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
Tower of Power. Need We Say More?
Tower Of Power founder and sax player Emilio Castillo is a full-fledged Boomer (he’s 67), but in a recent interview, he said "I tell people it's like I'm an 18-year old in my brain. Music keeps you young heart, and it's been a great ride.” That ride continues--...
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Brett Dennen’s Newest Is Reminiscent of “Like A Rolling Stone!”
The word “classic” can be overused, but not when it’s applied to Bob Dylan’s 1965 masterpiece "Like A Rolling Stone," ranked by Rolling Stone magazine as the number one single of all time on their Top 500 list. We’re not saying that singer/songwriter Brett Dennen’s...
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Fun, Cute, Bouncy Feminism
In between writing term papers and taking exams, recent Harvard grad Brynn Elliott was also writing and singing songs, and now she has a hit that’s getting airplay on Adult Top 40 radio and is expanding into Top 40. “Might Not Like Me” is cute, bouncy, and fun with an...
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“Small Town, Big Sound” A Tribute Album to the Muscle Shoals Sound
Last month marked the passing of Aretha Franklin. "The Queen Of Soul" is on the list of greats who were fortunate to record in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, with legendary producer Rick Hall in his Fame Recording Studio. Hall died in Jan. of this year; he was 85-years old....
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Long-Time Love Affair: Country Music & The Pick-Up Truck
Never knew my old man's truck could even run like that Should've known better than to take that curve so fast Daddy pulled up, I was down in a ditch He asked me why I did what I did I was out of my mind, she was out of this world There was this girl As almost 30-year...
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A Soul Tinged Funky Beat Hooking Listeners Around The World
20-some years ago, if you grooved to Jamiroquai’s "Virtual Insanity,” with its soul tinged sound and funky beat, then it’s likely Calvin Harris and Sam Smith’s “Promises’” will appeal to you. Within weeks of its release, "Promises" raced to #1 on the British pop chart...
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The American Music Awards
The American Music Awards are like a college survey course: there's enough of an overview that you get the big picture. After watching the show, which airs Tues. night at 8 on ABC, you'll be up to speed not only on today's music scene--the songs and the artists,...
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There’s ”Shame” and Then There’s “Shame Shame Shame”
Four years ago Elle King’s debut hit, "Xs and Os", a smash in multiple formats, made her a star, but a bout of PTSD and a heartbreaking divorce stalled her creative process, but now she’s back full force with "Shake The Spirit" her newest album, which drops...
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Midland’s “Burn Out” Is My New Favorite Country Song
Had the world on a string And then I lost everything And that's how I wound up here Watchin' cigarettes burn out 'Til all the neon gets turned ou Midland is a Texas trio that plays traditional Country music, with attitude. A great bar band. Almost two years ago,...
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