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Glen Campbell Sings Green Day

That’s right, you read the blog titled correctly, country superstar Glen Campbell is taking on contemporary music and that includes Green Day. It’s not that he is the first country star to try this. Willie Nelson has recorded Fleetwood Mac and Grateful Dead songs in the past. Even legend Johnny Cash began dabbling in different genres of music before his death when he recorded the Nine Inch Nails’ song “Hurt.” And, although not country, who can forget Pat Boone’s cover of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman,” Tom Jones doing Prince’s “Kiss,” or Paul Anka singing Billy Idol’s “Eyes Without a Face.” In … Continue reading →

Pop Music–Is The Tide Turning?

Do you remember when the only songs you’d hear when you turned on the radio were either from boy bands or female “teen singing sensations?” ‘N Sync, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera posted hit after hit and sold millions and millions of albums. Youth reigned supreme and being an older singer (say, about 30) was looked down on given the domination of teens on the pop charts. But today it seems the tide is turning. Look at the pop charts these days and you see an entirely different story. Justin Timberlake has graduated from ‘N Sync to raunchy (pardon me, … Continue reading →

For the Kids

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Produced along with VH1’s Save the Music Foundation, “For the Kids” is a collection of children’s songs sung by some of today’s popular music artists. Released in 2002, this collection of songs is a great CD for parents to enjoy along with their children. I found it on the rack at my local library and decided to give it a listen. I was pleasantly surprised as my daughter enjoyed dancing to the songs sung by some of my favorite artists. Many already-familiar songs were remade for this CD. In fact, some Muppets tunes are included on this great collection. Cake … Continue reading →