It could be the pretty little snow falling slow and quiet, bringing back the smell of wood smoke, one-piece long johns and musical-saw lessons by the sauna. That, or I’m finally getting old enough to revisit and embrace my childhood home’s bluegrassy vibes, rife with mandolin riffs and Appalachian harmonies. Whichever the case, I’m delighted. Switching [...]
You wouldn’t have to look very hard on this blog to figure out I usually prefer my hip-hop on the plain side – meaning as devoid as possible of innovative genre-bendings. Of all unholy alliances (country-rap/hick-hop anyone?), the hybrid I’ve traditionally been most suspicious of – and let’s be honest – disquieted by, is that [...]
Oh well, blame it on the reggae. It appears, my friends, I’ve been sleeping on all kinds of amazing new music. (New – just to be clear – meaning both “new to me” and “stale, verging on the moldy” to everybody else.) Who knew, for instance, I enjoyed Missy Elliot protégé Jazmine Sullivan so much? [...]
In keeping with my anguished obsession with young go-getters (also known as “envy”, in plain English ), today’s Song of the day, Bad Boys, is brought to you by Laden (aka the more pedestrian “Jim Laden”), a Jamaican dancehall sensation not much older than 23. (On this topic, had everyone but me realized that T-Pain was only [...]
