Posts By: Jessi

The fisherman’s wife

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There’s an old fairy tale about a poor woman whose husband rescued a magic flounder (actually an enchanted prince). The woman forced her husband to demand a reward from the flounder. The flounder granted her wish, but she wasn’t satisfied. She made a series of escalating demands. At first, she just wanted to be rich…. Read more »

Frightening thought

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Super G has expressed his love of prog rock, along with the belief that most new music sucks. While I suspect he was at least exaggerating for the sake of stirring up some discussion, it did inspire this frightening question that I am asking myself: What if in thirty years, all the music that I… Read more »

My musical year in review

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It’s been quite a year for West African music. Much-loved Ali Farka Touré passed away, not without leaving us one last album. He’s survived by his nephew Afel Bocoum, who has started getting lots of attention for his music. Tartit, with their Tuareg electric guitars, brought out a new album as well. Toumani Diabaté and… Read more »