AHB's Goodies

"The only thing that can heal America right now is a really great funk album."

a concise mix of monster bass tone, syncopated freedom & swinging blues

Sep 17

1

August 2025

Genre Primers

an AHB's Goodies guide to some genres & musical vibes

Aug 5

2

July 2025

some music for a 50 year old's birthday party (mine)

a mix cloud of fun, upbeat recordings which you should play on shuffle mode

Jul 21

2

welcome to my mixtape delivery service

why I do this Substack

Jul 17

June 2025

Arone Dyer's Dronechoir

this Saturday, June 28th at Roulette in Brooklyn, NYC

Jun 26

Bob Dylan, concisely

plus new Brassland projects by Carriers, Buke & Gase and LANZ & a pair of deaths that hit home

Jun 13

5

2

April 2025

a family reunion in Dublin, Ireland

a Brassland-curated weekend at the National Concert Hall of Ireland on April 12 + 13

Apr 7

3

March 2025

A conversation with David Grubbs (Gastr Del Sol, CUNY professor, Squirrel Bait)

includes several gateway playlists to contemporary, post-genre instrumental music

Mar 17

5

Artist Primers (only for paid-subscribers)

an AHB's Goodies guide to some of my favorite artists

Mar 11

January 2025

goodbye to The Band who deserved to own that name

Garth Hudson passes & a re-share of Up a Creek: The Band that rings like a bell

Jan 28

1

a year in the rear view

how I found the quote-unquote "best" music of 2024 & some other bits of culture to briefly escape the world's cascading WTF energies

Jan 10

2

December 2024

a solstice playlist & a tale about Rockefeller Center's iconic tree

a holiday mix from 2024 MacArthur "Genius Grant" winner Justin Vivian Bond & Matt McGinley's journey from pop-punk to podcasts to accidental spruce…

Dec 21, 2024