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Through My Roots

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Michael DornanLeave a comment

Remember when songs were sung? Actual air, from actual lungs?

Posted in Music Reviews, UncategorizedTagged classic, covers, creativity, lyrics, music, new album, new release

My Only End-of-Year List was Me Leaning to One Side, Thanks to the Cava

January 3, 2020March 10, 2020 Michael DornanLeave a comment

Featuring thoughts on Michael Kiwanuka, Lord Kitchener, record stores and some other things I've been enjoying in 2019.

Posted in Music ReviewsTagged album, kiwanuka, michael kiwanuka, record, rock, soul, vinyl, writing

Returning Spirits

December 6, 2019March 10, 2020 Michael Dornan1 Comment

We go to cinemas for a different view of the world we live in, or to visit an imagined world and escape the laws by which this one's bound. Like the best films, Mati Diop's Grand Prix-winning film Atlantics satisfies both longings.

Posted in Cinema, Music ReviewsTagged Cinema, creativity, culture, films, indie, music, reviews, storytelling, writing

Call Upon Some Saints’ Assistance

November 8, 2019March 10, 2020 Michael DornanLeave a comment
Self portrait

When I last launched a recording project, Prince and Bowie were alive, and the 90s weren't back in fashion yet. Times's changed, my friends.

Posted in Music Reviews, UncategorizedTagged albums, creativity, drawing, music, projects, selfie, sketch, songwriter, writing

“Start in the Middle of a Sentence and Move in Both Directions at Once” – New Facets to Coltrane’s Genius

June 29, 2018March 10, 2020 Michael DornanLeave a comment

"Like finding a new room in the Great Pyramid", says Sonny Rollins. Maybe so, but for John Coltrane this recording was just another tape reel and another day in a brief, wondrous life.

Posted in Music ReviewsTagged albums, both directions at once, coltrane, culture, jazz, music, reviews, saxophone
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