Year of the Month: HERE COMES THE SUN
You’ll get no argument saying Nina Simone’s a great artist. But like so many of…
Year of the Month: THE BABY HUEY STORY — THE LIVING LEGEND
1971 was an extraordinary year in music history, as the creative explosion of the late…
Year of the Month: Miller on DON’T FUCK WITH THE APOCALYPSE
Two-bit town though it is, This is where I am king. There’s a beat to…
The best songs of 1935, according to the Academy (Year of the Month)
Greetings fellow Soluters and music lovers! I once again ran out of time to do…
Year of the Month: Krazy Kat in THE HOT CHA MELODY
You probably know George Herriman’s Krazy Kat: the newspaper comic strip that forward-thinking critic Gilbert…
The best original songs of 1977, according to the Academy (Year of the Month)
Greetings, Soluters and fellow music lovers! While last month may have been one of our…
Year of the Month: Persia on SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER: The Album
The opening notes of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack have a steady, driving, tempo, the…
The best original songs of 1952, according to the Academy (Year of the Month)
Greetings, fellow Soluters and music lovers! It’s been a while, eh? We had a few…
Year of the Month: Moses Supposes Erroneously by Persia
Famously, only two original songs were written for Singin’ in the Rain, both of them…
Year of the Month: SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN
For a long time, I was sure I was a fan of Old Hollywood musicals,…