This is a book written completely for fans of Tina Dickow. The off-set is her life and thoughts as she formed her music career. It is not a stringent account of her life, but snapshots of various memories; her childhood, her life on tour, being lonely in London, and meeting her husband, musician Helgi Jonsson. At times the jumping around became too disjointed, leaving unfinished thoughts and loose notes hanging in the wind. Other times the jumps worked like the mind works – connecting events […]
This love story does not have a happy ending
They’re like great trees, these violins. Like those from which they’re made. They live through epochs. Min Kym fell in love for the first time as a young child with a violin. Parental expedience demanded that she play either trumpet or violin as those were the only instructors available in the same time slot as Kym’s older sister’s piano lesson. She was immediately taken with the instrument. In the week between settling on the violin and receiving her first, she cut out a paper violin […]
The Rise and Fall and Rise and Fall and Rise of Butch Walker
I’ve been a long time fan of song writer, producer, guitarist, and singer Butch Walker and have had this book on my “To Read” list for quite a while. I’m happy to say it didn’t disappoint. For those who don’t know him, Butch was the lead singer/songwriter for the 90’s one-hit-wonder band Marvelous 3. You may have heard their great single “Freak of the Week” back in the day or the 2 excellent albums they put out (Hey Album […]