Monthly Archives: September 2023

It’s been a little bit since I’ve listened to a serious jazz recording. This one is from a live performance at the Village Vanguard, a legendary New York jazz club. It’s a fitting place for any performer to document their prowess, as it’s stage has hosted so many legends over its long history.

Today marks the end of our yearly east coast pilgrimage, as we wrap up just over two weeks of family visitation at some friends’ lake house near the Pennsylvania-Ohio border. We were originally scheduled to have a night out to see The Clarks this past Saturday at a local venue, but they ended up havingContinue reading “#1207 – Madly In Love At The End Of The World by The Clarks”

This artist came into my life due to her role as back-up vocalist and trumped player in Trey Anastasio Band. Her voice is amazing as is her trumpet playing (not that I’m any kind of brass performance expert). It’s no surprise that such an accomplished performer would have an impressive catalog of her own.

As Spotify becomes more and more dialed in with my listening habits, I frequently see entire categories on the app that are right up my alley. Today’s selection came from one called “instrumental Americana.” While that seems like an unnecessarily specific genre description (a frequent occurrence at this point in music history) I certainly haveContinue reading “#1205 – Into The Light by Marisa Anderson”

I first heard of these guys when they played at Coachella some seven or eight years ago, around the time they released their first album, which is a powerhouse of stripped-mall down musical energy. Anyone who can fire up an audience with just a bass and drums is worth checking out, in my book. IContinue reading “#1204 – Back to the Water Below by Royal Blood”

I know some people whose musical tastes seem very narrow to me, to the point where I find myself (perhaps unfairly) discounting their recommendations. This seems to just be another mental bad habit of mine that needs to be broken. That’s why it feels so beneficial to me to be proven wrong in such situations,Continue reading “#1203 – The English Riviera by Metronomy”

I’ve been finding a lot of cool singer/songwriters lately, spurred on by my affection for the work of Dan Reeder and others. There’s something so appealing to me about someone who maybe doesn’t have the most polished voice out there, but has such amazing content to their songs that you are transported to the timeContinue reading “#1202 – Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle by Bill Callahan”

We listened to this album on our drive from my Mom’s house in Connecticut to my in-laws’ in Pennsylvania. I was sort of aware of this artist, having overheard at least a part of a song from this album. While it’s probably not my favorite selection of the past few weeks, there are definitely aContinue reading “#1201 – These Songs are for Anyone Sick of Earth by Aliah Sheffield”