Festival jams
When musicians gather onstage for jams, there’s often unexpected fun and sometimes a bit of magic.
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 timeless meditation on grief and music
James Runcie on what it must have been like to sing, play, and hear Bach’s music for the very first time.
Classified
Today, for some strange reason, seemed like a good time to hear James Booker and Classified.
Joni Jam
Joni Mitchell made a triumphant return to Newport in 2022. Here are a few favorite videos from the show.
Molly and Flux play Bluegrass like the founders intended
Molly Tuttle and Jerry Douglas team up at DelFest for some high-powered bluegrass.
Drinking in the music of the Stillhouse Junkies
The Stillhouse Junkies play a heady brew of roots, blues, folk, funk, and swing music.
Our little universe
A treasure full of the wild, weird and wonderful from the world of fretted instruments publishes its 50th issue.
Life is just as strange as folk music
A trip to the Edvard Grieg home Troldhaugen, outside Bergen, brought out tunes by a favorite composer.
Richard Thompson finds his voice
Richard Thompson’s 2021 memoir is as witty, moving, and well-crafted as his music.
Echoes of the past
Thoughts on one of the Washington area’s true treasures, with classic carousel music as an added treat.
MORE TO COME... 