News & Links – January 27
I’ll admit that I’m not much of a Joanna Newsom fan. I didn’t like either of her previous releases, The Milk-Eyed Mender or Ys. I wanted to like her music, because she oftentimes gets lumped in with musicians whose work I do enjoy, but I just couldn’t get into her whole sound. Regardless of my […]
Wow, That’s a Good Song: Justin Vernon with the Eau Claire Memorial Jazz Band, “For Emma”
Here’s a peek into my music nerd past: once upon a time, I was in my high school’s jazz band. While we did our fair share of standards, we mixed it up with some songs of the moment — I was in high school when the whole swing revival was happening, after all. (Okay, well, […]