My latest ear candy comes from the movie: Echo in the Canyon. A great documentary exploring the music being created in the 60’s in LA, predominately coming from the artists living in and around Laurel Canyon.
Since I am always a sucker for that era of music, this was a delightful look at the origins of the songs, and talking to the artists and also some artists that were inspired by the songs.Jakob Dylan obviously has a love an appreciation of the crafting of music and the works created by these artists. It intermixes him covering the songs with collaborations with other musicians of his era. Pretty great stuff.

It is a great example of what Austin Kleon calls a “scenius”. Which is the idea that genius is more communal than individual. How many leaps or changes in a field really happen without individuals being affected by another? This is one reason I really like working in the theater. You are always bouncing ideas off of others and that you can support the work of others, which may inspire you to dig deeper and try more.

Spotify has a Playlist of songs from the movie.