Arts and Entertainment

Ever since it was released last summer, I've heard this song a lot on WXPN, a radio station Father John Misty has an interesting history with. Misty, whose real name…

The popular memory of Roberta Flack, who died yesterday at 88, boils down to two songs, this one and "Killing Me Softly," and no wonder – they won the Grammy…

I realize it's not popular, because everyone who's not a MAGAt seems to think the proper response to this American idiocy is to declare that we're doomed, but there are…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona The first thing to know about the country classic “Mule Skinner Blues” is that is that no mules are actually skinned during the course of…

As El Somnambulo noted last night, soul singer Jerry Butler died Thursday at age 85. When his recording career wound down in the '80s he got elected to the Cook…

Man, old rockers are dropping like flies. I don't mean they're all dying. Some are just hitting the rock and roll disabled list. Just the other day rockabilly revivalist Brian…

David Johansen is not a guy who gives up. When the New York Dolls broke up he went solo. When that didn't pan out he became Buster Poindexter. As Buster,…

As usual, the cruelty is the point. The White House released a video of captive immigrants shackled for air transport; naturally no details about who they were or where they…

I'm not on social media but my wife is, and this Chumbawamba song has popped up on her scroll several times lately. Listening to the lyrics I understand why. The…

My brother and I are heading down to catch the Phillies in Spring Training for a week beginning this Saturday.  First time for both of us. Does anybody have any…

Sheryl Crow made the news the other day for doing something that's become increasingly difficult recently: She sold her used Tesla. We know this because she posted about it on…

Since I featured Sam Cooke's "Cupid" yesterday I felt I had to follow it up with Jakob Dylan's oblique answer song, which drew a bit of attention when it was…

By all accounts, Sam Cooke didn't need Cupid's help. Girls rushed to the front pews to get a glimpse of him when he sang with the Soul Stirrers, a phenomenon…