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My Top 10 Album Closing Songs

Posted on October 28, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

Last week, Juan and I did our Top 10 album opening tracks. This week, I’m back with my 10 favorite album closers. The criteria, at least for me, is a little bit different here. While an opening track is a … Continue reading →

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My Top 10 Album Opening Songs

Posted on October 21, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

Remember when it was a big deal for a new album to drop? The street date was always Tuesday, and you’d walk to your local record store and pick up the CD/cassette/LP/whatever and listen to it straight through, see what … Continue reading →

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An Artist I Love: the everybodyfields

Posted on October 14, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

Yes, their name is all lowercase. Yes, it pained the copy editor in me to leave the headline like that. But I’m willing to overlook it because I love this band so much. How much? On Friday night, I got … Continue reading →

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2013 Recap

Posted on October 8, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

I’ve got this really disgusting bruise on my leg … I got a stain on my favorite jacket … I think I might have an ulcer … So, yeah, Hardly Strictly was a success, as always. I elected to skip … Continue reading →

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Five Bands I’m Excited to See at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Posted on October 1, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

If you’ve never been to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, you’ve missed out. The festival, which takes over Golden Gate Park for the first weekend of October every year, was started in 2001 by billionaire financier and banjo hobbyist Warren Hellman. It’s … Continue reading →

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On Gospel Music

Posted on September 23, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

I’ll just get this right out of the way: I think religions are dumb. All of them. People may laugh at Mormons and Scientologists and make fun of their obviously ridiculous origin stories, but the only difference between those myths … Continue reading →

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An Artist I Love: Gillian Welch

Posted on September 16, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

For recent Music Mondays, I’ve taken to writing posts about albums I like. I was all set to do this for Gillian Welch, but then I realized I couldn’t choose between her last two albums, Soul Journey and The Harrow … Continue reading →

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An Album I Love: Mescalito

Posted on September 9, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

One problem I’ve run into with my taste in music is that the majority of the artists I like tend to be, well, dead. My favorite guitar player (and everyone else’s), Jimi Hendrix, died eleven years before I was born. … Continue reading →

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An Album I Love: The Dark Side of the Moon

Posted on September 2, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

This one doesn’t need a whole lot of introduction. Dark Side of the Moon stayed on the charts for fifteen years, and is one of the best-selling albums of all time, along with Michael Jackson’s Thriller and the Eagles’ Greatest … Continue reading →

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Sunny’s Is Back

Posted on August 26, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

I already told the Sunny’s story here, but in brief: The 100-plus-year-old dive bar in Red Hook, Brooklyn is my favorite place in the world, largely because of the magical Saturday night jam it hosts; however, it’s been officially closed … Continue reading →

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