From: Caleb Keen Re: Must-Read Article Out of curiosity, I played the first song on your playlist through the studio monitors in my office. In seconds, my 8-year-old and 11-year-old daughters ran in and started dancing. I clicked to the second track. “Do you know this one too?” “Yes.”Third track?” “Ummmm, yes – I know […]

I thought he was a different guy. What do I know about Billy Preston? He showed up in the studio and played with the Beatles and he had a few hits in the early seventies sporting a giant afro. He was always smiling, I thought he was a happy-go-lucky guy. Turns out that was not […]

“The Soundtrack of the Doomscroll Generation? It’s Phonk. – YouTube Shorts and TikToks are often set to electronic dance music with rap roots that’s become the unconscious hum of vertical video while making its creators rich.” Free link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/arts/music/phonk-youtube-tiktok-music.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OlA.7QbZ.on5jgMtLH5jP&smid=url-share In a world where people can’t stop complaining about streaming payouts, where newbies keep saying the […]

I love the internet. After listening to my “Back Where I Come From” playlist six or seven times in a row (I can do that, actually I love to do that, to find a song I like so much that I can play it ad infinitum, locking into a mental groove, just me and my […]