h/t to Ryan M - I want this to be my song of 2023. Check out “This Will Be Our Year” by The Zombies. It's got that groovy soul vibe, and like all the dad-rock bands that channel this type of thing, it will get stuck in your head and make you want to hug … Continue reading Sunday Music: This Will Be Our Year
Tag: pop
Sunday Music: New Year’s Day
How is this not a song you just think of when planning music for New Year’s Day? Bask in that reverby echo with me… And so we're told this is the golden age And gold is the reason for the wars we wage Though I want to be with you, be with you Night and … Continue reading Sunday Music: New Year’s Day
Sunday Music: “Over My Shoulder” By Charlie Hunter
I was talking to a guitar teacher of mine about Charlie Hunter when I was in college. I was gushing about the technique to play his 7 and 8-string bass/guitar monstrosities and my teacher looked at me quizzically. “Hmm. I guess that explains it. I thought he was just a really sloppy player and couldn’t … Continue reading Sunday Music: “Over My Shoulder” By Charlie Hunter
Podcast Of The Week: Darius Rucker On QLS
The last thing I think about when I think about Darius Rucker is what an outcast he is/was. But this guy faced and overcame some serious adversity, at levels I hadn’t ever really fully considered. Take the perspective shift pill (unless you’ve spent a lot of time thinking about his career arc already, in which … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Darius Rucker On QLS
Sunday Music: Emo Kids Going Sober In Song (w/ Future Teens)
Future Teens have a new album out, and the self-described “bummer pop” band has a real gem in “BYOB” about struggling with sobriety. I feel like this is exactly what emo kids getting older is supposed to sound and feel like. A couple of lines from the lyrics with the video below: If you bring … Continue reading Sunday Music: Emo Kids Going Sober In Song (w/ Future Teens)
Religions In Regular Life (Via Maggie Rogers At Harvard)
Maggie Rogers was reflecting on the near-religious aspects of making and performing music when she wondered if she could study it. She could. Harvard Divinity offers a Masters of Religion and Public Life degree, which she earned in 2022. To her, practicing the arts is a spiritual practice. Studying how religion layers intention into everything … Continue reading Religions In Regular Life (Via Maggie Rogers At Harvard)
Sunday Music: Chet Atkins Picking On The Beatles
Chet Atkins is a guitar person’s guitar person. His instrumental takes on the Beatles take my brain into another room and focuses it. I know, I know - it’s the Beatles composition at the core, but hearing how he re-arranges these and chooses his tone, when to use chords, when to bend notes - it’s … Continue reading Sunday Music: Chet Atkins Picking On The Beatles
Sunday Music: Mehldau’s Blackbird
I’m a big fan of Robert Gilbert’s Listening Sessions substack and twitter feed (@listensessions1). Not only am I crazy in awe of his vinyl collection, the guy literally seems to be putting interesting music on 24/7 and sharing what he’s spinning every time. My tastes and his have some overlap (especially with jazz, apparently) and … Continue reading Sunday Music: Mehldau’s Blackbird
Sunday Music: Wynton Kelly’s “I Want A Little Girl”
It breaks my heart this isn’t broadly streaming, but at least it’s on YouTube. After being all fired up the past few months, I needed to relax a bit and Kelly’s trio work consistently puts me in one of my happiest places. “I Want A Little Girl” is standard, laid-back, bluesy-piano-pop at its finest. Recorded … Continue reading Sunday Music: Wynton Kelly’s “I Want A Little Girl”
Sunday Music: Wu-Country Spinoff
I’m not (yet) in love with this, but I definitely don’t hate it and they’ve got me REAL curious given the connections - What if I told you Tekitha (from all the Wu-Tang albums) and Prana Supreme-Diggs (RZA and Tekitha’s daughter) were recording country-infused pop songs and they’re pretty catchy? See it for yourself. Here’s … Continue reading Sunday Music: Wu-Country Spinoff