Keeping Boomers In Touch With Today's Music
We connect a song from back-in-the-day to a current hit that has a similar sound/content/style. You’ll be up to speed in 90-seconds.
Curated by Dave Sholin | Written by Lee Wade
Miranda Lambert, Saucy as Ever
Survival, overcoming obstacles, moving on ... those moments in life we'd like to forget... Miranda Lambert's first single since 2017's "Tin Man" is upbeat, and so Country. The title says it all: "It All Comes Out in the Wash." You got frisky with your boss at the...
Sam Smith Sings a Song of Heartache & Heartbreak
There’s a long history of rock and Top 40 songs that express the pain and anguish of love gone wrong. It’s a tall task: enough sensitivity and honesty to get it across, but not so much that the listener sinks into a depression! Cat Stevens wrote "The First Cut Is the...
It’s A Big Week For Music Nostalgia: ‘Elvis Week” in Memphis, and the 50th Anniversary of Woodstock.
Yesterday, Aug. 15, was Woodstock's 50th anniversary, a major milestone in the history of American pop-culture. Nearly half a million Boomers overwhelmed roads and services, endured mud and muck, and lived to tell their children and grandchildren what it was like to...
Can’t Keep a Good Song Down. “Higher Love” is Back.
In 1986, then 38-year old Boomer Steve Winwood reached the top of Billboard's Hot 100 for the first time with his now classic "Higher Love." Four years later Whitney Houston recorded a version which ended up as a bonus track on the Japanese release of her "I'm Your...
What’s a Guy to Do? He “Loves Her So Much He Hates Her”
“Easier,” currently the 12th most played song on Top 40 radio, is the latest hit by 5-Seconds of Summer aka 5SOS, a hot, hip, happening A-list band from Australia. The story-line is a man debating a break-up with a woman; the sound and texture have a Trent Reznor and...
Baby, Let’s Groove! Art Neville Before the Neville Brothers
This summer's been a sad one for fans of New Orleans music: we've lost Dr. John and Fats Domino plus songwriter/ musician/producer Dave Bartholomew, and most recently (July 22nd) Neville Brothers founder Art Neville, the oldest sibling, who passed away at 81. Years...
Memories: From Elvis to Thomas Rhett
This is Thomas Rhett's moment; he's hot-hot-hot, unstoppable, a massive success, with a string of hit Country songs in his wake, (several even crossed over into Pop.) His newest single: "Remember You Young" is engaging and touching, the vocals are heartfelt, and the...
“Help Me Stranger” is Good Ol’ American-Style Rock n’ Roll
Fans of The Raconteurs have been waiting 10+ years for the band's next album, and the recently released "Help Us Stranger" was so worth the wait. The first single, "Help Me Stranger," hit #1 on Billboard's Top 200 the week it came out. The band's front man, creative...
Paul McCartney Spreads His Wings…so to speak
A musical adaptation of the Christmas movie classic "It's a Wonderful Life" is brewing and famed English West End show producer Bill Kenwright and scriptwriter Lee Hall (“Billy Elliot,” “Rocketman”) are over the moon that Paul McCartney agreed to write the music,...