Musical Dialogues
@jaysonkerrdobney.bsky.social
A yearlong journey through 20th-century music. Daily song pairings, reflections, and stories that connect the sounds of America across genres and generations. **Launching January 1, 2026 on Substack.
Have you been listening to Rosalia’s new album LUX? My friend Patty put together a playlist pairing each track with a classical music piece she thinks inspired it. Terribly interested. Check it out here:
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LUX x Classical
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November 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Have you been listening to Rosalia’s new album LUX? My friend Patty put together a playlist pairing each track with a classical music piece she thinks inspired it. Terribly interested. Check it out here:
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Have you been listening to Eosalia’s new album LUX? My friend Patty put together a playlist pairing each track with a classical music piece she thinks inspired it. Terribly interest. Check it out here:
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Have you been listening to Eosalia’s new album LUX? My friend Patty put together a playlist pairing each track with a classical music piece she thinks inspired it. Terribly interest. Check it out here:
New post up today. This is a short conversation with my friend Patty, a singer, teacher, and conductor. Check it out:
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Talking About Music (and everything else) with Patty
Every so often, I meet someone who has a similar passion for music.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
New post up today. This is a short conversation with my friend Patty, a singer, teacher, and conductor. Check it out:
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Any suggestions for music for this coming week? Not necessarily “Thanksgiving songs” but those that feel appropriate to the holiday?
November 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Any suggestions for music for this coming week? Not necessarily “Thanksgiving songs” but those that feel appropriate to the holiday?
A couple days ago I posted about Nancy Wilson and Memphis Minnie, two groundbreaking guitarists. I put together a little list of five other great women guitarists for your listening pleasure:
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Women of the Guitar
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November 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A couple days ago I posted about Nancy Wilson and Memphis Minnie, two groundbreaking guitarists. I put together a little list of five other great women guitarists for your listening pleasure:
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Looking to chat with a DJ or two to discuss how they thing if how music shapes an experience. Working on a December piece about how music functions in a party/nightclub setting. Interested in stories or reflections. If you are willing to answer a couple questions let me know and I will follow up.
November 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Looking to chat with a DJ or two to discuss how they thing if how music shapes an experience. Working on a December piece about how music functions in a party/nightclub setting. Interested in stories or reflections. If you are willing to answer a couple questions let me know and I will follow up.
My second Substack article in my Musical Dialogues series just went live. Thanks to my friend Jayme, it features two incredible guitarists, Nancy Wilson and Memphis Minnie.
Check it out: open.substack.com/pub/jaysonke...
Check it out: open.substack.com/pub/jaysonke...
Crazy On You / Bumble Bee
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November 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
My second Substack article in my Musical Dialogues series just went live. Thanks to my friend Jayme, it features two incredible guitarists, Nancy Wilson and Memphis Minnie.
Check it out: open.substack.com/pub/jaysonke...
Check it out: open.substack.com/pub/jaysonke...
Here is what I don’t understand. Why doesn’t MSNow work with POD Save America and The Bulwark. Give each of them an hour a day - other channels show podcaster in studios. Those two are huge. Then. Why not scoop up Stephen Colbert and give him a new home. Think big and really try and balance FoX.
November 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Here is what I don’t understand. Why doesn’t MSNow work with POD Save America and The Bulwark. Give each of them an hour a day - other channels show podcaster in studios. Those two are huge. Then. Why not scoop up Stephen Colbert and give him a new home. Think big and really try and balance FoX.
It’s Friday, what are you listening to this weekend?
November 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It’s Friday, what are you listening to this weekend?
Posted earlier about Shady Grove (Doc Watson recording) and Oye Como Va (by Tito Puente). Both are songs in dorian mode. What are some other pop songs in dorian?
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Posted earlier about Shady Grove (Doc Watson recording) and Oye Como Va (by Tito Puente). Both are songs in dorian mode. What are some other pop songs in dorian?
Two songs for your listening pleasure. Kicking off my new Substack series with a preview post. Doc Watson’s recording of the folk tune Shady Grove and Tito Puente’s Oye Como Va. what’s the common thread?
Hope you enjoy. Project launches Jan. 1.
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Hope you enjoy. Project launches Jan. 1.
