February 2017

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The Magic of the Movie Musical

No, this post is not about La La Land. Instead, I bring your attention to Sing Street, the third movie-musical directed by John Carney. Following Once and Begin Again, Sing Street has many of the same elements that made the first two films successful, but it’s most noticeable departure is it’s heavy play into nostalgia. […]

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Uncovering Cover Songs

We all have those moments: when we realize that the iconic song by that classic artist is in fact just a cover. It’s a confusing and devastating time. For me this happened in the fourth grade when my mom casually dropped that Twist and Shout was written by the Isley Brothers and not the Beatles.

Mp3, Music

Belated Valentine's Day Mix

Instead of working on comps, I decided to make a Valentine’s Day mix of some of my favorite songs about love or at least songs that I associate with love. Tracklist: The Durutti Column – Sketch For Summer Arthur Russell – A Little Lost Sonya Spence – Let Love Flow On Broken Social Scene –

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A Brief History of Female Producers

(but not as brief as you might think) Since regrettably few female electronic music producers are given due recognition, I thought I would compile a list of my favorites, new and old. In chronological order: DELIA DERBYSHIRE Delia Derbyshire was an English experimental electronic musician, active starting in the ’60s. After earning a degree in

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