If blues the music you want to listen to when you’re feeling bad and want to feel better, then Country…
Gord & Bob on CBC-TV in the 60s
Do you remember when, back in the 1960s, television producers turned every musical performance into a production number? In the…
Answer Songs Part 11
What can I say about Hank Williams that hasn’t already been said? Maybe this: I actually liked the B-Movie biopic…
Ice Cream Man
July is Ice Cream Month so I thought I’d share some songs on that sweet subject. Normally when I post…
Answer Songs Part 10
This one has a lot more depth than previous entries in this series. In addition to the original song and…
Songs for Mandela
July 18, 2018 – The hundredth anniversary of the birth of Nelson Mandela. Six songs offered in memory and gratitude.
Missing an old friend
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my friend Stan. He was both a gentleman and a gentle man, who…
The songs of Bruce Cockburn
I am an unabashed Bruce Cockburn fan. He is an amazing guitarist, he studied briefly at Berklee in the 60s…
Answer Songs Part 9
Patsy Cline’s is the kind of success followed by tragedy story that you might find in a Country & Western…
Fire the Canon
Johann Pachelbel was classical music’s original one hit wonder. You have heard his Canon in D whether you know it…