Music Adventure

15/10/2024

Greetings everyone! It is with a heavy heart, but sober mind that Brian and I are announcing the end of our shared Music Adventure. Life has gotten in the way as it usually does and we both need to shift our focus to other things.

Over the last three years, we have had so much fun putting the podcast together, sharing it with all of you here and enjoying the resulting laughs, comments, discussions and debates.

We cherish your engagement and involvement and thank you all for everything. Brian and I have learned a ton from your feedback and recommendations. It has enriched our lives as we hope the podcast has, at some point, made you smile and appreciate the beauty of music too. As Frank Zappa said, "Music is the Best".

Best,
Gary & Brian

03/06/2024

Greetings! In this episode, Gary & Brian discuss our favorite compilation albums. What is a compilation album? It covers everything from a band/artist's greatest hits, tribute albums to a band/artist, movie soundtracks or compilations of a particular music genre from many band/artists.

Some of our favorites include the Singles movie soundtrack, Saturday Morning Cartoons, Bela Fleck's Bluegrass Sessions, Eight Miles High (The Byrds), Anthology of American Folk Music, the Big Chill movie soundtrack, Beat the Retreat (Richard Thompson) and The Jazz Album (Various Artists).

Our encores, sadly, continue to pay tribute to two more music legends that we lost recently: Eric Carmen and Dickey Betts. Take care, everyone, enjoy the summer!

Greetings! In this episode, Gary & Brian discuss our favorite compilation albums. What is a compilation album? It covers everything from a band/artist's greatest hits, tribute albums to a band/artist, movie soundtracks or compilations of a par...

06/03/2024

Hello everybody! In our new episode, Gary & Brian embark on another album assignment mission. Like previous shows, we gave each other three new albums to listen to and review. It was a lot of fun.

Artists exchanged included Wondermints, Strangefolk, The Love Language, Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever and Phish.

Brian's encore was a review of a recent Black Pumas show he attended and Gary reviewed the 2014 move, Whiplash, that he finally saw on Netflix and tickled his loves of drumming and jazz. Enjoy!

Hello everybody! In our new episode, Gary & Brian embark on another album assignment mission. Like previous shows, we gave each other three new albums to listen to and review. It was a lot of fun. Artists exchanged included Wondermints, S...

31/01/2024

Greetings everyone! Gary & Brian wrap up the great music year of 2023 by discussing our best album and new find picks along with many honorable mentions.

Some of the artists covered include Peter Gabriel, Haken, New Pornographers, Steven Sanchez, The Clientele, Agusa, Jenny Lewis, Jethro Tull, Sufjan Stevens and Squeaky Feet.

For our encores, we shared what music related things we are looking forward to in 2024. Enjoy!

Greetings everyone! Gary & Brian wrap up the great music year of 2023 by discussing our best album and new find picks along with many honorable mentions. Some of the artists covered include Peter Gabriel, Haken, New Pornographers, Steven ...

18/12/2023

Happy Holidays! Gary & Brian, celebrating the spirit of the season, discuss their Top 3 favorite Christmas albums. Like our previous Favorite Holiday Songs episode, we had a lot of fun discussing these and explaining why they are important to us.

Our choices included Charlie Brown Christmas, The DBs, Johnny Mathis, Beach Boys, The Philly Specials and John Denver & the Muppets.

Brian's encore was a review of an ensemble group called The Salt Collective and Gary reviewed a Netflix documentary on Hipgnosis, the famous 60's and 70's album cover artists, called Squaring the Circle. Highly recommend you check out both of these! Enjoy!

Happy Holidays! Gary & Brian, celebrating the spirit of the season, discuss their Top 3 favorite Christmas albums. Like our previous Favorite Holiday Songs episode, we had a lot of fun discussing these and explaining why they are important to ...