I’ve long been a fan of Ry Cooder and his extremely versatile and inventive, shape-shifting approach to guitar. Here’s a short thing on “Cardboard Avenue,” a song from one of his latest projects, My Name Is Buddy, for NPR’s Song of the Day. Read the essay and take a listen to the song here.
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Here’s a piece on on The Besnard Lakes’ “Disaster” from its album, The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse, for NPR’s Song of the Day. To listen to the song and read the essay go here.
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Once again, here’s a short piece about The Sea And Cake’s song “Crossing Line,” from its new album Everybody, for NPR’s Song of the Day. Read the essay and listen to the song here.
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Here’s a piece about The Broken West’s “Hale Sunrise,” from its album I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On for NPR’s Song of the Day. Check it out and listen here.
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Here’s a short thing on “Pastora Divine” — a song by a local hometown musician from Lawrence, Kansas, White Flight, for NPR’s Song of the Day. Read the piece and listen to the song.
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Here’s a piece on Swan Lake’s song “Widows Walk” from its album Beast Moans for NPR’s Song of the Day. Read the piece and hear the song here.
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Here’s a short piece on Annuals’ song “Brother” from the band’s album Be He Me for NPR’s Song of the Day. Read the piece here.
I have another feature for NPR’s Song of the Day, on “Skinny Boy,” a new song from Stars and Broken Social Scene singer Amy Millan. Read it here.
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As an aspiring music critic and musician, I have been hard at work sending out a pitch here and there to get my name and fame. Well I can now say I have something published, in the form of NPR’s Song of the Day, the daily music feature on NPR’s website. Hopefully there will be more to come so I can be universally loved and admired by dozens. Read the piece here.
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