by Charles Norman | May 29, 2018 | Song of the Day
“Where to Begin,” by Mikey, roams the outfield between folk and indie pop, with a twinge of country at the edge of the grass. That’s a good place to play, and the song has that classic sound, that I’ve felt this before vibe, that always marks...
by Charles Norman | May 28, 2018 | Song of the Day
“Rock and Roll,” by Beach Bait, is a surfy ballad, full of silences, the song played at the end of a summer night when the adrenaline has faded and you walk down the beach away from the fire and you just want to sit at the edge of the tide with your...
by Charles Norman | May 27, 2018 | Song of the Day
The country and folk music of the southern Appalachians – hillbilly music, some call it – has always been about the lives of the people who live within the valleys and ridges that stretch in a band through western Virginia and East Tennessee. In 1927,...
by Charles Norman | May 26, 2018 | Song of the Day
“Wish I Had Something to Hide,” by Exotic Doctors, is a chugging chunk of old school pop and rock, a throwback to the days when melodies, harmonies, and power chords were all the rage. The track has 1979 scrawled across its face. “Wish I Had...
by Charles Norman | May 26, 2018 | Song of the Day
My dad had terrible taste in music. Scratch that. He had no taste in music. I don’t mean that in the “this music you listen to sucks, you have no taste” way. I mean, while growing up I don’t recall him ever intentionally listening to a song...
