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Monday Music: Tony Bennett & Sheryl Crow, Good Morning Heartache

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From Tony Bennett’s album of blues duets. Update: I’ve received some uncommonly kind questions about whether posting a song about heartache is meant to convey a personal message. No, not at all. I’ve posted allegories here and there, but this song is, to me, simply a good song. Hope you like it, too – Adams

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Music Monday: Crimson Skies, Arixo Sunset

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Someone asked me my choice for the best video game music. That’s a difficult selection to make, as many video games are well-produced, with good soundtracks. If I had to pick one, I’d choose the soundtrack from Crimson Skies as particularly memorable, almost haunting. Enjoy.

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Monday Music: Ben Sommer’s Saint Martha

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Ben Sommer has a second video from his recent album, america’d. Saint Martha is just the thing for a Monday morning. For my earlier, favorable review of the album, see Ben Sommer’s america’d. Enjoy.

Holiday, Music

Monday Music: Sophie Milman’s So Long, You Fool

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I hope you’re having a Happy Valentine’s Day, as I am. But if not, it’s worth considering whether the person over whom you might be pining is, after all, worth pining over. Think carefully, and you may find that the answer’s no, not at all. In that spirit of realism (and liberation from someone you’re…

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Ben Sommer’s america’d

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I grew up in a jazz-loving household, not jazz as stuffy, artistic presumption, but simply the music of the house. One knew that there were kinds of jazz, and each had its place (the exception was fusion, that everyone agreed had none at all). Glenn Miller, for example, was considered sufficiently tame that his albums…

Comment Forum, Music

Friday Comment Forum: Worst Song Ever

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Here’s the Friday open comments post. Today’s suggested topic — The Canadians have banned a Dire Straits song. If you were going to ban a song — although I think banning’s a bad idea — what would you ban? Less intrusively, what song would you switch off the moment you heard it? My pick —…