Candlestick Park in San Francisco was ostensibly a sports stadium that was built on the shores of San Francisco Bay. It was home to the San Francisco Giants major league… Read More »Places, Everyone!….Venue #15/25: Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California
The Nippon Budokan or Budokan, as it is simply known, is a 14,000 seat venue that exists on land belonging to the former Imperial palace that sits in northeast Tokyo,… Read More »Places, Everyone!…Venue #10/25: Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan
There are many places around the world that are referred to as being “ground zero” for this or for that. Well, The Cavern Club on Mathew Street in Liverpool, England… Read More »Places, Everyone!…Venue #3/25: The Cavern Club in Liverpool, England
The stories behind your favourite songs. Today we are going to spend some time together discussing one of the most grand and glorious songs ever recorded in modern music history,… Read More »Reader’s Choice: Song #28/250: A Day in the Life by The Beatles
“I Saw Her Standing There” was the very first song on the very first album The Beatles ever made. It was written mostly by Paul McCartney as a teenager but… Read More »Reader’s Choice…Song #13/250: I Saw Her Standing There by The Beatles
The songs listed below were all found using the following Top 40 charts: BBC Radio 1, CHUM-FM and Indie88-FM (in Toronto), KEXP-FM (in Seattle), Spotify as well as Billboard Magazine.… Read More »Today’s Top 40: The Stories Behind the Hits of Today.
“Here Comes the Sun” was a song that was written by George Harrison. It appeared on The Beatles farewell album, Abbey Road, which was released in 1969. “Here Comes the… Read More »Reader’s Choice: Song #7/250: Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles.
In this edition of Today’s Top 40, I am going to wrap up our look at the recent Glastonbury Music Festival by introducing you to two young performers who stole… Read More »Today’s Top 40: The Stories Behind Today’s Biggest Hits…Glastonbury Music Festival Edition: Part II.
This list of songs is inspired by lists published by radio station KEXP-FM from Seattle in 2010, as well as the latest poll taken in 2021 by Rolling Stone Magazine.… Read More »The Top 500 Songs in Modern Music History…Song #104: Across the Universe by The Beatles (+) as covered by Aurora (KEXP)
This list of songs is inspired by lists published by radio station KEXP-FM from Seattle in 2010, as well as the latest poll taken in 2021 by Rolling Stone Magazine.… Read More »The Top 500 Songs in Modern Music History…Song #1: Abbey Road Medley by The Beatles. (KTOM)