The Hunt For New Music: Prince Royce is probably new to you. He should not be. He’s a crossover Spanish language singer with a great voice and terrific production values. One way to judge a new talent is to hear them perform something that someone else has performed before, something you know well. With that …
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Mayer Hawthorne: People Change
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Marvin Gaye: What’s Going on
The Hunt For New Music: New music is where you find it. Sometimes it’s a new version of something you’ve heard and loved from the past. Sometimes it’s totally new– out of your current listening universe (like Bachata, which we’ll get to later ). It’s the background song you can’t get out of your mind …
Marvin Gaye: What's Going on
The Hunt For New Music: New music is where you find it. Sometimes it’s a new version of something you’ve heard and loved from the past. Sometimes it’s totally new– out of your current listening universe (like Bachata, which we’ll get to later ). It’s the background song you can’t get out of your mind …
Music For Sportscar Racing
The Hunt For New Music: The Twelve Hours of Sebring (62nd Annual ) runs this weekend at Sebring International Raceway in Sebring Florida. The Official Name of the Race is the Tudor United Sports Car Championship Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring fueled by Fresh from Florida for the Tequila Patron North American Endurance Championship, but …
Caro Emerald :Back It Up
The Hunt for New Music: Caro Emerald (real name, Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw) is something of a wild card on the international music scene. She’s a Dutch pop and jazz singer whose musical influences range from Sarah Vaughn to Prez Prado. Her music definitely has sonic references to 20/30s American jazz and although not …
John Frinzi: Not Looking Back
The Hunt For New Music: “Living in this town ever since high school, getting nowhere fast, feeling like a fool He’s Been pushed and shoved and kicked around Life’s been tough, getting knocked down Tired of this town and just can’t stay Driving down that dirt road just to get away Up and down that …
COMT I (Christmas One More Time)
The Hunt For New (Christmas)Music: For over a decade, I’ve been putting together a Christmas playlist. The goal is simple: Introduce friends to new Christmas music they probably haven’t heard, or old Christmas music performed in a new version by a new artist. In the spirit of Christmas, it’s time to share these lists, all of …
COMT I Liner Notes
The stories behind great songs can be just as interesting as the songs themselves. Here are some notes on each of the songs included in the COMT I playlist. First, a short discourse on why Christmas and Holiday music seems magical. The easy answer is….it’s traditional. Christmas music comes out of the box once a …
The Christmas Playlist Series: No. III
The Hunt for New (Christmas) Music: This is the third in a series of Playlists to be published over the Christmas Holiday season. The first Playlist went up on November 30th and the lists will continue until we unveil the new playlist for 2016, a total of 14 Playlists in all. Spread the spirit of the season. …