Monthly Archives: October 2021

A song from this album popped up on a Spotify playlist and I immediately knew I would be listening to the rest of this album.

This artist’s obviously prestigious pedigree pretty much guaranteed the success of her musical career. Her father was sitar legend Ravi Shankar. She is a sitar prodigy who has been performing professionally since she was a child, but beyond this, her compositions are really amazing works.

While searching for more Asian artists for the blog, I discovered these guys. They are a fantastic psych/folk band from the ‘60s with a really cool sound. When music from that era is discussed, it is usually in reference to American or European artists, but this one made me want to check out more musicContinue reading “#508 – Harench by The Folk Crusaders”

No idea where this selection came from, but I really enjoyed it.

This was a great recommendation from a close friend. I always go way too long in between classical selections for this project.

I read an article about these guys and their upcoming album, which features performances by the late Kofi Burbridge. Having never heard of them before, I wanted to familiarize myself with them ahead of this release.

I’ve listened to so much of the more recent My Morning Jacket catalog over the past couple of years that I felt like I needed to go back and check out some of the earlier stuff as well. I was never that big of a fan before, but now they are one of the topContinue reading “#504 – The Tennessee Fire by My Morning Jacket”

This one was recommended to me by a friend and one of this blog’s first followers. It is mostly covers, which I normally stay away from for my daily selections, but the “Lovely Day/Good As Hell Mashup” is so good that I had to go through the full album.