With ‘Bull Mountain Bridge,’ Gospel-rooted Paul Thorn has a positively jubilant, uplifting tune about a cold-blooded murder. Rejoice! … More Paul Thorn “Bull Mountain Bridge” (2012)
Fireball Maria McKee led Lone Justice to a meteoric arrival. Two years later they were down in flames. But some scorching tunes remain. … More Lone Justice “I Found Love” (1986)
You never know where you might meet up with a famous musician at South by Southwest, maybe even the granddaddy of the festival. … More Alejandro Escovedo “Bottom Of The World” (2012) [performed 2016]
Just my vibe on an historic day.. … More The Band “I Shall Be Released” (1976)
Aptly capturing the 2020 year, with lyrics written over two decades prior, the Bottle Rockets do as they reliably do: out of a boulder of misery they can still chisel a rock and roll jewel. … More Bottle Rockets “I’ve Been Dying” (1998)
Through a Texan drawl and a magnificent set of choppers, Charley Crockett sings of the old west in contemporary style. … More Charley Crockett “Run Horse Run” (2020)
“Don’t ask me how I got this way / Oh, that’s asking too much” cries Whitney Rose amidst the whirlwind chorus as she rattles off the title line ‘I’m In A Rut’ an appropriately repetitive 28 total times. Only her delivery is so rapid-fire, gaps collapsed between the few words and syllables.. … More Whitney Rose “In A Rut” (2020)
It’s just a moment, lasting but a second or two. The verse has come to a clipped end, the band pauses, as if taking a deep inhale on the precipice of something big, and then…the chorus blasts in! I really love that moment … More Rookie “I Can’t Have You But I Want You” (2020)
“Seinfeld” had a whole episode (“The Contest”) about a certain solitary pursuit, so, I guess, why not a pop song. The Divinyls’ sultry 1990 hit ‘I Touch Myself’ certainly addressed the subject most directly, but many more only slightly less obvious allusions have existed than one might expect: ‘Dancing With Myself’ … More Tyler Childers “Ever Lovin’ Hand” (2019)
To date, my musings in this blog have only covered music, and at times my personal relationship to it. I hope any readers may abide me a momentary detour, however, if for no other reason than that it eventually ties to a fantastic song by Alejandro Escovedo on which Bruce Springsteen also prominently appears. … More Alejandro Escovedo “Faith” (2010)
