Popular music is dying from lack of new talent. Either that, or, like earlier generations, I’m just becoming old and grumpy and have no time or patience for new musical artists. But who are the new artists? Where are they? There was a time when new musical artists found you- in the car, at the mall, or on MTV. But now it seems we are all responsible for finding our own new music which means we’re all going in millions of different directions in search of new sounds instead of sharing a small number of sources- radio, MTV, the guy at the record store- for our new music. Internet killed the video star.
01. Tom Petty – “Square One” (2006)
02. Eleanor McEvoy feat. Mary Black – “A Woman’s Heart” (1992)
03. Dottie West – “Would You Hold It Against Me” (1966)
04. Dawes – “Free as We Wanna Be (Acoustic)” (2021)
05. Frank Sinatra – “Emily” (1977)
06. Sonic Youth – “Incinerate” (2006)
07. Dan Reeder – “Clean Elvis” (2004)
08. Peter, Paul and Mary – “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (1965)
09. KC and the Sunshine Band – “Please Don’t Go” (1979)
10. Dramarama – “Femme Fatale” (1985)
11. Lack of Afro – “The Basis” (2009)
12. Mickey Newbury – “T. Total Tommy” (1969)
13. John Martyn – “Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright” (1977)
14. Jake Xerxes Fussell – “Canyoneers” (2017)
15. Karl Blau – “To Love Somebody” (2016)
16. Joe Purdy – “Kristine” (2016)
17. Santana – “Samba Pa Ti” (1970)
18. Cornershop – “Sleep on the Left Side” (1997)
19. Barenaked Ladies – “Brian Wilson (Live)” (1996)
20. Traffic – “Shouldn’t Have Took More Than You Gave (Live)” (1971)
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