The Hook is what captures our attention and imagination. The Groove is that sound that just makes you feel right. 

Doobie Brothers

  • Don’t forget to listen

    Is it outrageous for someone writing a blog about music to say I sometimes forget to listen to music? I do. Life interrupts. Not only do we sometimes get too busy for our favorite pastimes, sometimes we’re in a mood where we just don’t want to do anything.  The election took it out of me, Read more

  • Hook & Groove

    Back in college, I wrote a handful of music reviews. I didn’t write them because I was an expert, but because I was a music lover and always have been. My music credentials consisted of three years of second-rate play in middle school band, loads of random music trivia, and a ridiculously irresponsible collection of Read more