What’s the difference between a lovely little song and a precious gem?
David Crosby’s harmony on Jackson Browne’s ‘Something Fine’.
Rock
303: Sara Bareilles, ‘Yellow Brick Road’
“I’ve never heard anyone sing one of my songs like that, ever.”–Sir Elton
Continue reading...302: Bonnie Raitt, ‘I Can’t Make You Love Me’
Right up there with food and water–Those Special Pop Songs.
Continue reading...236: Jacob Collier, ‘Hideaway’
If you ever want to know what’s new in music, check out what Jacob Collier’s been doing for the previous couple of months.
Continue reading...107: The Association, ‘Everything That Touches You’
Pop pap? Glorious? Should I admit in public that I really, really like this song?
Continue reading...170: Laura Nyro, ‘Luckie’ (“Eli & the 13th Confession”)
(Boom!Boom!Boom!) Are you rea-dy???
The evolution of the first 4 seconds of Laura’s masterpiece.
069: Catherine Russell, ‘New Speedway Boogie’
In which the daughter of Louis Armstrong’s musical director, Julliard graduate and studio singer par excellence, sparkles up an old Grateful Dead tune backed by a mandoline, string bass and tambourine.
Jerry would have loved it. So would Satchmo.
271: Laura Nyro, ‘Walk on By’ (Bootleg Collection)
A Rosh HaShana gift – 15 bootleg covers that never appeared on Laura’s official albums.
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