THE BLOG
An intimate view into the portal of Joey’s life experiences, musings and meanderings.
My Recent WFMU Interview with DJ Small Change
On April 15, 2021, I had the pleasure of being interviewed on WFMU, NY by Jim Dier aka DJ Small Change. This guy knew practically everything about my professional career, even the more obscure recordings of my trajectory. I think it was one of the best interviews...
My Moraes Moreira Interview
My friendship with Moraes Moreira was brief - only four years, yet profound and deeply soul connected. Moraes entered into my life only a few months after my father had died from being hit by a car. It had been a long winter with the sounds of Christmas music...
Tom Zé Finally Meets Joey!
Remembering the rotary dial wall phone in my family’s kitchen during my childhood, I would’ve never believed at the time that we would someday all have push buttons, call waiting, answering machines, voice mail (that we never listen to!), smartphones (i.e. personal...
Tom Zé Records Ska With Joey
(photo: Liz Luppi) In my last blog post titled When I Found Tom Zé… I recounted how I had found his music, connecting the dots between Novos Baianos, João Gilberto, David Byrne, and the Dada Movement. While writing my Wax Poetics article about Novos Baianos, I had...
When I Found Tom Zé…
My first time hearing Tom Zé’s music was like finding a long-lost chamber full of hidden surrealist paintings by an intergalactic master. Even though I didn’t understand the language, it was truly mind-blowing. Each musical piece is incomparable in its construction,...
Tom Zé Lit The Fire Of Novos Baianos
If you've read my previous blog posts about my journey into Brazilian music and Finding Seu Jorge, you’ll logically see how it eventually led me to Tom Zé and his music. Tom Zé holds a special place in many people’s lives including mine in that he has...