In Steve Earle’s book of short stories, Doghouse Roses, he introduces Billy, a rare gem in a stream of Nashville songwriters: “…when he sang you believed that he had been a foot soldier at the Battle of Shiloh or a […]
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I like Scott MacLeod. I’d like to think that we grew up parallel bedrooms, hiding from our chores and listening to the same soundtrack because whenever I talk to him we end up going on forever about the music we […]
What did you do this morning? This morning, I got up at 6:45, left the house by 7 to go downtown to my gym and swim in the pool, then was back by 9 to get right to work. That […]
I returned to my hometown, Calgary, Alberta, to do research. The 100th anniversary of the first Stampede seemed like a good time to update my work, and sure enough, there are concerts every single day, any time of day. I’ve […]
Last month, I wrote about the connections that my mother and I have found through music. That led me to thinking this month about me and my dad. Although I had thought about it for awhile, I couldn’t quite figure […]
This week was our anniversary. Those who have read my blog know my husband as an Elvis-loving reluctant cat father who appears in a supportive role whenever I seem to be in the midst of a crisis. That’s pretty much […]
The day that singer, songwriter, and Monkee Davy Jones died, my relationship changed with my mother. Just a little. I already was grown up enough to appreciate her experience and the advice she gave me. We had grown past much […]
Got a hot date Saturday night? This is the album for it. If things go well, it works for Sunday morning too…in fact just pause it around track four or five and you’ve got the perfect mood shift for waking […]
It’s hard to be objective when the first song on Magpie Parables, “Sundance Squares”, opens with all the roots music things that get me worked up: the standard, feel-good chord progression of I-V-vi/IV-I-V; a low, growling voice relieved by clear, […]
**I’m reposting this, because although I took it down for feeling like it was too personal, I loved Kim’s post on a similar subject earlier this week** I haven’t posted anything here for awhile. March was a bad month, and it had […]
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