Arts and Entertainment
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: January 2018
Slate’s wiped clean. A new year’s full of tunes starts now. While there may not be a track as immediately striking as Phoebe Bridgers’ Smoke Signals was last January, there’s plenty to enjoy here: You first heard this one at the end of last year, but the album hadn’t been released yet: Decidedly NSFW, but […]
Song Of The Day: Feb. 1, 2018
It’s true. This Boston band opened for the Beatles. Seriously great garage rock:
Sarah McBride’s Book Among ‘Most Anticipated Of 2018’
The book is called ‘Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss And The Fight For Trans Equality”, and will be released on March 6. Sarah’s book appears on this list, and is described by Paste Magazine as follows: Why You’ll Love It: Sarah McBride’s memoir is a must-read, offering encouragement while showing that the fight for equality […]
El Somnambulo Brings The Zydeco For Mardi Gras Weekend!
That’s right. A hed like that can only mean one thing: Symphony Steve Tanzer is pushing yet another upcoming concert. But WAIT, don’t leave just yet. After all, what better way to celebrate Mardi Gras Weekend than with the band that No Depression calls “the best zydeco in the land”? Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas, […]
Song Of The Day: Jan. 30, 2018
Paste Magazine just did a piece on the greatest garage rock albums of all-time. Garage rock bands really didn’t do albums. Singles, baby. Like Little Steven’s Underground Garage. Like this:
Song Of The Day: Jan. 29, 2018
Dedications, we do dedications. This rousing anthem goes out to RE Vanella from his not-so-secret admirer, Alby:
Song Of The Day: Jan. 28, 2018
Mike Dinsmore gave me several songs from which to choose. Why did I choose this one? I’ll let Mike explain: “Most inspirational song I’ve ever heard. It inspired a relative to run for Congress many years ago. Against Tom Carper, no less!”
Song Of The Day: Jan. 26, 2018
Mike Dinsmore’s fave R & B song. Sung by, IMHO, the greatest soul singer of them all:
Song Of The Day: Jan. 25, 2018
Mike Dinsmore brings you a point-of-view you don’t often get in a song, but should:
Song Of The Day: Jan. 24, 2018
We briefly interrupt Mike Dinsmore Week to bring you a song that, I hope, Mike Dinsmore would embrace and endorse. The South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela (‘Grazing In The Grass’) passed away yesterday. Here, from Paul Simon’s Graceland tour, is Masakela calling to bring Nelson Mandela back home to the streets of Johannesburg. Political folk […]
Song Of The Day: Jan. 23, 2018
I’ve worked most my life at a prison nearby And I’ve raised two sons and a daughter I knew all along, as I watched them grow strong They had a need for adventure Nothing could quell the longing they felt From the back of our lonesome holler Still I hoped somehow, they could find […]
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