Music Monday: The Sound of Silence
This week’s Music Monday is a request from writer friend (and fellow North Carolinian) Donna Everhart. She commented a few weeks ago that this is a song that’s been buzzing around her head while...
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Music Monday: Blackbird
When I started learning guitar, it wasn’t long before I wanted to tackle Beatles songs. Indeed, most of my guitar practice was done with Beatles records and a copy of THE BEATLES COMPLETE music...
Music Monday: What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
As is true for most teenage musicians who learn their instruments listening to the likes of The Beatles, Billy Joel, Joe Jackson, and Paul McCartney, I had aspirations of becoming a professional musician. Unlike...
Music Monday: Silly Love Songs
For Christmas this year, my wife and family blessed me with the Deluxe Edition of Wings’ “At the Speed of Sound” album from 1976. This is part of the “Archive Collection” Paul McCartney started...
Music Monday: Auld Lang Syne
As we approach the end of the year, with the traditional end-of-year parties, at midnight on January 1st across the English-speaking world there will be hugging, kissing, toasting, and rousing choruses sung of “Auld...
Music Monday: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
Of course, on the Monday before Christmas I had to feature my favorite hymn of all time. Charles Wesley’s words put to an arrangement of Felix Mendelssohn’s tune by William H. Cummings. It is...
Music Monday: All Is Well
This has to be one of my favorite Christmas songs, from one of my favorite CDs. To me, Michael W. Smith’s 1989 “Christmas” album represents the man at his best. The guy’s made some...
Music Monday: Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
Since today is the 34th anniversary of John Lennon’s death (at 10:50 pm ET tonight, to be precise), it seems appropriate for today’s Music Monday to feature one of the most beloved (and one...
Music Monday: Christmastime Is Here!
Not only is this a true statement, but it’s the name of one of the pieces Vince Guaraldi composed and performed (with his trio) for the Charlie Brown Christmas special. It features lots of...
Music Monday: Part IIc
Who names a piece of music “Part IIc”? I’ll tell you who: Keith Jarrett, pianist extraordinaire. Keith is a piano prodigy who plays jazz, classical, and… let’s just say there’s not much he can’t...
