Weekend America had an interesting interview with a composer named Peter Fish, who is apparently the go-to guy for TV news themes.
Fish described how the different networks’ news themes express their personality (if you will). For example, CBS is very traditional with lots of strings; FOX’s theme, on the other hand, is [...]
… from Steve Earle’s “God Is God,” as covered by Joan Baez on her new recording:
God of my little understanding
Don’t care what name I call
Whether or not I believe
Doesn’t matter at all
I receive the blessings
That every day on earth’s
another chance to get it right
Let this little light of mine
Shine and rage against the night
The process of climbing out of a giant mood crater has been eased by the receipt of a custom-mixed 3-CD set made for me by a friend with sensitivity and excellent taste in music. The song that caught my ear today was “Broken Wheel,” by Bruce Cockburn:
Way out on the rim of the galaxy
The [...]
OK, this is just funny. From Blender via NPR.
John McCain’s Top Ten Songs
1. Dancing Queen — ABBA
2. Blue Bayou — Roy Orbison
3. Take a Chance On Me — ABBA
4. If We Make It Through December — Merle Haggard
5. As Time Goes By — Dooley Wilson
6. Good Vibrations — The Beach Boys
7. What A Wonderful [...]
For some reason, after finishing the post below, this song floated into my head. Written by Carl Story and performed by Rhonda Vincent and the Rage:
Oh you don’t love God, if you don’t love your neighbor
If you gossip about him, if you never have mercy
If he gets into trouble, and you don’t try to [...]
There doesn’t seem to be a word in the English language for how I want to describe Emmylou Harris’ new recording.
“Mature” comes closest, but it doesn’t convey the mix of artistry, humility, and wisdom in Harris’ singing and musical choices. As the song from which the recording title is taken (”Old Five and Dimers [...]
A friend recently introduced me to Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, who are my new enthusiasm. “Ragged Company,” in particular, is a song that I haven’t been able to get out of my head. Listen if you can, it’s fantastic. (I can’t post a direct link, but the Media button on [...]
