I am very pleased to learn that a Czech edition of my 2013 book Prague, Capital of the Twentieth Century, translated by Jindřich Veselý, was published in March 2021 in Prague by Volvox Globator. The book is available in hardcover or as an e-book from many stores including Kosmas.cz.
For us as for many others 2020 was an extraordinarily difficult and sad year. I didn’t get around to posting my usual Top 10+ Albums of the Year. For the record, here they are.
charles lloyd 8: kindred spirits (live from the lobero)
in no particular order
bob dylan rough and rowdy ways
asher gemedze dialectic soul
ambrose akinmusire on the tender spot of every calloused moment
sault untitled (pt 1 black is)
sault untitled (pt 2 rise)
taylor swift folklore
nubya garcia source
jerry joseph the beautiful madness
waxahatchee saint cloud
lucinda williams good souls and better angels
makaya mccraven universal beings E + F sides
blue note re-imagined (compilation)
keith jarrett the budapest concert
drive-by truckers the unraveling
coasts of bohemia 