Van Dyke Parks has essentially been making the same album since 1968, and fortunately for his fans, that album is a great one. Parks’ fascination with Tin Pan Alley sounds and Depression-Era songwriting has infused his work since the mid-1960s, resulting in albums that sound like original cast recordings from musicals that don’t exist. Over the last two years, Parks … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Aquarium” by Van Dyke Parks
Van Dyke Parks
Song Of The Day – “Wings” by Tim Buckley
My sister is seven years my senior, and growing up she was my biggest musical influence introducing me to artists and albums I would have never otherwise discovered at such a young age. And so it was back in 1972 when she brought Tim Buckley’s album “Goodbye And Hello” home when I was eleven years old. To be honest, it took me years to actually get into Tim Buckley because … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Wings” by Tim Buckley
Song Of The Day – “Requiem For John Hurt” by John Fahey
I buy most of my music these days on line. I either purchase from Amazon where I can take advantage of free shipping, eBay where I can score clean copies of used records or directly from record labels like Polyvinyl and Third Man Records. Earlier today I got a rush and went down to a small independent record store in Barrington, Illinois called Rainbow Records with my … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Requiem For John Hurt” by John Fahey
Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “Who Knows Where the Time Goes” by Judy Collins
Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “Who Knows Where the Time Goes” by Judy Collins This wistful gem is one of Judy Collins’ greatest recordings from her greatest album, the 1968 classic Who Knows Where the Time Goes. The song was written by the late, great Sandy Denny who recorded a demo of it in 1967. Shortly thereafter, Denny joined forces with The Strawbs who had a go at … [Read more...] about Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “Who Knows Where the Time Goes” by Judy Collins
Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “Wings” by Tim Buckley
Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “Wings” by Tim Buckley My sister is seven years my senior, and growing up she was my biggest musical influence introducing me to artists and albums I would have never otherwise discovered at such a young age. And so it was back in 1972 when she brought Tim Buckley’s album “Goodbye and Hello” home when I was eleven years old. To be honest, … [Read more...] about Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “Wings” by Tim Buckley
