by Charles Norman | Feb 17, 2018 | Song of the Day
As Ernie Banks said, “Let’s play two!” Today we feature two songs, “Sea to Shining Sea” and “The Ties That Bind Us” from the album Vanishing Point by Cloud Atlas. These showed up in Bandcamp’s Folk section, and...
by Charles Norman | Feb 16, 2018 | Song of the Day
“For Autumn” is an easy, slightly breathy waltz with a great melody. In its present voice-and-guitar form it’s more of a demo, but relax your brain and imagine an acoustic bass, a piano, some tasteful strings. Like our previous Song-of-the-Day...
by Charles Norman | Feb 16, 2018 | Song of the Day
“Now You’re Here” starts off with a classic, catchy piano hook and… Well, that’s pretty much the entire song. But it’s a good riff with a Todd Rundgrenesque quality. And at two-minutes forty-eight seconds, it’s just six...
by Charles Norman | Feb 15, 2018 | Off the Wall
1 Let It Be Me – Nina Simone 2 The Touch of Your Lips – Chet Baker 3 If You’re Young At Heart – Frank Sinatra 4 Time After Time – Margaret Whiting 5 We’ve Only Just Begun – Carpenters 6 It’s Crazy –...
by Charles Norman | Jul 22, 2016 | Off the Wall
It’s summertime. Everyone here in Houston is indoors because it’s too @#$%& hot and humid to go outside unless it’s to immerse yourself in a body of water. I’ve heard a lot of music swirling through the house this week, so let’s go around the horn and find out to...
