Music for 1.29.2010: Bob Mould’s Sugar and the Princeton Record Exchange
Michael Gallagher I want to confess that I am a huge Sugar fan. I love Husker Du as well, but let me stress that the Bob Mould-led trio of Sugar was the…
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Modern literacies and music composition: To compose and to perform?
I have been doing some thinking about modern literacies recently. What does it mean to be literate in an information driven world? Does literacy pertain to technological skills, the ability…
Music for 1.21.2010: Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate
For this Thursday, I bring you music from two favorites of mine. Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate are absolute legengs in Africa, both hailing from Mali. Below are the…
Guy Clark with Karen Matheson: Dublin Blues
Beautiful lyrics, beautiful rendition, and a song that is always on my iPod.
1.13.2010 song(s) for the day, ALA, and Shipping up to Boston
I thought some upbeat numbers would help us all move through the cold and lack of sunlight and lethargy for this Wednesday, January 13th, 2010. I like both of these…
Johnny Cash Live at San Quentin circa 1969
No commentary here, just wonderful music.
Music for 1.02.2010
Not a new song by any stretch of the imagination, but one I have on repeat quite a bit on my iPod. I don’t like all the music from Death…