Song of the Day: I and Love and You

The first time I heard I and Love and You by the Avett Brothers, I changed the station without even hearing who the song was by. I put it in the same category of cheesy ballads from the likes of Snow Patrol and wasn’t grabbed by its simplicity. The second time I heard it, I was [...]

Apple Buys Music Company Start-Up Lala

I was blown away after reading this article on the New York Times website that talked about Apple’s recent acquisition of Lala, a Palo Alto based music start-up. I hadn’t thought much about what the landscape of the music industry will be like post-downloading but the idea of having all music hosted on the Web or [...]

Musician of the Day: Josh Ritter

I had finished this post before I decided to start my “Thing of the Day” series but I forgot to publish it. Now I can recycle it as the inaugural post for the TOTD. Mwahaha!

My favorite singer-songwriter is doing a short run of shows in the Northeast this week. In fact, he’s in Northampton tonight [...]

My Year In Music--2009

            I’m going to take this opportunity to summarize the major musical happenings from this year. My blogging frequency decreased when I got back from my tour at the beginning of February and I got swept away by the release of my first full-length CD, a busy summer, and by [...]