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Lately, I’ve been so distracted by day-to-day responsibilities and mundanities that I’ve lost track of the date. Heck, I sometimes forget what time of year ...read more
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Our third installment on the Beach Boys captures Brian Wilson, the band’s main songwriter and producer, walking the fine line between what he wanted, and ...read more
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Most people think of San Francisco when they think of the Summer of Love. Granted, a great deal of change did occur in California, but the West Coast ...read more
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The day that this show aired, weather was truly miserable and flash floods caused me to spin into panic as the show began while I still sitting at the ...read more
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Ah, from such humble beginnings…
Nobody except Brian Wilson himself could have expected things to turn out as they did for the Beach Boys. An unassuming ...read more
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A few weeks ago, in our coverage of the ‘Summer of Love’, we dedicated one program to the Monterey Pop Festival, a key event in the development of pop ...read more
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This week we complete our coverage of jazz innovator Sidney Bechet. By continuing to focus on his classic recordings. Bechet remained musically active ...read more
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Recently, another brilliant Ken Burns-affilated documentary has been airing on PBS. In a rather unusual move, a multitude of cd's have been released to ...read more
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It’s hard for me to believe (or accept) this, but if it hadn’t been for Europe – and specifically France – it is quite possible that the music of Sidney ...read more
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Last week, we took a look at the contemporary pop charts as compiled on a CD series entitled “Now That’s What I Call Music.” Although this disk (#25 in the ...read more
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