Music Diary, Vol. 99
For the rationale behind this mad effort, the initial post is here . The full series of Music Diary posts are here . The full playlist is above, and also here . Week of Nov. 24-30, 2025 LYRICS: Paula Laurence (Weill/Nash), "Very Very Very" ( note: Laurence's version is on YouTube but not on YouTube music, so the playlist above features Victoria Clark, singing slightly different lyrics) SONG: I love every note of the record on which Marc Ribot covers Arsenio Rodriguez classics, but my fave tune on it is actually the one original: a rowdy, arpeggiated jam powered as much by Robert Rodriguez's rackety percussion and John Medeski's organ as by Ribot's overpowered electric. ALBUM: I only just heard Judee Sill’s third album —recorded in the 1970s but not released until 2005, a quarter century after her death—and I’m happy to report it’s as rich and layered and ornery and moving as her first two. What a blazing talent we lost. LYRICS: Jimmy Cliff, "Many...
