gobsmacked by the untimely death of Tom Petty as you likely are. Stunning. To me, it’s up there with Prince and Bowie, a great loss and completely unexpected. Wasn’t he just on tour? For the most part, however, I’ve decided to … Continue reading New Music Revue – 10.4.17
(Pictured HYMMJ) Time once again for the Music Enthusiast to stop navel-gazing and actually listen to something that was done post-1972. To that end, a couple of things that I have dug lately. Only two artists this time but a lot of music.Β I do … Continue reading New Music Revue – 8.22.17
Whereas “Songs I Love” are tunes I dig that have stood the test of time, “Song of the Week” is typically a recent release that I heard, like, and can’t get out of my head. I think this is the first time I’ve featured Queens … Continue reading Song of the Week – The Way You Used to Do – Queens of the Stone Age
News from up the street, she’s people I’d like to meet – Dan Hicks. From time to time, other bloggers will mention a song to me, sometimes in the comment section. Or I’ll find one on their site that I think deserves wider exposures. I … Continue reading News From Up the Street
You might well be saying to yourself, “Wait, I know that song. Didn’t the Moody Blues do that?” Well, yes they recorded it (for a live album) and it sure sounds like something they’d write. But they didn’t and for that matter, neither did Justin … Continue reading A Song I Love – Forever Autumn – Justin Hayward
Michael Jackson towered over the 1980s the way Elvis Presley dominated the 1950s, and here’s why. On Thriller, the child R&B star ripened into a Technicolor soulman: a singer, dancer, and songwriter with incomparable crossover instincts. – Rolling Stone By 1982, Michael Jackson had been … Continue reading Featured Album – Thriller – Michael Jackson
Music Enthusiast - At the junction of rock, blues, R&B, jazz, pop,and soul 