The song is Green Rolling Hills (of West Virginia). I spent a benighted summer in New England once. To the south New York bathed in heat was cosmopolitan and seemed positively Mediterranean, and I longed to go. In August I did go, feeling my bones relax and expand as I crossed the state line. On … More Emmylou Harris, Mary Black
It is Friday, Oxalá’s day, and for the weekend we shall invoke Green Tara, the principal female manifestation of enlightenment and “Swift Liberator” from the Eight Great Fears. According to the First Dalai Lama, these fears are representative of corresponding defects, flaws, or obscurations: lions and pride, wild elephants and delusions, forest fires and hatred, … More Green Tara
I am on a Lightnin’ Hopkins kick, and I think it is justified. In the Blog World, I want to say that I am concerned about Colorado Bob, and I have the feeling that someone who knows how should call him on the phone. Axé.
This the great Lightnin’ Hopkins. Watch his hands. I am invoking my own mojo hand because I am bored with the article I am writing. My problem is that it is in Spanish because it is destined for a Chilean journal, but many of my most interesting sources are in English and the text itself … More Mojo Hand
Here are Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice, singing of the wide open spaces, the living and the dead. Axé.
This is a 1987 recording of the Memphis Blues with Louis Nelson and his New Orleans All Stars. That is Louis Nelson himself on trombone, and Danny Barker on banjo. It is tomorrow’s song, so it is festive. We all graduate – several times, in fact, for those of us who have earned dual degrees … More Memphis Blues
Undine had a dream wherein she was listening to music on this blog. That gives me an excuse to post more. Undine has also assured me that certain kinds of behavior are clearly verboten in catechism, and I believe her. Nevertheless I have just decoded yet another local line, which I ought to have understood … More Five Cheating Catholics
The maestra and her students on a flamenco-style rumba. Axé.
This is the famous song from Larsen’s first album. Det er idag et vejr og solen skinner nu vil jeg glemme rent at det var vinter … Axé.
Finals week is almost over, so it is almost time to sing. Here are two songs about struggles harder than finals. The first one especially is unmissable, de ne pas manquer. Antiviolent Hip Hop This is the Rio de Janeiro band AfroReggae, about which we can learn even more in the film Favela Rising. Rosemary … More Imagine
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