Sue Foley – Pinky’s Blues
So way back in the day, there was a record/CD store called Records N Such in Stuyvesant Plaza – a local chain that had quite an eclectic selection, an entire separate classical listening room,...
Category: ’20s
Louise Post – Sleepwalker
Sure, I can alphabetize. Zoiks. Well, sometimes I just miss a record – in this case, literally because it was right next to the turntable and not on the shelf, because I play it...
Best Albums of 2023!!
For the first time since . . . well, maybe ever, I have nearly enough new music from the year that is about to end to thinking about doing a “best of the year”...
Pomplamoose – Impossible À Prononcer
I’ve discovered a number of really interesting musicians through YouTube over the years. It’s another avenue to get exposure, and as someone who doesn’t listen to the radio or stream music, anything new is...
Aimee Mann — Queens of the Summer Hotel
As established, I love Aimee Mann. Nobody does what she does better. I’d say nobody does what she does. Her songs resonate with me in a way hardly anyone else’s do. And she’s well...
Larkin Poe — Kindred Spirits
See my last entry on Larkin Poe’s “Self Made Man” for the story of my discovery of Larkin Poe. One of the delights of this pair of sisters is their obvious joy in just...
Larkin Poe — Self Made Man
Listen, when a new artist comes out, everybody says that they’re the latest and greatest, that they’re the heirs to this and that, that they area doing something amazingly new, taking it back to...
Lake Street Dive – Fun Machine: The Sequel
Here’s the last of my Lake Street Dive records – and I think the last of the catch-up records. As I have tried to go through my record collection alphabetically, I decided to stop...
Lake Street Dive — Obviously
A 2021 release, y’all! I don’t live entirely in the past! Back at the beginning of 2018, our local coffeehouse was gonna be hosting a show by a duo called Rachael and Vilray, and...
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