Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros: X-Ray Style Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros: X-Ray Style (live) [ purchase ] Who knows? Maybe I...

Sugarcane Harris: Where’s My Sunshine [ purchase ] Papa John Creach: Bumble Bee Blues [ purchase ] As the unofficial keeper of...

[ purchase ] I am pleasantly surprised that, on this, the last day of our Stage Names theme, no one has tackled David Bowie. Bowie, in...

Billy Joel: Allentown [ purchase ] My second post for Star Maker Machine, back in 2008, was about the difference between a protest so...

Tom Waits: Closing Time [ purchase ] Our current theme is rich with possibilities, but they require some creative thought to tease o...

John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers: Steppin’ Out [ purchase ] Delaney and Bonnie with Eric Clapton: Poor Elijah [ purchase ] De...

[ purchase used on vinyl only ] I knew immediately what song I wanted to post for this week‘s theme. McKinley‘s Blues is a bluegrass c...

[ purchase ] This week’s theme gives me the chance to deal with a pet peeve. River is not a Christmas song. It is a winter song. Speci...

[ purchase ] The Circle Game was the first song I thought of to begin this week‘s theme. Joni Mitchell walks us though various stages ...

The Invincible Czars: Arabian Dance [ purchase ] Welcome to a week of musical transformations for the holidays. What do I mean by th...

[ purchase ] This week’s theme is an experiment. We will be presenting songs in a variety of formats, and I mean that both in terms of...

[ purchase CD ] As a reader here, I’m sure you have noticed that the volume of posts has been way down lately. That is because the rec...