Tag: Music

Portrait Night 5/31 (Helen Marnie)

Tonight’s #PortraitNight subject is Ladytron singer and synth player Helen Marnie. I’m not big into electronic music generally, but Ladytron does it so, so well. For a good introduction to the band, pick up their recent “best of” compilation, Best of 00-10. If you’d like to suggest a #PortraitNight subject, you can do so either …

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Portrait Night 5/24 (Bob Dylan)

Tonight’s #PortraitNight subject is musician and national treasure Bob Dylan. Happy birthday, Bob. I dig you the most. If you’d like to suggest a #PortraitNight subject, you can do so either via the comments section here, or via my Twitter.

Portrait Night 5/17 (Robin Pecknold)

Tonight’s #PortraitNight subject is Fleet Foxes singer/songwriter/guitarist Robin Pecknold: If you’d like to suggest a #PortraitNight subject, you can do so either via the comments section here, or via my Twitter.

Portrait Night 4/26 (Herbie Hancock)

Tonight’s #PortraitNight subject is Headhunters-era Herbie Hancock: If you’d like to suggest a #PortraitNight subject, you can do so either via the comments section here, or via my Twitter.

Portrait Night 4/12 (Django Reinhardt)

Tonight’s #PortraitNight subject is gypsy hot licks guitar badass Django Reinhardt. I can think of no music purchase with a higher ratio of amazing music to dollars-spent than the JSP Records 5 disc Classic Early Recordings set that you can get for $23.00 from Amazon. Also, this image turned up when I was looking for …

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