Tribute: Thom Bell in the Rock Hall of Fame—Ranking His 25 Greatest Songs
(May 2, 2025). For more than half a century, the elegant, orchestral soul of Thom Bell has wafted through radios, from turntables, and into hearts — but it’s only now,…
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(May 1, 2025). Welcome to May and the sixth edition of Music Jeopardy! The blog provides the clues, you provide the responses AND figure out the mystery category to which…
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Tour Mates SZA and Kendrick Lamar Just Pulled Off a Billboard 200 First!
(April 28, 2025). With the return of SZA’s blockbuster album SOS to No. 1 (from No. 3 last week) on the new Billboard 200 chart dated May 3, and with…
From Elvis to Whiskey: Billboard Revives a 1950s Chart — And Today It’s Mostly About Drinking
(April 27, 2025). How did I miss this one? Last July, Billboard reinstated a chart it hadn’t published in nearly 70 years — well, kinda — and it didn’t hit…
Look What He Made Her Do (Again): Kanye West May Have Just Triggered ‘Reputation (Taylor’s Version)’
(April 13, 2025). In this Trump 2.0 political climate where all things liberal are seen as persona non grata, Taylor Swift — who famously endorsed losing Democratic presidential candidate Kamala…