Posts by Alby

Guest post by Nathan Arizona As the guy who signed and managed Bob Dylan, smart, aggressive, tyrannical Albert Grossman has a big part in the new Dylan movie, “A Complete…

Those wily Mexicans have launched a new front in their invasion of El Norte: They've sent firefighters to help battle the Los Angeles blazes. I don't know how much it…

Peter Yarrow, who died earlier this week at age 86, fought a decades-long battle against an insidious rumor: that "Puff, the Magic Dragon" was about marijuana. In his defense, Yarrow…

You know the California fires are bad – Hollywood is cancelling movie premieres and awards shows. In a way, the victims are lucky this happened now and not next month,…

Axl Rose wrote it about an overenthusiastic female fan, but when a senile dolt elected president by a nation of dolts talks about going to war over Greenland, the only…

The approach of the Trump circus caravan has most right-thinking people experiencing a sense of dread, a mood Chris Cornell knew well. He once told Melody Maker, "Fell on Black…

Snow days ain't what they used to be. Global warming has made snow scarce, and even when schools close a lot of kids don't go education-free, because remote learning didn't…

"A Complete Unknown," the Bob Bylan biopic starring Timothée Chalamet released Dec. 25, has gotten mostly good reviews, and even the critics who dismissed it praised Chalamet's performance. As well…

I know how much El Somnambulo likes Top 10 lists, so here, in reverse order, are 2024's top 10 Songs of the Day, measured by reader views. The No. 1…

Listening to this 1974 No. 10 hit for soul singer/songwriter/guitarist Bobby Womack, you'd never guess it started out as a traditional spiritual. Like much of the transformation of gospel into…

This is for El Somnambulo, and anyone else on Day 2 of their Dry January. Bartees Strange is one of his faves. I'm sure he's this song already – it's…

You probably don't know the name of this tune, but if you've ever seen a commercial for Philadelphia's Mummers Parade you've heard it. Ferko String Band sold 1 million copies…

There is something about the tune we use for Robert Burns' "Auld Lang Syne" that urges people to start singing. Listen to the start of this video of Dutch violinist…