I know I’m supposed to hate Luke Bryan. BUT I LOVE THIS! I know it’s a bit hokey, but the feel is utterly amazing, kind of like the intro to “Free Bird.” I sometimes wonder if I’ve lost my connection to music. There’s so much I don’t understand, so much that is sound without song, […]

The official anthem of the ’94 earthquake. That’s the thing about natural disasters, they have little impact unless you’re a victim, and I was one. I’m a late night person, I’m going to bed a bit earlier these days, but left to my own devices my tuck-in time is around 4 AM, which is what […]

Tell her I’m sorry Tell her I need my baby That’s the hook. I hated country music in the seventies (the sixties too, unless you consider “King Of The Road” and “Dang Me” country, and exclude a few Johnny Cash numbers, and definitely not “A Boy Named Sue”). This was before it was classic rock […]

Miley Cyrus covers Summertime Sadness in the Live Lounge It’s better than the original. The tsunami of hype told me Miley Cyrus covered Lana Del Rey’s “Summertime Sadness,” but I didn’t click through until I got personal e-mail, that’s what it takes, people we trust telling us to check something out. And what I discovered […]