Song of the Day 6/11: Courtney Hadwin, “Hard to Handle”
This clip is from last year, but I didn't know about it until the weekend, when it popped up on my YouTube feed because I had clicked on a different…
Song of the Day 6/9: Billy Preston, “That’s the Way God Planned It”
This song, one of the best fusions of rock and gospel ever written, became famous from Preston's roof-raising performance at George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh in 1971, but the original…
Song of the Day 6/7: Dr. John, “Iko Iko” and “Such a Night” in SCTV’s “Polynesiantown”
In all his long career, through his more than two dozen albums and endless session work, Malcolm John "Mac" Rebennack Jr., who died Thursday at 77, made his strongest public…
Song of the Day 6/6: Weezer ft. Tears for Fears, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”
Weezer is finding new life as a cover band for iconic songs of the '80s. They hit the charts with their recording of Toto's "Africa" and released a whole LP…
Song of the Day 6/5: XTC, “King for a Day”
While Donald Trump is in England having monarch envy, the lads of XTC had his sort pegged back in the Thatcher era. "King for a Day," which appears on the…
Song of the Day 6/4: The Kinks, “Sunny Afternoon”
The Kinks had a string of hits during the original British Invasion that became instant garage-rock classics. "Sunny Afternoon," released in the summer of 1966, continued Ray Davies' move toward…
Song of the Day 6/3: 13th Floor Elevators, “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue”
Roky Erickson, one of rock's most famous burnout cases, died Friday in Texas. Erickson's 13th Floor Elevators, formed when he was still a teenager, pioneered psychedelic rock (and championed psychedelics)…
Song of the Day 6/2: Charles Bradley, “Lucifer”
Two posthumous singles by the late Charles Bradley, the Screaming Eagle of Soul, have been released in the past month. They were recorded in late 2016, shortly after Bradley learned…
Song of the Day 6/1: Paul Simon, “Mother and Child Reunion”
Ever since "Graceland" Paul Simon has been scorned over his penchant for what's now called cultural appropriation. But time was he wasn't universally condemned for traveling abroad to tap into…
Song of the Day 5/31: Leon Redbone, “Diddy Wah Diddy”
Leon Redbone died Thursday. As best anyone could tell, he was 69. Most people first saw him on TV in the mid-'70s, maybe on Saturday Night Live or the Tonight…
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: May 2019
A couple of slices of Orbison Noir are but two (or three) of the many standouts in a great month for music. Arranged alphabetically as always. Enjoy this month's feast…
Song of the Day 5/30: Wilson Pickett, “Hey Jude”
This is not only one of the best R&B covers of a pop song you'll ever hear, the guitar by Duane Allman is credited with giving birth to the entire…
Song of the Day 5/29: The Isley Brothers, “Summer Breeze”
Used to be that R&B acts would cover mainstream pop hits routinely, often improving them in the process. You can't find a better example than what the Isley Brothers did…