Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois Kathmandu lies in a valley in the Himalayas. From the city, you can see Everest and K2 in the distance, the Monkey Temple in the foothills. But I had not come for the hiking and had not left the city. I thought I… more »

Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois We are spring cleaning today in my home, so I am spring cleaning my music articles.  Airing them out. Writing these articles is also a good way to get out of housework today, so don’t expect a long one because… more »

Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois Hey. How do you do it? How do you work? I am sitting here trying to think of something to say. And do you know what? I’m empty. There’s nothing there. Me? I need to have my head filled with stories and… more »

Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois Sex, politics and religion. I like writing about music. It’s not really about some person from Ipanema or some chick named Lucy, or even about loving in an Orwellian nightmare or some musician losing his… more »

Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois Look… fear, anger, death, violence, lack of ambition and frustration are all great subjects for songs. So if you have them inside you, why not use them constructively. Me? I’ve just been hanging about… more »

Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois Once upon a time, in a faraway mythical country of snow and ice there lived a man named Sibelius who drank too much and liked to make strange and wonderful music which had big, huge tones. The people in his own… more »

Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois My Monday Morning Musings may be essential to BareFoot MusicNews, and I humbly present this one, though, sadly, a bit late. So, in the tradition of Celtic folk music, I write this letter to explain.  (This story… more »