# old music (blogs) — RSS Amplifier

Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover old music.

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## [New song of the day #58: (Four Tet aka) ⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ: "\[...\] OOOOOOooo☼⃝☼⃝◉࿃ूੂ ࿃ूੂੂ ʅ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡()ʃ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡ ꐑ(ఠీੂ \[...\]"](https://newmusicoldmusic.substack.com/p/new-song-of-the-day-58-four-tet-aka)

_2026-08-19 · Will Hermes · Will Hermes: New Music + Old Music_

Kieran Hebden, aka: Four Tet, aka: the glitch-triggering \[Wingdings\], remains the most exquisitely musical superstar DJ on the planet. A brief history.

## [Fiona Apple, Phoebe Bridgers, L'Rain, Mos Def, Mad Professor, Massive Attack, Fania Records, Nana Osei Twum Barima.](https://newmusicoldmusic.substack.com/p/weekend-links-fiona-apple-mos-def)

_2026-08-15 · Will Hermes · Will Hermes: New Music + Old Music_

Weekend notes, links + jollies. New music, old music, an ace salsa history podcast, and some good reads.

## [New Song of the Day #57: Margo Cilker "Little White Cross"](https://newmusicoldmusic.substack.com/p/new-song-of-the-day-57-margo-cilker)

_2026-08-12 · Will Hermes · Will Hermes: New Music + Old Music_

The California-born Washington-based singer-songwriter delivers a keeper about loss, memory, the road and what transpires on it.

## [The Grateful Dead are everywhere](https://newmusicoldmusic.substack.com/p/the-grateful-dead-are-everywhere)

_2026-08-07 · Will Hermes · Will Hermes: New Music + Old Music_

With Bob Weir's death in January, summers are now Dead-less. Yet online, in galleries, on movie screens and stages from Newport to the Greek Theatre, the music never stopped.

## [Review: Love & soukous](https://newmusicoldmusic.substack.com/p/review-love-and-soukous)

_2026-08-04 · Will Hermes · Will Hermes: New Music + Old Music_

Benedict Lombe's "Shifters" — a UK import at the tiny Cherry Lane Theater in the West Village — made me weep. And the music was sweet.

## [Review: 5 songs. A 99-song August playlist.](https://newmusicoldmusic.substack.com/p/reviewed-5-songs-a-99-song-august)

_2026-07-30 · Will Hermes · Will Hermes: New Music + Old Music_

New songs by Sylvan Esso, The Durutti Column, Phoebe Bridgers. Covers of Jackson Browne, Neil Young, Fela, the Felice Brothers. (Ultra-) rare tracks by David Bowie, the Grateful Dead + The Beatles.

## [Interview: Linton Kwesi Johnson](https://newmusicoldmusic.substack.com/p/interview-linton-kwesi-johnson)

_2026-07-23 · Will Hermes · Will Hermes: New Music + Old Music_

I spoke w/ the poet, activist + reggae legend about retirement, resistance, the West African renaissance, the newly-restored 1979 doc "DREAD BEAT AN BLOOD" + the wordless solo album he just finished.

## [Oldies that still hit: "Ring of Fire" and "Stand Down Margaret"](https://newmusicoldmusic.substack.com/p/writing-about-old-songs)

_2026-07-17 · Will Hermes · Will Hermes: New Music + Old Music_

Music history can tether us to the present. Thoughts on the (English) Beat's "Whine and Grine/Stand Down Margaret" and Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire"

## [Music festivals as sacred spaces](https://newmusicoldmusic.substack.com/p/music-festivals-as-sacred-spaces)

_2026-07-10 · Will Hermes · Will Hermes: New Music + Old Music_

Wilco's Solid Sound. Montreal Jazz Fest. Le Festival International Nuits d’Afrique. The holy communion of concert-going.

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## [New Song of the Day #56: Margaret Glaspy "That Rose" 🌹 🌞 🧨](https://newmusicoldmusic.substack.com/p/margaret-glaspy-that-rose-new-song)

_2026-07-02 · Will Hermes · Will Hermes: New Music + Old Music_

A firecracker for a fearsomely hot Fourth of July weekend.