Blog Posts

  • Best Music of 2009 – Songs

    With my picks for best album out of the way, lets move on to songs.  This is usually the toughest thing to come up with – to limit your self to ten or so songs and rank them in order of goodness.  So, here again I’m going to do something a little different this year.  Read more

  • Best Music of 2009 – Albums

    Over the past few years, I’ve been writing up my list of top 3 or 5 albums for each year.  When I went back through the albums I’ve heard in 2009 it seemed that there was too much good music to stop there.  On the other hand, I wanted to focus on what I felt Read more

  • Best Music of 2008 – Albums

    [This is the second half of what is becoming my annual music review. This second installment will cover my top albums and a look ahead at some exciting new releases coming out in early 2009.] Last year I was a little disappointed with the albums put out by some of my favorite artists, but there Read more

  • Best Music of 2008 – Songs

    [I have been unofficially picking my top albums each year for several years now, but last January I made it official for the first time by posting my 2007 picks in our blog and even though it’s probably cliche and self-aggrandizing to think anyone gives two rips about my music critiques I’m going to do Read more

  • Heartless Rock and Roll

    I don’t remember how I got introduced to The Heartless Bastards (although it might have been this radio interview) but I do distinctly remember that it took one listen to one song (New Resolution) to get me permanently hooked. I also remember talking with my friend Scott in December 2005 about our favorite new music Read more

  • This isn’t a Music Blog but…

    There are some great new bands surfacing all the time and I can’t help but try and spread the word.  Here are a couple examples: Felice Brothers:  My first thought when I heard a couple of songs from Felice Brothers – an Americana roots influenced band formed by a couple of Tom Waits’ nephews.  I’m not exactly sure why Read more