This is what I listen to. It’s what fuels my writing. I’ve got about a half-dozen KGSR Broadcast CDs, a few Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Robert Earl Keene, Jarrod Dickenson, and Guy Forsyth. Not shown, because it’s on the desk waiting to be loaded into the tray, is my Christmas Read more…
I wonder if there is a fifth taste for writing and music. I think there has to be. Right now I’m listening to Raising Sand by Krause/Plant, and the song Your Long Journey gives me that feeling of fullness, of satiety, it’s so completely beautiful. Vivaldi’s Winter Largo gives me Read more…
Word count: 1,070. Music: Raising Sand, Robert Plant/Alison Krauss The final song, Your Long Journey, written by Doc and Rosa Lee Watson, is a gorgeous hymn that grabs my attention from the first word. As I’ve mentioned, I use music as ritual so that I can write. Some songs are Read more…