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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 1-27-23
As today is the birthday of Cowboy Junkies’ Margo Timmins, several songs from their breakthrough album The Trinity Session are sprinkled throughout today’s playlist.
Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 12-17-22
Today’s playlist celebrates the December 17 birthdays of R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, The Temptations’ Eddie Kendricks, Dirty Projectors’ David Longstreth, Free/Bad Company’s Paul Rodgers, The Meters’ Art Neville, Paul Butterfield, Bananarama’s Sara Dallin, Emotions’ Wanda Hutchinson, and Dave Dee; and the December 18 birthdays of Billie Eilish, The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards, Julia Holter, Christina Aguilera, Sia, DMX, slowthai, Martha and the Muffins’ Martha Johnson, Angie Stone, The Gories’ Mick Collins, and Shonen Knife’s Naoko Yamano.
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 12-5-22
Today’s playlist celebrates the December 5 birthdays of Little Richard, J.J. Cale, Goo Goo Dolls’ Johnny Rzeznik, Andy Kim, Keri Hilson, Michel’le, and Pamela Blair; and the December 6 birthdays of R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, Dave Brubeck, Ride’s Mike Gardener, Everything But The Girl’s Ben Watt, The Dave Clark Five’s Mike Smith, The Tymes’ George Williams, Willie Hutch, and Jonathan King.
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 8-20-22
Today’s playlist celebrates the August 20 birthdays of Isaac Hayes, Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, Kraftwerk’s Ralf Hütter, Thin Lizzy’s Phil Lynott, Boogie Down Productions’ KRS-One, Hawkwind’s Dave Brock, John Hiatt, Pantera’s Dimebag Darrell, The Knack’s Doug Fieger, The Seeds’ Sky Saxon, Jim Reeves, Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst, Demi Lovato, and Nikki & Rich’s Nikki Leonti.
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Throwback Thursday: 1987
On this week’s Throwback Thursday playlist we listen to 30 of the best tracks that hit in 1987. It wasn’t a radical year for popular music, though there was enough good stuff to keep me entertained.
Throwback Thursday: 2008
Any year with Vampire Weekend, Adele, Kanye West, Radiohead, Britney Spears, R.E.M., The Ting Tings, Madonna, “Single Ladies,” “Paper Planes” and two songs named “Lollipop” can’t be that bad. Herewith are thirty music highlights of 2008.