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Song of the Day 12/31: Dougie MacLean, “Old Lang Syne”

By Alby December 31, 20201 Comment

I imagine lots of people will ignore the risks to hold New Year's Eve parties, though I doubt they'll be as big or raucous as usual. But no matter how…

Song of the Day 12/30: Tony Rice, “Church Street Blues”

By Alby December 30, 20201 Comment

The deadly year of 2020 claimed yet another notable musician on Christmas Day when influential bluegrass guitarist Tony Rice died, age 69, at his North Carolina home -- according to…

Song of the Day 12/29: The Bee Gees, “Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)”

By Alby December 29, 20202 Comments

However you felt about them at the time, the new documentary "The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" on HBO takes viewers on a roller-coaster ride tracking…

Song of the Day 12/28: Petula Clark, “Downtown”

By Alby December 28, 20206 Comments

Given that there's no sign yet that Nashville suicide bomber Anthony Quinn Warner left a suicide note, let alone a manifesto, people grasping for his motive have seized on the…

Song of the Day 12/27: Incubus, “Pardon Me”

By Alby December 27, 20201 Comment

This one's for all the criminals, creeps and Republicans -- but I repeat myself -- who want a last-minute pardon from Donnie Two Scoops. This is the song that exposed…

Song of the Day 12/26: The Pretenders, “2000 Miles”

By Alby December 26, 20205 Comments

No, I am not extending the Christmas music season with this tune because, contrary to popular belief and usage, it isn't a Christmas song, or wasn't intended as one. Pretenders…

Song of the Day 12/25: Philadelphia Orchestra, “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”

By Alby December 25, 20202 Comments

"The Glorious Sound of Christmas," recorded in 1962 by the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Normandy, remains the best-selling classical holiday album ever -- it sold 1 million copies before Christmas…

DL Open Thread Friday, December 25, 2020

By Alby December 25, 2020

A large explosion in downtown Nashville this morning was apparently was deliberately set, according to authorities. No major injuries reported. The Croda chemical plant near the Delaware Memorial Bridge was…

Song of the Day 12/24: Darlene Love, “Christmastime for the Jews”

By Alby December 24, 20201 Comment

Speaking of Jewish songwriters composing so many great Christmas songs, there's one Christmas song that's not only written by a Jew, Robert Smigel, the comic genius behind SNL's "TV Funhouse"…

Song of the Day 12/23: Paul Simon, “Getting Ready for Christmas Day”

By Alby December 23, 2020

Everyone knows why there have never been any good Hanukkah songs -- the Jewish songwriters were too busy writing Christmas music. From Mendelssohn to Johnny Marks, Jewish composers and lyricists…

Song of the Day 12/22: George Winston, “The Holly and the Ivy”

By Alby December 22, 20202 Comments

The words to this old English carol date to at least the early 19th century, possibly the early 18th, and the concept it's based on, using holly as a symbol…

Song of the Day 12/21: Hall & Oates, “Jingle Bell Rock”

By Alby December 21, 20201 Comment

The first rock and roll Christmas song was not classified as a rock and roll song when it was released. Bobby Helms was a country singer who had a pair…

Song of the Day 12/20: David Qualey, “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”

By Alby December 20, 2020

New Age guitarist David Qualey recorded a few LPs for Windham Hill, and his arrangement of this famous Bach piece was one of the label's standout tracks. It featured not…