Tigran’s website says he plays “atmospheric punk jazz improvisations fused with the rich folkloric music of his native Armenia”. Me? My binge is in its sixth day and I still have no idea what I’m listening to. But I’m still listening.
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025: The Zombies, ‘Care of Cell 44′
The only love song I know of a guy eagerly awaiting his belle’s release from prison.
Perhaps there should be more.
018 Sir Paul McCartney, ‘Distractions’
In which Jeff calls Sir Paul “the Prince of Plastic, the Sheikh of Shallow” (utter blasphemy!) and presents the one song from Paul’s 30something post-Beatle CDs that deserves to be visited and revisited, because it’s
uniquely mature, straightforward, honest and heartfelt.
087: Bob Dylan, ‘Black Diamond Bay’
Here’s a less-known Dylan masterpiece, ‘Black Diamond Bay’ from the last of his great albums, ‘Desire’ (1976).
It’s a cinematic tour de force, a dreamed narrative from a movie that you’ve never quite seen, hovering just beyond the horizon of your consciousness. You know every cliché, even the ones you’re aware Dylan is inventing as you watch.
154: Laura Nyro, ‘Save the Country’
And yet again my city is being bombarded by Hamas missiles, half a dozen since last night. Thanks to the IDF’s Iron Dome for watching over me physically and to Laura for watching over me spiritually.
Continue reading...050: The Rolling Stones, ‘Gimme Shelter’ (Kent State)
51 years ago, I walked onto my deserted campus and experienced a musical hallucination. That terrible time when American soldiers killed American citizens.
Continue reading...274: Tim Hardin, ‘Reason to Believe’
“The Perfect Song” and some indulgent navel-gazing. Do I choose the music, or has the music formed me? My personal existentiality as reflected a 2-minute paragon of restraint.
Continue reading...267: Boz Scaggs, ‘Lowdown’ (“Fade Into Light”)
What a singer. What a musician. What a cool guy.
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