The muscular Tempts or the slow-burning Al Green. Which version is your favorite?
Annie Lennox
The Persuaders recorded a big hit of their own and original versions of hits for others
For all the cries of Joe Jackson’s “forsaking” pop, 1994’s “Night Music” says otherwise.
There’s a set of lyrics on the new Sarah Jaffe record, out with much anticipation next month, that sums up the whole over-produced and uneven affair. ”Most people tell you…
The Lemonheads meet Huey Lewis in this week’s Bottom Feeders.
The fifth episode of Songs of Freedom continues the discussion from the last episode on politics and female recording artists.
Kelly Stitzel revisits one of her favorite albums, Annie Lennox’s solo debut, Diva.
Carly Simon’s song from Working Girl was the first Oscar-winning song in a decade not to be a smash hit, and also it was by the iconic Carly Simon. What gives?
Kelly Stitzel revisits another post from A Soundtrack Saturday Christmas, this time the Bill Murray classic, Scrooged.
In today’s post, Jeff and Jason uncover long-suppressed memories of cold British seascapes and synthy dread.
Last Christmas, we gave you our heart, but you were too busy doing real stuff. Hey, it’s perfectly understandable. We launched a “special gift” on Christmas morning 2009 with zero…
Having a mopey summer, like me? This is the mix for you. Chris Isaak – Dancin’ from Baja Sessions (1996) Cotton Jones – Gotta Cheer Up from Paranoid Cocoon (2009)…
Though I’ve been a Bowie fan for just about as long as I’ve been a sentient human being (thanks, Dad!), I’ve only seen him live once and it was on…
The popularity of David Gray’s White Ladder nine or so years ago was a fluke, an accident, a total surprise, never should have happened. The man had been plugging away…
Jeff Vrabel is back on his Steel Horse again, and this time, he’s taking us back to a power ballad that arrived just in time for the death of hair metal.
Preconceptions can be a bitch. Lemme give you an example. Back in 1981, I bought an album by a band called The Tourists, whom I knew nothing about, and, upon…