While surfing…

Marion Brown’s Musical Portrait of Georgia

A great read on Atlanta native Marion Brown and his life, career and zest for knowledge. Brown was a lot of things including writer, visual artist and ethnomusicologist… yeah, I had to look it up too… the study of the people who make the music and their cultures. Brown was most widely known as a saxophone player on the John Coltrane release Ascension in 1965 but he also was the band leader for over 30 recording projects over his career.

On The Future of the Live Music Economy

Izzy Reidy (Izzy True) talks Live Nation and the proposition of worker owned music venues

An interesting article about the future of live music and the idea of worker owned concert venues instead of the corporate machines buying up everything left that is worth squeezing.

Brutal Bacon, wild Gehry and unmissable Abramovic: 2021’s best art, architecture and photography

Because your eyes are as deserving as your ears, here are some options from a team at The Guardian to help you find visual human-made beauty. From Francis Bacon to Rodin, The M+ Museum by Herzog & de Meuron to the defiant but welcoming Luma Arles by Frank Gehry to the photography of Helen Levitt there’s a lot to look at here. Afterall, I like looking at things while I listen to things….

Ten Train Songs That Tell The Story of The South

If you haven’t figured it out by now, I like The Bitter Southerner and here is another reason why. Scott Huffard set out to write a history of southern railroading and ended up boiling it all down to ten songs.

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And I will leave you with some Pharis and Jason Romero. A track from their A Wanderer I’ll Stay called “Old Bill’s Tune” with Josh Rable joining in on fiddle and John hurd adding the bass.