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Such a useful day to pretend that there are things scarier than elections and economics. A little mild spookiness from Slam:

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A chance mention of Otis Redding by a friend the other day got me googling some question I no longer remember. Early in the googling, I was struck by the phrase “front porch soul”, and thinking it was interesting, and perhaps connected in an interesting way to Redding, I finally got listening to a band [...]

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This forced course in Econ 101 is making a lot of people realize that their plans to get from A to Z might take more improvisation than they intended. A reminder that improv can be a good thing, in music and in life:
Keb’ Mo’ - More Than One Way Home

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If you’re like me, you’ve been fairly consumed with politics, economics and controversy lately. I basically consider it a duty as a citizen in a (quasi-) democracy. But sometimes it’s good to see something that is neither depressing nor duplicitous:
“My dogs greeting me after 14 months in Iraq”

Have a good weekend, everyone.

Last winter, something, and I don’t remember what (maybe Winehouse at the Grammys?) got me digging around to see what Nikka Costa was up to. I spent a few pleasant evenings sampling and listening to whatever good videos I ran across, wondering if she had anything coming out or would be touring around. I’m not [...]

Back Door Slam, Gotta Leave

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I finally, finally, finally got to hear Back Door Slam live this week in Denver. Since catching them by chance on the radio last April, I’ve been listening to their debut (and only) album in steady rotation, blogging about them [...]

Rhythm and wit. That’s always been the essence of John Hiatt for me, never more so than after hearing him live recently for the first time. Interviewed recently in Acoustic Guitar Magazine about his most recent album, “Same Old Man”, Hiatt compares his current recording approach to his first demo tapes:
“…this record reflects the same [...]