Listening to Kind of Blue

Under African Skies

I feel like I've been living under a rock. Last week I watched 'Under African Skies' on PBS (who needs cable?) about the 25th anniversary of Paul Simon's groundbreaking 'Graceland' album, made in conjunction with many South African musicians during the final years of Apartheid. I somehow have never listened to the album as a whole until watching this documentary! Needless to say, I've been listening to Graceland on repeat and watching clips from the 1987 Zimbabwe concert on YouTube for a solid week.

weekend tunes

happy birthday, bob

happy 70th to the man from hibbing: bobby d.

great archival photography from the timeline galleries at life magazine online. bob dylan: the early years and bob dylan through the years.

[all photographs property of life.com]

on the stereo:

tallest man on earth / "troubles will be gone" from the wild hunt

van morrison / "the way young lovers do" from astral weeks

punch brothers / "rye whiskey" from antifogmatic