Te Quiero Igual (I Love You the Same) is another gem from my favorite Latin rock artist, Andrés Calamaro. I was introduced to the music of the Argentine rock-great a few years ago by my daughter, Katherine, and I’ve been…
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Tarota (1979) – Mike Batt and Friends
Tarota marks the sixth song I’ve featured from Tarot Suite by Mike Batt and Friends – one of my all-time favorite albums. Inspired by tarot card imagery, the record masterfully blends orchestral elements with progressive rock and folk influences. No…
Take This Waltz (1988) – Leonard Cohen
How Leonard Cohen weaves poetry into music so seamlessly is on full display in today’s track – Take This Waltz. Inspired by the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca, the lyrics of Take This Waltz are a loose translation, into English,…
Do It Again (1968) – the Beach Boys
“He (Brian Wilson) remembers it being at my house. I remember it as being at his house. He starts pounding at the piano, I was summoning up the words and we got a chorus together, which was basically a bunch…
In The Making (2024) – Aisha Badru
Let’s start with soulful folk-pop singer-songwriter Aisha Badru who hails from New York. Her AllMusic bio notes she began playing guitar and singing during high school. After three years of non-music-related studies in college, she dropped out to pursue music. In 2016, a song from…
Don’t You Want Me (1981) – The Human League
Don’t You Want Me by The Human League was the epitome of cool and sexy in my youth. For decades, it had slipped from my consciousness, only to magically appear to my senses recently like an old flame. The song…
Tangled Up in Blue (1975) – Bob Dylan
It is a love song (Tangled Up In Blue), and a song about how it feels to have a personal history.. it is also a great road song, filled with the essential energy of the American highway. The Minnesota musicians…
Don’t You (Forget About Me) 1985 – Simple Minds
“When I listen to it now, it’s obviously a brilliant, well-crafted pop song. I’m embarrassed we dissed it so much.” – Guitarist Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds) talking about Don’t You (Forget About Me) This song which almost noone wanted including initially…
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Everytime (2004) – Glen Hansard (Britney Spears Cover)
Irish Singer Songwriter Glen Hansard is no stranger to this blog. I first wrote about him when I reviewed the surprise packet 2007 indie romantic film – Once in which he played a music busker who befriends another musician Markéta…
King Harvest (Has Surely Come) – The Band
As many of you may know, Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of The Band (second from the right above), passed away recently on January 21, 2025. Today’s article is dedicated to one of Canada’s finest musical exports – The…
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