Category Archives: Track Spotlights
Track Spotlight: Avicii feat. Robbie Williams, “The Days”
I listen to an awful lot of music: Italian progressive rock, Irish traditional, classic disco, French House, power pop, alt-country, indie pop, German opera, southern soul, and Klezmer, to name a few choice genres. But at the end of the … Continue reading
Track Spotlight: Paradise Fears, “You to Believe In”
Full disclosure: Paradise Fears hail from my second hometown (Vermillion, SD), and their lead singer, Sam Miller, just happens to be the son of my pastor, mentor, and dear friend, whose influence on my life is probably the single biggest … Continue reading
Track Spotlight: MIKA feat. Ariana Grande, “Popular Song”
I love Wicked (and get to see it a week from Saturday – YAY). I also love MIKA, though I haven’t really kept up with his career since “Grace Kelly” and Life in Cartoon Motion. But nobody told me that … Continue reading
Track Spotlight: Lady Gaga, “Applause”
This summer I’m head of the counseling staff at a church camp in the Black Hills, and part of my job is to design program for the high school camp. So this year I went with the theme “The Theology … Continue reading
Track Spotlight: Tonbandgerät, “Halbmond”
Great music is a language beyond language, comprehensible whether you can understand the lyrics or not. That’s certainly the case with Hamburg-based quartet Tonbandgerät’s (German: tape recorder) and their truly delightful “Halbmond,” one of the singles from their 2013 debut … Continue reading
Track Spotlight: Idina Menzel, “Let It Go” (Frozen)
I’ve been pretty bad at keeping up with Disney’s animated theatrical releases these last few years. I haven’t seen The Princess & the Frog, or Brave, or Tangled, or Monsters University. I only had the good fortune to see Wreck-It … Continue reading
Track Spotlight: Bruno Mars, “Treasure”
Yes, you read that right. I’m spotlighting a song by Bruno Mars. Why in the hell would I do that, you ask? Because last year’s “Treasure” is so 1979 it hurts. Maybe I’m just been in a disco phase lately … Continue reading
Track Spotlight: “Get Lucky” at the Grammys
As a general rule, I do not care about the Grammys – historically they’ve kind of been a joke. But Daft Punk’s performance of “Get Lucky” (and the fact that Daft Punk picked up both Record and Album of the … Continue reading
Track Spotlight: Transatlantic, “Shine”
Speaking as a Christian–as a Christian who’s going to seminary next year even–Christian rock music is, by and large, terrible. Just… terrible. Neal Morse is one of the few popular artists working today who writes music that is both explicitly … Continue reading
Track Spotlight: Mister Rogers Remixed, “Sing Together”
So, about a year-and-a-half ago, PBS released melodysheep’s remix of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, consisting of autotuned snippets of Fred Rogers’ voice set against a winning electronic backdrop. The track became a viral sensation, so they followed it with a series of … Continue reading
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