I saw Toots & the Maytals play a small club in Lawrence KS during the summer almost 20 years ago. It was the hottest room I’ve ever been in...it had to be close to triple digits inside. Toots was wearing leather pants and a vest and he absolutely killed it. Rest In Power.
John Prine is in quarantine after his wife and manager, Fiona Prine, tested positive for the coronavirus. John himself also took the test, but his results came back "indeterminate."
Work and life had been so crazy before this Covid-19 madness that my records had been largely neglected for a while. Bright side is I've spun more in the past few days than the previous 2 months.
Big Thief is the best working indie rock band right now and I don't think it's particularly close. UFOF and Two Hands will likely both be in my top 5 of the year.