• Funk

    Jesse Johnson Extended

    Here’s more in my ongoing series of Prince-related posts as my conversions from LP to mp3 continue. I posted the LP version of former Time guitar man Jesse Johnson’s “Crazay” recently. But I consider the extended 12″ version far superior,…

  • Indie

    Riding on a Tortoise down Thunder Road

    This one’s been all over the mp3 blogs over the last few weeks, but as I always say, it’s my blog and i’ll post if I want to… I’m always curious to hear new interpretations of Springsteen tunes. I posted…

  • New Orleans

    3 for New Orleans

    After checking out Home of the Groove’s latest Mardi Gras posts, and listening to Nick Spitzer’s New Orleans-based American Routes on NPR tonight, I am in the Mardi Gras mood baby! New Orleans may be a very different place after…

  • Funk,  Prince

    Prince at the Brits

    Here’s the Man continuing his current campaign of funky butt kicking at this year’s Brit Awards, performing “Te Amo Corazon” “Fury”, “Purple Rain”, and “”Let’s Go Crazy”. Joined by Sheila E. on drums, Wendy Melvoin on guitar, Lisa Coleman on…

  • Jazz

    Hard Boppin with Mulgrew Miller

    There’s always time to kick back, relax, and take in some good classic-style jazz. Mulgrew Miller is an amazing pianist (as you’ll hear). He is a veteran of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, and has gone on to success as a…

  • Hip Hop,  Old School

    Terminator X Goes Off

    So I’ve been going through my boxes of old cassettes, and am starting the arduous task of converting them to mp3. The first to get the treatment was ‘Terminator X & the Valley of the Jeep Beats’. As the DJ…

  • Acoustic,  Laid Back

    I wish I could quit this song

    One more on the mellow side before I launch into some newly converted cassette tapes (yes, cassettes!) from my past. So who’s seen Brokeback Mountain? I probably won’t until I run across it on HBO or Cinemax, but if this…

  • Acoustic

    The Poet Game

      It’s tough enough keeping up with all of the new music out there when you’re still discovering great music from years past. It’s a perpetual cycle, but that’s what is so great about music: you’ll never hear it all,…

  • Old School

    Good Night Ned

    My college partner in crime, Jason, noticing my recent trend of reaching way back into my past (80’s Prince), emerged recently with an email containing the Beastie Boys version of ‘Bennie and the Jets’, as sung by Biz Markie. He…

  • Roots Rock

    Will’s a Piece of Work

    Check out this Will Kimbrough song. Jimmy Buffett fans will recognize it, he covered it on his ‘License to Chill’ album. Will is a Mobile, Alabama native whose guitar skills have made him a much sought-after side man for the…