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
John Mayer’s Latest Release is “well crafted…with an 80’s vibe”
On Friday John Mayer releases his new album, "Sob Rock," and, already, Adult Alternative audiences are loving the first single, "Last Train Home," lifting it to # #7 on Adult Alternative formats, and #34 on Adult Contemporary. Mayer has woven a throwback 80's flavor...
Ed Sheeran’s Newest Hit Racing Up the Music Charts on Multiple Formats!
When Ed Sheeran delivers a new song, massive pop airplay on multiple formats is guaranteed, and his latest release, “Bad Habits,” which has been out just a little over two weeks, has raced up the charts: on Top 40, it’s #7, on Adult Top 40, #8, and on Adult...
A “Must Read” for Music Lovers: “Sonic Boom” tells the story of Warner Bros. Records*
Just as tens of millions of Baby Boomers were coming of age, Warner Brothers movie company head Jack Warner decided to add a music label to complement the family film business. Warner Bros. Records (b.1958) got off to a weak start, but that changed, and how that...
“The Worst Country Song of All Time”…haha!
"The Worst Country Song of All Time," by newcomer Brantley Gilbert, is fun and wacky and reminiscent of the fun and wacky "You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly," a hit in 1978 for Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty. It's fast talking and tongue in cheek and pokes fun at...
Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation…Richie Haven’s epic “Freedom” at Woodstock, 1969
It was a quirk of fate, and little did he, or anyone else, know that when Richie Havens opened Woodstock in 1969, "Freedom" would become his musical mantra for the rest of his life. Haven's task at Woodstock was to entertain the audience while the actual planned...
Country Music Goes to the Movies
The soundtrack to Netflix's new action flick, "The Ice Road," is packed with Country music, some new, some classic: Starring Liam Neeson and Laurence Fishburne, the background songs include relatively current hits-- "Hurricane" by Luke Combs, a Brantley Gilbert...
This Song is Romantic, Dreamy & Delicious
British singer/songwriter Anne-Marie and former member of boy-band One Direction, Irishman Niall Horan, duet on "Our Song," a romantic, dreamy Pop-Adult Top 40 ballad about the all encompassing experience of falling madly in love, similar to the sound and message of...
“We Are the Kids That No One Wants…”
Is a line like "We are the kids that no one wants" more nihilistic than James Dean’s 1950s rebellion and disillusion in "Rebel Without a Cause," or The Who asking their elders "why don't you all f-fade away (talkin' about my generation)" or Joan Jett belting "Hello,...
“Ram On: The 50th Anniversary Tribute to Paul & Linda McCartney’s Ram.”
Lou Simon, the host of Sirius XM’s “the Diner,” a weekly talk show that talks all about music, recently shared that his personal favorite album of all time is "Ram," the 1971 classic that was Paul McCartney’s second solo release after The Beatles break-up---a...