This Week’s “Puzzling” Hot 100 Chart
This week’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart (the one dated April 16, 2016) is full of fun song title couplets and triplicate combos containing puns, riddles, antonyms and good ol’…
Fifteen Great Songs You Missed in 2015 – but you must listen to now!
By now you know all about last year’s biggest hits and the names behind them, like Drake, The Weeknd, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and, of course, Adele. In fact, those…
“Working” for the Weekend – a Labor Day Salute
(Originally published September 7, 2015; updated September 4, 2016) What better way to celebrate this year’s Labor Day holiday than with another djroblist, particularly one about working songs. While you’re…
Black Music Renaissance is Happening Now – But Without the Women
Earlier this year, in fact in my very first article, I lamented about how black musicians were experiencing a lull in popularity – particularly on the Billboard charts. That article…
Black History: 100 Greatest Black Musicians of All Time – Part I
June is African-American Music Appreciation Month (previously known as Black Music Month). Ever since 1977, when then-President Jimmy Carter declared that each June would be recognized as such, the month…