A friend is going to a Ben Folds concert with some other friends and said she didn't know much about his music. Voila! A primer.

I'm a huge, huge fan of this local musician. When I found out he was going to be in Chicago, I told a friend of mine who lives there that I was making this CD for her so that she could fall in love wit …

One Yank's perspective. I tend to like the loud stuff, or whatever has a mellotron on it. Sorry if I left your favorite song off! I became a bigger fan when Andy Bell (Ride) joined the ranks.

A couple other people have done a Gram Parsons mix, and after looking at theirs, I discovered that mine is rather similar. Only a handful of the songs don't appear elsewhere, but that's hardly the poin …

a sort of personal bts best-of for a friend who's starting to get more into music. i don't own the first album so nothing off of there (at least until i finally pick it up). its also two discs. did i m …

"I'm really glad that most of our songs were about love, peace and understanding." - Paul McCartney

I can't say enough good things about Ben Vaughn. Here's a guy who put out several great records in the 80s with the Combo, largely to little fanfare (though he developed a rabid faithful following). So …

The Stranglers are far from being my favorite '77 punk act, though they are arguably the best of the bandwagon jumping geezers, nonetheless I own most of their catalog & consider myself fortunate to ha …

These are some of her best songs.