A tough World Cup exit for the USA at the hands of Belgium on Tuesday.
I researched Belgian music for this week’s tune, fully expecting to make everyone feel better by scoffing at the paucity of Belgian musical talent. And to be fair, it is a pretty shallow talent pool.
However, three notable exceptions:
- Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone, instrument of seduction for mullet-haired 80s pop stars
- Django Reinhardt, who became a legendary jazz guitarist despite losing the use of several fingers in a trailer fire when he was a boy
- And this I wasn’t expecting…