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royalties How a math trick helped one band made 500% more in streaming music royalties Thom Dunn
Steely Dan The brilliance behind Steely Dan's "Reelin' in the Years" Gareth Branwyn
The Osmond Brothers The Osmond Brothers were once a great baroque psychedelic folk-pop band Mark Frauenfelder
now that's what i call music The "NOW That's What I Call Music" Dad Rock compilation will haunt you Thom Dunn
Billy Idol Steve Stevens tells the stories behind Billy Idol's Rebel Yell Gareth Branwyn
pop culture history The history of the little-known, short-lived "pocket records" format Gareth Branwyn
Andy Partridge How XTC's "English Settlement" changed pop music Gareth Branwyn
Leon Russell Bonnie Bramlett sings "Superstar" to Leon Russell just months before he died Gareth Branwyn
italian music History of Prisencolinensinainciusol, the gibberish English song that charmed Italy and the world Thom Dunn
love songs Why Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You" is such a great love song Gareth Branwyn
ququ A 3-year-old wrote a delightful electro-pop album and her dad produced it Thom Dunn
avant pop music Talking Heads' "Remain in Light" on Albums That Changed Music Gareth Branwyn
Janet Yellen "Who's Yellen Now?" A hip hop tribute to new Sec of the Treasury Gareth Branwyn
Marianne Faithfull Marianne Faithfull's upcoming "She Walks in Beauty" Gareth Branwyn
Kate Bush The instinctive genius of Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights" Gareth Branwyn
new order How New Order's "Blue Monday" came to be Gareth Branwyn
youtube kids 15-year-old Pennsylvania teen pens a peppy yet sad ode to 2020 Gareth Branwyn
Japanese culture 1970s Japanese pop hit "Southpaw" redone with recorders and animation Andrea James
Kitschtastic William Shatner (with Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night) covers "The Thrill is Gone" Gareth Branwyn
delightfully weird The wonderfully weird cowboy psychedelia of "Some Velvet Morning" Gareth Branwyn