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
The Glorious Sound of 60s and 70s Folk-Pop
In the 60s, when Folk melded with Pop, it gave the world Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Buffalo Springfield, The Mamas & Papas and The Byrd’s. That genre has been re-molded over time; one of the groups with that folksy sound today is the award winning U.K....
“A Star Is Born” 2018
Here’s a clip from the latest “Star Is Born”--the one with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper--it’s a concert scene that feels so real --so 70s--the crowd's enthusiasm, the smoke, the lights...(it has almost 72 million YouTube views). The song is “Shallow” and it’s the...
Hahaha it’s Halloween. The 50s Were a Scream.
Bobby "Boris" Pickett’s 1962 classic "Monster Mash" hogs all the Halloween airtime, but John Zacherle, named by Dick Clark as "The Cool Ghoul", had a top ten hit four years before that: “Dinner with Drac,” also a novelty song, which clearly influenced “Monster Mash.”...
For Your Inner Folkie
Go forward slowly It's not a race to the end Well you look like yourself But you're somebody else “You're Somebody Else," a beautiful, folksy ballad (that’s also been described as misty and melancholy) has a throwback sound reminiscent of when folk music was also Top...
A Song You Can Groove To
For those moments when you want to listen to music that bypasses the brain and goes right for the gut--something with an hypnotic rhythm, some steam heat, and bright colors…you could dial up Mark Anthony’s "I Need To Know," a big hit nearly 20 years ago… …or you could...
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--...
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...
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...
“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....