Sound Bites

Brief thoughts, musings, and anecdotal mumbo jumbo regarding singers, songs, and a garden variety of different types of music.

LDW 2020 Playlist

4 SEP 2020 · Ten songs handpicked from Jon to make the perfect soundtrack for your Labor Day Weekend.

Played 6m 56s
A Tale Of Two UB40s

25 AUG 2020 · It's still summertime. And there isn't a better time than now to listen to some UB40. But these reggae legends from the UK have had an interesting few years, to say the least.

Played 8m 6s
Remembering Live Aid

18 JUL 2020 · For one day in July of 1985, the entire world came together to help raise money for famine in Africa and to watch sixteen hours of live music. Take a quick look back at the good, the bad, and the tacky.

Played 7m 29s
Remembering Ennio Morricone

9 JUL 2020 · Jon takes a brief look back at the legendary Ennio Morricone, who passed away on July 6th.

Played 4m 25s
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I Wish I Could Sing Like Mick Hucknall

3 JUL 2020 · An odd-looking ginger if ever there was one, Simply Red singer, Muck Hucknall, has one of the best set of pipes in the business. He also apparently has shtupped more than 3000 women.

Played 7m 35s
Revisiting The Work of Chris Isaak

25 JUN 2020 · He was everywhere in the 90s, and he even had his own television series in the early 2000s. Jon revisits the music and the smooth song styling of this dapper California crooner, songwriter and actor.

Played 5m 39s
Some Tasty Raspberries for the Hot Summer

24 JUN 2020 · Jon revisits one of the most underrated American bands of all time: The Raspberries.

Played 10m 11s