This is Ryan Shaw
Hello friends, your friendly neighborhood Gonzo here, checking in with some music for your soul. Nearly a month ago, a friend whom is well aware of my tastes asked me if I’d heard Ryan Shaw. He said that he’d heard…
Prince’s Planet Earth – A Review
This Tuesday, Prince’s new album, Planet Earth, will be released in the U.S. This past Sunday, British fans could pick up the album by buying an issue of a newspaper, The Daily Mail. Thanks to a fine, upstanding Brit, I…
Taken by Spoon’s Ga Ga Ga Ga
Hey, look! It’s the Spoon bandwagon coming down the road! Wait, hold on, out of my way! Ouch. Jerk! Let me on! Let me on! *runs along side, and jumps on the bandwagon* It all started when I heard Spoon’s…
My 1990 Halloween with Phish
Thanks to my college cohort Jason, I now have a living breathing document of our early Phish experience. It was Halloween 1990. That night, Phish would play our college’s 740 seat theater, Armstrong Hall. Judging by my first Phish show…
What the Kids are Listening to: A Bay Bay!
Look out, Billboard Hot 100, Hurricane Chris is stormin’ up the charts! I’ve expanded my weekly look of the Billboard Hot 100 from the top five to the top ten (since the same five songs have been in the top…
A nudge in the right direction
Ben at Deeper Shade of Soul hits us with some 1999 era live Prince from Providence. Licorice Pizza is back in action. Aiken explores the Clash’s Vanilla Tapes. There’s some classic early 90’s live World Party over at Maybe We…
Mtume – You, Me and He
James Mtume actually started out as percussionist for Miles Davis in the early 70’s. By the early 80’s he had formed his own group, Mtume. He hit #1 on the R&B charts in 1983 with “Juicy Fruit”. His follow up…
REM & Bruce – Man on the Moon
I had never seen this until tonight… from the Vote for Change mini tour which unfortunately did not accomplish its ultimate goal…. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BisS5JxeUW0]
Nels Cline Singers: Draw Breath
Many people heard of Nels Cline for the first time when he accepted Jeff Tweedy’s offer to become Wilco’s new lead guitarist in 2004. But Nels’ stature in the improvisational music community was already well established. One of his ongoing…
And a Bang on the Ear
A look back at more of the music that makes me tick. This is my favorite Waterboys song. From their great 1988 album, Fisherman’s Blues, it’s a bittersweet, nostalgic look back at the singer’s past loves. He sends them all…
