ALL MUSIC (GENERAL) POSTS
50 Randy Newman Songs You Need To Hear (1 of 2)
Part 1: Our Randy Thoughts
We love celebrating our favorite musicians and songwriters around here with some words and also a playlist of our favorites. This week it might be our #1 very favorite: Randy Newman. Part 1 here, we make our case for Randy (as if anybody should need us to tell them).
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2023-05-30 Read post
Best Songs Of 2022 Playlist
Sorting Through New Music With A Machete
Our annual year-end exercise to do the research on what people liked in new music, we comb through it and add it to what got us excited during the year.
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2023-01-10 Read post
Top 100 Political Songs - Part 3
Songs 61 through 100
More of our curated playlist of 100 great political songs you should remember or become aware of. We go in depth about what we like about songs #61 through #100
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2022-11-01 Read post
Top 100 Political Songs - Part 2
Songs 21 through 60
More of our curated playlist of 100 great political songs you should remember or become aware of. We go in depth about what we like about songs #21 through #60
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2022-10-25 Read post
John Mellencamp - Underrated Songs
Check It Out
Some John Mellencamp non-hits that I love came up recently in the old random machine. So, I thought I should put 10 of his songs that deserved better in front of you here for your enjoyment. Dig in.
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2022-08-02 Read post
Prince's "1999"
It's Four Different Songs In Four Decades
An exploration of "1999" by Prince and how a party song actually changes its meaning over the years
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2022-06-07 Read post
A Tom Waits Celebration: Part 1
Six Degrees Of Tom Waits
People either love or hate Tom Waits, not too much room in-between. In Part 1 of our celebration, we define the six degrees of Tom Waits
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2022-05-17 Read post
The Mummers
The Band That Should Have Been Huge
I write about how The Mummers (and Raissa Khan-Panni) made such incredible music but went egregiously unappreciated. Please do yourself, her and me a favor and check out the two albums by The Mummers.
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2022-02-01 Read post
The Beatles: Get Back
Running Diary of The Beatles Documentary
Notes from the 8 hours I got to spend with The Beatles in the Peter Jackson documentary The Beatles: Get Back.
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2021-12-14 Read post
Stephen Sondheim
In This Case It's OK To Use The Word Genius
A personal tribute to Stephen Sondheim. What his music meant to me, his genius as a songwriting engineer, some anecdotes about how his brain worked and my 10 Favorite Sondheim songs with accompanying videos.
* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2021-12-07 Read post