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Okay, so I never really, truly got deep into Michael Jackson. I mean sure I adore singing along to “Man In The Mirror” in my car (shmoa) as much as the next girl, have rollerskated to “Rock With You,” and I do know the […]

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I was a Dire Straits fan from the very beginning. Their first single “Sultans of Swing,” from their debut album released in 1978, knocked me off of my feet. The band’s third and fourth albums, Making Movies (1980) and Love Over Gold (1982), were among the best rock records […]

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If I’ve had the honor of making your acquaintance, I’ve more than likely made you a music mix – whether you wanted it or not. Because us music obsessives not only love our favorite tunes, we desperately need you to love them too. From the bedroom (cassettes) to […]

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There were many angles I was going to use in this piece. But nothing seemed to do Kurt justice. So I’ll be brief and to the point.
A few days before April 8, 1994, my father and I went to see the film Short Cuts. This is not […]

I think the autoharp is one of the most underused instruments in music today. Luckily, some folks agree with me. Here are a few memorable tunes arranged in no particular order…

Smashing Pumpkins ~ We Only Come Out At Night We Only Come Out At Night
Great Lake Swimmers ~ I Am Part Of A Large Family […]

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Of all the people who inspired and encouraged my love of rock music, Sid Mark should probably get most of the credit, followed in a close second by one Francis Albert Sinatra, (very) late of Hoboken, N.J.
See, I grew up in one of those massive old Manayunk rowhouses, […]

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My mom was a bit of an Elvis Presley fan in the 1950s, and like millions of others on August 16, 1977, was a little shaken after hearing of his death. Two months later, we sat down to watch the CBS broadcast of “Elvis […]

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As I watched coverage of Wednesday’s horrific tragedy in Minneapolis, I had this strange feeling that I knew the place even though I had never been there. Then it occurred to me: It’s the music. When I submitted my personal ballot for last year’s 885 greatest artists countdown, […]

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Maybe you’ve never really “gotten” jazz. Maybe the very mention of jazz makes you think of that weird male nanny (”I prefer child technician“) in Jerry Maguire, always trying to pass off jazz mixtape cassettes to friends, and waxing rapturiously ecstatic at the mention […]

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Most people do not get to meet the musicians they love the most. However, on the night of March 1, 2001, I got lucky. I met, shook hands, and interviewed Larry Kirwan, the leader and co-founder of the Irish-American band Black 47. This all came about in a rather […]