Category: music

  • KCCK Jazz 88.3 Friday Blues

    KCCK Jazz 88.3 Friday Blues

    I heard Keb’ Mo’ singing “Lean On Me” just now on ‘Da Friday Blues, guest host tonight Bob DeForest, filling in for Big Mo. Nice job.

  • KCCK Big Mo Blues Show

    KCCK Big Mo Blues Show

    I knew this one was Stevie Ray Vaughn before Big Mo announced it tonight.

  • Heard This on KCCK Friday Blues Show Tonight

    Heard This on KCCK Friday Blues Show Tonight

    Heard this just now on the KCCK, ‘Da Friday Blues show with Big Mo, John Heim. It got me bouncing. And this one brings back memories I can’t ever tell you about.

  • Happy Valentine’s Day!

    Happy Valentine’s Day!

    Happy Valentine’s Day! Boy, are you guys lucky! I woke up yesterday morning with the crazy idea of making a video of me singing “L-O-V-E.” You know, the one Nat King Cole made famous. What do you mean, “No, what are you talking about?” No kidding, though; I even cleared my throat a couple of…

  • Heard This Song Tonight on ‘Da Friday Blues

    Heard This Song Tonight on ‘Da Friday Blues

    About an hour ago on the KCCK Big Mo Blues Show I heard this song “Bobby” by somebody named Danielle Nicole. Funny how hearing something good like this makes me not want to hear anything else for a while.

  • Return to the Sun Room

    Return to the Sun Room

    We have a sun room again. We moved into this house a little over a year and half ago. It has taken a little time to get it comfy. For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been sitting in there on Friday nights listening to the KCCK Jazz Radio ‘da Friday Blues show hosted by…

  • Celebrate Black History Month

    Celebrate Black History Month

    February is Black History Month. Celebrate it with respect for one another.

  • Music Beat

    Music Beat

    We listen to the Music Choice Channel almost every night on our TV. I know that must sound odd, listening to a music channel on television. What makes it more interesting are the biographical sketches. The Light Classical Channel bios occasionally have typos and word usage oddities as well as eyebrow raising facts: Mozart’s full…

  • Music Can Heal

    Music Can Heal

    Here’s another post on music. This one got started while watching Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 last night on the Iowa Public Broadcasting Service channel. It’s great pizza and beer music. It was the fifth event of its kind since it got started in 2004. Part of the profits go to support the substance…

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: What’s in a Name?

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: What’s in a Name?

    Last night I was half-dozing while listening to our cable light classical music channel. It was the usual lineup of 200-year-old white males of the 3-B variety—Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. You see a photo or artist’s rendition of a guy in a powered wig, often looking depressed or constipated, alongside of short biographical blurbs. Many…