Rock guitars are back! So are melody, rhythm, and hooks. I also like actual singers.
If you’re listening to contemporary pop now — all the stuff thrown at us by the star making machinery — you’re missing out.
Here are a bunch of songs from new great albums. I like having the CDs, if only for my car. Yes, I’m a dinosaur, but one who likes to keep the phone and the music separated from each other.
Maybe you’ve never heard any of this before. The artists’ names sound familiar but they’re not on TikTok. These are new songs, old songs, great songs for a rainy weekend! (The Carly Simon comes from her new box set from Rhino.)