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Oddly close to home (a.k.a. I want my headphones back)
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Being a newbie New Yorker, seeing film crews around my neighborhood still ranks as fairly cool. And last summer, it was the...
Musicophilia
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
The Waterboys are back in fine form on the new album 'Book of Lightning,' combining sweeping, romantic arrangements and a...
Get up, stand up
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
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?
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
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!
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 - Words and Music - 2007
Update: Hugh Masekala passed away on January 23, 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa at the age of 78. It was an honor to...
Jesca Hoop - Words and Music - 2007
Songwriter Jesca Hoop has caught a lot of ears (including those of Tom Waits) with her eclectic, challenging, and catchy...