On a cold November night fifty years ago, a massive freighter vanished beneath the waves of Lake Superior. Gordon Lightfoot’s haunting ballad captures the storm, the ship, and the 29 men lost on this day in 1975: an enduring story of courage, nature’s power, and memory that refuses to fade. August of 1976 I wasContinueContinue reading “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”
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An Ordinary Love, Lifted into Song
Back in the 1980s, chasing U2’s spark led me to Clannad, whose music wove Ireland’s ancient roots into something fresh. Their duet with Bono, “In a Lifetime,” caught me in a spell, Moya Brennan’s voice like a breeze carrying secrets from another world. Without knowing a word of Irish Gaelic, I was enchanted, drawn intoContinueContinue reading “An Ordinary Love, Lifted into Song”
Wilderado’s “Bad Luck”: A Portrait of Restlessness
I’m not entirely sure whose voice speaks through Wilderado’s “Bad Luck,” but it sketches a character I found hard to ignore. I wrote this lyrical breakdown to explore that. I’ve followed the band since 2018 when I first heard “You Don’t Love Me” on their Favors EP. That track stood out for its honest portrayal of aContinueContinue reading “Wilderado’s “Bad Luck”: A Portrait of Restlessness”
Revisiting “Tusk”
Editor’s note: Today, I’m taking a look at a favorite album. Let’s take a brief look back at this distinctive album. Back when Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk was released in 1979, I’d heard that it was quite a musical departure for them, but I bought a copy of the double album through the Columbia House RecordContinueContinue reading “Revisiting “Tusk””
Veni. Vidi. Scripsi. 