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When you see an album titled “666,” it’s easy to assume what the content might be like. The album art alone is pretty far off from what you’d expect from an album with this title. There is a nice, big snake on there, though. The music is also a far cry from the typical satan-themedContinue reading “#443 – 666 by Sugar Candy Mountain”

Some of my favorite classic films feature scores by this legend. I’ve always loved the Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns, which have had such a prolific influence on storytelling in film. This time, however, these scores were the perfect accompaniment to a balloon duel between two little girls and their parents. I’m not going to sayContinue reading “#442 – Ennio Morricone Film Music Collection”

I worked on a show today where George Clinton was one of the guests. It was his 80th birthday, so I couldn’t help but imagine why it would be like to have him as your grandfather.

Over the past few years I’ve gotten more and more into the jam band scene, which has led me to check out many artists that I have long been aware of. In this case, I have friends from as far back as college and high school who have been obsessed with moe. for as longContinue reading “#440 – Dither by moe.”

I’ve been slipping a lot lately, both in my once diligent posting habits and in my commitment to choosing artists from around the world. I’m not going to pretend that that’s why I picked this one, because I didn’t realize that they were Swedish until afterwards. Nonetheless, it will hopefully serve as yet another opportunityContinue reading “#439 – Bloom by JIRM”

Someone sent me a video of these guys’ set from the Peach Festival and I had to check out an album. Another entry for my live music to-do list.

It’s so great to get an album recommendation first thing in the morning. That’s probably been the best side effect of this project. I now have a collection of people with widely varied musics tastes sending me albums on a regular basis. Sometimes, by the time I wake up there’s multiple selections waiting for me.Continue reading “#437 – L’Invitation by Freedom Fry”

I was looking for a nice, chill album to listen to in the pool and one of my go-to Spotify playlists came through with this gem. I’m always awed by an artist whose songwriting and composition are so minimalist, but are extremely powerful nonetheless.

Two cover albums in a row?! What has become of this once noble blog project? This is a brand new release by jazz saxophonist Dave McMurray, and the appeal of jazzy Dead covers was to great for me to resist. Featured here are some excellent reimaginings of some of my favorite songs in the GratefulContinue reading “#435 – Grateful Deadication by Dave McMurray”

If you’ve been following this blog, you know how I feel about putting covers on your album. To recap, unless you’re doing something new and interesting and making the song your own, I think it should be avoided. This album is all covers and I generally approve. Anybody that can play slide slide guitar theContinue reading “#434 – Kindred Spirits by Larkin Poe”