Jeff’s latest musical fantasy, the origin.
The realization–currently in the oven. Stay tuned.

Carole King’s remarkable metamorphosis from teen mom songsmith to Earth Mother poetess.
She composed the soundtrack of our times on her piano, and wrought the template of our times with her life.

My granddaughter Nogah has me wrapped around her finger, and she knows it. So when she asked me to write a Song of The Week for her high school graduation, it was a no-brainer.

“Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see,” wrote Edgar Allan Poe in 1845.
Apparently Edgar was referring to James Brown’s appearance on the 1964 T.A.M.I. Show.

Quiz: For which artist do you need to ask the salesman, “Where do I find CDs by this guy, in Jazz, Pop or Classical?” Astor Piazzolla, of course. He reinvented a folk genre as an art form – the Tango Nuevo, a remarkable style of a popular art music demanding the precision of a fugue, the inventiveness of jazz, the passion of matinee singing, the dexterity of Argentinean football, and the heat of a jalapeno.

There’s a fine line between the sublime and the silly. Dissected, ‘Tupelo Honey’ hasn’t a single defensible element. But it’s such an inspired and inspiring gescheft that the best thing a guy could do would be to shut up and take his own personal honey by her hand, pull her close and give her a gentle, loving whirl on the dance floor to one of the most beautiful, romantic songs recordings ever made.

Owen Pallett is the most dazzling artist I’ve encountered in years. Think of Jacob Collier, Sufjan Stevens, and Van Dyke Parks!
If those names don’t ring your bells, come take a little walk with me.

Q: Something is happening here, but you don’t know what it is — do you, Mr Meshel?
A: Them genders can fluidify wherever they want. I’m sticking with Rachael Price. She make my heart go thumpity-thump-thump.