ramble through the bronx
yes, this here is ramble through the bronx, the continuing musings of a graduate student* who should be writing her dissertation, but honestly, living in new york city there's really so much else to do...* and her commenting friends. And guest blogger.
Monday, August 08, 2005
What have you been listening to lately?
So this weekend I picked up Legend - Townes van Zandt, a compilation of his music from 1969 - 1978, including some duets with folks like Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson. I'm really enjoying it, and printed off a whole bunch of the lyrics and chords to his stuff. I'm totally hooked. Wikipedia includes the Steve Earle quote, "Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that."
I don't know about a Dylan-TVZ comparison, but it's really really good stuff. (Any other Townes fans? I only first heard of him a couple years ago, and it's taken me a while to actually pick up any of his stuff)
Also worth looking at is this list of top 25 country albums of all time, many of which I think I should actually pick up. (I mean, Gillian Welch's Time (the Revelator) is in there; how could it not be a good list?)
Does this mean I'm growing up into a country fan? It was just this past April that I totally loved the Country Music Hall of Fame and wandering around Nashville....
jane 6:05 PM [+]
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