Alhaji Bai Konte : Alla L‘aa Ke [ purchase ] When I finished Polyrhythm, Part 2, I wasn’t intending to do a part 3. But, since then, a thoug...

Beastie Boys - Shake Your Rump [ purchase ] I couldn't begin to tell you how many different time signatures are in this song, but I do k...

The Beatles : Happiness Is A Warm Gun [ purchase ] According to John Lennon, the title for Happiness Is a Warm Gun came from the cover of a ...

Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band : The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica) [ purchase ] When it comes to tricky beats, the king has to be Captain...

Led Zeppelin: The Crunge [purchase] Every once in a while it is essential to get the Led out, even on a blog like this. According to Wikipe...

The Allman Brothers Band: Whipping Post [ purchase ] Unless you have quite literally been sequestered in some radioless juror's motel f...

R.E.M .: Untitled [ purchase ] I should preface this post by saying that I don't play any instruments, can't read music, and know no...

Solex: That's What You Get With People Like That On Cruises Like These [ purchase ] I'll be the first to admit that I'm not ade...

In part 1 of this post, I discussed the polyrhythmic music of the Yoruba people of west Africa. Here, I will reveal what led me to seek out ...

King Crimson : Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part II [ purchase ] When I'd heard this week's theme was tricky beats, the first song t...

Yoruba musicians with talking drums I’ve been waiting a long time for the right theme, so I could share some world music with everyone. Now,...

Radiohead: Everything In It's Right Place [purchase] I don't know much about time signatures, but I know that this ain't 4/4, a...

Peter Gabriel: Solsbury Hill [ purchase ] I spent some time with this song a number of years back, nominally in order to arrange it for an ...

The Jimi Hendrix Experience : Manic Depression [ purchase ] Manic Depression comes from The Jimi Hendrix Experience's debut album, Are Y...

Dave Brubeck: Unsquare Dance [ purchase ] One of my earliest memories is being with my father, listening to Harry Belafonte’s Matilda, Rim...

Michael Smith: The Princess and the Frog [ purchase ] As I was chopping carrots ( murderess! ) for vegetable soup earlier today, I had a r...

The Beatles : Sun King [ purchase ] Originally titled Here Comes the Sun King, but shortened to avoid confusion with George Harrison's H...

Linda Ronstadt and Ann Savoy Linda Ronstadt : King of Bohemia [ purchase ] Linda Ronstadt became a pop star in the 1970s, and mined her pop-...

Danny Schmidt: Dark-Eyed Prince [ purchase ] I won’t regale you with a laundry list of songwriter competition wins/runners-up… or glowing r...

Teddy Thompson & Rufus Wainwright: King of the Road [ Purchase ] No week full of kings and queens would be complete without the "K...