北酒場 (and other enka standards)
Aka: “The Northern Tavern.” Teresa Teng’s cover of this enka classic, originally sung by Takashi Hosokawa, pleasantly suprised me. I also lik...
Category: Music
The noise that comes out of your radio between commercials.
Some musicians I’ve forgotten about
One thing I loved about Google Play Music, before Google killed that service, was that it was ridiculously easy to find new musicians similar to ones you alread...
Favourite Albums: 1960 to 1979
Third verse same as the second. I’m doing a list of my favourite albums back to 1960, with commentary on selected albums. The first part of this list, from 200...
Favourite Albums, 1980 to 1999
Second verse same as the first. I’m doing a list of my favourite albums back to 1960, with commentary on selected albums. The first part of this list, fr...
Favorite Albums, 2000 to 2022
One new feature I hope to establish here over the coming weeks is a list of my favourite music albums from 1960 through the present. I have some other favourit...
2022: In Rear View: Addendum
Self Control, the 1984 Laura Branigan album, is a decent mid-80s pop album propelled by the arresting vocals of Laura Branigan. The cassette tape, released alo...