Arts and Entertainment
Song Of The Day: March 13, 2018
Nobody does Sondheim like Bernadette Peters. This song is from “Merrily We Roll Along”, initially a flop that featured a great Sondheim score, one of his greatest in fact. The musical has successfully been reworked, and is now produced all over the world. There are several amazing songs in the score, this is but one […]
Song Of The Day: March 12, 2018
Hey, it’s my Birthday Week, and I’m gonna celebrate it with some Stephen Sondheim. He’s on my Musical Mount Rushmore. I’ve perhaps spent more time listening to Sondheim than any other artist. And I still hear new stuff whenever I listen. In this gorgeous song from a made-for-British-TV production, ‘Evening Primrose’, a store mannequin briefly […]
Song Of The Day: March 9, 2018
They put the ‘psycho’ in psychobilly. Ladeez & Gentlemen, Lux Interior, Poison Ivy and the Cramps:
Song Of The Day: March 8, 2018
Betcha there ain’t a whole ‘nother political blog anywhere featuring this song today. Uh, not that there should be:
Song(s) Of The Day: March 7, 2018
Hasil Adkins, folks. Remember that name. Rockabilly don’t get no weirder than ol’ Hasil from Boone County, WV. Hasil (pronounced Hassel) invented psychobilly back in the ’50’s. He didn’t call it that, and the genre didn’t take off until the Cramps turned Hasil’s warped vision into an entire sub-genre. Not gonna say that Hasil had […]
Song Of The Day: March 6, 2018
We take a baby-step towards rockabilly weirdness today. The screams in the background are from the drummer, who wanted his mom to hear him on the record. BTW, Bamboozer? We take a giant leap into full-blown craziness tomorrow. I’ll give you a teensy-weensy hint: Boone County, West Virginia. As for today?:
Song Of The Day: March 5, 2018
Somebody suggested Rockabilly Week. Welcome to Rockabilly Week. We’ll start the week off with a couple of the classics, and then it’s off to Weirdoville. A year later, another performer recorded it. You might have heard of him:
Song Of The Day: March 4, 2018
Harvey Schmidt died this week. Who? Along with lyricist Tom Jones (not that Tom Jones), Schmidt was a composer for several musical theatre productions, including The Fantasticks, the longest-running show of all-time. The show’s opening number has become a classic. Here it is, sung by the person who originated the role back in 1960. You […]
Song Of The Day: March 3, 2018
Used to play this for my daughter when she was little. She’d jump around to it. Called it ‘jumping music’. It sure was. Still is. Doesn’t hurt that the ‘little big band’ is Roomful Of Blues.
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: February, 2018
Hey, guys, it’s not my fault that the vast majority of tunes this month are from female artists. Up your game, and I’ll feature you. Afraid of a little competition? Until then, these are the artists on the cutting edge, according to moi:
Song Of The Day: March 1, 2018
Big Joe Turner got jazz immortal Coleman Hawkins and several of Count Basie‘s top players into the studio for this album. Big Joe was one of the really important, but oft overlooked, giants who helped create rock ‘n roll.
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