“But the truth is, of all the musicians I’ve listened to, watched, interviewed or written about, none so humanly inhabits the spectacle of their creativity and radiates its life force quite like Patti.”
Read MoreRemember when public protest was a real thing? When people who believed passionately in something got together en masse to express their rejection of or support for it in a meaningful way, And by meaningful we should understand that a result was achieved, that change occurred or an impact was felt.
Read MoreWho says "the chosen one" can't be an out of shape, preening, reactionary drug guzzling boomer who revels in the glory days and boozehound antics of aimless defiant rejection of the straight/adult world?
Read MoreEmmylou Harris is a great solo artist and singer but really - and to her added credit - she is one of the greatest backing singers of the past half century.
Read MoreI never went to Vondelkerk intending to write about Robert Forster’s only Amsterdam show on his late 2019 An Acoustic Evening with Robert Forster tour.
Read MoreHe is not the greatest interview subject but Rakim, who “melted microphones just like cones of ice cream” appeared on The Tight Rope with Cornel West and Tricia Rose in the past month. It’s a sort of conundrum.
Read MoreWhen I was 11, I was given an autograph book. It’s mostly filled with comically risqué notes from my friends but I did manage to snag one famous person’s signature.
Read MoreOn the morning that a press release arrived in my inbox announcing the death of Terry Dempsey, my 14-year-old daughter had selected David Cassidy’s “Daydreamer” for her school-run playlist.
Read MoreI wrote this nearly three years ago on a research trip for my MA thesis, when I once again found myself working in one of the most beautiful libraries in the world
Read MoreSeeing Spike Lee pay glorious tribute to Prince at the Oscars had me remembering this short piece I wrote when he died
Read MoreStill, when ABBA released its seventh album, my sister and I didn’t waste any time in buying it. We instantly fell in love with the title track “Super Trouper”, and would play it over-and-over …
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