• Alabama 3
    Folk,  Roots Rock

    Hittin’ the Speed of the Sound of Loneliness

    As I sit to type this, I’m watching American Idol contestant Kristy Lee Cook absolutely BUTCHER the Beatles song “8 Days a Week”. An uptempo, countrified version. Buhhh-leck. “Dolly Parton on helium,” says Simon. Lucky for me I don’t watch…

  • Christmas

    Christmas with Cockburn

    [See this 2008 post for the show.] Since we’re on the final stretch to Christmas, I thought I would sneak out a few of my essential tunes courtesy of my favorite Canadian, Bruce Cockburn. In 1994, the Columbia Records Radio…