Music Obama’s Playlist: Brought to You by Mick Boogie

February 21, 2012 - 1:39 pm

Everyone was describing President Obama’s cool Spotify playlist as a mix. Well, it wasn’t. But it is now.

Obama’s favorite songs… including music from U2, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Florence & The Machine, No Doubt, Bruce Springsteen, Raphael Saadiq and more… now mixed together Mick Boogie & Terry Urban style.

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Music Dropkick Murphys Are ‘Going Out In Style’

January 24, 2011 - 10:41 am

Dropkick Murpheys Going Out in Style Album Cover

Dropkick Murphys will release their seventh full-length studio album, Going Out In Style, March 1, 2011 on their own Born & Bred Records (ILG).  Produced by Ted Hutt, Going Out In Style features the group’s signature blend of punk rock energy, folk soul, Irish spirit and American rock ‘n roll on tracks like “Memorial Day” (streaming now at www.RollingStone.com), “Going Out In Style,” “The Hardest Mile,” “Cruel,” “Climbing A Chair To Bed,” and a rousing rendition of “Peg O’ My Heart” with guest vocals by Bruce Springsteen.

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Music Music Magic 11/19/10

November 19, 2010 - 11:33 am

White Lies

Hi!  The wonderful day of the week that is Friday is upon us once again and I’m back with my utterly magical music update to make it that much better!

The other day I was perusing through my iTunes and came across The White Lies; I’d forgotten how much I absolutely love them. Their first album “To Lose My Life” is ludicrously good and it’s been a minute since I’ve heard anything new from them and was I wondering when they were going to release some new material. The greatness that is 2010 strikes yet again and what do I come across this week? The video for their new single, “Bigger Than Us”. Check it out Here, it’s an absolute banger of a track.

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Music Tuesday Newsday: New Releases By Nelly, Norah Jones, Josh Groban, Bruce Springsteen, and Bryan Adams

November 16, 2010 - 5:36 pm

BOSS

New Pink, greatest hits that is…Rhianna’s already getting major kudos for her new album, Loud…Norah Jones releases a compilation CD of her collaborative hits…The Boss gives us some bonus tracks from 1978′s Darkness on the Edge of Town…Annie Lennox gives us more Christmas songs…and a new one from Nelly…see ya in a week.

Bryan Adams - Bare Bones

Bombay Bicycle Club - Flaws

Josh Groban – Illuminations

Cassidy – Cash

Crushed Stars - Convalescing In Braille

Keith Urban – Get Closer

Curren$y – Pilot Talk II

Lee DeWyze - Live It Up

Norah Jones – …Featuring Norah Jones [collection of collaborations]

Kid Rock – Born Free

Annie Lennox - A Christmas Cornucopia

Carol Bui Mira - You’re Free With Me

Nelly – 5.0

Bruce Springsteen - The Promise (unreleased tracks from Darkness on the Edge of Town sessions

Hellmouth – Gravestone Skylines

Moody Mondays Moody Mondays: Michael Timmins from Cowboy Junkies

July 5, 2010 - 4:37 pm

Michael TimminsEvery week we ask someone to pick a mood and 5 songs that put them into that mood. This week we talked to Michael TImmins from the Cowboy Junkies, only he picked albums instead of songs…fair enough!

Mood: Melancholy

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