It’s going to be a late night of getting school work done. There is a pair of trousers to sew and things to draw and stuff. It always feels a little deflating to get back into the swing of normal things after a nice long break. But I have lots of rewards and Renegade’s Holiday [...]
Like Jessica, I attach music to seasons. And when asked what reminded me of autumn, my first thought was Diane Birch. She has a distinct Carole King vibe, with soulful lyrics and rich sound. I started listening to her last autumn when I was living in NYC and it was the perfect soundtrack. Here are [...]
I always connect certain albums and artists with particular months and seasons. With the weather shifting to Fall, I’ve been pulling out a lot of my autumn favorites and it got me wondering, “What do other folks listen to in the fall?” Three lovely bloggers will be answering that question on Music Monday over the [...]
I’ve been hiding under a hefty pile of classwork tonight, which is pretty common these days, but I wanted to sneak a little bit of music into this Monday. The brand new Feist album, Metals, comes out tomorrow and you can stream the whole thing in the wiget below: I’ve listened to it a five [...]
Sorry for all the quite around here! I had a wonderful long weekend full of birthday celebrations and adventures. One of the adventures involved going to see Laura Marling and my goodness can that lady sing! Joel wrote a great review so I’ll just send you over here for the details. All I will say [...]
August is here and it’s hard to believe that hot, muggy days are going to be turning into crisp, fallen leaf swirly ones very soon. There are still lots of things that I want to do this summer so I made a pot of coffee, pulled out a notebook and jotted down a few goals. [...]
Being in California always makes me want to listen to Bob Dylan tunes. Mostly songs older songs that sound like desert and sunsets. Those songs always remind me of the Martin Scorsese directed documentary, No Direction Home. It’s full of old footage, interesting interviews, and beautiful stills.
I was all set to have Steal Train’s self titled album be my summer record this summer, but then I remembered Rumours. Oh Fleetwood Mac, why are you so good? The only problem I can find with Rumours is that it’s too short. I want more! We only had Rumours on vinyl [insert Glee joke here] [...]
In just a few months we’ll be flying out to California for a week of celebrating with family, visiting places I’ve never been (like the Getty Museum) and seeing sunshine and sunshiny friends. I’m glad we’re flying and not making that crazy-long drive but when this song came on my radio today I got a [...]
I had planned to write today’s Music Monday post about a new-to-me Australian band called The Jezebels. I like them a lot and if you like Metric and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs I think you should check them out, but…then I heard singer and banjo player, Abigail Washburn. Actually, I saw a video of her playing [...]
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