It’s funny how thinking of one song or seeing the title of it can make you think of another. Carole King is an artist that I’ve been wanting to do for a little while now, but it was tough to pick a song because she has many great ones, both as a performer and as …
I was glued to the TV when VH1 came out with their Behind The Music series. I watched pretty much every episode of the first couple of seasons, even if I wasn’t really into the artist they were covering at the time. If I recall correctly, I believe Jim Croce and Lynyrd Skynyrd were both …
When Weezer released “Undone – The Sweater Song” and “Buddy Holly,” those songs were everywhere. I would always hear them on the radio, and MTV seemed to play the videos all the time, especially “Buddy Holly.” Despite liking those songs, I never got around to buying the album at the time it came out. In …
One thing I truly appreciate about my job is that I’ll sometimes come across songs that I loved hearing as a kid, but I had no idea who sang them because I didn’t pay close enough attention and haven’t heard the songs in a very long time. Now and again, these moments of educational nostalgia …
Until about five years ago, all of the reggae I knew was really just stuff from some of the major players from Jamaica – Bob Marley, The Maytals, Jimmy Cliff, Peter Tosh. Then I got a chance to work on an album called True Democracy by Steel Pulse. It didn’t take but one listen to …
Kenny Rogers is my mom’s favorite artist. He would always play the Fox Theater in Detroit around Christmas time and typically do multiple shows at that. I think there were about three years in a row where we went to see him, and the shows were always a good time. My mom continued to see …
For about two years, some co-workers and I had an on-again, off-again discussion about who we thought was the greatest American rock and roll band in history. Though opinions differed, everyone at least had Van Halen in the running. During that time, I made another work trip to London and was curious to ask my …
I recently got a chance to visit my grandmother for the first time in about two years. She’ll be 97 years old come October and currently lives in an assisted living facility. Before her memory started to deteriorate, she would always write me little notes and put them in greeting cards that she’d send me …
I can only imagine what it was like to hear new music in the 1960s or ’70s. Looking back, it seems like there was so much good stuff that spanned such a wide range of styles that you never knew what to expect. I had a similar outlook on the 1990s, and I’m so appreciative …
Cover songs are always an interesting thing. Sometimes they are done so well that most people know the cover version better than the original or don’t even know the original at all. Though the latter part of that statement may not apply to one of the songs today, the cover was so well done that …