A Hallowe’en bonus treat for lovers of a good witness protection thriller
Anna Scotti’s “It’s Not Even Past” has just been re-published. Add it to your collection of mysteries.
All posts filed under: Saturday Soundtrack
Semi-regular Saturday updates – to break out of the more serious posts on other days of the week – on musical events, musicians and bands that catch my ear. Think of Paul Krugman’s “Friday Night Music” blog posts…without the PhD in Economics (not to mention the Nobel Prize).
A story as important as it is overlooked
Music’s affirmation of an individual’s sense of humanity in dehumanizing circumstances.
Bring on October baseball!
My non-analytical, highly personal take on who will win it all in the 2026 MLB playoffs.
I love the pithy proverb: Volume 13 (The Dolly Parton edition)
Dolly Parton stars in the most recent in my series of aphorisms that have captured my attention.
Fall 2026
The musical performances of our son, the tenor Andrew Bearden Brown, set for this fall.
A Saturday grab bag: The 2026 Autumnal Equinox edition
Links to stories and music from a few writers and musicians I follow who have important things to say.
Listen with more than your ears and see with more than your eyes
Touchstone phrases can be practical. Mystical. Poetic. Old-fashioned yet current and contemporary.
Dolly Parton, RIP
Dolly Parton passed away this week at the age of 80. Her death leaves a big hole in hearts around the world.
Gimmie that old Brooklyn Bluegrass
Damn Tall Buildings encourages you to abandon your assumptions about who can play traditional music.
Glen Hansard, RIP
Glen Hansard “gathered people together,” showing “that kindness is its own kind of song.”
