H/T: Steve Karras People who attack their instruments are great. This is Jon Dee Graham and the song is “October.” Here is more on Graham, who...
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The top song this week in 1972 was The Temptations’ great “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone.” It really is a very sad song. Check out the...
A Conversation with Jessica Campbell This is an edited version of responses to questions The Daily Music Break posed to Jessica Campbell, a young Nashville...
French composer Georges Bizet hit an unfortunate daily double: He died young and his career epitomizes the artist whose work is unappreciated until he is gone...
A Conversation with Nino Arobelidze: I had a very enjoyable conversation about a week ago with Tbilisi, Georgian-born, Chicago-based singer and songwriter Nino...
Sex Bomb (above) is perhaps the most bizarre recording I’ve even seen. The skeevy lyrics, the apparently well coached informerical-like audience and...
A blogger/musician named Noah Baerman posted, a couple of years ago, a nice essay on Los Lobos. He also offered his thoughts on the band’s ten best songs...
I was looking for a nice afternoon post and happened across this famous photograph. Here is the story of the shot, which features just about every famous jazz...
Without doubt, the most surprising thing I’ve learned during the seven or so months I’ve been doing this website is that Norah Jones is Ravi...
Moonglow is beautiful. If anyone knows the name of the second song on this clip, please let me know. Benny Goodman is, of course, one of the giants. As...