Trey Hensley Remember a couple of Friday’s ago, my Friday Favorite Feature, was Taj Mahal with his Swingin’ Sextet singing Queen Bee? After hearing it, I immediately ordered the album (CD) which arrived today. Listening to it, I about fell out of my chair when I heard this song. Who is this Trey Hensley??? The…
Category: Music that strikes a chord
MMB 2024 Week 8 Elvis Costello, “King of America” (repost from 2/23)
First posted in February of 2023. Elvis Costello, King of America album cover Stripping away much of the excess that cluttered Punch the Clock and Goodbye Cruel World, Elvis Costello returned to his folk-rock and pub rock roots with King of America, creating one of his most affecting and personal records. Costello literally took on…
#MMB 2024 Week 7 (repost of Music That Strikes a Chord: Cat Stevens, “Longer Boats”)
(First posted 11/28/20) Surfing the electronic database at the library last week, Cat Stevens popped into my head. I used to have more than just his “Foreigner” album; I had “Matthew & Son” and “Tea for the Tillerman.” “Tea for…” was borrowed; on the way out to my mom’s this past week, I listened to…
Music Review — Loreena McKennitt: The Visit Revisted Tour
I cannot think of better music for the Halloween/Samhain season than Loreena McKennitt! Last night a friend and I went to see her and her small ensemble perform at the DeVos Performance Hall in Grand Rapids, MI. I bought the tickets awhile back and so was able to get row 7 and at my preferred…
Music that strikes a chord — “Starting to Get to You,” by Jensen McCrae
Jensen McCrae I wrote about Jensen McCrae back in March for Women Music March. You can read more about Jensen in that post, which is found here. Not sure how this particular tune got on my spotify favorites playlist, but every time it comes around I think this song really pulls me in. I…
Music that Strikes a Chord — Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92: II. Allegretto
Ludwig van Beethoven, etching print by Blasius Hofel It’s one of my best works.Beethoven, at its premiere at the University in Vienna on December 8, 1813 Last year I watched the HBO series, “Watchmen,” which is based on the graphic novel of the same name. I loved it so much that I bought the Blu…
Music that Strikes a Chord — Rainy Night in Georgia, as sung by Brook Benton
Brook Benton (1959) Since Spotify has decided to stop working with the bluetooth in my car, I’ve started carting CD’s along again. I’ve been listening to “Box of Rock,” which is a 3-CD set that has so much old gold in it; re-recorded songs but still sung by the original artists, which makes it especially…
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