“Fix” was number one on Mediabase. But it was nowhere to be found on Spotify’s “Hot Country” playlist, which includes fifty one songs and is three hours and nine minutes long. I’d never heard it, “Fix” that is. A cut by newcomer Chris Lane that resembles your preconception of country not a whit. It’s closer […]

“Vail Resorts pays top dollar for iconic Canadian ski resort Whistler Blackcomb” Vail Resorts is revolutionizing the ski industry by providing a better product for a lower price and they’re doing it all in plain sight! Used to be every ski hill was unique. With an individual owner. Usually a cranky sort who was good […]

I  bought blue sneakers because that’s what Dean was wearing on the cover of the live album “Command Performance.” And they were not easy to find. In Fairfield, Connecticut, everybody wore P.F. Flyers or Keds, in white, black had gone out with the fifties, this was not California, Fairfield’s a lonely town when you’re the […]

More Release Radar – Spotify playlist Yes, I’m cherry-picking, these are just a handful of the cuts I listened to on my “Your Release Radar” playlist, but they’re the ones that got me to react. It’s positively thrilling to be exposed to new music, to stop looking in the rearview mirror and turn your head […]