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Basement Songs: Foo Fighters, “Walk”
Scott Malchus writes about this year's Great Strides efforts and the Foo Fighters song that didn't make the cut
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Basement Songs: Bruce Springsteen, “My City of Ruins”
With just his guitar and harmonica, backed by a small group of singers behind him, Springsteen delivered his "prayer for our fallen brothers and sisters." There was no bombast that night, just reverence and
Read More »Basement Songs: Coldplay, “Fix You”
It's springtime again, and Scott Malchus is reflecting on baseball, family and the search for a cure to cystic fibrosis in this week's Basement Songs
Read More »Basement Songs: Aaron Copland, “Appalachian Spring”
For the final two miles of my half marathon, I’ll have Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring play in its entirety to help push me through to the end. I figure that if I need
Read More »Basement Songs: Journey, “Only the Young”
In the fall of 1984, the Make A Wish Foundation contacted the band Journey. A 16-year old fan from Cleveland named Kenny Sykaluk was in the final days of his lifelong battle with cystic
Read More »Basement Songs: Thomas Newman, “Finding Nemo: Main Title”
People do this all the time: they neglect to ask about my daughter Sophie. They don’t mean to, especially when they receive so many updates about her brother Jacob’s health and our efforts to
Read More »Basement Songs: Bruce Springsteen, “The Rising”
I had a dream about Bruce Springsteen and he told me what to write. You’re thinking, “Again? Come on, Malchus, all you ever write about is Springsteen. And Journey. All you write about are
Read More »Basement Songs: Glee Cast, “Don’t Stop Believin’”
Last week our kids’ school, Emblem Elementary in Saugus, held their third Cure Finders fundraiser for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. For the past three years, the students at Emblem have taken a week to
Read More »Basement Songs: Eddie Vedder with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, “The Long Road”
Scott Malchus reflects on his struggles of faith and spirituality in the latest Basement Songs
Read More »Basement Songs: The Donnas, “New Kid in School”
Scott Malchus gets fast and loud in this week's Basement Songs, wishing his son a happy birthday to the strains of a Rock Band favorite
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