All posts in this series tell the stories behind songs submitted by readers of this blog or else, a song that tickles my own fancy. As always, I welcome your suggestions for future posts. Any song from any era in any genre by any artist is welcome. I will do my best to honour the songs that matter most to you.
“DJ Play A Christmas Song” is a relatively new addition to most holiday playlists. It was released in 2023 from an album by Cher simply entitled Christmas. The song is… Read More »Christmas Stories To Be Shared By The Fire: DJ Play a Christmas Song by Cher
This past weekend my wife and I attended a Celebration of Life for the husband of a dear friend and colleague of ours. The event was held at the family’s… Read More »Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #76/250: Pieces by The O’Mys
With all that is going on in the world at the moment, you may be forgiven for missing out on the announcement that this summer is apparently going to be… Read More »Readers Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song(s) 75/250: Holiday/TLC/Look Out For Me by Turnstile
I wouldn’t be much of a music blogger if I didn’t stop to offer a few words on a band that finds itself at the centre of the world’s musical… Read More »Reader’s Choice/Tom Top Tunes…Song #74/250: H.O.O.D. by Kneecap
This past winter we had some work done in our furnace room in the basement that necessitated taking a jackhammer to the concrete floor. Needless to say, before work commenced… Read More »Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #73/250: Starburster by Fontaines D.C.
As I type these words today, Spring is slowly returning to my piece of the world. Our tulips are just beginning to stretch up and out of the soil as… Read More »Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #72/250: Always Love by Nada Surf.
A mother’s heart is definitely never hers alone. She shares it with every child who emerges from her body into the light of a waiting world. The bond between mother… Read More »Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Songs #70 & 71/250: Matador by Los Fabulosos Cadillacs and Mothers of the Disappeared by U2
For those of you who may be fans of The Cure and/or new to my blog, I have written previously about The Cure songs “Boys Don’t Cry”, “Just Like Heaven”… Read More »Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #69/250: Friday, I’m In Love by The Cure
In 1985, the famous Live Aid charity concerts took place on the same day, oceans apart, at Wembley Stadium in London, England and then later at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia.… Read More »Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #68/250: And We Danced by The Hooters
I have always wanted to write about John Prine. If there is anyone in the music industry whose skill and personal manner I seek to emulate, it is this man.… Read More »Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #67/250: Paradise by John Prine