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Back to Africa today, specifically Mali, in case you missed the album title. Interestingly, this husband and wife duo are both blind and met at a school for the blind in the mid-70s.

As I have been discovering all of these new artists, I’ve been trying to find at least a little biographical information about each artist.  Their backstories are as varied and diverse as their work, or themselves.  Unfortunately, and perhaps essentially to the development of many artists, many of these stories are tragic.  Such is theContinue reading “#330 – Firefly by Emily Remler”

I was under the impression that these guys were a jazz band, and I do see some evidence of that on this album, but it also bears many of the hallmark sounds of the ‘80s. Indeed, there are quite a few parts that sound more like new wave than jazz.

This week marked the start of the Derek Chauvin murder trial. For anyone who has spent the last year under a rock, Chauvin is the former Minneapolis police officer who unnecessarily knelt on the neck of George Floyd until he died. He has become the symbol of out-of-control, violent policing in America and his trialContinue reading “#328 – Still Life by Kodomo”

It’s amazing how quickly I can forget about the things that I intend to do, at least when it comes to this blog. In this case, it’s my decision to diversify the national origins of my selections. I was doing okay with it for what turned out to be a very short time before IContinue reading “#327 – Pirate’s Choice by Orchestra Baobab”

Last week I learned that a friend from work’s wife is directing a new Sheryl Crow documentary for Showtime. I realized that I know a bunch of her songs, but have never heard a complete album of hers, so I decided to check out her most recent release. This album features heavy hitting guests onContinue reading “#326 – Threads by Sheryl Crow”

This blog project has really led me to celebrate the different tastes and experiences among my friends. It makes my life a lot easier to just be able to ask someone who knows better what they’ve been listening to. In this case, I’ve had my hip hop knowledge expanded as well as discovering a newContinue reading “#325 – Bandana by Freddie Gibbs and Madlib”

After yesterday’s “rediscovery” of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, I tried to think of other artists whose older albums were prolific in my listening habits at the time. There’s definitely no shortage of members of that category, and I could probably do at least a month of albums based on that theme. That wouldn’tContinue reading “#324 – Tremendous Sea Of Love by Passion Pit”

I haven’t put much effort into finding new releases for my daily selection. There have been a couple notable ones that come to mind, but it had not occurred to me until tonight that it might be fun to try to listen to albums on the day of their release. I have been a bigContinue reading “#323 – L.W. by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard”

My favorite thing about this project is the daily opportunity to discover a new artist. It has opened my eyes to many genres that I might never have realized how much they appeal to me. One big one has been the world of indie pop. I’ve traditionally been reluctant to spend much time on theContinue reading “#322 – Cheap Queen by King Princess”