HeyJaredMatthew Moran: Music & Musings
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The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival is here and Robert Plant was announced!! (opens the original)
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This is primarily a video update.In a couple days we’ll be at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco for The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival.All years have some “Sophie’s Choices” - as you weigh which acts you MUST see - which automatically excludes acts scheduled at or near the same time on different stages.This year was made especially challenging with the announcement of Robert Plant and his new band, Saving G
A Musical Hump: Songs on a Hump Day (opens the original)
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First: A solemn goodbye to Dolly Parton and Tim Curry. They made the world a more compassionate, musical, and understanding place.I have three acoustic recordings in this post. Two of them are songs I wrote and one is a cover of Jackson Frank’s iconic folk song, Blues Run The Game.Previously I said I wanted to post a new acoustic song weekly. I didn’t do that. And that has produced some anxiety for me. I do have reasons though I’m unsure if they are compelling.My primary reason for not posting i
Songs That Made Me: Ep #02 - Someday, Steve Earle (opens the original)
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The number of songs from Steve Earle that make me and break me is nearly endless.We’ll likely see Steve again in October as he is slated to perform at The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco.I say, “likely” because they’ve been announcing scheduled artists and the list is already impressive. I want to end up at the Banjo Stage watching Steve and The Hardly Strictly Dukes perform their brand of raw and offensive bluegrass.But there are pe
Do You Remember What The Music's For? A song and thoughts on our fragile path forward (opens the original)
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I wrote a song at the end of 2020. I’ve included images from the pages from my songwriting journal and an acoustic recording below.But first, a foray into what music could be for and its connection to my musical origins.Last night we watched episode one of Woody Guthrie and the Ghost of Tom Joad Today, a PBS documentary narrated by Rosanne Cash1. <
Aging, Purpose, Curiosity, and Music (opens the original)
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I scanned this quickly. Spelling and usage are all subject. Summary:The world is burning, angst is high, and I’m still finding beauty and fascination.We are all going to die one dayThis is getting off to a fun start, eh?Weird fact: I’ve been thinking about aging and mortality far more in the past year or so than I ever have. And that’s actually not a weird fact. It is, based on what I’ve read and listened to, fairly common. It seems between 55 and 65, there is a realization that we have flown th
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