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.
Month: April 2021
FOR THE RECORD: ALBUMS OF 2020
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.
album of the year

charles lloyd 8: kindred spirits (live from the lobero)
rest of the top ten
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
honorable mention
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