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Song Of The Day: Jan. 8, 2018

By El Somnambulo January 8, 20182 Comments

We're gonna have a week of great soul songs that you've never heard. My Secret Soul Source demands anonymity, however he/she insists that I play his/her theme song before sharing…

Song Of The Day: Jan. 7, 2018

By El Somnambulo January 7, 20183 Comments

This elegiac farewell to Lester Young was composed by Charles Mingus shortly after Prez's death, and appeared on his essential Mingus Ah Um album. The musicians: Charles Mingus, bass Horace…

Song Of The Day: Jan. 6, 2018

By El Somnambulo January 6, 2018

McCoy Tyner's first recording after leaving the John Coltrane Quartet was 'The Real McCoy'. In both senses of the term. While the 1967 album demonstrated the spirituality that Tyner shared…

Song Of The Day: Jan. 5, 2018

By El Somnambulo January 5, 20181 Comment

People who have never heard this still know that its opening riff was borrowed by Steely Dan for 'Rikki Don't Lose That Number'. It's also one of my fave jazz…

Song Of The Day: Jan. 4, 2018

By El Somnambulo January 4, 2018

One more passing from 2017. Pat Dinizio of the Smithereens. This song had to be good to overcome that...hair:

Song Of The Day: Jan. 3, 2018

By El Somnambulo January 3, 2018

I was listening to a show called 'Sound Opinions', which is out of Chicago but which XPN picks up and plays on Sundays. The hosts were remembering those we lost…

Song Of The Day: Jan. 2, 2018

By El Somnambulo January 2, 2018

Does any song better sum up where we stand in January of 2018? If so, I want to hear it. BTW, this song is 44 years old, which defines the…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2017: The Top Ten!!!!

By El Somnambulo December 30, 20175 Comments

I've received a warning from the Punctuation Police about excessive use of exclamation points. This, however, is as far as it goes as we've reached the Top Ten. And a…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2017: #’s 20-11!!!

By El Somnambulo December 29, 20175 Comments

20. 19. 18. 17. 16. 15. 14. OK, kids, without looking it up, in what Broadway musical did this song first appear, and who wrote it? I'll be 'danged'…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2017: #’s 30-21!!

By El Somnambulo December 28, 20171 Comment

Notice my subtle suspense-building mechanism of adding an additional exclamation point each day? Just working on my subliminal mind-control techniques should they become necessary. Today's tunes run the gamut from…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2017: #’s 40-31!

By El Somnambulo December 27, 2017

40. 39. 38. 37. 36. 35. 34. 33, 32. 31.

Song Of The Day: Dec. 25, 2017

By El Somnambulo December 25, 20174 Comments

There was no second choice:

Song Of The Day: Dec. 22, 2017

By El Somnambulo December 22, 20179 Comments

Pretty damned powerful. That's why Jesus wept: