Posts By: Jessi

Sweet soda pop

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Continuing to follow up on some albums I missed last year, I should mention Jim Noir‘s Tower of Love. Sweet and fizzy. Sounds real good in a playlist along with some Byrds, Donovan and Terry Jacks, whom I’ve rediscovered, by the way. His songs are simplistic but the arrangements are so deliciously bubbly. So forget… Read more »

Flamenco pop

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I can only claim to have some small appreciation for classical flamenco. Once I happened to see the dancer Joaquin Encinias perform1. I’ve never seen more grace, not even in Olympic athletes. It takes passionate music to back dancing like that, and Santa Cruz’ local flamenco musicians did well providing it. They call this soulful… Read more »

Cardboard box music

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What happens when you give a two-and-a-half year old boy a cardboard box and then tell him to destroy it?…can you make music from it? W J Kington did. The results are awesome! I think this just might make the list of my top 5 songs of 2007. Give it a listen: W J Kington:… Read more »