Video: "Lonesome Polecat" with Rose Polenzani, Rose Cousins, Jennifer Kimball & Anne Heaton

To me, music is a sonic communion first and foremost, best enjoyed in the encompassing darkness, with headphones if possible. As such, though I'm squarely a member of the first MTV generation, I generally don't bother with YouTube. Some of this is merely about visual distraction. I like concerts - being there is its own form of communion, and seeing an artist's fingering and facial expression can lend a permanent layer of nuance to songs previously heard. But when unavoidable fascination with the technical nuances of sound production, and the way [...]