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.
Here is my Christmas Jazz playlist. I’ll
Be using it a lot the next few days and hope you might enjoy it too.
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Be using it a lot the next few days and hope you might enjoy it too.
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A Little Night Music for December
An Instrumental Jazz Holiday Playlist
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December 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Here is my Christmas Jazz playlist. I’ll
Be using it a lot the next few days and hope you might enjoy it too.
open.substack.com/pub/jaysonke...
Be using it a lot the next few days and hope you might enjoy it too.
open.substack.com/pub/jaysonke...
My latest post features Bing Crosby and two songs he sang about being peace into a world of conflict.
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Bing Crosby and the Sound of Hope
Song: “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day”
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December 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
My latest post features Bing Crosby and two songs he sang about being peace into a world of conflict.
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Looking for some holiday music? Maybe some that’s a mix of traditional a bit quirky? Check out this playlist with contributions from friends and family.
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Holiday Playlist
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December 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Looking for some holiday music? Maybe some that’s a mix of traditional a bit quirky? Check out this playlist with contributions from friends and family.
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My recent Substack features an interview with one of my early and influential music teachers about the power of Christmas music. Enjoy:
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A Musical Christmas Memory
On Christmas music, tradition, and teaching
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December 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
My recent Substack features an interview with one of my early and influential music teachers about the power of Christmas music. Enjoy:
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Thinking about duets this week and here are a few more that were sung by real life couples - Ike and Tina, Faith and Tim, and more.
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A few more duets by real life couples - Ike and Tina, Faith and Tim, and more. Listen to more below.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Thinking about duets this week and here are a few more that were sung by real life couples - Ike and Tina, Faith and Tim, and more.
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Musical Dialogues is back with a preview featuring two actual couples who sang together. Spoiler: beautiful harmony ≠ marital harmony
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We're Gonna Hold On / No Me Ames
Real Couples Singing Real Songs
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December 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Musical Dialogues is back with a preview featuring two actual couples who sang together. Spoiler: beautiful harmony ≠ marital harmony
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On Monday, I featured a song written during the height of the AIDS epidemic. I stated thinking about music written during Covid. Today, I share a handful of songs that document that recent health crisis.
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Songs from the Covid Era
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December 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
On Monday, I featured a song written during the height of the AIDS epidemic. I stated thinking about music written during Covid. Today, I share a handful of songs that document that recent health crisis.
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I’m thinking about songs that feel like they are taking care of you. Which artist has written the most healing music in your life?
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I’m thinking about songs that feel like they are taking care of you. Which artist has written the most healing music in your life?
Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day. music has always helped people get through the hardest times. My latest post includes two songs written during public health crises of the last century.
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One Sweet Day / 1919 Influence Blues
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December 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day. music has always helped people get through the hardest times. My latest post includes two songs written during public health crises of the last century.
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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)
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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:
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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:
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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:
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Here is his cover of Soundgarten’s “Rusty Cage” from that album:
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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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