A Monthly Newsletter to Help You Discover Great Music. Enjoy!

This month we’re getting back to basics – acknowledging songs that many of us would consider among the best songs of some particular genre. Month after month I am beyond impressed by the variety, quality and emotional connection created by composers over the years. “wow”. SHOW TUNE: Where or When...

The other day I was chatting with a musician friend who’s a huge fan of country music. In fact, it’s all he ever listens to. He’s not alone of course… almost all the musicians I’ve collaborated with have performed country music at one time or another and Southern Alberta has...

This is the last issue before summer break so we’ll pull out all the stops. Since it is a collection of various styles, I debated how to label it… assortment, conglomeration, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, mélange, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, olio, patchwork, salmagundi, variety, grab bag? Anyway, here’s a bunch of...

Why do humans insist on torturing themselves with memories of love lost? It has long been a favorite subject for poets and there are hundreds of songs that use the emotional ecstasy or agony of falling in love as a theme. In the movie, when ultra-cool “Hitch” (professional dating consultant)...

If you are that certain age you might remember the claim from the ‘50’s that TV was technically so superior that it would completely replace radio. If we could have foreseen the quality and technical advances of TV, video tape, DVD’s, video on “computers”, and cell phones with audio streaming,...