There is a certain irony in inducting this gem of a record into the Hall of Fame. I just returned from a 10 day trip to Australia and it was only yesterday that I realized Sheppard is an Australian group. The song has been in constant rotation on my iPhone for the past several months and I had always assumed […]

Last year I was having a conversation about music with a date over coffee. We were talking about new releases when we got on the topic of Iggy Azalea. My date said: “I think all my friends are going through an Iggy Azalea phase right now.” Those words stuck in my mind….probably because I was going through my […]

Double Rainbow isn’t a “floor filler” record. There won’t be scores of EDM remixes and it may not even make top rotation on terrestrial radio. It is, nevertheless, the most special cut on the album. Double Rainbow gracefully executes on its theme across both the song and production to produce a gem of a recording. So […]

The first inductee into the ‘Writing Garbage’ music hall of fame is Jason Derulo’s Cheyenne. Let’s go over the elements of what has to come together to make this recording worthy of attention. The songwriting is impeccable. The topic is deep (in love while in love) and the lyrics are efficient. Any repeated lyrical callouts only reinforce […]