Even rarer than artists making great records after 40 is those who are able to do so in quick succession. Back when I was high school, Hüsker Dü released New…
I rarely hear an entire record played on the radio. A few months ago, I heard the album Eskimo by the Residents played on WXDU’s stellar Sunday afternoon show, Polyphonic…
Most of the musicians I’ve written about in this series are ones that were important to me when I was younger because of work they did themselves when they were…
One possible answer to the question I posed in my post on Reckoning with REM – How come their early portraits of Southern life never said anything about the history…
I can think of few more unlikely candidates for creative growth after 40 than Weird Al Yankovic. Back when I was in grade school, he came on the pop culture…
I cannot pretend to write an objective review of today’s entry into my Top 40 Over 40 countdown, Transcendental Youth by the Mountain Goats. You see, I compete in an…
In this series of posts on artists who inspired me to start recording again by doing first-rate work on or after their 4oth birthday, Bill Dixon is an anomaly. Most…
I didn’t pay much attention to what was going on in the undie music scene during the aughts. I listened to some things that were current, but mostly I was…
Sometimes pop artists you associate with youth surprise you with a new vocal persona that suits them as they get older. (Think Robert Plant on Raising Sand.) But in the…
This album was one of a few that made me want to try putting strings on my next record. I don’t like how strings are often used in western pop…
Top 40 Over 40.16: Holding It Down
One possible answer to the question I posed in my post on Reckoning with REM – How come their early portraits of Southern life never said anything about the history…