The Songbook Highway

Listening Theme 38 – Summer

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Yesterday at 5:43am

I’m going on holiday tomorrow (yippee!!) and as I’ve no idea if  I’ll get a chance to listen to any online music next week I thought I’d set this one and see what happens.

I simply want some suggestions for songs with ‘Summer’ or ‘Summertime’ in the title. There are [...]

Listening Theme 37 – Live Aid 25

To mark the 25th Anniversary of Live Aid (13th July 1985) I’m going to try to listen to an album by each performer at the London and Philadelphia
Live Aid concerts*

The only rule is the album must have been released BEFORE the bands Live Aid performance. For instance, U2 performed [...]

Listening Theme 36 – Cuba

Friday at 6:33am

Hello folks,

Thanks to Moira (via Rob) for this suggestion which I will start on Monday morning. So lets have your suggestions of Cuban music/musicians please.

“The Caribbean island of Cuba has developed a wide range of creolized musical styles, based on its cultural origins in Europe and Africa. Since [...]

Listening Theme 35:  X,Y or Z

Hi all,

Monday lunchtime and I haven’t set a new Listening Theme yet – shame on me!.

Here’s something that should keep me occupied this week and should throw up plenty of different music genres. Bands or solo artists (surnames) beginning with the letters X, Y or Z! There’s some obvious [...]

Listening Theme 34 – Hair Metal

Hi all,

In 3 weeks time Nikki and I are going to see Bon Jovi at the O2 in London and I was going to have a hair metal listening theme around that time, but seeing as UK digital radio station Planet Rock are holding a ‘Greatest Hair Metal Band’ poll [...]

Listening Theme – Rat Pack/My Way

This week I’m going to listen to albums by the Rat Pack – Frank, Dean and Sammy. On top of that I’m in the mood for another music marathon…

In the way that I listened to 100 different recordings of White Christmas in December I’m going to attempt to listen to [...]

Listening Theme 31 – Germany

Thursday, April
22, 2010 at 8:56am

After an enjoyable week of listening to tracks used by The Kleptones for their double mash-up album Uptime/Downtime it’s over to Eric Kleptone to become my next guest theme-setter (Thanks Eric). His theme, German music: “from Schlager to Krautrock to Techno – oh and The Scorpions [...]

Listening Theme 30 – Uptime/Downtime

Something a bit different this week. Instead of the run of the mill ‘you give me your recommendations’ type of Listening Theme, I’m going to give YOU a recommendation for a change.

For several years I’ve been listening to (and loving) the mash-up albums of The Kleptones.

For those of you who are [...]

Hi all,

For the next week or so I’m going to concentrate on the Southern soul released on a record label that was the main rival to Motown (LT7) during the 60’s – Stax. Stax (with it’s partnership with Atlantic Records) released albums by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Wilson Picket, Eddie Floyd, Rufus and Carla [...]

Listening Theme 28 – 70’s Glam Rock (Revisited)

Hi all,

About this time last year (the exact date lost in the mists of time) I had my very first Listening Theme – 70’s Glam Rock. It lasted a few days and only resulted in a couple of recommendations. I thought I’d mark this 1st anniversary by revisiting [...]