(part 687 in a 1001 part series)
I’ve really been enjoying the new album by Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca. It’s a complicated and challenging record, but the complexities are rewarding if you spend some time with these songs.
Take a listen to one of the highlights “Stillness Is the Move” and watch this great new video directed [...]

Lately, I seem to have gotten back into the routine of watching late night talk shows again. Not sure if it’s because of Conan taking over the Tonight Show, the Roots serving as house band on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon or just a recent string of good musical guests, but there have been some [...]

Had a couple new things go up on the NPR blogs in the last week or two, but thought I’d continue to share them here as well.
Last week, I interviewed the filmmakers behind a fantastic new jazz documentary Icons Among Us. In part one, I talked with one of the co-directors Michael Rivoira for NPR’s [...]

(part 635 2/3 in a 1001 part series)
Recently saw a phenomenal concert from Grizzly Bear, playing much of the music off their latest album, Veckatimest… including this song “Two Weeks.” The video is pretty great as well:

Wrote another piece for the NPR jazz blog, A Blog Supreme today (well I wrote a few weeks back, but finally published for the fans).
This week, a look at Fiona Apple’s glorious cover the Cy Coleman-by way of- Frank Sinatra standard “Why Try To Change Me Now.” Read that piece here.

I have a new post on the All Songs Considered blog about Paul Simon’s recent performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon alongside The Roots and Antibalas. Read that post here.
Or just watch the video if you want below: