The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney produced – and is the husband of – Michelle Branch, who was featured on Santana’s “The Game of Love.” Ok, that was a pretty easy connection to make. Santana has always put out fun albums that feature a lot of high-profile guest performances. Once, while on tour together, Santana welcomedContinue reading “#97 – Shaman by Santana”
Monthly Archives: August 2020
#96 – Hopeless Romantic by Michelle Branch
I was reading the wiki for The Black Keys last night when I discovered that Patrick Carney had produced the most recent album by Michelle Branch, to whom he is also married. It made me think of doing a Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon-style run with the blog. I’ll add to and include a one-sentenceContinue reading “#96 – Hopeless Romantic by Michelle Branch”
#95 – Let’s Rock by The Black Keys
Today is the 25th anniversary of the death of Jerry Garcia, so I spent much of my listening time today on Grateful Dead shows. I did, however, just pick a Jerry Garcia Band album on his birthday and don’t want to be repeating an artist at this point in the life of this blog. IContinue reading “#95 – Let’s Rock by The Black Keys”
#94 – Rêveries by Rob Simonsen
I was introduced to the music of Rob Simonsen by some friends from work who know him. He is part of a collective of modern composers called Echo Society, which held some amazing multimedia events to debut their latest works. The one I went to was held at the Theater at the Ace Hotel, anContinue reading “#94 – Rêveries by Rob Simonsen”
#93 – Diamonds & Rust by Joan Baez
I have never been a huge fan of putting covers on your studio albums. I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before, because it has come up time and again in my daily selections. There certainly are great, recorded versions of other people’s songs out there. Johnny Cash’s last few albums have some great examples of this. Continue reading “#93 – Diamonds & Rust by Joan Baez”
#92 – II by Unknown Mortal Orchestra
I don’t mean to be giving free advertising to Spotify, but it has been such a great platform for discovering new artists. These guys were suggested when I played a Tame Impala song at work and became the perfect lunch hour soundtrack. These daily installments of new music have been a nice mini-retreat for aContinue reading “#92 – II by Unknown Mortal Orchestra”
#91 – Magnified by Failure
A consistent theme in this blog has been the “discovery” of artists that I now think I should have known about back in the day. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t look back at their younger selves and wonder what they were thinking about a plethora of decisions made, but it’s still hard when IContinue reading “#91 – Magnified by Failure”
#90 – The End Of Comedy by Drugdealer
I had to take a little break from writing about current events because I was getting so angry all the time, but after our fearful leader’s latest embarrassing exhibition of cognitive well-being, it’s hard to think about much else. Free discourse is one of the benchmarks of any so-called democracy and it is up toContinue reading “#90 – The End Of Comedy by Drugdealer”
#89 – Ghost In The Shell: Arise by Cornelius
This album is actually a soundtrack for a reimagining of the anime classic Ghost in the Shell. I was recently introduced to Cornelius by a colleague and it’s to be able to pick some random part of his catalog and be both surprised and supremely entertained. His approach to composition is pretty unique and heContinue reading “#89 – Ghost In The Shell: Arise by Cornelius”
#88 – The Mix-Up by Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys music is intertwined with my childhood memories. Ill Communication was one of the first albums I ever bought and Hello Nasty is one of a couple of albums that I purchased multiple copies of. Of course, that is more likely due to mishandling and the sheer, fragile shittiness of the CD as aContinue reading “#88 – The Mix-Up by Beastie Boys”
New Album A Day 