Song of the Day: Sir Duke

On this day in 1977, Stevie Wonder started a three-week run at the top of the U.S. singles chart with this tribute to Duke Ellington, who passed away three years earlier. “Sir Duke” was the second single from the album that also produced the hits “I Wish” and “Isn’t She Lovely”. Songs In The Key [...]

In Praise of Older Bluesmen

Legend doesn’t even begin to describe B.B. King. There isn’t a word big enough to capture not only the vast catalogue of music the man has released over the years but the influence he has had on younger rock and blues musicians alike. His latest album, 2008′s One Kind Favour (pictured at right) finds the [...]

The RnR Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Concerts

The new issue of Rolling Stone provides a comprehensive look at the two recent RnR Hall of Fame concerts held in New York City at the end of October. By all accounts, the two shows featuring the likes of the three kids pictured above plus Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, CSN and a whack of other [...]

Autumn in New York

Cue the sound of Homer Simpson drooling. From the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website: “This October, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will celebrate its 25th anniversary by hosting the biggest concerts of the year. Music legends and their special guests will be your guides through sixty years of rock and roll [...]

The 5 O’Clock/Subway Ride Home Shuffle Report

Here just for fun are the 10 songs I had listened to on my iPod at around 5:00 p.m. today and on the way home from work (in shuffle mode, of course). 1. Boogie On Reggae Woman–Stevie Wonder (At The Close of A Century) 2. That Girl–Stevie Wonder (At The Close of A Century) (Stevie [...]