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Katy Perry: ‘Firework’ - 250,000,000 views on YouTube. That’s larger than the population of Pakistan, the sixth largest country in the world. That massive number makes “Firework,” by Katy Perry, the tenth most popular video
Keith Jarrett: The Koln Concert - This is a CD that inspires extreme reactions. Those who love it believe it to be a certified work of genius --- and far from the only one of Keith
Kenny White - Friends took me to see Kenny White. I had no idea who he was, but I certainly recognized the violinist --- Larry Campbell, who played for seven years behind a
Kenny White: Long List of Priors - If this were Twitter, I could make the case for Kenny White in less than 140 characters: Do you like Randy Newman? Then you’ll love Kenny White. Which is to say:
Kraftwerk - It starts tonight. It’s the place to be. Sadly, it’s sold out. All eight nights. 2,500 tickets gone in a flash. Better believe some very cool people will be standing
Krishna Das: “Kirtan Wallah” - Up early. Coffee. And then I’m here. I have technical skills now, maybe even mastery, but writing was easier when I was a brash kid just trying to make my name.
Krishna Das: Heart As Wide As The World - 1968. I was getting straight As in my final year at Harvard. I had a book contract with The Viking Press. My girlfriend was smoking hot. And I was completely, utterly
Krishna Das: Live Ananda - “Live Ananda,” by Krishna Das, was nominated for a Grammy in the New Age category. I would never have predicted this. But if any American singing Hindu blues were to break through,
Krishna Das: Trust in the Heart - I write about Krishna Das every chance I get --- here’s the primer, and then there’s this and this and this and this and this --- because his chants work
Lampedusa Concert for Refugees: Emmylou Harris, Robert Plant, Joan Baez, Steve Earle, Buddy Miller and the Milk Carton Kids - Lampedusa: for readers, the name of the author of The Leopard. Lampedusa: for tourists and beach-lovers, the largest of the Italian Pelagie Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. Lampedusa: for refugees, an
Lana del Rey: “Did you know there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd” - I could say I’m paying particular attention to love songs on WFUV because I’m writing a novel that’s a love story about sophisticated people and very raw emotions and I’m
Lara St. John - Video Bach: BWV 1041, Allegro assai Is there a more frequently recorded piece of classical music than Vivaldi's Four Seasons? And talk about over-played --- I don't know if
Leo Kottke - Videos Little Martha Medley Leo Kottke says he loves the guitar because he could make a beautiful sound from one simply by dropping it on the floor. And he does not mean a custom-made
Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) - November 7, 2016. Leonard Cohen fell in the night and died. A year later,, when I mentioned the anniversary, friends said the same thing: "It can't be a year." I
Leonard Cohen: ‘Popular Problems’ - Leonard Cohen is 80. “Popular Problems” is his 15th collection of original songs. It’s tempting, given those facts, to think that he’s slowing down. That would be wrong --- Cohen has never
Leonard Cohen: Live - Beacon Theater, New York City February 19, 2009 I couldn't blame my wife for her sudden ambivalence when a guy outside the theater offered us $1,000 for each of our front-row
Leonard Cohen: Live At The Isle of Wight 1970 - This is not a review of a legendary concert appearance by Leonard Cohen. It’s a meditation on personal power. Essentially, I’m trying to figure out here what happens below the surface
Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas - If you’re in the Cohen Cult, you have a memory of a song and a moment. Usually not a joyous memory. As someone has said, “You play Leonard after
Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas (Take 2) - A week before it was released, I wrote about Old Ideas, the new Leonard Cohen CD. Now it’s out --- and it’s the #1 best-selling CD on Amazon. No way. And not just
Levon Helm (1940-2012): “The sun’s gonna shine/ Through the shadows/ When I go away” - He's the one who sang “The Weight” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” and "Up on Cripple Creek." He played Loretta Lynn's father in “Coal Miner's Daughter.” He's