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Musical Dialogues (@jaysonkerrdobney)
I’m launching a new project on Jan. 1, celebrating American music as part of the 250th anniversary of the U.S. I just up my introduction to the project and hope you might take a moment to check it our...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Two songs for your listening pleasure. Kicking off my new Substack series with a preview post. Doc Watson’s recording of the folk tune Shady Grove and Tito Puente’s Oye Como Va. what’s the common thread?
Hope you enjoy. Project launches Jan. 1.
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Hope you enjoy. Project launches Jan. 1.
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Billie Joel’s album Piano Man was released #otd Nov. 9, in 1973. One of the most epic bar songs - and a nightly requirement at all piano bars. Enjoy:
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Billy Joel - Piano Man (Official Audio)
YouTube video by billyjoelVEVO
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November 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Billie Joel’s album Piano Man was released #otd Nov. 9, in 1973. One of the most epic bar songs - and a nightly requirement at all piano bars. Enjoy:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=QwVj...
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On Nov. 7, 2016, Leonard Cohen died. He left behind a wealth of extraordinary music. Including his famed hit:
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Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah (Official Live in London 2008)
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November 8, 2025 at 1:58 AM
On Nov. 7, 2016, Leonard Cohen died. He left behind a wealth of extraordinary music. Including his famed hit:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=YrLk...
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On this day in 1996, Johnny Cash his album Unchained. It was his second collaboration with Rick Rubin, it features Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. A raw reminder of the power and honesty of Cash’s voice.
Here is his cover of Soundgarten’s “Rusty Cage” from that album:
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Here is his cover of Soundgarten’s “Rusty Cage” from that album:
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Johnny Cash - Rusty Cage
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November 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
On this day in 1996, Johnny Cash his album Unchained. It was his second collaboration with Rick Rubin, it features Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. A raw reminder of the power and honesty of Cash’s voice.
Here is his cover of Soundgarten’s “Rusty Cage” from that album:
tidal.com/browse/track...
Here is his cover of Soundgarten’s “Rusty Cage” from that album:
tidal.com/browse/track...
Getting ready to vote. Lots of fears and also hopes. Thinking about this song by The Boss.
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Bruce Springsteen - Land of Hope and Dreams
Listen to Land of Hope and Dreams on TIDAL
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November 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Getting ready to vote. Lots of fears and also hopes. Thinking about this song by The Boss.
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New episode just rolled out!
We’ve covered Tina; now it’s time for the steady, bluesy original. Andrew looks at “Proud Mary” and the brief but productive career of Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Available to listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and via Andrew’s website: 500songs.com/podcast/2714/
We’ve covered Tina; now it’s time for the steady, bluesy original. Andrew looks at “Proud Mary” and the brief but productive career of Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Available to listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and via Andrew’s website: 500songs.com/podcast/2714/
November 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
New episode just rolled out!
We’ve covered Tina; now it’s time for the steady, bluesy original. Andrew looks at “Proud Mary” and the brief but productive career of Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Available to listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and via Andrew’s website: 500songs.com/podcast/2714/
We’ve covered Tina; now it’s time for the steady, bluesy original. Andrew looks at “Proud Mary” and the brief but productive career of Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Available to listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and via Andrew’s website: 500songs.com/podcast/2714/
Musical Dialogues launches January 1, 2026. Each day, on Substack, I will feature a pair of songs across genres and generations with reflections and stories.
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Musical Dialogues | Substack
Launching ****Jan. 1, 2026. *** Musical Dialogues: Conversations about twentieth century American music across genres and generations. Art by Alexandria Dobney
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November 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Musical Dialogues launches January 1, 2026. Each day, on Substack, I will feature a pair of songs across genres and generations with reflections and stories.
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The rock and roll pianist Jerry Lee Lewis was born #otd September 29 in 1930. A controversial figure he was an original wild boy of #rockandroll
#music #musichistory #piano #rockpiano
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#music #musichistory #piano #rockpiano
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Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (Steve Allen Show - 1957)
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September 30, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The rock and roll pianist Jerry Lee Lewis was born #otd September 29 in 1930. A controversial figure he was an original wild boy of #rockandroll
#music #musichistory #piano #rockpiano
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#music #musichistory #piano #rockpiano
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Check out some concert recommendations:
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October 2025 Concert Picks
October is amongst the busiest on the events calendar in New York.
