BOSSA NOVA II: WATERS OF MARCH
When my two daughters were young, I used to look forward to Friday night. The school week was done for all of us and we could kick back...
BOSSA NOVA
When I was a young boy, profound changes in popular music soon had a powerful impact on me and on much of the world. Its genesis came...
A CONSPIRACY OF HOPE
For most of my life, there have been musical extravaganzas in order to raise money or awareness or both for one cause or another. When I...
THE MAESTRO OF MOON RIVER
As a lover of music (look how many posts in this blog deal with music!), I like to call attention to luminaries younger music aficionados...
THE SECOND BRITISH INVASION
I was fortunate to have been alive for the first British musical invasion in the Swinging Sixties. Shortly after the death of President...
AULD LANG SYNE
Like anyone of my age, my encounter with the song "Auld Lang Syne" can be traced to some New Year's Eve when I was a little kid and...
THE TIME I GOT STOOD UP
It doesn't even seem that the concept of getting "stood up" even exists anymore. I mean, who even asks people out on traditional dates? ...
HERBIE
April is Jazz Appreciation Month! I'm always interested in introducing students to some great music. Since most music today is...
LADY SOUL
When I was in my early teens, I used to listen to Top 40 radio on WABC am radio from New York, a ubiquitous voice blaring from transistor...
PEG
I have spent a lot of time dissing certain types of music in these blog posts. I have complained about the poverty of talent and the...