Oddly close to home (a.k.a. I want my headphones back)

September 15, 2007|Sarah Wardrop

Brave One radio

Being a newbie New Yorker, seeing film crews around my neighborhood still ranks as fairly cool. And last summer, it was the...

Musicophilia

September 14, 2007|Eva Dilmanian

Did you know that there are people who experience musical notes as colors?  Or flavors?  This month’s Vanity Fair reports...

The Waterboys - Words and Music - 2007

September 13, 2007|Darren DeVivo

The Waterboys are back in fine form on the new album 'Book of Lightning,' combining sweeping, romantic arrangements and a...

Get up, stand up

September 11, 2007|Tara Anderson
The Frames

Last night my husband and I braved the sold-out crowds at Webster Hall to go see The Frames, who I’ve always heard do a...

Jimmy Webb - Words and Music - 2007

September 11, 2007|John Platt

Jimmy Webb kept writing when the heyday of professional songwriting ended in the mid 60s, and added landmark tunes like...

Window treatments, paint and indie rock?

August 24, 2007|Russ Borris

So, I’ve recently moved and spent a great deal of my last two weeks or so cleaning, painting, etc.  (By the way, whoever...

Bat For Lashes - Words and Music - 2007

August 23, 2007|Rita Houston

Britain's Natasha Khan hopes to liven all of the senses with her musical project Bat For Lashes, and seems to have stirred...

Ritter rocks out!

August 23, 2007|Tara Anderson

You know how you can sometimes hear someone smiling?  Even when you can’t see the person, you can just tell by the sound of...

Hugh Masekela in 2012 (photo by Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Hugh Masekela - Words and Music - 2007

August 22, 2007|Claudia Marshall

Update: Hugh Masekala passed away on January 23, 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa at the age of 78. It was an honor to...

Photo by Frank Ockenfel

Jesca Hoop - Words and Music - 2007

August 14, 2007|Rita Houston

Songwriter Jesca Hoop has caught a lot of ears (including those of Tom Waits) with her eclectic, challenging, and catchy...