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
“Ur So CoOl”
Everybody's talkin' 'bout sex Everybody's talkin' 'bout ex Like no one really wants to find a genuine connect Before they even look at you, they move on to the next Last Nov., we raved about 19-year old Australian phenom Toni Watson, also known as Tones and I, who...
“Get Together” A Song for Our Time and a Song for All Time
Remember "Get Together," the Youngbloods 4+ minute peace and love anthem that went nowhere in 1967 when it was first released, but hit top 5 when it was re-released in 1969 --a time period of national political unrest, similar to today (minus Covid-19)? It's been...
Eric Church is Spittin’ Mad About…Almost Everything…
When it comes to songs with social commentary, traditionally conservative Country music is probably more risk averse than other formats, except for Eric Church who "marches to the beat of a different drummer." He likes his songs to tell it like it is, and...
Matt Maeson: From Down in the Dumps to Hitsville
You’ve got to be pretty depressed to write these lines: ...I crawled back to the life that I said I wouldn't live in... Pushing past the limit Trippin' on hallucinogenics My cigarette burnt my finger 'Cause I forgot I lit it Last Jan. Boomer Music Update posted...
Dion’s Still Got It
Tomorrow is the legendary Dion DiMucci's 81st birthday. He was only 19 y/o, in 1958, when the now classic "I Wonder Why" became an instant sensation. ... ...and he's still performing--last month he released "Dion Blues With Friends" --the friends being Bruce...
It’s the Frutti, Not the Tutti
Harry Styles’ “Adore You” was one of the year’s biggest pop hits, and his follow-up, "Watermelon Sugar,” looks bound for summer smash-hood. The former One Direction star co-wrote the song, inspired by Richard Brautigan’s 1968 novel “In Watermelon Sugar.” "Watermelon...
Devon Gilfillian: Soothing and Groovy with an Old School Vibe
In 1965, Billy Stewart’s "Sitting in the Park" was everywhere, with a sound that's still around today, noticeably, in the silky-smooth R&B vibe of Neo-soul artist Devon Gilfillan’s "The Good Life," currently #17 on the Adult Alt chart. Singer/songwriter Gilfillan...
Happy (70th) Birthday, Huey Lewis
Happy (70th) birthday, Huey Lewis, singer/actor/golfer/performer extraordinaire and all-around Mr. Nice Guy. Lewis was only 21 y/o, in 1971, when he hooked up with the band Clover; fast forward 11 years, the band renamed themselves Huey Lewis & The News and had a...
Exuberant Christian Song Crossing Over to Other Formats
Togetherness, 2020 style, has taken on new meaning, exemplified in the new single from Australian brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone, who go by the name for King & Country. “Together” features guests Kirk Franklin, a Gospel star, and Pop...