old folk and new

Now for Eine Kleine Volkenmusik . . . last night Gay and I went out to Melrose to hear Grant Peeples, a Florida singer/songwriter. He has a lot of talent and bad-boy good looks, hawk-sharp features and hard prison muscles (which he probably got at Gainesville Health & Fitness, like me).

He had several striking songs, none better than "It's Later Than You Think," which is also the title of his latest album. It starts out like this --


It's later than it seems / Shadows long and dark

The party'...