Category Archives: Music

Rediscovering Ambience and Minimalism

Posted on April 2, 2009 by ken

A little while ago, I wrote about rediscovering some of the electronic and ambient music I used to listen to I was in college. A friend recently mentioned that she is using some of Philip Glass’s music in a dance … Continue reading →

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Bob Guida, RIP

Posted on March 12, 2009 by ken

Bob Guida Originally uploaded by kenf225 Bob Guida, the great blues guitarist and singer, a jovial and powerful presence in the Brooklyn music scene for decades, died last night. Shlomo Pestcoe posted the following announcement to the NY bluegrass and … Continue reading →

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The Subway Sings Somewhere — Now In Video

Posted on March 11, 2009 by ken

You may remember that one of my songs for February Album Writing Month was “The Subway Sings Somewhere, which combined field recordings of the NYC subway with harmonica and guitar and various loops and electronic treatments to create a song … Continue reading →

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Memories After the Heat

Posted on March 10, 2009 by ken

I’m listening to After the Heat this morning, the 1978 collaboration between Brian Eno and the German duo Cluster that I bought on CD yesterday. In some ways it is a transition between Eno’s more rock-oriented work of the early … Continue reading →

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Buying albums

Posted on March 9, 2009 by ken

I went to J&R Music today to buy some actual albums (new ones by old acts: U2, Van Morrison and Bruce Springsteen, as well as an old Brian Eno collaboration that’s hard to find in its original form at a … Continue reading →

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John Cephas, 1930-2009

Posted on March 5, 2009 by ken

Cephas & Wiggins Originally uploaded by kenf225 Piedmont blues guitarist John Cephas died yesterday. He was a gentle man, a wonderful musician, and a born educator. I saw him play many times and took a guitar class with him at … Continue reading →

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FAWM Update

Posted on March 5, 2009 by ken

Meanwhile, back in the real world, I’ve rerecorded “Kitchen Table,” my fifth FAWM song. I rewrote a fair amount of it after workshopping it a few weeks ago, and I am much happier with this version than the original. It’s … Continue reading →

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Protected: 28 (Not 15) Albums: The Answers

Posted on March 2, 2009 by ken

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In Like a Lion

Posted on February 28, 2009 by ken

So, this month I did some sweet country tunes, some electronica, some funny songs, some strange songs, and some not-quite-song songs. But I haven’t really rocked out yet. Reproducing all those guitar parts for the last song (especially the, well, … Continue reading →

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15 Songs That Make Up My February

Posted on February 28, 2009 by ken

I think I’m finished with FAWM for the year. My final song (if you can call it that) was inspired by yet another Facebook meme: “15 Albums That Changed My Life (And Then Some).” I never do well with “best-of” … Continue reading →