Welcome to the Kaleidiscope 2.0 blogs, discussing music past and present. The blog is an attempt to promote discourse about music between generations.

In our blogs we will review new music, do deep dives into classic pop songs, among many other things. If you want to stay up-to-date with the best new releases, the latest controversies and occasionally take a trip down memory lane, then this blog is for you!

The Musician as Novelist
Billy Neville Billy Neville

The Musician as Novelist

Born in that city at the height of the summer of love, Willy Vlautin would go on to be to the 21st century what Dickens was to the 19th, who would relate to us the stories of the real America, of the lost and lonesome, of those plagued by bad luck seeking a way out. He is our generation's Steinbeck and one feels the spirit of a Tom Joad or a Lennie Small in every page of his heartfelt hard-hitting tales.

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