Archive for 2020/12


The New Year-SiriusXM This Week

Songs about the future: beginnings, starting over, looking forward… Tune in today, December 29th, to Volume 106, 7 PM East, 4 PM West. Phone #: 844-6-VOLUME, 844-686-5863 Twitter: @lefsetz or @siriusxmvolume/#lefsetzlive Hear the episode live on SiriusXM VOLUME: siriusxm.us/HearLefsetzLive If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app: siriusxm.us/LefsetzLive

Homeland Elegies

https://amzn.to/3n46JHX 1 This is the best book of the year. But it’s not that easy to read. Readability. It’s the number one criterion for a good book. Oftentimes that which is lauded is all about style, plot is secondary, it’s like the self-congratulatory publishing industry, and the graduates of the writing factories, can only anoint […]

José Feliciano – Feliz Navidad 50th Anniversary

https://bit.ly/34HgmWk 2020 is the year of the Latin breakthrough. Bad Bunny was Spotify’s most streamed artist of the year. Latin represented 30% of the global YouTube chart. And Latin is growing faster than any other genre. Proving, once again, that technology, distribution, affects the music being heard. Used to be records broke on radio. Now […]

Jacob Collier-This Week’s Podcast

Jacob Collier’s “Djesse Vol. 3” was the surprise of the Grammy nominations, landing a spot for Album of the Year. Jacob is fully aware that other artists were excluded, and he is a fan of both the Weeknd and Lady Gaga, but separate yourself from the blowback and Collier’s story is both fascinating and inspirational. […]