Song of the Day 3/9: Sugarloaf, “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You”
As Americans face rising gas prices with their usual calm equanimity, a couple of slapdicks in the Middle East have decided they're going to leverage their oil supply to issue…
Song of the Day 3/8: AC/DC, “Big Balls”
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Everybody from pundits to peons is showing love for Voldomyr Zelenskyy, but nobody has put it better than Bon Scott and AC/DC did way back in 1976. Though it all…
Song of the Day 3/7: Every Mother’s Son, “Come on Down to My Boat”
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This seems like a good time to get a bargain on a super-yacht, as governments around the world (not the US, yet) have begun seizing atop-the-liquid assets owned by oligarchs…
Song of the Day 3/6: Cake, “I Will Survive”
A song for Ukraine, which Putin thought would crumble, lay down and die. Not so far. There have been nearly 200 covers of this song, in more than a dozen…
Song of the Day 3/4: Electric Light Orchestra, “Showdown”
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It's raining all over the world. From "On the Third Day," ELO's third LP and its first without co-founder Roy Wood, released in 1973. The single reached No. 12 in…
Song of the Day 3/3: Bob Marley and the Wailers, “Exodus”
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As might be expected, the Russian war on Ukraine has produced lots of refugees -- more than 1 million so far, according to the United Nations, about 2% of the…
Song of the Day 3/2: Emerson, Lake & Palmer, “The Great Gates of Kiev”
Keith Emerson was probably the most technically accomplished keyboard player rock ever saw, and he loved to show off his chops by covering the classics. For The Nice, his band…
Song of the Day 3/1: Paul Simon, “Take Me to the Mardi Gras”
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In another sign that the pandemic is slackening, New Orleans is celebrating Mardi Gras this year after Covid forced last year's cancellation. You can watch some of the parades live…
Song of the Day 2/28: Sting, “Russians”
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In 1985, when Ronald Reagan was saber-rattling against the Soviet Union, Sting included this song on his first solo album, "Dream of the Blue Turtles." Released as the fourth single…
Song of the Day 2/27: Rod Stewart, “Only a Hobo”
For a while in the early '70s, Rod Stewart was the best Bob Dylan interpreter around. His recordings don't make the "Best Bob Dylan Covers" lists anymore, but this one…
Song of the Day 2/26: Gabriel Sullivan, “The Rust, the Knife”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona The desert, with its big sky, endless waves of sand and scattered cactuses, has inspired a lot of music lately. It’s no surprise that dry…
Song of the Day 2/25: Procol Harum, “A Whiter Shade of Pale”
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I don't expect the death last week of Gary Brooker, frontman for Procol Harum, to put a stop to fans advocating for the band's induction to the Rock Hall of…
Song of the Day 2/24: John Paul Jones and Playing for Change, “When the Levee Breaks”
Playing for Change, the non-profit music education charity that proselytizes and raises money by sharing covers featuring musicians both famous and obscure from all over the world, dropped a killer…