James Taylor and Carole King – Up On The Roof
Oldies Songs Finding Sanctuary in the Sky: A Beloved Brill Building Classic Becomes a Heartfelt Tribute to Escapism, Sung by the Artists Whose Lives Defined It. The reunion of James Taylor and…
Wizzard – Brand New 88
A Sparkling, Nostalgic Fantasy: The Dramatic Retelling of a Boy’s Dream of the Perfect, Promised Rock-and-Roll Piano. The year 1974 marked a pivotal, yet often overlooked, transition in the Glam…
Ted Nugent – Snake Charmer
The Sleazy Allure of the Predator: A Gritty, Late-70s Hard Rock Warning About the Destructive Power of a Charismatic Personality. The twilight of the 1970s was an era where the…
MC5 – Tutti Frutti
The Two-Minute Manifesto: A Blistering, Iron-Clad Recommitment to Rock and Roll’s Primal Core, Stripped of all Psychedelic Fat. To understand the sheer, defiant drama of the MC5 opening their 1970…
Donald Fagen – Planet d’Rhonda
A Coolly Executed Confession of Obsessive Love and Fanciful Escapism, Set to a Breathtakingly Jazzy, Mid-Life Groove. By 2012, the world had come to expect a specific kind of exquisite…
Electric Light Orchestra – Don’t Bring Me Down
The Symphonic Rockers Ditch the Strings for the Studio and Deliver a Hard-Driving Anthem of Pure, Unadulterated Frustration. The year 1979 was a time of seismic transition in pop music,…
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Dark Star
A Soaring Ode to Inner Exile: A Dramatic, Mystical Journey Through Self-Doubt and the Quest for Solace in the Ethereal Unknown. The year 1977 represented a crucial, often misunderstood turning…
Ray Charles & James Taylor – Sweet Potato Pie
A Gentle, Cross-Generational Testament to Simple Comfort: The Unreleased Culinary Duet That Epitomized Soulful Harmony. The idea of Ray Charles and James Taylor sharing a microphone is, in itself, a…
The Idle Race – Morning Sunshine
The Psychedelic Dawn of Pop Genius: A Whimsical, Sunshine-Drenched Ode to Escapism and the Innocent Promise of a New Day. Before the symphonic grandeur of the Electric Light Orchestra would…
Wizzard – Rattlesnake Roll
The Last Gasps of Glitter: A Ferocious, Tongue-in-Cheek Hard Rock Stomp That Signalled Glam’s Glorious, Decadent Demise. The mid-1970s in the UK were a dramatic, often chaotic landscape where the…