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Listening Sessions

Robert C. Gilbert, wordsworthesq

For those looking for thoughtful writing on great music.

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Latest Issues

Recent posts by this newsletter. Browse the email archive.

The Mamas and the Papas' Peak on Record

Back in 2022, when Listening Sessions was still getting off the ground, I wrote about the second album by the Mamas and the Papas. Titled simply the Mamas & the Papas (at one point, it was to be far more provocatively titled), it’s, at leas...

12 days ago
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Ten Days in New York

As mentioned in my last dispatch, I took a solo trip to New York. It’s become an annual tradition for me and each sojourn to the city involves music in one way or another.

22 days ago
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Ten New Albums for Your To-Listen Pile

This is the sixth round-up of new and upcoming music I have put together this year. There will be one more installment at the end of 2025 when I attempt to put together my first ever best-of-the-year essay. Wish me luck!

a month ago
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Autumn Serenades

Regular readers here likely know about some of the topics I return to over and over again. There’s Laura Nyro and Elvis Presley. There’s overlooked albums and classic jazz. There’s also autumn which is in full swing where I live.

a month ago
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Authors

The writers behind this newsletter.

  • Robert C. Gilbert

    Toronto-born and now Oshawa-based record collector, music writer and critic.

  • wordsworthesq

    Writer looking for work. Music lover. poet. Vinyl collector. Thrifter. Makeup fiend. Baking enthusiast. Cat person. Ever woke and trans so, in the words of Peter Gabriel, you'll have to take me just the way that you find me. Semper Femina.

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