Note: For an index of all articles in this second “Favorite Songs” series, click here. For a summary of all artists covered in the original series, click here. Who He Is: I’m deep in “year-end list” mode at this point, but I do pause on that annual endeavor to return to this ongoing series of … Continue reading Favorite Songs By Favorite Artists (Series Two) #56: Jed Davis (And Related Bands)
A couple of years ago, I wrote an article noting that I was pleased by the re-emergence of short-form musical documents in the digital age, essentially re-creating the great “EP” model of earlier, simpler, vinyl-er days. (Well, in days before “vinyl” was an affectation, anyway). As artists have been better able to control the mass-release … Continue reading Jed Davis: A Three-Pack of Three-Packs
I usually do my annual “Best Albums of The Year” report in late November or early December, before the craziness of the year end, and because it usually takes me more than a month to decide that I want to include something on the list anyway. (Here’s the 2017 Best List, the 26th consecutive annual … Continue reading Best Albums of 2017 (Addendum): “In The Presence of Presents 2017” by Jed Davis
With today’s posting of my Best Albums of 2022 Report, I will mark the 31st straight year in which I have publicly offered such a list, either via online or traditional print outlets. Does that make me venerable, or just old? I’m not (yet) yelling at clouds (often), so I’m going to claim the former … Continue reading Best Albums of 2022
If asked to name my very favorite songwriters ever, my response list might vary a bit over time depending on what I’ve been listening to, or not listening to, of late, but I can guarantee that two names will always appear quickly and emphatically in my replies: Jed Davis and Andy Prieboy. They’re both brilliant … Continue reading A Songwriter Special
With Christmas behind us and a road-trip to California on the horizon this week, it seems like a good day to sit and settle up the scores for 2021 here at my website, as I normally do at this time each year, plus or minus a few days. Unless I get ambitious, or someone I … Continue reading 2021: Year in Review
I am sitting here at my desk this morning in that sweet and sticky spot between various and sundry Thanksgiving and Christmas over-indulgences, while feeling a bit woozy from my COVID vaccine booster shot, received yesterday. (Get yours now! Protect the herd!) Given that weird and wobbly head-space here, it seems to be an apt … Continue reading Best Albums of 2021
In the summer of 1993, Marcia, Katelin (then two years old) and I moved to Latham, New York from Idaho Falls, Idaho, following my work transfer to assume a new position in Schenectady. We chose what turned out to be a wonderful rental townhouse (with the best next-door neighbors ever), thinking we’d be there for … Continue reading Ten Years After the 518
J. ERIC SMITH 