Dating Apps: Inescapable Nightmares for Genderqueer Folk
If you exist outside the gender binary or align with sexuality outside that binary, you know this to be very true: dating apps aren't inclusive but they're all that we have.
This Might Be A Cover Album
A couple of months ago I presented the idea to my musical friends to make a They Might Be Giants (TMBG) cover album.
Rewatching Clone High
I already feel too old to be on TikTok — and one thing on the platform that makes me feel it is the massive amounts of soundbites used from the 2003 MTV animated series “Clone High.”
Chick Corea - A Giant Has Fallen
Chick Corea, one of the greatest jazz pianists and composers of the 20th/21st century and the father of fusion, has passed.
Charm City Django Goes Online
If you’ve been looking for an opportunity to see world-class musicians, support a Baltimore events venue and stay COVID safe, you should look into the 6th Annual Charm City Django Jazz Festival.
What Video Lives in Your Head 'Rent Free'?
Today I just wanted to share some of those gems with you in a collection of short reviews.
Big Fuzzy 'Innocence Pt 2.' - Music Video Directed by Eva Okrent
Anneke Reich’s voice, soulful and waning, sings lyrics that present a patient and revealing tale alongside Max Kennedy who writes from the perspective of their other life as a math teacher in the Boston Public School system.
What Do We Call The Music of Django Reinhardt?
He was told he would never play again but instead re-invented the guitar as a solo instrument to be played with only his two remaining fingers.
World Cinema: 'Latcho Drom' by Tony Gatlif
The illusion that we are traveling forward in time while remaining in the present.
Artist Profile: Arthur Russell
Russell’s music has been brought back to the cultural consciousness.
World Music Listening: Hanko Ferenc and Boros Lajos
But what is Magyar Nota and what makes it so interesting?
Sand of The Month Club
A simple joke where one man in the early ’80s, “Bob Butterfield,” amassed a volume of recipients of envelopes filled with sand.
Artist Profile: Julia Spotts
Culture writer Tom Carlson sits down with noise-music artist, Julia Spotts, aka “mellified man.”
Album Review: 'Werks (A Collection of Songs 2017-2020)' by Tyler Berd
“Werks” is the warm chicken soup we need.
"O Dewel" - A Mystery About Folk Music
I cried joy at something most people would run away from.
Album Review: ‘Here’s What You Do’ by Jake McKelvie & the Countertops
Lyrically the album is funny through a lens of deep sincerity for the absurdity in the little details of life and love - and sometimes it stings in lines such as “well first you’re a homeowner, then you’re a comb-over, checking your license to confirm you’re an organ donor.”
EP Review: ‘Blue’ by Angelo De Augustine
It is short but dense, sweet but melancholic, dreamy, introspective, emotional, and forlorn.
A Look Inside Contemporary Opera
When most people think about opera, they imagine an archaic musical production only available to the cultural elite and rich. Contemporary opera however prove to be the opposite.
Album Review: ‘Songs’ by Adrianne Lenker
In short, Adrianne Lenker’s “Songs” is the most intimate and texture focused album of 2020.