Tag: Moondog
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Albums You Must Hear Before You Die…Or Not (1969–1970)
All hell broke loose in the late-’60s and early-’70s, and despite (or maybe because of) the chaos, we have boatloads of albums you must hear before you die. Equally important, we’re now seeing a phalanx of splinter genres reaching maturity: psychedelic, folk rock, country rock, heavy metal, hard rock, acid rock, jazz fusion, jazz rock,…
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Artist Spotlight: Moondog, The Viking of Sixth Avenue
This is the story of Louis Thomas Hardin, better known as Moondog: part mystic, part prankster, part genius, and one of the most unusual figures in 20th-century music. If you’ve seen The Big Lebowski (1998), you’ve already heard Moondog, even if you didn’t realize it. The Coen Brothers famously used his compositions, including “Theme” and “Stamping…