The Best Band You’re Not Listening To
In the age of Spotify, YouTube and internet music in general, the amount of music out there is overwhelming. That’s where we are going to step in to help in a weekly piece “The Best Band You’re Not Listening To” This weeks Best Band That You’re Not Listening To goes to Blackberry Smoke Hailing from […]
Letterman top 10
By now I’m sure you know about David Letterman’s final show last night. Over his remarkable 30+ year career, Letterman has promoted and introduced to the public hundreds of musical acts and comedians. It was a badge of honor to be featured on his Late Night show, and in honor of his famous “Top 10” […]
The long, sad history of April 15th
As I sit here writing this post, the city-wide moment of silence has just ended, the Red Sox game has resumed and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sits in jail guilty on 30 charges and is awaiting sentencing. It is about 60 degrees outside and Aaron Hernandez just gotten to Walpole, his new home for the rest of his […]
National Puppy Day Puppy Facts!
In honor of National Puppy Day we decided to forgo the usual “Fun Music Facts of the Day” and give you a few fun puppy facts. 1. There are more puppies born in the US each year (6.2 million) than babies. (4 million) 2. Puppies get lonely, just like us. They are in the womb […]
Hunter Hayes is having an amazing 2015 so far.
2015 is barely underway, but it is already arguably the biggest year in Hunter Hayes’ young career. The news from earlier this week that Hayes’ song “I Want Crazy” just hit double platinum (2,000,000 sold) is just the cherry on top. So far in 2015 Hunter has seen two of his songs go gold (Everybody […]
Our Top 5 Johnny Cash Songs
Johnny Cash would have turned 83 today. The ‘man in black’ is regarded as one of the most influential men not only in country music, but in all of music history. To celebrate the legend’s day of birth, we decided to list our top 5 Cash songs of all time. 1. Folsom Prison Blues […]
February 25th fun music facts of the day
George Harrison of The Beatles was born on February 25th, 1943. Harrison was the guitarist and a vocalist for the worlds most popular band. In 1956, Elvis Presley had his first national hit when his song “I Forgot To Remember To Forget” went to #1 on the Billboard Country & Western chart. In 1964, February 25th belonged to The […]
Where does the Blizzard of 2015 rank in Boston Blizzard History?
The Blizzard of 2015 dumped as many as three feet of snow in some places across Massachusetts, with Logan Airport checking in at 24.6′. As far as January snow totals go, that’s the largest storm to his Massachusetts in over 100 years, but where does it stack up in Boston’s history? The following are the top […]
January 23rd fun music facts of the day
January 23rd isn’t a particularly thrilling day in music history, but it’s not quite a dud of a day either. On this day in 1971, George Harrison became the first solo Beatles member with a number one hit. His song “My Sweet Lord” stayed atop the charts for five weeks before being dethroned. In 1977, […]
January 22nd fun music facts of the day
Sunday, bloody Sunday. You have most likely heard Bono and U2 sing those words over your radio hundreds of times over the years, but do you know where that term came from? The answer lies in Russia. On January 22nd, 1905 a large demonstration of workers marched to the Winter Palace in St. Petersberg to […]