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Sade - When was the last time you thought about Sade? Unless you're a connoisseur of late night romantic music, it was at least 8 years ago --- because that was the last
Sandy Bull: Re-Inventions - There are books, music and movies that are popular, and you read about them everywhere. There are books, music and movies that are special, and telling you about them is
Seasick Steve - There are unlikely success stories, and then there is Seasick Steve. Born Steven Gene Wold, Seasick Steve is in his 60s, lives in Norway, mostly plays a three-string guitar that came
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - Guest Butler Joe DePreta, a frequent contributor to Head Butler, is a New York marketing executive and writer on cultural trends. He wrote a riveting take for Butler on Lennon:
Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Inspiration - Sheku Kanneh-Mason was scheduled to perform with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra in the last concert of its 50th anniversary season. Then he got a call from Meghan Markle. His
Silvertone - Silvertone Chris Isaak I saw Chris
Simone Dinnerstein & Tift Merritt: Night - When I first met Tift Merritt, I thought she was the girl next door. I said as much: “You seem like such a... oh... little sister... a nice kid. Can you
Slim Harpo - Slim Harpo was born James Isaac Moore in Louisiana in 1924. At 15, he became an orphan when both his parents died. He left school, worked as a dock
SMOD - "Do you like music that makes you happy? I don't mean moderately happy, 7.5 on a scale of 10, isn't it a great day happy, kinda sorta happy. I mean
Snow Day Special: 10 ways to console yourself because you can’t go to work - Snow days. I remember being zipped into a snowsuit. A hat --- my mother insisted. And then it was outside for hours with my sled, a wooden Flexible Flyer. The
Son House - At community ratio station 4ZZZ in Brisbane, Australia, they indulge me by letting me do a monthly historical piece on an artist who has moved on to that big recording
Spirit in the Dark - There's a lot to be said for loud music; raw energy is the foundation of rock. But there's also a lot to be said for quiet music, like Chopin, that you have
Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration - When “The Summer of Love” enters the conversation, most of us mean San Francisco, 1967. Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead. Be-Ins. Flower Power. Sgt. Pepper. If by
Steve Earle: Guitar Town - Thanks to the tabloid press, even people who have never heard Steve Earle's music know who he is --- the guy who wrote that anti-American song about that punk kid
Steve Earle: The Low Highway - The head of a New York-based cultural organization recently asked me to suggest a musician who might perform a few songs at its annual benefit. I recommended Steve Earle. For several reasons.
Sturgill Simpson - You don’t know Sturgill Simpson? No better way than this: the aptly named “Brace for Impact (Live a Little).” The lyrics: One day you wake up And this life will be over Every party
Summer Music - Summer music is reggae. It always was. It ever will be. Late nights, dancing outside, beer from the bottle, joints passed around, the body eradicating the mind. These are the
