A very serendipitous thing happened when I was reading the Joni Mitchell biography Reckless Daughter. About midway through the book there is a discussion of Bob Dylan’s album “Blood on the Tracks”. Dylan said in a 1978 interview “he was inspired to write his much celebrated ‘Tangled Up in Blue’ after spending a weekend listening… Continue reading Tangled Up in Blue
Category: Music
Multnomah Women’s Chorus
Carla and her sister Linda have been in the local Multnomah Women’s Chorus for the past few years. There are four terms a year with a concert at the end of each term. The concerts include ensemble numbers and some soloists or duos. Linda’s bucket list includes singing Emmylou Harris’ Sorrow in the Wind with… Continue reading Multnomah Women’s Chorus
2015 Summer Road Trip – Cleveland
May 21-23, 2015 I was brought low by a bout of food poisoning Monday night but woke up Thursday morning well enough to keep our date with Cleveland, Ohio. We had tickets to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and to a Cleveland Indians baseball game and didn’t want to miss them. It’s about a… Continue reading 2015 Summer Road Trip – Cleveland
My Top 10 Christmas Songs
I have over 270 Christmas and Holiday songs in my library. Every year I seem to mine a new vein of artists and songs. I’ve whittled those down to a 129-song playlist of favorites. But which songs do I really, really love? If I were stuck in an elevator that played the same 10 Christmas and… Continue reading My Top 10 Christmas Songs
Alison Krauss & Union Station at Edgefield
A few months ago, Dianne e-mailed that tickets were going on sale for Alison Krauss and Union Station at McMenniman’s Edgefield. We were ON IT! I bought the new album Paper Airplane and it has been on my playlist pretty much constantly since (I’m listening to it as I write this entry). My favorite songs from… Continue reading Alison Krauss & Union Station at Edgefield