Today is “International Kiss A Ginger Day.” As a redhead, I can’t resist posting this fine, fine new tune by a master that warns you of the perils, and possibilities, perhaps inherent in “a strawberry blonde.” From the album Compromised […]
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I had never seen this until Danny Baker (@prodnose) posted it yesterday on Twitter, stating succinctly: “Pulling ‘Cripple Creek’ out [of] the fucking air. Maestros.” Got little to add to that, friends, except that I’ve always loved Levon Helm and […]
He might have been — no, he was — given the name Harry Peter Traum at birth, back at the beginning of May 1938 in the Bronx, New York, but Happy Traum goes by a nickname that says it like it is. A […]
A delightful holiday party and a sudden Manhattan downpour both militated against my making a benefit gig for which I’d bought tickets for myself and two friends last Monday night, but I was determined not to miss it. People did come […]
Toronto’s Choir! Choir! Choir! and telephone/media company Koodoo recently teamed up to record The Cure’s “Friday I’m In Love” to welcome to the city a family of the Syrian refugees now arriving in Canada. When they approached Robert Smith for permission, […]
Should you be one of the few, the happy few, who have a copy of the 18-disc Collector’s Edition of Bob Dylan’s latest Bootleg Series release, check your email — and rejoice. The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series […]
Once upon a time, I did write about a David Bromberg show, for Huffington Post. That’s been a few years ago now, and – though I’ve heard him many times since – I hold off. Why? Some of the […]
After a series of distressed and distressing posts on her Facebook page this week, which have been noticed by friends and by the media, Sinéad O’Connor posted a note approximately an hour ago announcing that she had taken an overdose. Half […]
Near the end of his 2015 tour of Japan, Canada and the United States, Paul Brady stopped by Manhattan this month for one night only. I’ve not missed him when he has come to town for many years, but this […]
The one and only Mr. Booker T. Jones, at the Bearsville Theater, Woodstock, NY. His long intro about recording with Bob Dylan in Malibu is an excellent saga — and his performance of “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” is lovely, too. […]
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