April 2014

  • Easter Sunday is so loaded with meaning and rumination. If, you’re a Christian its the culmination of your faith. Christ has risen and your sins can be absolved. However, the story isn’t only one of Christ rising, but also his followers coming to terms with actually believing it will or had occurred. The Biblical Son…

  • You know, some days you just feel Saturday. Its a day where most of us are free to explore time and spaces outside familiar walls. This track “Dancing” by John Martyn, off the equally awesome One World album, is Saturday writ large. Just listen to his Echoplexed acoustic guitar just blossom around that knowing rhythm and…

  • Can I say how much I love Fridays! That’s when the finish line is there. Get over that line with this great samba funk track “Nereci” from Djavan. Ooof Dat bassline! This bass rhythm combined with his Nordeste samba guitar just grabs you by the knees and propels you forward.

  • This track of the day is very evocative for me. It reminds me a lot of my dad. He is the most interesting man I know and always has great stories to tell. A story I never forget is how he, as a rambling young man, for a time, would work all day selling donuts…

  • I refuse to think of Wednesday as a hump day. What’s a hump if not a peak? My track of the day encapsulates the whole ethos perfectly. Its from Gong, so brace yourself for some Dylanisms, jazz prog, and all out freakery. If ever there was a call to arms, its in this track: “you…

  • Tuesdays are all about willing for me. Willing yourself to power through a week. Captain Beefheart, now that is one dude who could will anything. He could probably will a diamond from a piece of coal. This track was released in 1972, its off the Clear Spot album (which has an even more killer track…

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