Friday, January 23, 2009

Confession

I love-yes, love-Bluegrass music.

I thought about this yesterday while listening to NPR on my way home from the grocery store (OK-nerd alert) and they were having a feature about "old-timey" music from the early 1900's that they are trying to "save" and archive online. Old-timey (which makes me think of 5-toothed grandpa's in suspenders) was the predecessor to Bluegrass and has the same delightful twangy vibe to it. So that reminded me of Bluegrass, which I love. R makes fun of me, but I'm OK with my hill-billy ways. Play me a dulcimer or a banjo any day, and I'll show you a happy E. Not sure where the love of the hick music started, as I'm a CA native and my parents were hippies, not hicks. I mean, I was raised on the Beatles! But once I discovered the family of zither instruments, it just spoke to me. It's probably a good thing I don't have Sirius radio in my car-I'd switch back and forth between Cosmo and the Bluegrass station!

Another confession-I also like (not love, but like) Polka music. (hanging head in a bit of embarrassment-but blame my Grandpa and the Fisherplatz for that one.)

Whew-glad that's out there.
Posted by Erin at 6:36 AM
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autumnstar1 said...

I also listen to NPR on the way to work (and a lot of the time on my way home, too), but I can't do the mid-week grocery run. I always think I can and then realize I'm too lazy; and that, my friend, is when we have quesadilla's every day for the rest of the week.

And while we're admitting to liking strange music...I like bluegrass sometimes, too.

I guess I have an eclectic taste when it comes to music, particularly at work – I've got Pandora stations set up for classical music (Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart, etc.), for old crooners (Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday), for big band music (Glen Miller Orchestra, etc.), and then some modern stuff, too.

and sometimes, if the mood strikes, I like listening to Irish music. :)

January 23, 2009 11:45 AM

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