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Song of the Day 9/1: The Sanford-Townsend Band, “Smoke From a Distant Fire”

By Alby September 1, 20201 Comment

It's wildfire season again in California, and smoke reaching the jet stream is creating spectacular sunsets across the Midwestern and Mountain states. Some of it has even reached Delaware, which…

Song of the Day 8/31: Big Country, “In a Big Country”

By Alby August 31, 20205 Comments

Remember when this Scottish band hit the shores of our much bigger country? MTV was young and this video was in heavy rotation, boosting the song to No. 3 on…

Song of the Day 8/30: Yes, “America”

By Alby August 30, 2020

Recorded around the same time as the band's "Fragile" LP, released in 1971, their 10-minute deconstruction of the Simon and Garfunkel classic was left off the album, but surfaced the…

Song of the Day 8/28: The Beatles, “Happiness Is a Warm Gun”

By Alby August 28, 2020

The title phrase was the headline of an article in the NRA magazine The American Rifleman belonging to George Martin that John Lennon found laying around the Abbey Road studios.…

Song of the Day 8/27: Elvis Costello, “Monkey to Man”

By Alby August 27, 20203 Comments

When surveying the state of our society, I am reminded that, though humans like to put on intellectual airs, we're actually just a bunch of apes -- advanced monkeys --…

Song of the Day 8/27: Haim, “The Steps”

By Alby August 26, 20201 Comment

I'm a sucker for a guitar pop song with a good hook, and this trio of sisters from the San Fernando Valley has come up with another one for their…

Song of the Day 8/25: Justin Townes Earle, “Harlem River Blues”

By Alby August 25, 20202 Comments

Justin Townes Earle died last week at age 38 in Nashville, apparently of a drug overdose, cutting short a promising career conducted in the shadow of his famously hell-raising father,…

Song of the Day 8/24: Old 97s, “Turn Off the TV”

By Alby August 24, 2020

I consider this timely advice for Americans who prefer to avoid the Republican Trump National Convention and its most common side effect, an overproduction of bile. This cut comes from…

Song of the Day 8/22: Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Long As I Can See the Light”

By Alby August 22, 2020

Like many CCR songs, this one was part of a double A-side single in 1970 with "Lookin' Out My Back Door," one the band's six singles to reach No. 2…

Song of the Day 8/21: Harry Chapin, “30,000 Pounds of Bananas”

By Alby August 21, 20203 Comments

We're going to hear a lot about Scranton, Pa., in coming weeks, as Delaware's Joe Biden portrays himself as a son of coal country and Trump counters by holding rallies…

Song of the Day 8/19: Phil Collins, “In the Air Tonight”

By Alby August 19, 2020

There are many examples of old hit songs re-entering the charts after being featured on soundtracks or in commercials, but we have entered a new age -- one in which…

Song of the Day 8/18: The Marvelettes, “Please Mr. Postman”

By Alby August 18, 20204 Comments

In 1961, when the Marvelettes released this song -- their debut single and the first Motown song to reach No. 1 on the Hot 100 -- the story told in…

This Is Why Biden Will Win

By Alby August 17, 20202 Comments

Wilmington Rabbi Michael Beals posted this on Facebook a few weeks ago. It gets to the heart of why Trump cannot win this election by demonizing Joe Biden, and why,…