Happy New year and all that – in the spirit of resolutions and kind of being in charge of my destiny AND doing what I love, I’ve decided to make real all the ideas that I’ve had for Dear Music, I love you that float around in my head when I listen to tunes. The... Continue Reading →
R.I.P Fontella Bass: 1940 – 2012
Listening to Fontella Bass’ ‘Rescue Me’ takes me back to my Now That’s What I Call Music! compilation collecting days – you know the series with the colourful cover sleeves and Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys on every tracklist until about number 34. It was the last track on Now…27 and no matter the reason... Continue Reading →
Confession: I love Madonna (Sometimes).
I love Madonna. I do. But now that I am comfortable enough to declare this in public I also have to qualify it – to say that I don’t love her now, but to say that you could still call me a fan. I love old school Madonna. Circa “Borderline” all the way up to... Continue Reading →
Song of the Day: Big Boi feat. Little Dragon ‘Mama Told Me’
I know that it has been a while and for that there is no excuse but there’s nothing like a great flipping song to inspire you enough to get back into the writing zone so: Dear “Mama Told Me”/Big Boi, I love you. The version that I love, what is being called the original version... Continue Reading →
Cover of the Day: Joss Stone ‘The High Road’
This is the original: Joss Stone’s performance cover of ‘’The High Road’’ is about as soulful as you would expect from her (complete with the gesturing back-up singers that put their hands to their brows to search for the high road that’s hard to find). The British singer recorded her own version of the Broken... Continue Reading →
Bitch? Please
"Bitches Be Crazy" is actually one of my favorite things to say and I haven’t given much thought to the way that the word ‘bitch’ is now a part of everyday vocabulary; unless the context implies that the word is being used in its true sense. But Lupe Fiasco’s “Bitch Bad” made me think of... Continue Reading →
Producer of the Day: DangerMouse
The first time I actually listened to DangerMouse was on the Broken Bells song ‘The High Road’. I almost remember the moment – idly listening while doing work in the school’s radio department computer labs, and then kind of mentally pulling over for the last few minutes of the song “it’s too late... Continue Reading →
Spoek Mathambo at the Echoplex (Hells Yeah!)
“Ek sê LA, I’m Spoek Mathambo.” Nthato “Spoek Mathambo” Mokgata wasn’t exactly addressing a lot of LA, but the fifty something strong crowd was sure happy to see him. Emerging from the dark of the Echoplex, people clamored to the front not only to get as close as they could and take iPhone photos but... Continue Reading →
Song of the Day: Oasis ‘Champagne Supernova’
First of all, this is why I love radio -- I was listening to KCRW just now and this song just came on making me pause for a second. There is nothing nicer than accidentally hearing a song that you have in your archives that you haven't given ear to in a while and then find yourself instantly transported... Continue Reading →
Yay! for Passion Pit’s ‘Gossamer’
There is nothing like the sophomore album to honestly separate the proverbial men from the boys (music wise) – it has to show growth and ‘taking it to the next level’ but also still have the things that we loved from the debut. Three second albums I have been waiting for are from Passion Pit,... Continue Reading →
Dear Music, I Love You 