Thomas Dolby

Dog Ears Music Near-Miss Day Playlist: Remember the Epic Asteroid of '89?!

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.23.2012

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week we review music by Joe Meek and The Blue Men, Beck, Burt Bacharach, PJ Harvey, Semantic Noise and more.

Dog Ears Music: Ghostlike II

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 12.28.2011

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week we review albums by The Heavy, Leyland Kirby, Big Maybelle, Yoko Ono & The Brother Brothers, and other artists.

The Decemberists Exclusive, Chatting With John Wesley Harding, Thomas Dolby and Stephen Kellogg, Plus Dancing With StevieMix

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.27.2011

Mike Ragogna

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Universal Pulses & Floating Cities: Chatting with 311's Nick Hexum and Thomas Dolby

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.11.2011

Mike Ragogna

According to 311's Nick Hexum, the band's new album, Universal Pulse, with its premier single, "Sunset In July", is "kind of like the ultimate Summer jam, and about the experience of touring."

Thomas Dolby Leaves Science Behind (Sort of)

Shawn Amos | Posted 05.25.2011

Shawn Amos

Dolby and I spoke about life beyond the '80s, Bowie and Prince jumping the shark, finding time to unplug, and how the best songs are a palette cleanser played alone on a piano.

TED, Solar Power, Windpower, and All Things Amerikana: A Conversation with Thomas Dolby

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Ragogna

"Among other things I do," says the British musician, "I'm the music director of an organization called TED or Technology, Education and Design. That's an annual get together of people sort of figuring out how to save the planet."

Dog Ears Music: Rewind, Volume I

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week, we feature music by Takagi Masakatsu, Dirty Projectors, Big Mama Thornton, Alberta Cross and more.

New Tunes On Monday: George Harrison, Rob Thomas, Among The Oak & Ash, and Survivor (Kind Of) Plays Jeremy's Wedding

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Ragogna

The new collection Let It Roll/Songs By George Harrison is going to thrill those waiting for an album that combines his solo Apple recordings with Beatles titles and tracks from the Dark Horse years.

Thank God It's Thursday: Book Expo '09 & The 27s plus The Singular Thomas Dolby

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Ragogna

This year's BookExpo in New York City had its usual small arena of publishers at gussied-up kiosks hawking the latest and greatest by writers known and unknown.

Dog Ears Music: Volume Forty-Nine

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

Plus/Minus is the Brooklyn-based organic-electronic outfit founded in 1991 as a side project by members of indie rock band Versus.

HuffPost Review: Bruce Springsteen -- Working On A Dream

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Ragogna

Bruce, arm-in-arm with his old E Street gang, seems to be working on his own dream of growing old, not just gracefully, but significantly.