Album #25, Music at Matt Molloy’s, Various Artists

Irish Traditional Music sometimes gets a bad rap. Maybe it’s the accordions. Maybe it’s the singing. But hearing good traditional music, or “trad” can be absolutely transcendent. Live bands can be good or they can be bad. I’ve heard both bad and good in Ireland, and in the States and the UK. The best sessions …

Album #23 Summerteeth, Wilco

I remember buying this album from the record store in Royal Oak with Gabriel in tow. I brought it home and put it on. I hosted our D&D game at our apartment across the street from Beaumont in those days. Vinnie came over while we were getting ready for gaming, and he said, “I literally …