Brain Pickings
Bob Dylan on Emotion, Vulnerability as the Price of Integrity, and Music as an Instrument of Truth
3 min read · Aug 27th · “You must be vulnerable to be sensitive to reality. And to me being vulnerable is just another way of saying that one has nothing more to lose.”
faroutmagazine.co.uk
The civil rights anthem Paul McCartney wrote inspired by Bach
2 min read · Sep 9th
Brain Pickings
Music and the Mystery of Aliveness
10 min read · Aug 22nd · “We are a music-making species — always have been, always will be — and music’s capacity to explore, express and address what it is to be human remains one of our greatest communal gifts.R…
BBC Breaking News
Do Abba's new songs live up to their hits?
5 min read · Sep 2nd · The band have released their first new music since 1982 - but is it a hit or a miss?
AllMusic
A Lone Star State of Mind: Remembering Nanci Griffith
8 min read · Aug 16th · It's said that Texans love to tell tall tales, and that may well be why the Lone Star State has such a strong tradition in songwriting. Texas music is a phrase that means a lot…
shmoop.com
New Slang Meaning
6 min read · Aug 14th · What makes this song so instantly familiar and likable? It may be that "New Slang" is, as NPR put it, "ridiculously melodic and structurally flawless" (source). Or perhaps the reason lies in how the…
The Atlantic
How Spotify Has Changed Music Libraries Forever
5 min read · Jul 19th · If your entire collection is on a streaming service, good luck accessing it in 10 or 20 years.
readdork.com
KAWALA: Welcome to paradise
5 min read · Jul 25th · Indie boys KAWALA are all about sunny vibes with their debut mixtape, ‘Paradise Heights’. Time to break out the Factor 30.
guitarworld.com
Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo: “Like a lot of the other bands around that time, we were a little uncomfortable with the…
~13 min read · Jul 4th · It stands to reason that, as one of the bands that helped pioneer and define it, Weezer are synonymous with the boom of bubbly and buoyant, ultra-melodic pop-rock of the late ‘90s and early 2000s. But…
BBC News (World)
Crowded House's Neil Finn: The most debauched we got was water fights
6 min read · Jun 13th · Neil Finn on touring with Crowded House, playing with Fleetwood Mac and ruining hotel rooms.
Salon
From Fleetwood Mac back to Crowded House, Neil Finn weighs in on the band's open-hearted new album
~12 min read · Jun 4th
SPIN
Neil Finn: 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without
2 min read · Jun 4th · Crowded House have a new album out and we spoke with singer/guitarist to find out what are the five albums he can't live without
Guardian music
Crowded House: Dreamers Are Waiting review – record of understated hope is a Finn family affair
5 min read · Jun 3rd · The band’s first album since 2010 is full of beautiful details and deceptive tonal shifts – a slow burn but worth the effort
Guardian music
Neil Finn on the return of Crowded House: ‘I am ultimately very optimistic about the world’
7 min read · May 30th · As the band releases their first record in a decade, the New Zealand songwriter reflects on its influences – from Fleetwood Mac to Donald Trump
dailyartmagazine.com
Edward Hopper And The Scent Of Loneliness
2 min read · 2019-10-26 · I remember watching Edward Hopper's piece for the first time. If you've ever been a "nighthawk" yourself you know that feeling. Tiredness and lost illusions
