Read*Mezzanine likes Why

For its Greatest Songs of All-Time series, blogger Read*Mezzanine takes a look at Carly Simon’s collaboration with Chic for the song “Why” from the soundtrack to Soup For One.
Creating a loping, reggae-tinged beat, [Bernard] Edwards and [Nile] Rodgers dressed the track up with treated piano stabs (which would go on to become a staple in [...]

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M M & M likes Joni Mitchell’s California & A Case of You

The blog Music, Musings and Miscellany is publishing a series of posts on the 20th century’s best 1000 singles, in alphabetical order. Joni Mitchell’s single “California” backed with “A Case of You” from her album Blue starts off part 10 of the series.
Blue isn’t Joni Mitchell’s most musically adventurous album, but it is her most emotionally [...]

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Pal-Item likes Carole King’s visit

The Palladium-Item reflects on the good, bad and memorable events of 2008. Carole King’s campaigning for Barack Obama in September is called “memorable” by the paper.
Singer/songwriter Carole King appeared in Little Sheba’s banquet room to campaign for Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama.

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Spitball Army likes Cat Stevens’ Mona Bone Jakon

The blog Spitball Army has posted The 2008 Top 10 List: Music, and makes room for some older albums that were either reissued or rediscovered over the past year. Cat Stevens’ album Mona Bone Jakon comes in at #13.
I was thrilled when A&M re-issued what I considered the two finest Cat Stevens albums - Tea for the [...]

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Snicks likes Carly Simon’s You Know What To Do

The blog The 80’s According to Snicks is publishing a series of posts revealing The 100 Greatest Pop Singles of the 80’s. Carly Simon’s song “You Know What to Do” from her album Hello Big Man was ranked at #91. About the song:
Flop single from flop album “Hello Big Man”. Seriously underrated, it peaked at [...]

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Morning Call: Jackson Browne among year’s best concerts

The Morning Call has posted their concert reviewers’ picks for favorite shows of 2008, and Jackson Browne’s April 7th show in Reading, Pennsylvania. 
The acoustic show by the troubadour of love — shining, tarnished, patriotic — felt like a love feast with all the audience requests shouted out.

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Victorious Young Triads likes Off Of Wonderland

Blogger Victorious Young Triads has posted his list of the 20 Best Songs of the Year, and among them is Jackson Browne’s “Off of Wonderland” from his new album Time the Conqueror.

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GoodReads.com likes Girls Like Us

A user at GoodReads.com has written a review of Sheila Weller’s Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon – and the Journey of a Generation.
Many of my friends went through experiences echoing those of these three women… And it wasn’t easy for them. They were smart, ambitious and driven by the need to [...]

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Dallas Observer: Time The Conqueror among best rock CDs by ‘older folk’ in 2008

The Dallas Observer has a very targeted list called The Five Best Rock CDs Made by Older Folk in 2008. Jackson Browne’s last album Time the Conqueror comes in at #3.
Also recently turning 60, Jackson Browne is making some of the best music of his storied career as Time the Conqueror amply demonstrates. Check out [...]

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FilmThreat: Tea For The Tillerman Live honorable mention for Best Unseen Films of 2008

FilmThreat.com has posted their list of Ten Best Unseen Films of 2008, giving Cat Stevens’ Tea for the Tillerman Live DVD an honorable mention. (For some reason they call the DVD “Cat Stevens” but based on their own review they link to, it has to be Tea for the Tillerman Live.)
”Cat Stevens” offered retro fun with [...]

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