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Morrissey: Irish Blood, English Heart

I’m neither Irish nor English, but one needn’t be to enjoy Irish Blood, English Heart. Irish blood, English heart, this I’m made of There is no-one on earth I’m afraid of And no regime can buy or sell me I’ve been dreaming of a time when To be English is not to be baneful To…

Ben Sommer’s Latest Album: Super Brain

I’ve featured songs from Ben Sommer’s latest album, Super Brain, but a proper review of the entire album is in order. I liked and favorably reviewed Ben’s first album, america’d, and so was disposed to expect another solid effort. And yet, earlier-album familiarity nothwithstanding, Super Brain surprises and impresses, exceeding Sommer’s earlier work. First, for…

Ben Sommer’s Video of Foster the People’s Pumped up Kicks

A treat today — Ben Sommer’s cover of Pumped up Kicks. Enjoy — I’m very sure you will. Ben describes his recording of the song — Pumped Up Kicks If you haven’t heard “Pumped up Kicks” yet then you don’t listen to radio. That makes two of us. Yes the song is catchy but insufferable.…

Monday Music: Ben Sommer on Deo Gracias Anglia

Ben writes about his latest song Deo Gracias Angliafrom his latest album, a song featured here originally last Friday. One dates oneself to write about liner notes, but there was great value in reading what a musician thought about his or her music that’s been lost without those notes. Commentary like Ben’s restores that additional…

Premiere of Ben Sommer’s Deo Gracias Anglia from Super Brain

The best moments of blogging aren’t in the writing, but in reading of others; not in saying, but in listening. It’s more than a treat to discover, and now to premiere, the sharp and compelling — here’s the FW premiere of Ben Sommer’s Deo Gracias Anglia from his latest album, Super Brain. Readers know and…