Category: Music

Rock'n like Sunday Morning

My friend Jeanne sent me this video–Starry Starry Night by Don McLean I think it’s wonderful. I want to go sit in an art gallery looking at real Van Goghs while listening to this song. […]

Caroline Herring

I saw Caroline Herring perform last night. I’d heard her before, but she was on stage with three other people the first time, one of whom was Mary Chapin Carpenter. I knew I liked her. […]

On Drunks and Preachers and Being Trailer Trash

I’ve listened to this Paul Thorn tune “Pimps and Preachers” a few times, thanks to someone who shares genetic background with me who thought I would appreciate it. I do. I do appreciate it. If […]

Not Everything Good is Bad

Meet Paul Thorn, Tupelo native, singer/songwriter, son of a preacher. He caught my attention with the part about of going out in the world and learning that not everything he’d been told was evil really […]

Let the Mystery Be

This song came up in conversation this week. A friend said it summed up his life. I can only aspire to that level of zen-like acceptance. I tend to kick the mysteries around a little […]