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Billy Collins' Poem "The Blues"

Billy Collins' Poem "The Blues"

Billy Collins, former Poet Laureate of the United States (2001 to 2003) is a Distinguished Professor at colleges in New York and Florida. TheNew York Times has called him “the most popular poet in America”, with his poetry books selling far beyond most volumes of poetry. His poem,The Blues,

Sharing White Toast with Hayden: My Musical Journey with an Artist and His Work

Sharing White Toast with Hayden: My Musical Journey with an Artist and His Work

Full disclosure: I’m a huge fan of Canadian singer/songwriter Hayden (Paul Hayden Desser). I’ll claim to be a fan since 1996, when his debut album Everything I Long For was released in the United States by Outpost (an offshoot of Geffen). Such is my fandom that when

Neil Young's Pono-graphic Priesthood

Neil Young's Pono-graphic Priesthood

Neil Young’s Pono Music format is in the middle of a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign, raising nearly $3 million and exceeding the $800,000 goal in the first two days. Accordingly, all of the really cool incentives are already gone. It’s hard not to get excited about this

Hayden's Us Alone proves "the music's still everything ... well, almost everything"

Hayden's Us Alone proves "the music's still everything ... well, almost everything"

Nearly 20 years after Canadian singer/songwriter Hayden's first album, Us Alone is equal parts a love letter to his daughter, as well as a nostalgic look back at a career lived, for the most part, his own way. It is important to note that this is his

Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers: From “Van Session” Covers to a Sound All Their Own

Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers: From “Van Session” Covers to a Sound All Their Own

Back in 2012, a little known group of vagabonds hit the road, recording song covers in their van as they drove from city to city. The group was Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers, and the result of their musical odyssey was a series of videos that became known as the

The Machismo of Easy

The Machismo of Easy

In the American pop canon, the term "easy" is most associated with three songs: "Easy" by the Commodores, "Take It Easy" by the Eagles and "Easy Lover" by Phil Collins. Lesser known are "Make It Easy" by the Moondoggies and

One Song By Bob Dylan: "Is Your Love In Vain?" "Street Legal"

In 1978, Bob Dylan was fed up with his ex wife Sarah and decided to write at least an album's worth of material about it. This is just about one song on the album. The name of the song is: "Is Your Love In Vain?" and