Kendrick Lamar gets his fifth—not fourth—No. 1 album with ‘Mr. Morale’ (everyone’s forgetting his last one)
(May 22, 2022). It’s official: the numbers are in and Kendrick Lamar has the new No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 (dated May 28) with Mr. Morale & The…
Tribute: Vangelis created a No. 1 synth-pop unicorn that bridged multiple musical worlds and helped shape a decade!
(May 20, 2022). Forty years ago this month, Vangelis topped the chart with what would be his only top-40 single. The song was about as unlikely a No. 1 hit…
Kendrick Lamar’s new ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’ has this in common with two of the greatest albums ever!
(May 13, 2022). Anyone paying attention knows that Kendrick Lamar, the Pulitzer Prize-winning voice of a generation, dropped his first album in five years at midnight EDT Friday morning. The…
Tribute: The late Mickey Gilley’s impact on country music’s early ‘80s pop success was undeniable (these numbers don’t lie)
(May 9, 2022). Many a tribute has been written for the late country music legend Mickey Gilley, who passed away Saturday, May 7, at the age of 86. The superstar…
Tribute: This pop brotha’s ode to country’s Naomi Judd (1946-2022)
(May 5, 2022). In the post-Thriller, post-Second British Invasion, MTV-driven world of the mid-1980s, there wasn’t much room for country music on pop radio. The late-‘70s/early-‘80s heyday of country acts…