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...
by Charles Norman | Jul 4, 2016 | Off the Wall
Happy Fourth of July! Today we celebrate the moment we cast off the Cloak of Oppression draped over us by our British Overlords. Had this momentous event not taken place, we would never have experienced The British Invasion. All of that great music that arrived in...