Lady Gaga’s ‘Abracadabra’ Just Made My Steve Miller Problem Disappear
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by DJ Rob
5d ago
(February 5, 2025).  Imagine every time you get into your 15-year-old car — one that’s devoid of any recent technology, like CarPlay — and plug your phone into its USB port, and the first song you hear has been the same one, day after day, month after month, year after year.   That song, Steve Miller Band’s ..read more
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Kendrick’s ‘Not Like Us’: The Bee That Keeps on Stinging
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by DJ Rob
6d ago
(February 4, 2025).  In the world of rap battles, most diss tracks have a relatively short shelf life — sting for a minute, cause some swelling, and fade into hip-hop history.  They’re resurrected only in a retrospective context when describing some of the genre’s most famous beefs, like those between Biggie and 2Pac in the ‘90s or ..read more
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This Year’s Grammys Were More Needed Than Ever
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by DJ Rob
6d ago
(February 3, 2025).  It may be Black History Month.  But in an era where cultural celebrations are vanishing from government websites, DEI programs are disappearing from corporate boardrooms, and America’s isolationism and international retreat are becoming more pronounced by the day, this year’s Grammy Awards felt like more than just a music industry gala — it was ..read more
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My Mom Loves Bruno Mars — But How Do I Tell Her About “F, J & W”?
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by DJ Rob
6d ago
(February 2, 2025).  Just over three years ago, I took my mom, now 80, and six of her friends to see her favorite artist, pop/R&B superstar Bruno Mars, perform at the MGM Theater at National Harbor just outside Washington, DC.  Back then he was in his pure R&B, Silk Sonic phase having just had a No. 1 ..read more
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Old Rock Music is Carrying Current Rock’s Water; Staggering 2024 Stats Show
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by DJ Rob
6d ago
(January 31, 2025).  For the past couple of decades, music historians and journalists alike have been pondering the state of rock and roll, focused mainly on its decline from being the most popular and commercially successful genre for much of the second half of the 20th century to where it stands today.   People have speculated that ..read more
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Roseanne Barr ‘Salutes’ Black Culture With New Rap Song and Hairdo
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by DJ Rob
3w ago
(January 19, 2025). No sitcom, no problem.  Roseanne Barr, who was unceremoniously fired from her namesake television comedy almost seven years ago for making disparaging remarks about a Black woman — Valerie Jarrett, former president Barack Obama’s senior advisor — wants to make amends. Barr, whose 2018 cancellation by Hollywood will have her go down ..read more
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Trent Reznor thinks Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” is 2024’s best song; I think it channels this 1982 Jeffrey Osborne hit
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by DJ Rob
3w ago
(January 18, 2025).  When it comes to music, every man has his opinion.  Recently, Trent Reznor — the mastermind behind Nine Inch Nails — offered his about last year’s big breakthrough hit for Sabrina Carpenter.   While standing on the red carpet of the Golden Globes earlier this month with his Nine Inch Nails collaborator Atticus Ross, Reznor ..read more
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This album spent Biden’s entire presidency in the top 50… it debuted the week he was inaugurated
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by DJ Rob
3w ago
(January 17, 2025). In January 2021, Taylor Swift’s Evermore was unseated at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 by an unlikely contender: a sophomore album by a rising country star from Sneedville, TN.  Few could have guessed that Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album would remain a chart juggernaut for the next four years, its entire run spent in the ..read more
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One of these old LPs — not the one you think —  is on Billboard’s List of the Top 200 Albums of the 21st Century
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by DJ Rob
3w ago
(January 12, 2025).  For the past several days, Billboard has been unveiling its quarter-century rankings of the top artists, songs and albums — based strictly on cumulative chart performance from January 2000 through December 2024. As an older guy, it’s been interesting to see which music and artists from the previous century have dotted these lists ..read more
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‘Hold On’: Sam Moore, Half of Legendary Sam & Dave, Dies; A Tribute
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by DJ Rob
3w ago
Sam Moore, 89, Was Once Called the “Greatest Living Soul Singer.” (January 11, 2025).  Sam Moore, the high tenor powerhouse of the iconic Miami-based soul duo Sam & Dave, passed away yesterday (January 10) in his home state of Florida after complications from a surgery, leaving behind a legacy that reshaped a popular Black music genre ..read more
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