Sculptors and Vandals
I think punk gets a bad rap. These days it’s usually associated with screaming vocals and fast, heavy guitars, and that’s all fine and good. But what about the words…
casting devious stares
If I were to make a playlist on one of the various music services, I would need it to allow me about 1,000 songs. I’m always spitting out songs to…
I Don’t Dig Those Kind of Blues Anymore
I like a lot of The Gaslight Anthem’s music, so when I saw that their lead singer, Brian Fallon, had a solo album, I decided to check it out. The…
Yazoo/Yaz Upstairs At Eric’s
Yazoo’s (Yaz in U.S. because of copyright issue) first album, Upstairs At Eric’s, is SynthPop gold. Before there was an Adel, there was Alison Moyet. Alison’s powerful voice drives the…
A Calf Born in Winter
I’ve never really been one for instrumental music, but I came across this song on a playlist one day and it stuck. The title caught my attention for starters, and…
Running free with the buffalo
Thin Lizzy’s 1976 Album Jailbreak gave us two lasting hits, “Jailbreak” and “The Boys Are Back In Town” (which are both great rocking tunes), but my pick from the album…
Where does it go from here?
Ok, so here’s the first of many embarrassing admissions, or guilty pleasures. “Love Plus One” by Haircut 100. It’s a perky little ditty from yesterdays gone by. The official video…
Winter of ’17
One winter when I was in high school, I had a playlist of music that I listened to almost every day. Well, every season in every year I have a…
.. to the moon.
I’m calling this a “deep track” since I don’t think it ever got any airplay, but, others have found it from its play on Netflix’s Space Force series. And, since…
This Could Be a Paradise
It seems to me that some of the best music is the stuff no one’s heard of. I stumbled across “Paradise” by Dave Hause one day, and the opening guitar…