A Lazy DayMy archenemy followed me to Canada. When I lived in Rochester, a murder of crows would roost in our backyard, right outside my bedroom window. There were hundreds of crows that seeme to populate the cemetary near where I lived. But some apparently liked to sleep in our backyard. At least, they would sleep until about 5:30 or so in the morniing. It's really hard to sleep when crows a
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Posts by jbnimble
Winnipeg Folk Festival - Day Three
Winnipeg Folk Festival - Day Two
Winnipeg Folk Festival - Day TwoA Lesson RelearnedWhen we had arrived at the Quiet Campgrounds that first night, we finally understood what "Quiet" really meant. The noise wasn't kept to a dull roar. It was nonexistent. Dead silence would be a better description. No campfires, no conversation or visiting. Just silence.But all that silence ended around 6:30. Kids, parents and breakfast seem t
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Time Control
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Almost four years ago, I made a wonderful discovery at our local Barnes and Noble. A wonderful jazz pianist by the name of Hiromi. Her debut release, Another Mind blew me away. A couple of days ago, Ronni mentioned that she had received an e-mail announcing the release of HIromi's new album, her fourth. Given the apparent delay ordering the disc on Amazon and the fact that a trip to Barnes and
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Endless Highway
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I still enjoy going to music stores. Things happen in music stores. I picked up Pearl Jam's Ten months before it became a big deal because I heard it in a local shop. Same thing with Sarah McLachlan. Even now, I find things in music stores that I would never find if I always just ordered on-line. Mostly because the music stores play albums to try to entice people to buy them. So I hear thing
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The Duchess of Coolsville
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Well, I'm still on my Rickie Lee Jones kick. The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard simply won't let me be. (I forced myself to take a break last night to listen to The Nields' "Ash Wednesday" and a few other mellow songs. But I'm right back to it today.)Tonight, Jones is playing in St. Paul, Minnesota. A few hours from me. But I'm not going to be there. I really wish I were. I just hope to cat
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The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard
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I have been listening to one album almost exclusively for the last week. I keep hoping a review will gel in my mind for me to post. I'm not sure it has gelled. But I am sure that I cannot sit on this review any longer.A little over a week ago, I heard something about Rickie Lee Jones putting out a new album. I did a quick search on the web and found, sure enough, that her new album had come...
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梶浦由記
Okay, I'm a poseur. I admit it. I don't read Japanese. I certainly don't write Japanese. I just know how to cut and paste. But if I'm going to go in order, this artist is next. (I'm sure I could find out an English equivalent on-line... but I'm more amused by the thought of leaving it alone.) I suppose a word of explanation is in order. (Unless you read Japanese, or even just clicked on t
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Suzanne Vega
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Boy am I a slacker. It's been four months since my last update? Well, in my defense, the fall was really, really busy. But I meant to get to this long before now.I discovered Suzanne Vega, like many people, with the big hit from her second album. I bought the 45 of "Luka" because I really liked it. And yes, my peers at school had a tendency to make fun of me for it. But I didn't care. (I wa
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Lis Harvey
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I feel bad skipping ahead like this, especially with Suzanne Vega on deck, but I promise to get to her later this week. I just came from a concert last night, and I want to post this before too much time has past. I posted roughly this same post at Over A Candle, but it seemed appropriate that it go here, as well.Just under four years ago I had heard a report on NPR about a folk singer who was o
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