Revisiting Back to Black: Me & Mr. Jones

This installment is part of a retrospective on “Back to Black,” the most acclaimed album of Amy Winehouse who passed away 10 years ago this July. I’ll revisit one track every month in order of their appearance on the album A girl of the past, Amy played with the concept of a more seasoned songContinue reading “Revisiting Back to Black: Me & Mr. Jones”

Revisiting Back to Black: You Know I’m No Good

This installment is part of a retrospective on “Back to Black,” the most acclaimed album of Amy Winehouse who passed away 10 years ago this July. I’ll revisit one track every month in order of their appearance on the album Amy left nothing out of her autobiographical second album. She didn’t fantasize too heavily, orContinue reading “Revisiting Back to Black: You Know I’m No Good”

Revisiting Back to Black: Rehab

This installment is part of a retrospective on “Back to Black,” the most acclaimed album of Amy Winehouse who died 10 years ago this July. I’ll revisit one track every month in order of their appearance on the album Career making and earth shattering, this “song of the summer” lives in each of us ‘rentContinue reading “Revisiting Back to Black: Rehab”

Feature Friday: Wings of Love – LIV

Never heard of LIV? No surprise there. They were a quick project composed of Lykke Li, Miike Snow and Peter Bjorn & John. They only made four songs together over the span of a few years starting in 2016, but each of those songs is something special. The most memorable is “Wings of Love,” which soundsContinue reading “Feature Friday: Wings of Love – LIV”

Feature Friday: Kindness Feat. Robyn – Who Do You Love?

What initially felt like a cool mix with some nice lyrics ended up hiding a lot more under the surface. This song came into my consciousness at the end of Robyn’s set at the Hollywood Palladium– her first solo show in LA in about eight years. I couldn’t have been happier to be there, and was singingContinue reading “Feature Friday: Kindness Feat. Robyn – Who Do You Love?”