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September 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Check out some concert recommendations:
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NYC Concert Picks Sept. 22-28
Here are a few things to do in NYC this week - all instrumental music focused.
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September 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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September 17 is #countrymusic day. One of my all-time favorites is Johnny Cash’s Folsom Prison Blues.
#music #musichistory #johnnycash #folsomprisonblues
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#music #musichistory #johnnycash #folsomprisonblues
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Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (Live In Las Vegas, 1979)
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September 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
September 17 is #countrymusic day. One of my all-time favorites is Johnny Cash’s Folsom Prison Blues.
#music #musichistory #johnnycash #folsomprisonblues
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#music #musichistory #johnnycash #folsomprisonblues
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Happy B'Day Sept 17 to Hank Williams Sr country music icon (1923-1953)!
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry youtube.com/watch?v=4WXY...
Your Cheatin’ Heart youtube.com/watch?v=cS4L...
Lost Highway youtube.com/watch?v=92de...
#countrymusic #singer #songwriter #country #hankwilliams
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry youtube.com/watch?v=4WXY...
Your Cheatin’ Heart youtube.com/watch?v=cS4L...
Lost Highway youtube.com/watch?v=92de...
#countrymusic #singer #songwriter #country #hankwilliams
September 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Happy B'Day Sept 17 to Hank Williams Sr country music icon (1923-1953)!
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry youtube.com/watch?v=4WXY...
Your Cheatin’ Heart youtube.com/watch?v=cS4L...
Lost Highway youtube.com/watch?v=92de...
#countrymusic #singer #songwriter #country #hankwilliams
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry youtube.com/watch?v=4WXY...
Your Cheatin’ Heart youtube.com/watch?v=cS4L...
Lost Highway youtube.com/watch?v=92de...
#countrymusic #singer #songwriter #country #hankwilliams
September 17 is International Country Music Day! A great chance to share some historical favorite songs. Here is the song that is maybe most iconic within country music.
#music #musichistory #countrymusic #willthecircle #carterfamily
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#music #musichistory #countrymusic #willthecircle #carterfamily
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[ HiFi ] Will The Circle Be Unbroken Vol.2／Nitty Gritty Dirt Band／Johnny Cash／Ricky Skaggs
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 1989, ◆This video is (in a way)my original edited version,mixed HiFi sound & analog video & Subtitles for each singers name. Very sorry for mistake of forgetting to add the name”the Carter Family” ”John Prine”. Jeff Hanna,Jimmie Fadden,Bob Carpenter,Jimmy Ibbotson ,Johnny Cash ,Roy Acuff ,Bruce Hornsby ,Paulette Carlson ,Michael M.Murphey ,Earl Scruggs ,Roy Huskey Jr. ,Randy Scruggs ,Ricky Skaggs ,Chris Hillman ,Jimmy Martin ,Levon Helm ,Emmylou Harris ,John Hiatt ,Roger McGuinn ,Bela Fleck ,Sam Bush ,Mark O'connor ,Rosanne Cash ,Jerry Douglas ,Chet Atkins ,Marty Stuart ,Vassar Clements ,the Carter Family ,John Prine Analog Video "Fish８" Archives https://loveriver.net/ZAMA/fish8-2.htm ------------------------------------------------------------- The Best cover in Japanese →https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l6dknxhWt0
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September 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
September 17 is International Country Music Day! A great chance to share some historical favorite songs. Here is the song that is maybe most iconic within country music.
#music #musichistory #countrymusic #willthecircle #carterfamily
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7bRJ...
#music #musichistory #countrymusic #willthecircle #carterfamily
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7bRJ...
In Sept. 16, 1979 Sugarhill Gamh’s single “Rapper’s Delight” becomes the first rap song to chart on the Too 100.
#music #musichistory #rap #hiphop #rappersdelight
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#music #musichistory #rap #hiphop #rappersdelight
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The Sugar Hill Gang - Rapper's Delight ( HQ, Full Version )
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September 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
In Sept. 16, 1979 Sugarhill Gamh’s single “Rapper’s Delight” becomes the first rap song to chart on the Too 100.
#music #musichistory #rap #hiphop #rappersdelight
m.youtube.com/watch?v=rKTU...
#music #musichistory #rap #hiphop #rappersdelight
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