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
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
A Loretta Lynn Moment. I’m speechless. Can’t even. Brought me to tears.
Loretta Lynn is 86-years and she’s releasing her 41st album today. The title song, “Wouldn’t It Be Great?” is, in fact, a (sort of) great song, and her voice is (almost) as good as ever, like, scary strong for her age. Listening to “Wouldn’t it be Great?” brought me...
The Eternal Appeal of the Movie Star: From “Bette Davis Eyes” to “Drew Barrymore”
30-year old rap artist Bryce Vine titled his Top 40 hit “Drew Barrymore” because she’s the type of girl he likes: "she's kind of cool, she's kind of sweet, she's cute, she's got her own thing, funny.” That description fits Drew Barrymore, but the song is really...
A Song That’s Both Happy and Sad
In 1967, Los Angeles band The Sunshine Company had a big hit with "Happy,” a song about finding your soul mate, which is definitely a good reason to be be happy. Fast-forward to today, and “Happier” is about how to be happy in a whole different way. A sad way. This...
50th Anniversary of The Band’s “Music From Big Pink”
Thank you Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson for “Music from Big Pink,” a remarkable collection of songs that shook up the musical landscape 50 years ago, and that sounds just as fresh today as it did when it was released....