AND THE YEAR IS… 2019! Three weeks ago I listed the best local concerts of the previous year. But
2020, YOU GAVE ME THE BLUES There wasn’t a particular Day The Music Died, but, like coronavirus vi
NO REGRETS? Whenever I hear someone say, I have no regrets about anything in my life, I wonder. Real
NICOLE RECOMMENDS: GIVE YOUR LOVED ONE THE GIFT OF MUSIC — or film, or poster. The holidays are f
I got to hear live music!! A band, a good band, a mariachi band, and I didn’t have to venture out to see them, any further than my parking area.
I had just gotten out of the Army, Sept. ‘68. Free at last. And alive and with all my l
HOW DO HUMANS CELEBRATE? With drink, of course, and food. In ancient times (nine months ago), by gat
I DON’T LIKE MONDAYS No, this isn’t the same column you read yesterday, that started out with t
UNDERGROUND RADIO Literally underground. That’s where the student-run FM radio station was locate
MUSIC MEMORY MATCHING TIME I told you how a few weeks ago I went through an unexpected trove of mu
I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW Sometimes, rarely, a song just grabs you from the opening notes and the firs
YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED That since the pandemic hit, NICOLE RECOMMENDS has mostly been digging up uniq