The Skip Spence Story — The Essence of Psychedelic Weirdness, Its Peaks and Pitfalls

Country Music and All That Jazz

Western Swing: where two of the most American musical genres met.

A Poppy, A Bell, and Some Schmaltz

Two Canadian groups you don’t care to forget because you’ve probably never heard of them.

Gene Clark — If I Could Fly Eight Miles High, I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better

Alex Chilton — The Letter From The Other Side of Success

Crossover Covers

How they convey history and stoned love

West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band And Their Volume 2 — Classic or Not?

When Paint Receives A Voice

Cedars, “Cowards”, and Impressionism

Another One From 1971

In possibly key year for modern music, Sly Stone’s ‘There’s A Riot Goin’ On’ still seems to be contentious

When the Singing Ended and We Turned

Wallace Stevens, Pale Ramon, and the Dissonance of Life and Music