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Welcome! At its most basic level, this space will be about the constant quest for music that inspires, delights, and fills a need that can't be put into everyday words. In a larger sense, I hope to meet you at the intersection of music and place.
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Lies of Summer (opens the original)
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I don’t do particularly well with the change of season from summer into fall. The loss of sunlight affects me and there’s just a sense that maybe I didn’t do it right and now it’s over and soon it’ll be winter and gah! I’m not ready for that!I’m not saying I dislike fall. It’s nice to have fewer brutally hot and humid days. And it may make me as basic as they come, but I do like pumpkin spice as a flavor profile.1<div class="subscription-widget sho
Mike D with the Master Plan (opens the original)
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I love the Beastie Boys.I count them as one of a ridiculously long list of bands/solo artists I wish I could have seen live, but didn’t. And this isn’t like an Otis Redding situation where our time on earth didn’t overlap in the first place. I had my chances. I missed them. Go to the show. Always go to the show.The Song Seekers is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<form class="s
Dolly Parton - 1946-2026 (opens the original)
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There’s a cruel irony to writing one day about an artist defying the odds of longevity, while only a day or two later we find out we’ve lost one of the greatest, if not the very greatest, living legend, who also defied said odds, but also seemed to have much more left in the tank.But life is not fair, and Dolly is gone.The Song Seekers is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<form class="subs
Life Gets Mighty Precious When There’s Less of It To Waste* (opens the original)
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*The title of this piece is a line from the title track of the hugely popular commercial breakthrough for Bonnie Raitt, 1989’s “Nick of Time”. Research for this article comes from this retrospective written to mark the occasion of the album’s 35th anniversaryFor such a chaotic and unpredictable endeavor, life can also be pretty predictable.The Song Seekers is a reader-suppo
The Greatest Songs - Under the Radar (opens the original)
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"If someone buys a Silver Jews record, they get to buy some freedom from the ickiness”—David Berman, from May 13, 2008, Utne Reader article, “Freedom from Ickiness with David Berman” by Michael RoweI could listen to Silver Jews all day. I’ve had days where I probably have spent most of the day with the David Berman fronted project originally cofounded alongside Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich. I guess I never knew it consciously, but maybe its been my way of trying to find a littl
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