Art is the music we make from the bewildered cry of being alive. ~Maria Popova
14 Sep 2025 Leave a comment
in Video of the Week Tags: rude mood, stevie ray vaughan
13 Sep 2025 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: o valencia!, the decemberists
The Decemberists: “O Valencia!” (2007)
“Hyper-literate” is an adjective often applied to songwriter Colin Meloy of the Decemberists. And his eclectic influences include British murder ballads, 70’s power-chord prog rock, the Civil War, sea shanties, Japanese folk tales and much more in between.
Meloy definitely favors the “archaic” entries in his well-thumbed thesaurus, giving his ambitious writing a distinct sepia tint beyond the linguistic reach of most writers. But it’s the ability to make all this accessible to the pop music ear that is the true genius of the man.
His hyperliteracy fuses with hyper-catchy pop sensibilities here as Meloy threatens to “burn this whole city down”–in the most appealing pop rock way.
12 Sep 2025 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: baby talk, mick flannery, susan o'neill
Mick Flannery & Susan O’Neill: “Baby Talk” (2021)
Irish singer and songwriter Mick Flannery’s successful collaboration with Susan O’Neill (herself an up-and-coming Irish songwriter) on this song grew into a full album of duets between the two.
Flannery’s rootsy sound and sorrowful songwriting find a sympathetic match in O’Neill’s vocals, which approximate a wounded Stevie Nicks vibe here.
No less than three of Flannery’s albums have reached number one in his native Ireland, where he’s one of that country’s most acclaimed songwriters.
10 Sep 2025 Leave a comment
in Video of the Week Tags: the who, who are you
Every Moment Has A Song 