Not every hit requires a singer. Just the other day, I was reminded of instrumental earworms!
I don’t know how it is for other people, but I tend to get music “stuck” in my head. Over the weekend, my husband Bill and I were listening to music when an old favorite from my youth came on. It was by Chuck Mangione, a man famous for his mad flugelhorn skills. In 1977, he […]
Feels Like Home is a lovely song written by Randy Newman. Who sang it best?
This morning, I was writing a review of Feels Like Home, an album Linda Ronstadt released in 1995. I was left with a somewhat mediocre impression of Ronstadt’s version of the title song, which I had originally heard sung by Bonnie Raitt on the soundtrack of Randy Newman’s Faust. Linda Ronstadt had also performed on that album, which […]
Times of trouble are when music is a comfort…
Yesterday, I read about how in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, the New York Yankees honored their opponents, the Boston Red Sox, by playing Neil Diamond’s classic hit, “Sweet Caroline”. I don’t follow baseball, but I read that “Sweet Caroline” is a song traditionally played at Red Sox games and sung along to by Red Sox fans. That the Yankees played it in […]