I wrote this earlier this evening under my dailykos pseudonymn. Predictably, it died a quick and anonymous death. So it goes. It ties tangentially into an earlier blog here about a gospel revival, and so I'll rescue it from one oblivion to place it in a second oblivion. And then contemplate my own...

If you came to visit my home, you would find yourself surrounded by religious artwork. Some of it, along the hallway to the bathroom, is visionary yarn paintings made by Huichol Indians. But… Continue

Thanks to Twitter, I was turned onto this live in-studio performance on OPB featuring Loch Lomond, and couldn't help but share.

Way back in May, I posted here about Loch Lomond, a chamber folk group from Portland he… Continue

This story about The Headlocks was first posted on my own blog in September, shortly before the band's album-launch concert at a big old theater in outer-borough New York City. As it turned out, the show was a one-of-a-kind local event in which The Headlocks pinned their appreciative audience to the mat with a hard-driving mix of covers and original tunes. What follows is a look at the long strange trip that got them there. Please read on, and check out "Me or You," a Headlocks track currentl… Continue

Dolly Parton - Dolly (Sony Legacy)

Quick Take: 4-discs; nearly 5 hours of music; multi-label compilation spanning 1957-1993; superb, rarely heard early sides; deep helping of RCA catalog; select tracks from Columbia catalog; solos and duets; 8 previously unreleased tracks; 62 page booklet featur… Continue