Welcome back to The Listening Suite! This week I have a very special podcast, just in time for Valentine’s Day. This year I am also participating in the 7th Annual Cupid’s Hunt Podcasting Collaboration, a group of podcasters releasing special Valentine’s soundtracks. This was a great experience and I can’t wait for the 2015 edition!…
Today I read a friend’s post about New York’s famous “Black and White” cookies. I shared with her that my Dad used to buy giant ones when were kids, but I probably ate too many and now I get queasy just looking at them! But I started to remember how he introduced me to them. He…
Happy New Year! The first episode of The Listening Suite is dedicated to 2-Step/UK Garage music. Click here for the podcast: The Listening Suite: 2-Step Edition by Calandra Branch on Mixcloud Here’s tonight’s playlist: Watertight – MJ Cole Ryff Like Me – MJ Cole All Good (MJ Cole Remix) – De La Soul Sweet Like Chocolate – Shanks…
It has been a privilege and a blessing to launch Liner Notes Lounge this year and share with you my love for music. After simply writing music-related posts for a few years, and with the help and support of fellow “musicologists,” I stepped into the world of podcasting. I’m still at the shallow end of…
My children have known how to tell time for a few years now, but it seems that lately, if there is no clock in their immediate view, they constantly ask, “What time is it?” They do it all…the…time… I asked them why they want to know and their answer is, “Because we like knowing what…
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,700 times in 2013. If it were a cable car, it would take about 45 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the…
One of the many lessons I have learned over the years is that trying to understand the heart of individuals aids greatly in learning how to deal with them. If you get where they come from, you know where they’re going. Here’s an example: Perhaps someone you know socially is very bossy – I mean always…
Welcome to The Beat Edition of The Listening Suite. Click below to hear the podcast: The Listening Suite – The Beats Edition by Calandra Branch on Mixcloud Here’s tonight’s playlist: Moan of Moon – DJ Racy A.J. Wandering Star – Portishead Chant of a Poor Man – Leftfield You Can’t Hide From Your Bud – DJ Sneak Sliding…
This afternoon, I was listening to Cassandra Wilson‘s “Waters of March,” which is an English cover of Antonio Carlos Jobim & Elis Regina‘s Portuguese duet “Águas De Março.” I thought Ms. Wilson’s rendition had a nice jazzy flow to it, but I am usually partial to original works, and am very critical of most covers. That’s…
Welcome to the Thanksgiving 2013 Edition of The Listening Suite. Click below to hear the podcast: The Listening Suite – Thanksgiving 2013 Edition by Calandra Branch on Mixcloud Here’s tonight’s playlist: Slipping Jigsaws – Baby Mammoth Mr. Quicke Cuts the Cheese – DJ Food After – dZihan & Karmen Invocation – The Dining Rooms Sand – Max Melvin Not Again…
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