Category Archives: Music

Heard this a lot late last year, on KCRW, and thought about it as the “hee hee” song, for the background accents.

I thought I had posted about this song before, perhaps on Facebook, but cannot find the link. So let me add it here with a ‘music’ tag for future reference. Which is to say, my past year’s favorite song: Frank … Continue reading →

(Aside from all the tracks on the new Beck album)

Every once in a while I pull off a CD for evening’s listening by Georges Delerue, a French composer of film scores who died in 1992. He seemed to be best known for light playful scores for French films, such … Continue reading →

Last night’s performance of Billy Budd by the Los Angeles Opera was… compelling. I know some Benjamin Britten music (especially “Four Sea Interludes”), but had never heard this opera — nor have I ever read the Melville novella, though I … Continue reading →

Of the new songs on Springsteen’s new High Hopes album, this one is especially affecting.

This incredible new version of Springsteen’s “The Ghost of Tom Joad”, on his new album High Hopes.