Matt Fogelson
SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED AND BLUE
This Old, New, Borrowed and Blue set features Big Country, Big Thief, Lake Street Dive, the Jayhawks and a few others thrown in for kicks.
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Matt Fogelson
Apr 8, 20181 min
TERRA LIGHTFOOT
Terra Lightfoot, from Ontario, Canada, hits my ear as a cross between Melissa Etheridge and Heart.
Matt Fogelson
Feb 24, 20181 min
THE FINE TUNING BASEMENT TAPES, VOL. 2
This Playlist consists of songs I've intended to write about for a while but for whatever reason have yet to make it out of my notebook.
Matt Fogelson
Jan 26, 20182 min
SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED AND BLUE
This Old, New, Borrowed and Blue set features Patto, Deer Tick, Dave Matthews Band (with Warren Haynes), and Elise Davis.
Matt Fogelson
Dec 19, 20175 min
THE 2017 MEMORIAL PLAYLIST
This Playlist compiles songs by some of the musicians who died during the year. Sadly, this year’s playlist is a Who’s Who of rock legends.
Matt Fogelson
Nov 11, 20172 min
THE MAGPIE SALUTE
Calling all Black Crowes fans! Run, don’t walk, to your phone, laptop, record store — however you roll — and check out The Magpie Salute.
Matt Fogelson
Sep 4, 20172 min
THE SUITCASE JUNKET
The Suitcase Junket is a one-man band that's equal parts folk, blues, bluegrass, and when Matt Lorenz kicks up the distortion, punk.
Matt Fogelson
Jun 5, 20172 min
A.A BONDY
A.A. Bondy’s music is spare, dark and penetrating. Much of it features just Bondy on acoustic guitar singing of sadness and loss.
Matt Fogelson
Apr 30, 20171 min
BONNIE BISHOP
Bonnie Bishop has evolved from a self-described country singer trying to sell beer at Texas dance halls to a bluesy soul singer.
Matt Fogelson
Mar 18, 20172 min
THE BEST OF FINE TUNING, VOL. 2
The latest Playlist of artists featured on Fine Tuning.
Matt Fogelson
Jan 29, 20172 min
T-BIRD AND THE BREAKS
T Bird and the Breaks blend all kinds of styles to create what the band calls “chunk” music: equal parts funk, hip-hop, and rock ‘n’ roll.
Matt Fogelson
Jan 10, 20172 min
SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED AND BLUE
This Old, New, Borrowed and Blue set features David Crosby, the Seratones, Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey, and the Rolling Stones.
Matt Fogelson
Dec 12, 20165 min
THE 2016 MEMORIAL PLAYLIST
This Playlist compiles songs by some of the rock musicians who died this year. Sadly, 2016 was an unusually active year for untimely deaths.
Matt Fogelson
Nov 1, 20161 min
THE BEST ROCK 'N' ROLL POLITICAL SONGS
Mercifully, the 2016 presidential campaign is coming to an end. As a not-so-fond farewell, here's a playlist of the best political rockers.
Matt Fogelson
Oct 17, 20161 min
THE BEST OF FINE TUNING, VOL. 1
This Playlist includes tracks from the artists featured on Fine Tuning over the blog’s first six months.
Matt Fogelson
Oct 17, 20163 min
HOLLIS BROWN
Hollis Brown is a new band with an old sound. Any band naming itself after a Dylan song and covering an entire VU album is worth hearing.
Matt Fogelson
Sep 20, 20163 min
SLOBBERBONE
Slobberbone’s hard-driving rock sound softened with a whiff of country twang is just what I needed to re-acclimate to the U.S.
Matt Fogelson
Sep 20, 20161 min
SONGS OF HOME
This playlist includes tracks I listened to on the flight home to California after spending seven months abroad in South America.
Matt Fogelson
Jun 22, 20168 min
PATAGONIAN PUNCH LIST: BANDS FROM CHILE AND ARGENTINA
It's difficult to write about any aspect of Chilean culture without making reference to the Pinochet dictatorship. And so it is with music.
Matt Fogelson
May 18, 20168 min
BRAIN DAMAGE: A PINK FLOYD TUTORIAL IN CHILE
Seeing the Chilean cover band was like taking a university course on Pink Floyd. I was stunned how thin my knowledge was of the Floyd.
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