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Grant Peeples and the Peeples Republik – Punishing the Myth!

Update (2026): Rereading this post reminded me that it’s time to revisit Grant Peeples’ music. When I originally wrote this, Punishing the Myth was his latest release. Since then, Grant has released six more albums, and somewhere along the way I drifted off to other artists. That’s one of the…

Flashing Back – Fred Neil with thoughts of John Hurt, John Sebastian and the Village!!

A Little Prelude…. So the other day when I was writing about John Sebastian, I mentioned that John played on Fred Neil’s first abum Bleeker & MacDougal. This got me thinking about Fred Neil so here is a repost of a post I did a while back. But first two…

This Day in Music – March 17, 1944 – “Happy Birthday John B Sebastian!”

So what can you say about John Sebastian. He had a great run with the Lovin’ Spoonful lots of great hits like: “Do You Believe in Magic”, “Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?”, “Nashville Cats” and many more. He also had a good solo career. Yet many…

An Eclectic Morning Shuffle Playlist & Paul Thorn’s “Honky Tonk Neanderthal”!

Update (2026): Looking back at this playlist made me smile because it perfectly captures the way I still listen to music today. Whether it’s on my phone, Spotify, or CDs, I love hitting shuffle and letting folk, blues, bluegrass, Americana, jazz, new age, and even progressive rock all share the…

Thoughts about Dave Van Ronk “The Mayor of MacDougal Street”

Dave Van Ronk - The Msyor of MacDougsal Street Book

So I want to go and see the Coen Brothers new movie: “Inside Llewyn Davis” and surprisingly my wife does, too. I really don’t think she knows that the story is based on Dave Van Ronk’s memoirs because I don’t think she’s a fan of Van Ronk’s music! Why I…

“Into the Night” with more Canadian Music! – Some Blues from Steve Strongman!!!

Cooling Down with Steve Strongman I tried to get this post written before I went for my run, but that didn’t happen! So now I’ll try to finish it while I’m cooling down—if I can keep the sweat out of my eyes long enough and my fingers can actually hit…

Darryl Purpose – Next Time Around a Great Return

My musical day today started with a mix of folk music from the iPod, first there was a song from Jesse Winchester’s Gentleman of Leisure album and then a Mark Erelli song, a track from Les Sampou, I haven’t heard her voice in a while! Thoughts About Darryl Purpose As…

Brandon Santini Takes Us”Into the Night” with Great Blues Harp

So the other day I listened to the latest album from Memphis Blues Harp player Brandon Santini, This Time Another Year I really liked it, both his harp playing and his vocals were great, at times he reminds me of Leon Russell and at other times Dr. John. From his…

“Into the Night” with some Blues from Mike Zito – Gone to Texas!

Mike Zito and the Wheel’s latest album Gone to Texas was released on Ruf Records back in June of this year, and has occupied a spot at the top of the Roots Music Report’s Blues Chart for most of the summer. For the last two weeks it has held steady at…

The Unseen Strangers – Time Travel

So the other day I noticed an interesting band named, The Unseen Strangers at number 25 on the Roots Music Folk Chart. The album was Follow the Sound, I looked around at several music sites and I couldn’t find the album. Time Travel instead of Follow the Sound – Lucky…