In the Stacks 1/15/26

ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Eric Anderson - Blue River - Columbia, 1972. 🪨🫧 🪩 🗣️⎄ 📝: Mr. Anderson has his own voice, but he does also sound like the love child of James Taylor and Billy Joel. His history stretches back before either of those artists were popular. Though this is possibly his best known album,… Continue reading In the Stacks 1/15/26

Seshjawn Notes 1/11/26

Playlist Bart - Some gorgeous flugelhorn and piano. Sergei Nakariakov & Maria Meerovitch: “Lensky’s Aria” from Eugene Onegin. Either Bart has played the Flugelhorn player before at a Sesh or I’ve caught him at some point on my own, regardless he plays the instrument perfectly and emotively. I did not recognize the piece and also… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 1/11/26

In the Stacks 11/9/25

ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Allman Brothers - Brothers & Sisters  - Polygram, 1973. 🪨🫧 🪩✪ 🎸 🔈🏙️🐴🌳 🗝️💰🎗️⚒️: The Seventies were a remarkable decade for music. Between the technological advances and the post-Beatles record executive talking a more hands off approach and letting artists plot their own course, it is a really potent mix. When you… Continue reading In the Stacks 11/9/25

Seshjawn Notes 10/19/25

Play List Bart - Blind Faith - “Can’t Find My Way Home” - London, Hyde Park 1969. Bart just likes this song, and I do too. Winwood’s voice sounds raw and edgy and is so young here. This live version feels fresh and Winwood introduces the song as being a new one, so perhaps that… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 10/19/25

Seshjawn Notes 10/5/25

Play List Bart - Last Summer’s song for Bart. The Hollies - “The Air That I Breath” - Also the verse that Radiohead and Lana Del Ray pay for borrowing. They are not really the same songs, but enough similarities of melody and harmony to be considered derivative legally. The songs really separate on the… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 10/5/25