A Conversation with Larry Kirwan: . Larry Kirwan has been around the literary and music worlds – both in the United States and Ireland — for quite some...
Category - Podcasts
Last week, The Daily Music Break last week had the pleasure of chatting with Sarah Peacock. Below is the conversation and info she sent ahead of time...
This post actually focuses on two people: Eva Jessye and Mari Newland, and features an interview with the latter. There are a lot of extremely important people...
Jack Grace, who the site posted on a few weeks ago, is both a serious musician and an absurdist. He runs The Jack Grace Band and Van Hayride, a country version...
Editor’s Note: Kristen Graves is the Connecticut State Troubadour. When I found out that she had met Pete Seeger, I asked her to lie if the answer to the...
Ian McFeron is a singer/songwriter from Seattle. He currently is working on his eighth album, the third with producer Doug Lancio, who also has produced for...
Maria Quiles and Rory Cloud met in 2011 and have been performing and recording together ever since. Below are answers to questions posed by The Daily Music...
Two weeks ago, The Daily Music Break posted about country singer/songwriter Dan Weber. We chatted with Dan a few weeks ago. Check out the podcast — and...
A Conversation with Doug MacLeod: Doug MacLeod is a bluesman, which I believe he would consider a great compliment–it certainly is meant that way. His...
The Daily Music Break was supposed to feature a podcast with country singer/songwriter Dan Weber today. We were halfway through recording it when my computer...
Reading Music
The stories of the great bands and musicians are fascinating. Musicians as a group are brilliant, but often troubled. The combination of creativity and drama makes for great reading.
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Here are some books to check out.
Duke Ellington brought class, sophistication and style to jazz which, until that point, was proudly unpolished and raucous. His story is profound. The author, Terry Teachout, also wrote "Pops," the acclaimed bio of Louis Armstrong. Click here or on the image.
What else is there to say? Here is the story behind every song written by The Beatles. Click here or on the image.
The Grateful Dead don't get enough credit for the profound nature of its lyrics. Many of the band's songs are driven by a deep and literate Americana ("I'm Uncle Sam/That's who I am/Been hidin' out/In a rock and roll band" and "Majordomo Billy Bojangles/Sit down and have a drink with me/What's this about Alabama/Keeps comin' back to me?").
David Dodd's exhaustive study tells the story, song by song. Click here or on the image.