Posts Tagged ‘music’

5 Songs That Devastate Me

Anne Litt, KCRW DJ.

As a music fan, I have a love/hate relationship with lists.  I always grumble through putting together a “top 10” of anything and if you ask me to rank them in order… forget about it.  That said, there’s nothing I love more than talking about my favorite tracks, albums, etc and I realized if I were to do any sort of “top 5” I needed to start at the beginning. My own beginning with music.  It’s about the way these songs make me feel.

For me, this music is the reason I do what I do.  Some represent a moment in time, some represent emotion, but they all are pieces of music that stop me dead in my tracks.  They are intensely personal and are my own poetry.
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Top 5 Record Stores to Cultivate Your Complete Addiction to Vinyl

Michael Barnes, KCRW DJ.

My name is Michael, and I am a (mostly) recovering vinyl junkie. There was a time in the not so distant past where I’d spend whatever money I had on records. Rent, food money, clothing expenses, all were secondary to an insatiable need for vinyl. Nowadays I’m not nearly as crazily addicted as I used to be, but I still appreciate a great record store.
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Tell Us YOUR Top 5 Songs of 2009

You’ve heard from KCRW’s tastemakers and personalities and now we want to hear from you. As we reflect on ’09, we want to hear your 5 favorites songs. Comment below and let us know what tickled your ear this year.

5 Best Beards in Music by Jeremy Sole

Jeremy Sole, KCRW DJ.

Sure, I could have chosen a profound subject for my Top 5 list – one that might allow me to wax philosophic on music, race or early changes in migration patterns of the snowy egret as an indication of global warming. But alas, I have been guided to crest a higher summit – a list of those who liberate their follicles in honor of the upside-down crown.

Whilst trimming off the obvious picks like ZZ Top or Matisyahu, and pruning away Joe Cocker and all sporters of the porkchop, I have shaved it down to five of music’s most notable chinstraps – from the bearish muzzle to the pharaoh-like obelisk. Because this was a tough one to shear down, I have decided to focus on those who have wholly represented the fuzz throughout the majority of their career. Being that I’m the self-appointed arbiter on this matter, I hereby denounce all accusations of favoritism!

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5 Singers You May Not Have Heard of but Might Want to Check Out by Bo Leibowitz

Bo Leibowitz, KCRW DJ.

The great American songbook has never had it so good.  Given the Internet as virtual marketplace, there’s a flood of new, self-produced singers who no longer need to sign with a label in order to distribute their wares to a dwindling number of record stores.  Not that the five singers listed below are unknowns, by any means,  but perhaps less well known, in my opinion, than they should be.

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