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
Twenty One Pilots And The Importance Of New Music
Ohio governor John Kasich, who is is 64-years old, traveled a lot when he campaigned for the Republican Presidential nomination, and on those many airline flights he listened to “Stressed Out” by Twenty One Pilots, a bona fide top tier Top 40/Alternative band...
New Duet Recalls The Smooth Sound of Kenny & Dolly
Even though 1983’s Kenny Rogers/Dolly Parton hit "Islands In The Stream” was about two people who found love, and Dierks Bentley’s newest, with rock star Elle King, “It's Different for Girls” describes the emotional contrasts in romance between the sexes, they are...
Muhammad Ali R.I.P.
In 1975, British singer Johnny Wakelin broke onto the Top 40 chart with a song called “Muhammad Ali Black Superman Song," a chirpy ditty that celebrated "The Greatest." Ali was 22 years old in 1964, when he won his first world heavyweight boxing championship—just as...
Fleetwood Mac Flashback!
British magazine “Classic Pop” describes The Rua as "the missing link between Haim and Fleetwood Mac" and that’s so well put -- hearing "Without You," The Rua’s latest top 40 hit, might well have you flashing back to Fleetwood Mac's "Gypsy" All classically...
Remember ‘Abracadabra?’ Try ‘Wherever I Go.’
Ryan Tedder is a global star, one of music’s most creative all around talents and even though he’s a prolific song writer and producer for big acts such as Maroon 5, Beyoncé, Gwen Stefani, Adele, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Kelly Clarkson and many more, his primary focus...
Fitz & The Tantrums=Fun, Hip, Energy
It's been seven years since Michael Fitzpatrick recorded the very first Fitz & The Tantrums album in his living room in Los Angeles. Word spread quickly and the buzz on the band brought them national recognition a year later. For a true experience try and...
What Would We Do Without Songs About Love?
If you like Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music’s “Love is the Drug,” which was a big hit in 1975, than it’s likely that “Dark Necessities,” the newest by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, will appeal to you, too -- a polished sound that tantalizes with dense, abstract lyrics...
Charlie Puth: Smooth, Silky, Sophisticated
Musical acts and artists come and go, some more important others—it’s the important ones we want to know about. Even if we don’t like their sound, or image, or brand, we want to to be aware of popular music, whatever it is, for two reasons 1) to connect to the...
Remembering A Classic American Pop Song
Today marks the beginning of Memorial Day weekend 2016, when we honor the millions of Americans who have served their country and sacrificed so much. 50 years ago Boomers were just becoming familiar with names like Saigon, Hanoi and Da Nang and just starting to watch...