singer songwriter – michael jarmer

#773: K is for King, Carole

As a child I must have heard hersongs on the radio hundreds of times, and I remember distinctly that while my older brother was in his reel to reel phasehe had the album Tapestry in that format. Yeah, that was a thing: commercially availablereel to reel tapes of the great artistsof the day, late 60’s,Continue reading “#773: K is for King, Carole”

#717: G is for Glaspy and Glavor, Margaret and Hannah

It sounds good to say their namestogether, for one, and for another, they’re both extraordinarily talented singer-songwriters and equally mean guitarists, and look at them there, right next to each other in the alphabet,as if it was just meant to be. The first song on Margaret Glaspy’s Echo the Diamond is a rocker called“Act Natural.”Continue reading “#717: G is for Glaspy and Glavor, Margaret and Hannah”

#660: D is for Dacus, Lucy

“The first time I tasted someone else’s spit, I had a coughing fit,” is the first lyric I ever heard Lucy Dacus sing. I don’t remember precisely why I bought the Historian record;it was before I was aware of the super groupBoy Genius, with Phoebe Bridgers and JulienBaker. I must have just streamed it, andContinue reading “#660: D is for Dacus, Lucy”