So sad to hear about the passing of Nancy Griffith. All kinds of music have influenced and kept me company through good times and bad, but I think I'll always be a country girl at heart. Very sweet, but potentially very ornery! While I was raised in the hood, just up...
I’d like to share with you one of my favorite poems by Walt Whitman as I think we are all the spider he writes about. For me A Noiseless Patient Spider speaks to that bit (or gaping holes) of emptiness we try to fill with various things. Most of us expend a good bit...
"California Stars" is a song from 1998's Mermaid Avenue Vol. II, a collection of some of Woody Guthrie's previously unrecorded songs that Bob Dylan thought had been promised to him. Fate wasn't having it though, and a little over 20 years after Woody Guthrie's death...
This song is from one of my favorite movies ever, Moonrise Kingdom, by the quirky film-maker Wes Anderson. For me, this is a movie about love. All kinds of love. Young love. Love that has died. Unrequited love. The love one feels for comrades/friends. I found out this...
This is from Nashville, a show I loved for its first couple of seasons. Interesting, real-life story lines, and AWESOME musicians/artists! Including this Aussie. This is real talent right here folks. IMO of course. If you like this, check out her and Sam Paladino,...
I challenge you to watch and listen to this video and not feel happy! Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire make me wanna get up and dance!
I found this song on the Tedeschi Trucks Fan Facebook page. Their lead singer, Rachael Price, has got some soulful pipes! If you like this, head over to the Alternate Takes section to check out their version of the Hall & Oates song, Rich Girl - the girl on bass,...
