Archive for September, 2009

Vinyl

Books: Mitch Albom – Tuesdays With Morrie (1997)

by Mark Saleski A man discover’s that his old college professor (whom he hasn’t seen in over fifteen years) has contracted Lou Gehrig’s Disease. What happens next is simultaneously inspiring and heartbreaking. Mitch Albom’s account of his weekly meetings with Morrie Schwartz poses many questions about how we chose toRead More

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It's a Duck Baker Two-fer! Roots & Branches of American Music and The Waltz Lesson (2009)

by Pico Duck Baker, as we noted here earlier this year, is a virtuosic fingerstyle guitarist. That last release, Everything That Rises Must Converge, showcased only a very small sliver of Baker’s passions. He can get enthused for artists ranging from George Jones and Andrew Hill to Clarence White andRead More