How much time ’til the wait is over and we
flicker in the night like the streetlights on the boulevard
with the moonless sky on an endless night
How much time

Ryan Adams recently released a live album “Live at Carnegie Hall,” that has been met with praise from critics. I was fortunate enough to attend one of the performances with my family. What we particularly noted was his stage control and comedic asides, something that cannot be found in today’s overly structured concert circuit. It’s truly a lost art. And when you have the vast song catalog as does Ryan Adams, it also gave him the ability to improvise and change directions depending on the crowd reaction. As I listened to my favorite piano rendition of his song “New York, New York” off the new album, Ryan Adams surprised us with an acoustic 3 song EP, “I Do Not Feel Like Being Good.” He recorded the songs with only two microphones at the Soho Hotel. Check out the refreshingly poetic “How Much Light:”