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David Byrne: American Utopia - David Byrne’s “American Utopia" was the best show I saw in 2019. I urged friends to see it: "Pay any price." They did. And they thanked me. If you missed the
Dawes - Summer always has a song. In Rome, a decade ago, we couldn’t go anywhere without hearing Me Gustas Du. In every cab. Out of every shop. Just a simple, bouncy tune
Dawes: “A Little Bit of Everything” - In July, I fell in love with From a Window Seat, a song by Dawes. New month, new obsession. Not far from the last one. It’s “A Little Bit of
Dawes: “Living in the Future” - NOTE: I'm well aware that Butler is a "no politics" zone. I don't think this is "politics." The blows come so fast now it's hard to remember that it was only
Dawn Landes: Sweet Heart Rodeo - Somewhere out there is a writer who can fill a screen about a friend’s wife as if he and she were sole proprietors who just happen to share an apartment. Not
Del Shannon - Talk about underrated. Charles Westover --- he called himself Del Shannon because he liked a would-be wrestler named Mark Shannon and he admired his boss’s car, a Cadillac Coupe de
Devils & Dust - Devils & Dust Bruce
Dion - Do you know the Jorge Luis Borges story, Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote? Menard wants to write the Cervantes classic --- for the second time. Not from
Don Henley: Cass County - Guest Butler Joe DePreta is a New York marketing executive and writer on cultural trends. I’m an Eagles fan. If you say that, people often snicker. That’s because the Eagles are
Donovan - Wild hair, tie-dye shirts, peace signs, acid trips, soft-headed mysticism --- that Donovan? The guy who sang about smoking banana peels and the glories of Atlantis? The poor
Dr. John - I was in the right place, but it must have been the wrong time I was sayin' the right things, but I must have used the wrong line I was on the
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros: Up From Below - When it’s time to name the Song of the Year, list-makers who don’t put “Home” in their Top Five may come to feel…sheepish. That's because there's a medicine show
Elvis Presley - Do you think Michael Jackson is anything like the King of Pop? He’s so not. But you have every reason to believe he’s the demigod of popular music --- Elvis
Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler: All the Roadrunning - Talent is the ante. Many have it. What you do with it is what matters. Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler are blue-collar workers. They take their immense natural talent, put
Eva Cassidy - When they make the Eva Cassidy movie --- and they will, they will --- the climax will almost surely come in September of 1996 at a Washington, DC
Four Songs - You may have heard "Orange Sky" on an alternative radio station. Or as the background music for a Honda commercial. Or at the end of an episode of "Dawson's Creek." Or
Garland Jeffreys: The King of In Between - On New Year's Eve, I took a friend to see Garland Jeffreys and his band at Joe's Pub. In his music, I heard snatches of Bob Marley, Mick Jagger and
Garland Jeffreys: Truth Serum - For our final New Year’s Eve party in our old apartment, we invited a great many people --- people we knew and loved, people we kinda knew and might love
Get Behind Me Satan - Get Behind Me Satan The White
Goin’ Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino - Videos Fats Domino: Blueberry Hill Ain't That a Shame Let the Four Winds Blow Professor Longhair: Tipitina Dr. John: Tipitina In the '80s, when I found myself in New Orleans for three days on
