Posts Tagged: pop music

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 »

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 »