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Category: 5 Songs For The End of The Week

  • What is the greatest 3-album run of all time?

    Over on Twitter, Eric Alper (@ThatEricAlper) asked this question on Thanksgiving morning. Perfect timing for music nerds, musicaholics, and other armchair music hounds with a love for lists and time on their hands. There were some great classic answers in the replies including Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, and Bob Dylan. Naturally. Aretha Franklin immediately came…

  • 5 Songs For The End of The Week

    If you’re not invited to the party, throw your own.” -Diahann Carroll “Big Mama Thornton with The Muddy Waters Band-1966” is on my list of albums for required listening. According to Smithsonian Folkways Recording, “. . . the session was recorded without the benefit of a rehearsal. . .” You can hear the through lines…

  • 5 Songs For The End of The Week

    Joy Oladokun has crafted a body of work full of beautiful melodies and deep meaning. Her songs inspire the desire to memorize every word so you can sing along. She has said, “My favorite artists are the ones you can believe every word they’re saying. And Tracy Chapman is literally a master class in that.”…

  • 5 Songs For The End of The Week

    “come celebratewith me that everydaysomething has tried to kill meand has failed.”-Lucille Clifton, an excerpt from the poem “won’t you celebrate with me” I love this Bettye Swann cover of the Aaron Neville classic. A timeless, flawless hit that embodies pop, R&B, and the standards of the Great American Songbook. Yola gets down to the…

  • 5 Songs For The End of The Week

    “Cultivate your own aesthetic and your own universe. Create your own universe and share it with people you respect and love. “ -André Leon Talley Many greats have covered this gospel classic. LaVern Baker’s interpretation builds on Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s version, transforming it into a foundational Rock N’Roll record. In the pantheon of great Aretha…

  • 5 Songs For The End of The Week

    Cooking and contemplating playlists are among my favorite procrastination activities. These are five of the songs that kept me company this week. I made stews, cookies, and didn’t do what I was supposed to be doing. “Trust your obsessions. They know you best. They will be things responsible for your survival.” –Shefon Taylor, artist

  • 5 Songs For The End of The Week

    Only three more Fridays left in 2021. The new year is almost here. Congratulations on making it through another week! “Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.” -Audre Lorde Faith & Majesty crossed my path as I…

  • 5 Songs For The End of The Week

    “No one is loved like musicians. Musicians are loved by people, really loved, because they give them the ability to express their emotions and their memories. There’s no other form that does that.” -Fran Lebowitz, “Pretend It’s a City”

  • Five Songs For The End of The Week

    Across the country workers are on strike for fair wages and benefits and safe working conditions. In their honor, five songs of protest and solidarity.

  • Five Songs For The End of The Week

    “First of all, I was born to write. It’s why I’m on this Earth. Secondly, I love doing it. I would never stop doing it. I just so love writing that I can’t imagine doing anything else. So I’m constantly aware of everything that’s around me – ready to absorb it and maybe get some…