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I'm not sure which one I had, but it knocked me on my ass the last few days. New Orleans ivory tickler Huey Smith scraped the bottom of the charts…

I think this is a good representation of how Donald Trump's brain works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLrnkK2YEcE Nothing in this song is actually original -- it's assembled from hundreds of samples with nothing…

This one's for Nancy: A plaintive ballad about overdevelopment from mid-'80s British band the Housemartins. The group frequently addressed social issues because singer and lyricist Paul Heaton didn't like writing…

Yeah, I'm snarking on Joe Biden -- with an opening line like "Can't keep my hands to myself no matter how hard I'm trying to," how could I not? --…

Not only are you gonna see the greatest blues harp (aka harmonica) player in the world with his band, not only are you getting a great opener in Reed Turchi,…

Think they'll be playing this one at Joe Biden's campaign rallies? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdpAop7gp0w The Atlanta band never had another hit after this song reached No. 2 in 1986, but they're still…

"What a fool believes, he sees. No wise man has the power to reason away what seems to be." The song is about a long-past love affair, but those words…

If you're seeking musical diversity, this is the month for you. We've got pretty much everything but death metal and show tunes.  Presented, as almost always, in alphabetical order by…

The Rolling Stones have postponed their North American tour because Mike Jagger is undergoing medical treatment for an unspecified reason. So for now we'll have to make do with YouTube…

The sweet soul music of the '60s was so intoxicating that lots of white groups tried their hands at it, giving rise to what became known as blue-eyed soul. Even…

Let's cheer things up with a little '90s power pop, courtesy of one of its top practitioners. "I've Been Waiting" was the second single from Sweet's 1991 album "Girlfriend," declared…

British pop lost another voice this week when Ranking Roger of the English Beat died of cancer at just 56 years old. The Beat was at the forefront of England's…