Why Night Swimming deserves your love
Nightswimming is the best track on this great REM release. The track conjures up a shared universal memory most of us experience in childhood and then perhaps revisit as less inhibited adults.
Glen Hansard in the now with us!
The busker who never left the corner, even after the Oscar. Glen Hansard — the voice of Once, the heart of The Frames, the man who turned Christmas busking for Dublin’s homeless into an institution — is gone at 56. From an ocean away, with Irish roots of my own, a tribute to the music, the kindness, and the thread that doesn’t break.
Robert Cray, I guess I showed her NOW WHAT!
Robert Cray is one of the defining voices of modern blues, a musician whose influence extends beyond technical prowess into storytelling. While many bluesmen lean heavily on tradition, Cray reshaped the genre’s future, fusing soul, R&B, and contemporary rock sensibilities into his sound.
