by Charles Norman | Mar 12, 2018 | Song of the Day
Phil Spector said that he could spot a hit song by listening to the first sixteen beats. Or was it the first sixteen seconds? Either way, I have Phil beat: I can spot a great song by listening to the first sixteen notes. I heard the first sixteen notes of “Sweet...
by Charles Norman | Mar 11, 2018 | Song of the Day
Today Reverb Raccoon steps away from our usual folky-rocky comfort zone to feature an artist who has taken a road less traveled: Iwalani Venerable, aka Lani Grooves, creates songs for children. When my daughter was a wee lass, we started off each day by listening to a...
by Charles Norman | Mar 10, 2018 | Song of the Day
Every great song you’ve ever heard started out with somebody sitting around in their underwear noodling on a piano or guitar. Beethoven’s Fifth? That’s an underwear song if I ever heard one. Dude was sitting in front of his piano pissed off at...
by Charles Norman | Mar 9, 2018 | Song of the Day
Today’s feature comes to us from way up north (relative to Texas) in Kelowna, British Columbia. I had to look this place up. Turns out Kelowna is about halfway between Vancouver and Calgary. I’ve been to Calgary a few times. I was there once when it was...
by Charles Norman | Mar 8, 2018 | Song of the Day
Today’s feature comes to us from Philadelphia, the city that booed Santa Claus. It’s also the city that won the Super Bowl. I wore a Nick Foles Eagles jersey on my honeymoon last week because Nick and I are both winners. And you’re a winner, too,...
