[contextly_auto_sidebar id="3BXI0gx6g2APPzSTAgIfCMxuJKZAolOM"] RACING on a deadline, but can't resist posting this 1973 footage of Marley singing Concrete Jungle with the original Wailers. Sorry for cacophonous ad at beginning. Listen to those harmonies! This is like post-apocalyptic soul music. In my 20s I was a huge fan of '60s/early '70s Jamaican music (ska, rocksteady, lovers rock, dub) … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2015
The Ballad of Alejandro Escovedo
[contextly_auto_sidebar id="CCAh4bKVUCAChyU9848GkcdsXhxXqV12"] ABOUT a week ago, I caught the Austin, TX, troubadour at City Winery in New York. Great show -- one of my musical heroes -- thoughts will follow. Sheesh busy few days hope to post on this tonight if I can. Everyone needs to pick up his records Thirteen Years and live chronicle More Miles Than Money if they are curious. He's … [Read more...]
The Madness of Kelly Link
[contextly_auto_sidebar id="EiHxpVihevRrdyMUqFrfFwSxjluukyi5"] I'VE long been an admirer of the genre-mashing short story writer Kelly Link, who infuses the literary story with horror and fairy tales; she co-runs an eclectic small publisher near Northampton, Mass. as well. Today Link is in the New York Times Book Review with a By the Book interview in which she talks about her favorite authors … [Read more...]