The latest episode of The Agency is now available. Listen right here or find it at all the good podcast places. This week we mix up the spice cumin, with New Orleans, Eugene makes corn bread, we find out whats wrong with ancient aliens, and… Read More
Remember rock ‘n’ roll? You don’t hear it much these days. Fred Lincoln Wray Jr. was born on this day in 1929. He was known as Link. Mr. Wray played the guitar like it was on fire. Rock ‘n’ roll just exploded out of him.… Read More
Grocery stores are making some effort to disinfect shopping carts between use, but that effort varies widely. The last time I shopped at my local No Frills (that’s Jeff, Rose and Herb’s No Frills at Lake Shore and Brown’s Line in Long Branch), the kid… Read More
This horrible invasive weed delicious herb was brought over from Europe sometime in the 1800s. Thank you Europe! Now it can be yours. Pick all you like from our back garden. Get yours before it’s all gone. In other news, it looks like my backyard… Read More
Sierra Ferrell (from her YouTube channel) performing the Mel Tillis song Snakes Crawl at Night…. Here’s Charley Pride’s version. I think it was one of his first hit songs, from 1966 (back when there were 2 kinds of music, Country AND Western.
I’ve been listening to lots of versions of the Gaspé Reel lately as I’m learning this tune on fiddle. Here are a couple stand-out performances of this Quebec tune I found on YouTube: Here’s Pete Fletcher on button accordion And here is Louis Beaudoin on… Read More
Listen to the latest episode of The Agency Podcast here or find it at all the good podcast places. This week: documentary update; homemade dog cookies; The Oscars; 2 art museums in Miami; podcast recommendations; The Future is Unwritten and Life on Mars. Please join… Read More
I enjoyed a 1 hour walk this morning on a pleasant forest loop trail. It was quite a sunny morning, as you can see from the photos, but it was also quite cool. There were few birds around. I saw 2 crows and a few… Read More
I cleaned my fiddles today. I should say I wipe them down with a soft cloth after every practice session so rosin doesn’t cake up on the fiddle or the strings, but now and then I also use a violin cleaner and polish and try… Read More
Sierra Ferrell and Timbo cover Dolly and Porter….
27th Street 