Music Awards
Why are you asking me? Do I get a gift if I answer?
“A bit of Dylan with humor….I would look at anything Caraher has written—closely.”
Frank Gutch, Jr. – Acoustic Music Exchange
“Caraher’s recordings should be required to be in every children’s library.”
RIP – 2022
Happy New Year! For the past several years, I’ve been writing homages to a wide range of people who have passed this year. The verses are in no particular order and some of them are well-known and many were unknown to me, but all of them led fascinating lives. These verses are not meant to … Read More
2020 R.I.P. Part Two
Witty, wise, completely iconic RBG’s demise so deeply ironic She loved equal rights, the Constitution But God just delights in retribution Because race held her back again and again And the deck was stacked by the world of men Emma Amos – all activism and art Just no way she could keep them apart The … Read More
Sondheim at 90
Sondheim at 90 His nature – not long in modestyAt eighteen he felt Broadway boundNo question he was a prodigyBut not all did he astound Oscar gave him a nuanced review:“Stephen, it’s terrible!”To Sondheim these words were newBut here’s what made it bearable: Line by line, the sword of Hammerstein The score bled red inkCould there … Read More
There Is No Baby
Else Blangsted 1920-2020 “There is no baby. The baby is dead.” How does anyone go on from there? Yet she finds a way, daily led From night too heavy to bear An infant who took no breath. Life within her, hidden, ashamed But a mother prefers her own death Rather then birth a child unnamed … Read More
Little Richard 1932-2020
Little Richard Click her for slideshow The “Little” was for his youth when he first heard the call Good Golly Miss Molly sure like to ball What did we just hear? Completely absurd But the Bible is clear, In the Beginning was the Word Whop bop b-luma b-lop bam bom What on earth? A guy … Read More