Song of the Day 6/30: Todd Snider, “Can’t Complain”
Like his onetime mentor John Prine, Todd Snider's songs, built from simple chords and clever lyrics, fall into a category between folk and country that the label "Americana" doesn't quite…
Song of the Day 6/29: OMC, “How Bizarre”
This was the song of the summer 24 years ago, when it was inescapable on radio and MTV. Despite never being released as a single, it topped Billboard's airplay chart…
Song of the Day 6/27: Mumford and Sons, “Hopeless Wanderer”
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Mumford and Sons, the British band that soared to popularity a decade ago by dressing up like farmers and playing Americana, hit the news this week when their banjo player…
Song of the Day 6/24: Tom Cochrane, “Life Is a Highway”
In honor of the Senate's infrastructure deal, which apparently will be confined to not much more than highways. This one pops up all the time on classic rock radio, and…
Song of the Day 6/23: Ohio Players, “Funky Worm”
Have you seen any stories about this invasive species of Asian "jumping" earthworms that's tearing up forest land in the Midwest? Check the link and prepared to be creeped out.…
The Claudettes Coming To Arden!!
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WHO, you might ask... My kind of band. First concert I've booked since the pandemic took live music away from us. Why tell you when I can show you?: And…
Song of the Day 6/21: Blue Cheer, “Summertime Blues”
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The year: 1968. The place: San Francisco, home to the blues-rock hybrid that came to be known as psychedelic or acid rock. The band: Blue Cheer, named for one of…
Song of the Day 6/20: Nat King Cole, “Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer”
Has there ever been a summer better suited to nostalgia than this one? After the Year Without a Summer, people are going to appreciate every little pleasure a good bit…
Song of the Day 6/18: Bowling for Soup feat. Hanson, “Where’s the Love”
How's this for postmodernism in practice: A punk-pop band popular in the '00s covers a hit by a '90s boy band, gets them to sing back-up on the single, then…
Song of the Day 6/17: Boz Scaggs, “We Were Always Sweethearts”
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This one's for El Somnambulo, the biggest Boz Scaggs fan I know -- and not just of the "Silk Degrees" tunes that remain in classic-rock rotation today. This song led…
Song of the Day 6/16: Steve Miller Band, “Space Cowboy”
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Jason330 posted a photo of Jeff Bezos' mighty Space Dildo the other day, which drove home the fact that we're now in the age of the space cowboys -- not…
Song of the Day 6/15: Lisa Loeb, “Stay (I MIssed You)”
Using popular hits in TV ads is nothing new, but I'm frequently surprised at the songs that turn up in commercials. This tune, for example, an inescapable hit in 1994,…
Song of the Day 6/13: The Band, “Up on Cripple Creek”
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For no other reason than this video from the Ed Sullivan Show of Nov. 2, 1969, popped up on my YouTube feed. "Up on Cripple Creek" had just been released…