Arts and Entertainment – Page 217

Song Of The Day: Oct. 29, 2017

By El Somnambulo October 29, 20176 Comments

A great lost (IMHO) Paul Simon classic. From a not-well-received album, Hearts And Bones, released in 1983. Talia Schlanger played it on the World Cafe a couple days ago, first…

Song Of The Day: Oct. 28, 2017

By El Somnambulo October 28, 2017

A new free-association musical treat brought to you daily. I first saw Buckwheat Zydeco do this at a festival the day before I hopped a plane to a conference in…

Jazz Master Brings Creole Soul To Arden Gild Hall

By El Somnambulo October 24, 2017

No, I'm not the producer, but this Etienne Charles is damn impressive. The Guggenheim Fellow brings his 'Creole Soul' project to the Arden Gild Hall this Friday night at 8…

Happy 100th To Thelonious Sphere Monk!

By El Somnambulo October 10, 2017

He's on my musical Mount Rushmore. Perhaps Donald Fagen put it best: "The ET in my bedroom was my Thelonious Monk records." There was no one like him. Not to…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: September, 2017

By El Somnambulo September 30, 20176 Comments

Was starting to get a little concerned, but the last week of the month saved me. As always, some real great stuff: http://www.npr.org/2017/08/10/542441711/songs-we-love-chain-and-the-gang-rome-wasn-t-burned-in-a-day (Do NOT pass this one by. It…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: August, 2017

By El Somnambulo September 6, 20172 Comments

Quantity down this month. I like the diversity, though... Shelley Short: Death: https://shelleyshortmusic.bandcamp.com/track/death OK, one more from this irresistible group (I smell booking opportunity):

Open Thread For September 5, 2017

By El Somnambulo September 5, 20172 Comments

Russia CAN'T Have A Pee Trough of Compromising Trump Video...Can It? The most maligned part of the Steele dossier may just be true. Guess Who Will Make The DACA Announcement. …

“Old Man Trump”

By El Somnambulo August 16, 20172 Comments

I had no idea that Woody Guthrie had written a song about Trump's racist father. But he did. Here are Woody's lyrics: Old Man Trump Words by Woody Guthrie, Music…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: July 2017

By El Somnambulo July 31, 2017

I had so much good stuff this month that I excised some just to keep the numbers manageable. Another great month: "I miss you, but don't miss you like I…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: June, 2017

By El Somnambulo July 1, 20172 Comments

Thought a set of great and incredibly diverse new music would tide everybody over until Sunday's Special Legislative session. Bad month for politics, great bleeping month for music. Something for…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: May, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 1, 20174 Comments

A really good month!: This one features the great Mavis Staples: Featuring the great Curtis Mayfield, one of my heroes: We close with Jason Isbell, who may be our most…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: April, 2017

By El Somnambulo May 5, 2017

Stuff that broke through the white noise for me this month: Best Robyn Hitchcock song I've heard in years: Philly's indy scene is amazing. Love this song by Palm, a…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: March 2017

By El Somnambulo April 1, 2017

After a third consecutive month of musical bounty, I think I'm getting better with age...at least when it comes to unearthing great music. Dynamite tunes from artists both familiar and…