Neil RajalaJan 5, 20229 min readNew Music, Old Ears – What's Progressive Pop?Music genres are becoming ever more fluid in this age of digital streaming. There was a time I could have rattled off the major genres...
Neil RajalaDec 27, 20217 min readSmokin’ OPs – The best of 2021 from other places.There are uncounted year-end best-of music lists out there – in print, online, on YouTube – any place music geeks talk about music. I...
Neil RajalaDec 23, 20215 min readJERRY AND A BANGLE! - 2021 Albums of the year, part 4Record production and supply chain issues aside, 2021 overall was a pretty great year for gathering music. This time, it's another...
Neil RajalaDec 21, 20213 min readRAY AND SOME ROCK! - 2021 Albums of the year, part 3I seem to have gotten into the habit of including one new release and one 2021 reissue in each of these posts. That wasn't an intentional...
Neil RajalaDec 14, 20214 min readNEW JAZZ AND THE BEATLES! - 2021 albums of the year, part 2. Carrying on with a couple more of my favorites from this rapidly disappearing year. Despite being ignored by pretty much every media...
Neil RajalaDec 10, 20214 min readAND AWAY WE GO! - 2021 Albums of the year, part 1. How can it be that time already? Time to look back on a year that feels like it just got here? But it is, indeed, time to give a...