• Miscellaneous

    Observations: Film Music

    I found this post from the summer hiding in my GoogleDocs folder and it somehow never made it to the front page. Better late then never? – Michael I’ve successfully avoided the urge to rant on about this, that and…

  • Country

    Jerry Reed 1937-2008

    While I fully realize that my attachment to Jerry Reed was primarily due to his participation in Smokey & The Bandit and Scooby-Doo, I found out later in life that he was a hell of a songwriter and a amazing…

  • Blues

    Northern Exposure: Son of Dave

    Son of Dave is Benjamin Darvill whom you may or may not recognize as part of Crash Test Dummies. As he so succinctly puts it, he has spent the last few years bringing “the Blues kicking and howling into the…

  • Friday Five

    Ickmusic’s Friday Five: August 29, 2008

    Well we’ve reached the end of “The Theme Days of Summer” and for this weeks playlist I thought it only appropriate that we send off the summer with an ode to endless summer nights and the changes coming as some…

  • Rock n' Folk

    Northern Exposure: The Great Outdoors

    The Great Outdoors returns with the second EP in their season-themed series. Standing in stark contrast to Spring, Summer takes an almost darker turn in celebrating the long hot days of it’s namesake. The rollicking jangle of “Summer in the…

  • Rock

    Review: John Mayer Live at New England Dodge Center

    Mayer leaves the paparazzi behind and delivers a heartfelt set to his hometown crowd. “Here are the delays and cancellations of your problems…” promised an earnest John Mayer Saturday night, and for the two hours he occupied the stage, he…

  • Friday Five

    Ickmusic’s Friday Five: August 22, 2008

    It’s been a long and busy week here at Ickmusic East full of ups and downs. Between the shocking and untimely passing of LeRoi Moore, Jerry Finn, Issac Hayes and Jerry Wexler the music community has lost many members these…