Posts by Alby

A song for when everybody is on lockdown. Just stand in the place where you are. Listen to reason Reason is calling Your feet are going to be on the…

I don't know about Wilmington, but Paris is, relatively speaking, a ghost town today, the first day of the ban on bars, cafes, bistros, brasseries and restaurants. The Specials released…

Donald Trump, at his mulligan coronavirus news conference yesterday, uttered the line Joe Biden should use in every campaign ad from now to November: "I don't take responsibility at all."…

Now that Europe and the US have a 30-day trial separation, this seems like the least we can do to succor our erstwhile allies. Nobody does world-weariness like Bryan Ferry.…

This is the last day this song title will be true for me. A hit for Three Dog Night, who earlier took Axton's "Joy to the World" to No. 1,…

Jazz giant McCoy Tyner died Friday, age 81, at his New Jersey home. He was only 22 when he joined John Coltrane's quartet, and in the first half of the…

I missed this news earlier this week. Genesis -- the three-man version of Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford -- is getting back together for a tour. So far…

With all due respect to Pete Townshend, I've seen enough in my time to know that we will get fooled again -- over and over and over again. That's why…

Well, Bernie fans, it was fun while it lasted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGLGzRXY5Bw The version on the White Album, "Revolution 1," is slower, but this acoustic demo uses the faster tempo of the…

A song of some personal significance today as I take to the skies in defiance of the coronavirus. You've heard this tune before, because Steve Miller had a No. 8…