Author: Kari McElroy

Truth be told, I never used to like Botticelli. I struggled with the stiffness of his subjects, the eyes so tranquil, they bordered on dead (but not in a cool artsy way). But then I went to the Botticelli room in the Uffizi in Florence and something clicked. I still can’t explain it. Something about…

 

 

 

Of course I think every musician I post is a delight, but The Blasting Company is particularly so because I looked for them for YEARS. That sounds weird. Let me back up. So, some years ago, I came across The Petrojvic Blasting Company and I loved them. I got the one album I could find…

My personal favorite Baroque painter, she followed in Caravaggio’s (incredible) footsteps (maybe even trained by him? It’s a possibility, but not certain by any means). She was an artist in demand in a time when women in the arts were practically unheard of. As a young woman, she was sexually assaulted and took her assailant…

 

 

I had so much fun with the last Musical Alphabet, I decided to start all over again. 🙂 I might have to fudge some of the letters this time around (I’m looking at you, X), but we’ll get through it! Anyway, back to AA Bondy. Fantastic singer-songwriter who weaves folk and country and pop and…