In a quite fair, though surprisingly swift and wide-reaching manner, much has been made of Justin Vernon's songwriting and of his band, Bon Iver. Their remarkable EP For Emma, Forever Ago, is an album so simple and subtle in its beauty that it could end up lost in the shuffle of your playlist. [...]...

I just haven't been updating lately and I don't know why. I am listless and bored with everything (not to mention being deep in the struggle), I found myself sleeping less and writing more. Just not here. It's the mid-summer lull before the cool of autumn prevails. I'm an autumn baby, [...]...

Before he became a BET & MTV superstar, Robin Thicke was a singer/songwriter from a famous family who, in spite of his connections in Hollywood, was struggling to make his soulful jams in relative obscurity. He was always funky & this track proves it for me. I remember the first time I heard this [...]...

The music community gives so much to all of us through their commitment to the arts. In celebration of Independence Day 2008, I urge you to participate in Independents Day 08, a charity drive raising money for the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM), the Worldwide Independent Network (WIN) and the charitable organization of [...]...

I should have been angry when Cameron asked me to unearth (from anywhere I could find it) this forgotten gem of the 1980's for him, but it put me on a mission to find a couple of other gems I'd been trying to dig up. I am now prepared to thank him for putting [...]...