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
Still In Love With “Midnight Rider?”
Michael Anderson has a hit with the raw, gritty “All In My Mind” –you can hear his roots--bluesey, soulful rock-- that is so much a part of his native Alabama. If you like the Allman Brothers’ “Midnight Rider,” this could be for you. Well, me and my baby are the bass...
A Delightful, Upbeat Belief in Life-long Love
If you're an early Boomer, you were around 50-years old in the 90s, when Boyz II Men were at their peak, so you probably relate when Dave Sholin links the new “Lights Down Low” by MAX, to the oldie “I’ll Make Love To You,“ but just in case you missed the Boyz...
Ladies & Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones
A year ago, Boomer Music Update featured the Rolling Stones’ album "Blue And Lonesome," their covers of blues songs that they’ve always treasured. https://boomermusicupdate.com/alternative/rolling-stones-sing-blues-new-cd/ Today, fans can again rejoice as the...
A Light-Hearted Romantic Song For Country Music Fans
Here’s Easton Corbin singing “A Girl Like You,” a bright, upbeat expression of good fortune in love that’s already in “top 10” territory on the Country chart. It’s a safe bet that the late Mel McDaniel influenced this song’s sound, melody and down home...
EDM: Time To Come In From The Cold?
Electronic Dance Music aka "EDM" gained attention in the pop music world in 2017 and it’s about to gain even more with super-star Selena Gomez’s latest hit "Wolves,” made in collaboration with top EDM producer, Marshmello. It’s the song she performed on the...
Best Wishes For Your Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend
Hope Springs Eternal
Remember when songs like “Peace Train" by Cat Stevens (1971)) were not quaint, but, rather, were a legitimate position in the political and social narrative of the time? In 1971, the Vietnam war was raging. We were a divided nation. Stevens’ song was an...
Is Keith Urban’s “Female” Today’s Version of “I Am Woman?”
Country music Superstar Keith Urban killed it at the Country Music Awards a few weeks ago, when he premiered “Female,” written by three of Nashville’s top songwriters who were inspired to write it in response to the many women coming forward with experiences of sexual...
American Music Awards To Honor Diana Ross
It's awards month in the music world. A week and a half ago the spotlight shined on Nashville and the Country Music Awards but on Sunday attention turns to Los Angeles and the 2017 American Music Awards, with highlight performances by Kelly Clarkson, Demi Lovato and...