The Selected Ballads

This is the first entry in a new series on albums (and maybe other things) that I like despite (or because of) their shambolic nature. To ...

The radio at work (which I do not control) just played "Golden Slumbers". Hearing it filled me with a wonderful feeling, until it...

I came across a great interview from last fall with the producer of Astral Weeks . He talks a lot about the bassist on the album, Richard ...

This was my third time seeing the 70-something year-old drummer Paul Motian , each time with a different trio. First time was with Joe Lova...

The list of albums is from the Elvis Costello Wiki. I added three semi-obscurities from my collection that the wiki did not include in the...

Let me say up front that Pacific Standard on 4th Ave in Brooklyn is a great bar. However, isn't it a bit insulting to sell 12 oz. of a...

I'm glad I never liked Smashing Pumpkins, so I don't have to feel disappointed by this . The most important sentence of this articl...