Posts by Alby

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

Catching up with some new Sylvan Esso on YouTube, this oldie popped up on my feed -- is it proper to call a song an oldie if it was released…

No message today, just a song I like. I knew without looking that it would be on WXPN's playlist and sure enough, it's in heavy rotation. LaMontagne's soulful Americana sound…