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June 2016

June 04, 2016

Cover of the Rolling Stone

So far as I know, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem never performed Shel Silverstein's...

August 2015

August 07, 2015

Got the Blues, Got the Blues, Got the Saint Louis Blues

The "Saint Louis Blues" is a jazz standard. It was composed by W.C. Handy as...

July 2015

July 31, 2015

The Nashville Cats meet Noshville Katz!

So many years ago the Lovin' Spoonful recorded a song about guitar pickers in Nashville,...

July 17, 2015

Sing, Sing, Sing!

One of my favorite pieces from the Swing era is Benny Goodman's epic version of...

July 03, 2015

Danny Deever, by Rudyard Kipling

Kipling's poem "Danny Deever" is about a soldier who is going to be hanged for shooting...

June 2015

June 26, 2015

The Wreck of the Athens Queen

Here's a sprightly little ditty about drunkenly salvaging chickens, couches, cows, and brandy from the shipwrecked Athens...

June 19, 2015

I Guess That’s How The Future’s Done: Mushaboom, by Feist

From Feist, here's a lovely little song about dreaming for the future and building a...

May 2015

May 29, 2015

Dream a Little Dream: Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

I was going to post something substantive for today, but I had a lousy day...

May 08, 2015

Old Blind Dogs: A Man’s a Man For A’ That

I'm in the mood for some Old Blind Dogs this week; so here's Bobbie Burns...

April 2015

April 24, 2015

Gopher Tuna!

Gopher Tuna! Bring More Tuna! Statue of Big Dog with Fleas! I've posted this one...

April 10, 2015

Chris Barber: The Ballad of the Liver Bird?

The "Liver Bird"? Really? What on earth is that? What it is, is a song...

March 2015

March 27, 2015

Duo Gadjo: Sous Le Ciel de Paris

Duo Gadjo is a jazz duet; I've mostly encountered their versions of classic French jazz...

March 20, 2015

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: Your Long Journey

Anyone who's heard Alison Krauss knows she can sing like an angel...but who knew Robert...

March 13, 2015

Louis Prima: Pennies from Heaven

I'm not sure that Louis Prima was capable of singing a song without getting goofy...

March 06, 2015

Stan Rogers: The Flowers of Bermuda

Just because it was going through my head last night, here's a sprightly upbeat tune...

February 2015

February 27, 2015

Harry Belafonte: A Hole in the Bucket

I grew up listening to my parent's music, as I suppose many people do; and...

February 20, 2015

Of K-Tel Ads and Nat King Cole

I first heard of Nat King Cole when I was a small boy watching cartoons...

February 13, 2015

Louis Armstrong, Just Because

I've been hearing a lot of Louis Armstrong songs recently; and I wanted to share...

February 06, 2015

Friday Video: His Cheeseburger!

Because I'm tired and feeling goofy, here's a favorite of mine from back when I...

January 2015

January 30, 2015

April Smith Gets Snarky—And You Can Too!

A few weeks ago I posted a video of April Smith singing a happy, upbeat...

January 16, 2015

The Blasters: I’m Shakin!

I first became acquainted with The Blasters when I was in college; they travelled in...

January 09, 2015

April Smith: Movie Loves a Screen

Here's another bit of Pandora flotsam: April Smith and the Great Picture Show with "Movie...

December 2014

December 19, 2014

Poe and the Carol of the Bells

Just in time for Christmas, here's Trans-Siberian Orchestra with a tune called "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12

December 12, 2014

Lee Press-On and the Nails: Hat Back Boogie

All I know about Lee Press-On and the Nails is that they are a San...

December 04, 2014

Great Big Sea: Sea Shanties with Attitude

The more time you spend with folk music of the British Isles, the more you're...

November 2014

November 28, 2014

Music for Black Friday: I’ll Fly Away

The Coen brothers attracted some remarkable talent for the soundtrack for their movie O Brother,...

October 2014

October 31, 2014

The Monster Mash, Just Because

So Tom McDonald has been regaling us all month with "Dark Country" songs in honor...

October 24, 2014

Marty Robbins: Old-Fashioned Cowboy Music

Until I started listening to Pandora I didn't appreciate the difference been "Country" music and...

October 17, 2014

She’s Had Enough of Me

Pandora never ceases to amaze. Here's a blues number (I guess you'd call it blues)...

October 10, 2014

Hold Tight, said the Boogie Woogie Washer Woman

I think most people are familiar with the Andrews Sisters singing "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy";...