Taylor Swift is an incredible lyricist whose storytelling paints beautiful imagery and evokes heartfelt, candid feelings within her listener. The National is known for creating unique, subtly powerful instrumentals that…

Diving Woman by Japanese Breakfast Bruce says: I got into the music right off the bat. The background melody floats through the whole song and has a late 60’s psychedelic…

I think punk gets a bad rap. These days it’s usually associated with screaming vocals and fast, heavy guitars, and that’s all fine and good. But what about the words…

If I were to make a playlist on one of the various music services, I would need it to allow me about 1,000 songs. I’m always spitting out songs to…

I like a lot of The Gaslight Anthem’s music, so when I saw that their lead singer, Brian Fallon, had a solo album, I decided to check it out. The…

Yazoo’s (Yaz in U.S. because of copyright issue) first album, Upstairs At Eric’s, is SynthPop gold. Before there was an Adel, there was Alison Moyet. Alison’s powerful voice drives the…

I’ve never really been one for instrumental music, but I came across this song on a playlist one day and it stuck. The title caught my attention for starters, and…

Thin Lizzy’s 1976 Album Jailbreak gave us two lasting hits, “Jailbreak” and “The Boys Are Back In Town” (which are both great rocking tunes), but my pick from the album…

Ok, so here’s the first of many embarrassing admissions, or guilty pleasures. “Love Plus One” by Haircut 100. It’s a perky little ditty from yesterdays gone by. The official video…

One winter when I was in high school, I had a playlist of music that I listened to almost every day. Well, every season in every year I have a…