Kirsty MacColl. I wrote yesterday about the thrill of discovering a new artist—this past week it was Kirsty MacColl. From her final album Tropical Brainstorm, stuffed with compelling and never cheesy riffs on Cuban, Mexican, and Brazilian music, to her early singles, like her definitive version of Billy Bragg's "A New England," I was delighted, … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (3/27/23)
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On the thrill of discovering new (old) music
When I was a teenager, I remember feeling that there was so much music out there. I was always in discovery mode—there were entire eras of music I knew nothing about. The older I got, the more defined my musical taste became, and the less I felt that there were whole swaths of music still … Continue reading On the thrill of discovering new (old) music
Taylor Coe 