Avett Bros. Sing George Harrison’s “Give Me Love.” Audience Gets Chills.
The Avett Brothers sang George Harrison’s "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)" on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" last week, with such passion and good will it was like listening to the 60s and 70s all over again. Spirituality was at the very core of...
George Michael’s “One More Try” Is A Must Listen To. Again.
Call it eerily prophetic—but—in the mid-80's Wham! released “Last Christmas”--which went on to became a holiday classic –and then, some 30-years later, George Michael dies on Christmas Day, at 53-years old, a relatively young age. The youngest of the Boomer...
Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come” Captures The Spirit of MLK, Jr.
Were he still alive, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would be turning 88-years old on Sunday. We Boomers were in our formative years when Dr. King’s impact was at its peak, and we remember IRT (in-real-time) the historic contributions he made toward racial justice...
A Very Feel Good Song!
“Faith,” brilliantly performed by Stevie Wonder and Ariana Grande, from “Sing,” a standout, animated and fun filled holiday movie, a case of art imitating art and ostensibly for kids, is so good it’s up for a Golden Globe this Sunday night for “Best...
Happy Holidays!
Boomer Music Update returns on Jan. 4th, 2017.
“It’s Quiet Uptown” From “Hamilton” is on Top 40 Radio
No Broadway musical in recent memory has received the recognition and enjoyed the immense success of Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton". Earlier this month "The Hamilton Mixtape" was released, an album featuring songs from the musical performed by an impressive...
How To Be Hip At Your Holiday Parties
Casually mention “Black Beatles” at holiday parties, and you’ll be the hippest person in the room. One of The hottest tunes in music right now --#1 on Rhythmic Top 40 radio—is “Black Beatles” by a a duo known as Rae Sremmurd, two brothers from Tupelo,...
A “Must Read” for John Lennon Fans & Aficianados
Yesterday marks 36-years since John Lennon’s shocking and tragic murder. Luckily, he left a legacy of interviews, the last one, recorded on the afternoon of the day he died, was with BoomerMusicUpdate.com curator Dave Sholin, and that final Lennon interview is...
Miranda Lambert At Her Most Country
It's not fun when I really like an artist, and s/he releases a song that I don't like at all, for example, "We Should Be Friends," Miranda Lambert's newest. I love Country music--and I really like Miranda Lambert, so I'm sorry that this current single from her album,...