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What happened to music’s peace movement? Here’s a 40-song playlist from the best era to do it.

July 31, 2023 DJ Rob

(July 31, 2023). There was a time when music purporting to promote solidarity actually did that. The song currently threatening to take over the top spot on the Billboard Hot…

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Sinéad O’Connor’s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ topped list of Prince songs by women; was at heart of complex relationship between singer and writer

July 27, 2023 DJ Rob

(July 27, 2023). News of Sinéad O’Connor’s death at age 56 spread quickly on Wednesday, July 26. The Irish singer’s passing came, sadly, only 18 months after her 17-year-old son,…

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Tony Bennett had just two chart singles in the last 56 years, but both represented symbolic bonds with two titans

July 26, 2023 DJ Rob

(July 26, 2023). The late Tony Bennett—who sadly passed away on July 21 at age 96–is in the record books for being the oldest living artist to have a No.…

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Jason Aldean’s walk-back is just an example of a bully picking an unnecessary fight… then running from it.

July 21, 2023 DJ Rob

(July 21, 2023). If you’re gonna stick your neck out there, you might as well stay out there. Last Friday (July 14), country singer Jason Aldean’s two-month-old song, “Try That…

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Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Vampire’ joins long list of macabre song titles that have spooked their way to No. 1

July 11, 2023 DJ Rob

(July 11, 2023). In announcing this week’s new No. 1 song “Vampire,” by pop starlet Olivia Rodrigo, Billboard magazine noted that it was only the seventh song whose title begins…

What happened to music’s peace movement? Here’s a 40-song playlist from the best era to do it.

Sinéad O’Connor’s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ topped list of Prince songs by women; was at heart of complex relationship between singer and writer

Tony Bennett had just two chart singles in the last 56 years, but both represented symbolic bonds with two titans

Jason Aldean’s walk-back is just an example of a bully picking an unnecessary fight… then running from it.

Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Vampire’ joins long list of macabre song titles that have spooked their way to No. 1

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