by Charles Norman | May 23, 2018 | Song of the Day
“I Can’t Let You Slip Away,” by Golden Teardrops, is a wonderful blast of sun, fun, and shimmering positive energy. When you hear this song, you will smile and multiple parts of your body will move. If this prophesy does not come to pass, please...
by Charles Norman | May 22, 2018 | Song of the Day
You need only five seconds worth of snare and Beatlesque harmonica to know that “Ekaterina,” by Love Strangers, is a rockabillying good time, and a good time will be had by all. It isn’t every day that someone rhymes Ekaterina, concertina,...
by Charles Norman | May 20, 2018 | Song of the Day
My primordial memories exist as patches: a white teddy bear, lost somewhere, the memory of the loss greater than the memory of the bear; my father’s black car, carrying a bunch of bananas from the car to the house after he returned from the grocery, the bananas...
by Charles Norman | May 19, 2018 | Song of the Day
No matter where you go, there you are. – Confucius If no one ever left home, everyone on Earth would be packed into the small slice of East Africa where our collective humanity originated. I’m sure East Africa is a perfectly wonderful place, but I...
by Charles Norman | May 18, 2018 | Song of the Day
A good song starts with the right recipe: a few flakes of folk, a wooden ladle of country, and a big pile of pop, all dolloped onto a rock foundation. Heat until it simmers and you’ve got “All That I Can Say” by Commutes. “All That I Can...
