Listening (2009: I - September)

  • September 1, 2009
  • Springsteen, Bruce - Nebraska
  • Hawk and a Hacksaw - Darkness at Noon
  • Sangare, Oumou - Seya
  • Ojos de Brujo - Techari
  • September 2, 2009
  • Ojos de Brujo - Bari
  • Sangare, Oumou - Moussolou
  • September 3, 2009
  • Man, Wu - Pipa from a Distance
  • September 7, 2009
  • Over the Rhine - Good Dog, Bad Bog
  • Ojos de Brujo - Techari Live Barcelona, 22.12.06
  • September 10, 2009
  • Sangare, Oumou - Moussolou
  • September 11, 2009
  • López, Orlando "Cachaito" - Cachaito
  • September 16, 2009
  • Williamson, Sonny Boy - The Chess Box Set
  • September 25, 2009
  • Harris, Emmylou & The Nash Ramblers - At The Ryman (1992)
  • Harris, Emmylou & The Hot Band - Royal Albert Hall (1995)
  • Harris, Emmylou & Spyboy - Spyboy (1998)
  • Amos, Tori - Little Earthquakes
  • September 26, 2009
  • Colón, Willie & Rubén Blades - Siembra
  • September 28, 2009
  • Colón, Willie & Héctor Lavoe - Cosa Nuestra
  • Colón, Willie & Héctor Lavoe - El Juicio
  • September 29, 2009
  • Bhattacharya, Debashish - Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide-Guitar Odyssey
  • September 29, 2009
  • Collins, Shirley - False True Lovers
  • Fania All-Stars - Live at Yankee Stadium, Vols. 1 & 2 (1973)
  • Franklin, Aretha with Rev. James Cleveland/Southern California Community Choir - Amazing Grace (1972)
  • Calexico - Scraping (2002)

Boss!!! What did you think?

B Springsteen's Nebraska has been an on-going revelation since I first heard it twenty-five years ago. I deeply admire his simultaneous ability to communicate hard truths in a solitary, intimate setting while also swaggering into cavernous auditoriums, and uniting an audience in high holy communion.