At the end of 2009, I was asked to pick the top ten albums for the last five decades. Having to choose at least ten for every decade significantly changed the list compared to what it would be if the parameters were simply the best 50 albums over the past […]
Yearly Archives: 2010
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Well, as far as 2010 goes – I’m done! My top ten album list, my top ten concert list, and the best of the Holland Tunnel video are all posted (see below) and I’ll be spending most of the remainder of December doing radio shows as opposed to knocking back […]
Links are to my reviews… 1 Massive Attack/Thievery Corporation/Nada Surf; Beacon Theater/Mercury Lounge 2 Grinderman; Best Buy Theater 3 New Orleans Jazzfest; Dr. John, Simon & Garfunkel, Terrence Blanchard, etc. 4 Corinne Bailey Rae; Terminal 5 5 Brendan Benson & The Posies; Highline Ballroom 6 Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings […]
…the links are to my video reviews of the album or a concert appearance by the band. 1 Spoon: Transference 2 Corinne Bailey Rae: The Sea 3 Grinderman: Grinderman 2 4 Black Keys: Brothers 5 Erykah Badu: New Amerika 2 – Return of the Ankh 6 Broken Bells: S/T 7 […]
Every Friday night from 7-10, Rita Houston hosts a show on WFUV called the Whole Wide World. It’s a free-form show. In the past when I’ve filled in, I’ve introduced themes like all-jazz or afro-beat. Last night, I did maybe the most personal radio show I could ever do and […]
There’s no escaping the Irishness of Villagers. As I waited around a very crowded Mercury Lounge on Wednesday night, (November 3, 2010) I heard the word grand and the expression fair play more than is usual for that part of the Lower East Side. Half the title of the opening […]