On Monday, millions of people were shocked to learn of the unexpected death of David Bowie. It seems fitting that the iconic artist would share a birthday with Elvis Presley, because both were trailblazers, but in different ways. David Bowie blurred gender lines, made...

On this day 81 years ago, in Tupelo, Mississippi,  Gladys Presley gave birth to twin boys. One boy, Jessie Garon, was stillborn. His  brother, Elvis Aaron, would go on to become one of the greatest performers of all time. Sixty  years ago the King Of Rock n’ Roll’s...

Dr Hook? Capt. Hook? It’s Shawn Hook! A young (probably in his 20s) Canadian singer/songwriter, just emerging stateside, who will likely make a splash in 2016. And it will probably be with this song—“Sound of Your Heart.” It’s the sound of his heart breaking because...

Tomorrow is Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday, a man who truly did it his way from start to finish and became a force unlike any other in American entertainment. In 1965, when he was 50-years old, his “September of My Years" won the Grammy for best album, and one of its...

Some people categorize twenty one pilots’ sound as “Schizophrenic Pop” and that seems an apt description of their newest release, “Stressed Out,” a snappy up tempo 3-minutes that laments how stressful it is to be an adult. They wish they “could turn back time, to the...

Yesterdays Thanksgiving feast can only mean on thing..LEFTOVERS! And while there are several songs about turkey ("Turkey In The Straw," Little Eva's "Lets Turkey Trot") there is only one song focused on what goes over turkey ..that's Dee Dee Sharp's 1962 follow up to...

Dave Sholin wrote this tribute: Sad news out of New Orleans last week on the passing of songwriter and producer Allen Toussaint. His name and the music of the Crescent City will forever be etched into our consciousness. The list of artists who've recorded Toussaint's...