Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0iw1DXc2vdiKD2066cdzhe?si=dbc7e308cea040a3 “Shine A Light” – Paolo Nutini Forget where I came across this, either via a Spotify recommendation or somewhere else, but it was a nice surprise. I remember Nutini’s name from somewhere in my musical past, but can’t find where I’ve ever listened to much of his music or shared it with you. Thinking this song might be an…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2CD2Bqe790XFBxNbMDQm6v?si=b297dd728e3c476b “The Queen Is Dead” – The Smiths I’m sorry, but if you think I’m not playing this song today you don’t know me very well. I’m not here to dance on graves but rather shout to the heavens, for the thousandth time, about the genius of Johnny Marr. “Has the world changed or have I changed?” “Be Careful With…
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 77
Chart Week: August 30, 1986 Song: “Heaven In Your Eyes” – Loverboy Chart Position: #33, 5th week on the chart. Peaked at #12 for two weeks in October. A quick entry this time, based on a cultural nugget that shows how much the world has changed since 1986. Casey shared that Loverboy keyboard player Doug Johnson refused to appear in…
Friday Playlist
The new music faucet finally seems to have been turned down a notch. My Latest Songs playlist is as light as it has been in months. Hopefully just a brief respite before things pick back up again for the fall. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/18SQ90ZXYVUZc3io5qCLN7?si=90b4822848094a59 “Paradise” – Briston Maroney One of my favorite artists of 2020 is back with his next phase of music.…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6tm1B5IwgvzJajQewcADjn?si=884332fa461244c8 “Easy On Your Own?” – Alvvays Alvvays went eight years between albums number one and two. So a five-year wait for album number three doesn’t seem so bad! “Desert Snow” – Local Natives With the heat coming back after to Indiana after two very pleasant weeks, thoughts of snow are welcome. “Burning” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs Yeah!!! “River Mountain…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5I0blne2vjLyCW50vGdPQj?si=35ca6363708e4be1 “You” – Julianna Riolino Should a Canadian with a name like this play music like this? I guess that’s a dumb question, because clearly she does. I’ve shot some songs back and forth with my brother-in-music E$ lately that have fallen on the far side, for me, of the line between country and alt-country. This one lands one the…
Friday Playlist
Another week with a jam-packed list. The new music continues to roll in. I still have a couple tracks leftover from my podcast review. We just passed a significant music anniversary. There was a massive death in the music world this week. And an amazing YouTube find will cap things off. Strap yourselves in and enjoy. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1yTbBUlciclTbLO5rpzs2M?si=e48df13b6279468a “Girls Make Me…
Friday Playlist
Just a little more cleanup from my podcast archives research, a whole heck of a lot of new music, and no playlist next week due to travel means (at least) one more mega playlist for your listening pleasure. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3RMd9vUbM2i3tyciGfjuSo?si=fe9bdbeda7c4407a “In the Right” – The Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness Some jim-dandy power pop here, my friends. “Overcome” – Young Guv…
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 76
Chart Week: July 22, 1978 Song: “Baker Street” – Gerry Rafferty Chart Position: #2, 14th week on the chart. Peaked at #2 for six weeks. I’ve been wanting to write about this song for ages, and everything finally lined up thanks to an AT40 I caught last week. “Baker Street” is one of the greatest songs of its time. Or…
Friday Playlist
I continue to clean out the holding pen of music that is overflowing with both new tracks and classics I rediscovered while trolling the archives of my old music podcast. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7FY3DOvNCgtuXnd5SUzPxE?si=a2041e6372ef40fb “Alright” – Sam Fender The life cycle of albums can be strange. These days many bands will drop multiple singles well before releasing the full album. Streaming messes up…