If it sounds a little self-reverential, it’s because it has to be. Maren Morris has been battling pigeon holes long enough, and she’s ready to scream phoenix. I’m always here for artists doing this. The metaphors are all present. Take a read through the lyrics on her new EP The Bridge. Then check out the … Continue reading Sunday Music: Maren Morris Burns It The F@$! Down
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Your Job Is Not Your Identity
Maren Morris has been distancing herself from the country music scene. Or at least the country music machine. Because she understands their labels do not define her identity. This is the funny thing about career building. You start by wanting a job. Getting onto a track, climbing a ladder, being accepted into a group. The … Continue reading Your Job Is Not Your Identity
Sunday Music: Tori Amos’ “Cornflake Girl”
WTF is a cornflake girl? The people who, despite being close to you, will hurt you. That’s what Tori Amos and her friends called a cornflake girl. Trust meets trauma. This is not really happening You bet your life it is Still hauntingly poetic. I remember hearing this song and seeing the truck in the … Continue reading Sunday Music: Tori Amos’ “Cornflake Girl”
Sunday Music: (New) boygenius (!)
“So I see you’ve got that teenage girl breakup energy going tonight, eh?” My girl knows me. And also, my new music rule is, was, and always will be - I go where the feelings are. If that means I’m blasting “Emily, I’m Sorry” washing dishes on a Friday evening, so be it. boygenius has … Continue reading Sunday Music: (New) boygenius (!)
Sunday Music: Karen Carpenter Killing It
An excerpt from the Your All American College Show, with a young Karen Carpenter playing drums and singing, “Dancing In The Streets.” The Dick Carpenter Trio - yeah, that name lasted past the intro on the show. Awesome. Check out both of these: https://youtu.be/vdECtVO-Epo https://youtu.be/sdHyzGXAJPg
Sunday Music: Birtha (Best Band You Never Heard)
I don’t know how I missed this all-female band that mixed Zeppelin with Joplin with Bikini Kill energy before Bikini Kill was a thing. But I did. And until my girlfriend’s buddy Kenny said, “wait, you seriously never heard of Birtha?! We have to go to YouTube, right now," my life was incomplete. Don’t feel … Continue reading Sunday Music: Birtha (Best Band You Never Heard)
Sunday Music: Don’t Mutilate My Mink
I don’t know what rabbit hole I fell down to get sucked into Cristina songs, but how great is “Don’t Mutilate My Mink” - really? I want to do my thing. I want you to appreciate it. I don’t want you to put your hands on anything or mess it up. Fiercely independent and self-confident. … Continue reading Sunday Music: Don’t Mutilate My Mink
Sunday Music: Remembering Betty Davis
Talk about a short career with a massive impact. Betty Davis recorded 4 albums in about as many years. She played with the best musicians of the time. She married Miles Davis. She wrote. She produced. She killed. And then, she retired. She packed her bags, moved to Pittsburgh, and a few weeks ago she … Continue reading Sunday Music: Remembering Betty Davis
Sunday Music: Be My Baby
The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson said the song, “Be My Baby,” was “The greatest record ever produced.” He added, “I felt like I wanted to try to do something as good as that song and I never did. I’ve stopped trying.” Now that’s high praise. We lost Ronnie Spector this week. She was still a … Continue reading Sunday Music: Be My Baby
Sunday Music: Bad Girls Do It Well
Live fast die young / bad girls do it well I heard some teenagers playing this song the other day (in 2021). I don't know if we're still saying "banger," but when it came out in 2013, this was a "banger."* British rapper M.I.A. gives the driving metaphor a spin in "Bad Girls." She does … Continue reading Sunday Music: Bad Girls Do It Well