Monthly Archives: January 2021

Our next stop on my musical world tour takes us back to Africa, by way of London.  Today’s selection is the latest offering from this British-Nigerian Afropop artist and producer.   

I have to throw in a metal selection every so often.  That, combined with my goal of making this blog a bit more worldly and diverse, puts Sepultura squarely in the middle of my Venn diagram of demographic representation that I’m looking for.  These guys are part of my favorite genre of angry music, grooveContinue reading “#252 – Roots by Sepultura”

The past week has been pretty surreal. It’s hard to believe that only seven days ago, we were sitting here waiting for the results of the Georgia senatorial elections. The amount of insanity that has bubbled over in this country is pretty intense. More than anything, it’s yet another reminder of just how fractured AmericanContinue reading “#251 – Honeysuckle Weeks by The Submarines”

Wow, 250 is such a depressingly large number of posts. It doesn’t feel like it could’ve been that long since I started doing this, but it has become such a staple of my daily routine it could’ve been going forever. Today’s selection came about because of a scene in “The Crown” where Princess Diana rollerContinue reading “#250 – self-titled by Duran Duran”

This recording is of some fantastic sessions where this trio of vaunted musicians got together to play some unrehearsed versions of classic folk songs, plus some charming banter between the three.  It also features what is apparently the only recording of Jerry Garcia playing “Amazing Grace” which was requested by Tony Rice’s wife.  It isContinue reading “#249 – The Pizza Tapes by Jerry Garcia, David Grisman and Tony Rice”

I first became aware of West African guitarist Lionel Loueke when he was performing as a member of Herbie Hancock’s band.  It was an amazing experience at a literally life-changing time for me.  I had not intended to go out that night as it was the due date of my first child.  As there wasContinue reading “#248 – The Journey by Lionel Loueke”

It is a tremendous failure of my concert going career that I never saw Rush.  Thinking about it now makes me want to really dedicate my post-pandemic life to seeing as many shows as I can.  We have a lot of lost time to make up for, not to mention avenging my 2020 ticket massContinue reading “#247 – Roll The Bones by Rush”

I’ve been watching Jorma Kaukonen’s streaming performance series throughout the pandemic and would recommend it to any lover of guitar music.  It goes out live from his Fur Peace Ranch somewhere in Ohio, and there have been more than thirty episodes thus far, plenty of content for those new to the experience.  The selection ofContinue reading “#246 – Burgers by Hot Tuna”

It seems like a fitting gesture to say “good riddance” and send off #45 with a prominent Russian artist.  His political career began with the help of Russia so that’s who should provide the accompaniment to its demise.  This will go down as one of the ugliest and most embarrassing days in American history.  It’sContinue reading “#245 – Low Love E by CYGO”

BaBa ZuLa is a Turkish psychedelic band from Istanbul.  Their unique sound is based around a Turkish stringed instrument called the saz, of which they use an electric version with an array of effects to create truly original sounds.  This album, 1997’s XX, commemorates the twentieth anniversary of the group and includes a B-side ofContinue reading “#244 – XX by BaBa ZuLa”