Personal

250: Mose Allison, ‘Young Man’s Blues’

My g-g-g-generation, dropping like flies, teenagers dying of old age.
Carpe diem?
After my nap.

102: Netanela, ‘Shir HaYona’ (Matti Caspi)

Noah’s dove, still searching for land.
A secular Israeli prayer for peace.

November 2, 2022 by jeff Israeli Other Personal Song Of the week Vocalists 10

271: Laura Nyro, ‘Walk on By’ (Bootleg Collection)

A Rosh HaShana gift – 15 bootleg covers that never appeared on Laura’s official albums.

September 21, 2022 by jeff Personal Rock Song Of the week 12

301: Erik Bosio (& jeff meshel), ‘Galia’

If I’m a wave, then she’s a shoreline
Watching the tide rise
Waiting to break me.
Galia.

August 23, 2022 by jeff A Cappella Classical Personal Song Of the week 16

300: Decapede, ‘Creston Gold’/Buddy Holly, ‘Peggy Sue’

The sweetest music you’ll never hear.

July 21, 2022 by jeff Personal Rock Song Of the week 9

090: The Cyrkle, ‘Red Rubber Ball’

1966–when Paul Simon mistook Jeff for Art and gave away that unforgettable, bouncy ‘Red Rubber Ball’.

May 5, 2022 by jeff Personal Rock Song Of the week 10

084: Dmitri Shostakovich, Prelude & Fugue No 16 in B-flat Minor (Tatiana Nikolaeva)

As our hearts weep with the innocent Ukrainian victims of Russian aggression, our thoughts turn to Dmitri Shostakovich, a courageous human being and a great composer who lived and worked under the shadow of Soviet oppression.

March 10, 2022 by jeff Classical Personal Song Of the week 8

070: Buddy Holly, ‘That’ll Be the Day’

Buddy Holly’s great song and the night The Grateful Dead backed me singing it. Yeah, for real.

February 10, 2022 by jeff Personal Rock Rock and Roll Song Of the week 8