So a simple fado in A has four chords: Dm, A, A7, and C. You get the melancholy from the minor chord and the dissonance from the 7th, but you are really relying a lot on the tonic and the C which is what: subdominant? I think of it as a “fourth” but that is … More Playing Fado

This is the lecture to attend and I must find the text to read. Axé. Keywords #Tropicália, tropicalismo

I learned that the Foo Fighters are headlining Outside Lands tonight.  Shaquille O’Neal has become a performance DJ, and he was there yesterday. And DJ Qbert who basically invented the scratch form of hiphop, was there with his original crew, the Invisibl Skratch Piklz. One is to see the documentary Scratch. And there is more to … More Outside Lands

We haven’t sung anything for a long time, but this weekend, we will. Axé.

That’s what I mean. Axé.

Axé.

The blog will turn 15 this year, and I can hardly believe it. In 2021 remember to imagine: no religion, no countries, more justice, more love. Axé.

I am not a jazz person, I am a blues person, so here you go. Axé.