The song that wouldn’t let go In a world full of noise and division, certain songs arrive like quiet companions. They ask honest questions and refuse to let go of them. “Gideon,” from Z by My Morning Jacket, is one such song. The echoing guitars and Jim James’ yearning vocals open space for honest searching. They pose simpleContinueContinue reading “Exploring the Depths of ‘Gideon’ by My Morning Jacket”
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Dark Room, Yellow Light: How “Wrecking Ball” Remade Emmylou Harris
I came across the Wrecking Ball CD in the late 1990s, pulling it from the racks at the Vernon Parish Public Library in Central Louisiana. The cover alone — a high-contrast black-and-white close-up of Emmylou’s face blurred and streaked as though dissolving into shadow or motion, pierced by a single vivid yellow glow that cuts through theContinueContinue reading “Dark Room, Yellow Light: How “Wrecking Ball” Remade Emmylou Harris”
Hearing a Soul Mid-Sentence
There are songs that arrive already sorted out. Clean lines. Clear message. You know where the singer stands by the second verse, and nothing in the bridge is going to change that. And then there are songs that sound more like a man sitting at a kitchen table early in the morning, coffee going cold,ContinueContinue reading “Hearing a Soul Mid-Sentence”
FROM THE WEB: Ivan & Alyosha – Running For Cover (Live on KEXP) – YouTube
We (The Plain Travelers) heard this band with the odd name of Ivan & Alyosha back in the mid-2010s at a club in Austin called The Parish. I’m rediscovering them today, and this tune, “Running for Cover” has some heavy lyrics wherein I’m hearing about a garden, a fall, and taking the blame… If IContinueContinue reading “FROM THE WEB: Ivan & Alyosha – Running For Cover (Live on KEXP) – YouTube”
FROM THE WEB: U2 > News > Wake Up Dead Man
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, was a blast, especially considering the topics it hit upon amidst the murder-mystery. Discovering that the film’s composer was a U2 fan was lagniappe, and this quote from the article linked below really resonated with me: “I grew up in a particular strand of American evangelicalism thatContinueContinue reading “FROM THE WEB: U2 > News > Wake Up Dead Man”