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
It Ain’t Me (Babe) Redux: How 20-Somethings Break Up
“Breaking up” is a painful experience, regardless of age, gender and/or generation, however it makes for great music. Bob Dylan wrote about it, in his 20s, with “It Ain’t Me Babe” and the Turtles sang about it in their 20s when they made it a hit in 1965, and...
This Band Just Won The Grammy For Best Rock Album
Cage the Elephant won a Grammy for “Best Rock Album” two weeks ago, and their current hit, "Cold Cold Cold" is a good example of why they won. They are remarkable. The song is brand new but sounds like it could have been from the 70s—it’s a vibe we all rocked...
Paying The Proper Respect: It’s Fats Domino’s 88th Birthday
Party lovers from all four of earth’s corners will descend on New Orleans this weekend for Mardi Gras, a few days ahead of the big finale, "Fat Tuesday," on February 28th. There’s another celebration going on in town, in addition to the parades–Sunday, Feb. 26,...
Katy Perry’s Perky Style Belies Her Serious Message
Katy Perry's last album came out in 2013, and her world-wide fan base, eagerly awaiting a followup, has had to make due with “Rise," which got radio air play and was also the theme song to last summer’s Rio Olympics. Now she’s released another single, "Chained...
Couples With Chemistry
The lines between music genres continues to blur, as seen at last week's Grammy Awards, when Country superstars Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood debuted "The Fighter," a high energy, pop leaning, crowd pleasing duet about a guy pledging his devotion, that...
Sturgill Simpson, Music’s Mystery Man
The mystery singer/songwriter of the moment, Sturgill Simpson, just won a Grammy for “Best Country Album” despite the fact that he’s not really Country, and hardly anyone has ever heard of him. Difficult as it is to pinpoint his style, we’re going with...
Attention Tom Petty Fans
If you thrill to Tom Petty’s hard driving, intense “Runnin' Down A Dream” than “7” by Catfish & The Bottlemen is for you—even their name conjures up the image of “rock band!” The band, four young men from Britain, won the coveted Brit Award for Breakthrough Act...
Women Poets Who Sing: From Macy Gray to Today
Remember how heartbreakingly vulnerable Macy Gray was in 2000’s “I Try?” So fluent and graceful, and elegant. Newcomer Julia Michaels, like Macy Gray, is a poet who, more or less, rips her heart out of her chest right in front of you. Michaels’ voice is distinctive...
Countdown to Sunday Night’s Grammys
It's 48 hours and counting from "Music’s Biggest Night," the 59th Grammy Awards, from The Staples Center in Los Angeles. MC’d by The "Late Late Show’s” James Corden, scheduled performers include Adele, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, John Legend and The Weeknd. One of...