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
Ha-Ha-Ha! This Song is Loopy & Fun!
The band Peach Tree Rascals is three singer/rappers, a producer/mixer and a creative director. Two years ago, Tik Tok exposure put their song "Mariposa" on the map, and now, all those new found fans have helped “Change My Mind” the band’s latest release, edge into the...
It’s Not “Wicked Game,” But It’s Pretty Good, Anyway…
Few songs are as haunting and mesmerizing as Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game," but Dutch singer/songwriter Duncan Laurence's "Arcade (Loving You Is A Losing Game)" gives it a go. To date, it's the most streamed Eurovision song on Spotify, it has topped the charts in the...
Van Morrison Releases His 42nd Album Today: 28 New Songs.
Van Morrison’s 42nd album, "Latest Record Project: Volume 1" is in release today, a 28 song, three-disc set of all new material: "I'm getting away from the perceived same songs, same albums all the time. This guy's done 500 songs, maybe more, so hello? Why do you...
Thomas Rhett ‘s “Country Again” is About How Great Everything Country Is
Country music loves to sing about itself, sometimes spoofing it, i.e., David Allan Coe’s 1975 “You Never Even Called Me by My Name,” and sometimes more seriously, like Barbara Mandrell’s 1981 "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool,” which hit #1 years before...
The Black Keys Sing The Blues
On May 15th, The Black Keys release “Delta Kreme," their 10th album, a collection of blues covers named for an ice cream stand in Tunica, Mississippi that closed 10-years ago. The band's singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney were inspired by early...
Happy 88th Birthday Willie Nelson
While it would be real scream if Willie Nelson's birthday was April 20th (4/20--marijuana glorification day), in fact, his birthday was yesterday, and he turned 88. In 2018, Nelson won a Grammy for "Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album" for "My Way," his Frank Sinatra...
These Ladies Don’t Take Prisoners…
Joan Jett's rowdy “I Love Rock N' Roll” set a high bar for female rockers, and "Drunk (and I Don't Wanna Go Home)" has that same level of hell bent for leather intensity and attitude. Country superstar Miranda Lambert and singer/songwriter/actress Elle King stomp,...
Iceland’s Kaleo: A late 60s to Early 70s Blues-Rock Vibe
Four years ago, Kaleo, a 5-member roots-y blues-y band from Iceland that now resides in Austin, Texas, scored a double platinum single with "Way Down We Go." Their newest release, "Break My Baby," is a throwback to the late 60s-early 70s blues- rock wave that swept...
“Hollywood Eden: Electric Guitars, Fast Cars, and the Myth of The California Paradise”
Music critic and historian Joel Selvin’s latest, "Hollywood Eden: Electric Guitars, Fast Cars, and the Myth of The California Paradise," pulls back the curtain on the Southern California music scene and teen lifestyle, circa 1958, when the oldest Boomer was in junior...