Each month here we visit with a member of the community to find out what music they’ve been digging.
I’ve been really into Arthur Russell’s work for the past couple years and find myself constantly listening to the compilation Love is Overtaking Me—the recordings are raw, stylistically all over the place, and I love it! Something about Arthur’s sense of melody and delivery just hits me. I dig “Eli,” “I Couldn’t Say It to Your Face,” and “This Time Dad You’re Wrong,” in particular. The music of Doug Sahm, with the Sir Douglas Quintet or the Texas Tornados, has been on heavy rotation at my house. It’s early rock ’n’ roll; Tex-Mex vibes with soul! “Sell a Song,” “Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day,” and “Be Real” are my current faves. It reminds me of NRBQ, who are one of my all-time favorites. Some other tracks I’ve been listening to on repeat are “Bound” by Madison Cunningham, “Rvw” by Felix M-B, “Song They Play” by Chris Cohen, and “Seven” by Blake Mills. If I’m in the mood for jazz, Eddie Harris’s Mean Greens always hits the spot!
This article appears in June 2022.
