Joni Mitchell : That Song About the Midway [ purchase ] In British folksongs, gypsys represent freedom, or the yearning for it. A woman...

The Beatles : Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite [ purchase ] A blog request! This poster, nabbed in an antique shop, was the inspiration ...

Dan Zanes: Wonderwheel [ purchase ] I went to a weekend fair met someone while I was there we put flowers in our hair and rode the wonderwh...

Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer : Crocodile Man [ purchase ] Our Circuses and Carnivals theme is almost done, and no one has visited the ...

Pat Martino : Send in the Clowns [ purchase ] Send in the Clowns , now a jazz standard but originally a 1973 show tune by Stephen Sondhei...

Rasputina: State Fair [ Purchase ] It may not be about a specific attraction at a carnival, but this song definitely fits the bill as far a...

Leon Russell : Tight Rope [ purchase ] I'm up on the tightwire, Flanked by life and the funeral pyre, Putting on a show for you to s...

The English Beat : Tears of a Clown [ purchase ] The sad clown is an irony that many artists have found irresistible. Smokey Robinson t...

X Japan : X [ purchase ] Man, it's almost too hot to blog here. Almost. I can't let Drum Week go by, though, without paying trib...

Cream : Tales of Brave Ulysses [ purchase ] I remember the first time I heard Cream. My oldest brother bought the album Disraeli Gears ...

The John Coltrane Quartet : Pursuance (Part 3 of A Love Supreme) [ purchase ] I may be coming to this week's theme the wrong way ro...

The Turtles : I'm Chief Kamanawanalea [ purchase ] For their 1968 concept album, Battle of the Bands, The Turtles tried to sound...

LaVern Baker : Saved [ purchase ] Could I be asked to choose a favourite drum track between the percussive detonations on Stevie Wonder...

Mickey Hart : Dance of the Hunter‘s Fire [ purchase CD ] [ purchase book ] Planet Drum became the first album to win a Grammy for Wor...

Kagrra, : Urei [ purchase ] Kagrra, (yeah, with the comma as part of the band name) was a J-rock band whose style deliberately blended c...

Okkervil River : You Can't Hold the Hand of a Rock and Roll Man [ purchase ] Okkervil River : Calling and Not Calling My Ex [ pur...

Bee Gees: Suddenly [ purchase ]      On the heels of their massive number one UK hit "I've Gotta Get A Message To You", The Be...

Ramones : Loudmouth [ purchase ] For their '76 debut, the Ramones were originally looking for an album cover that would be somewhat simi...

Grateful Dead : Playing in the Band [ purchase ] How often does the album cover art give an album its name? This one came out as simply...

Joseph Arthur : Chemical [ purchase ] When I first read about this week's topic, my mind went straight to musical artists who are a...