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Beatles Roundtable Things We Said Today Debuts Tomorrow Night on Pure Pop Radio
[Updated March 24, 2015] We’re very happy to announce that the weekly, hit podcast Things We Said Today will air every Tuesday night at 9 pm ET on Pure Pop Radio. The first show airs tomorrow night, Tuesday, March 24. Things We Said Today joins our other Beatles show, Ken Michaels’ Every Little Thing, in… Continue reading
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Uke Are Going to Love This Edition of Ken Michaels’ Every Little Thing!
This can not be stressed enough: Uke are going to love this edition of Ken Michaels’ Every Little Thing. For show 58, Ken has assembled a great set of tunes that feature an instrument beloved by George Harrison, the ukelele. But there’s more to savor tonight, assuming you’re tuned tonight to Pure Pop Radio at… Continue reading
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Timmy Sean and the Celebrities Blow the Roof Off the Bitter End With a Smoking Version of “On and On”
And now for something completely different: a live version of Timmy Sean’s “On and On,” as performed with a heapin’ helping of amped-up gusto at New York City’s legendary club, the Bitter End, on 10-9-14, which just happened to be John Lennon’s birthday. Timmy Sean and the Celebrities kick out the jams with this bluesy,… Continue reading
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Bill DeMain’s Extended Stay Is a Perfect Vision
Bill DeMain | Extended Stay | 2014 | A review by Alan Haber “Maybe home is nothing more than where you hang your hat,” Bill DeMain sings in the cautiously cheery “Looking for a Place to Live,” the first of six sweetly-realized songs on his brilliant 2014 EP, Extended Stay. Autobiographical in nature and a… Continue reading
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I Love that Song! #11: “Where the Bands Are,” by Bruce Springsteen
If power pop fans ever needed a reason to believe in Bruce Springsteen, if only for three minutes and 46 seconds, “Where the Bands Are” is that reason–a balls-to-the-wall power pop number stacked high with electric guitars; punctuating, popping bass; four-and-a-half-to-the-floor drumming, and a catchy chorus with an indelible hook. The split second it kicks… Continue reading
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Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation, the Internet’s Premiere Melodic Pop Music Talk Show Podcast Returns to PodOmatic With Five New Shows!
Tell all your friends, wake up your neighbors and let the melodic pop music conversation flow freely from sea to shining sea: Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation has returned to PodOmatic with five brand-new shows featuring your favorite melodic pop artists and personalities. Now posted and available for online listening and/or download on In Conversation’s… Continue reading
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Start the Week Off with Pure Pop Radio’s New Music Monday! You Want New Tunes? We’ve Got ’em!
Let’s kick off a new week with some new music just added to the Pure Pop Radio playlist. What have we got? How about a hot, new album from one of your (and our) favorite groups? How about a new song from the spectacular Corner Laughers? How about…more? Let’s get the new music adds spinning!… Continue reading
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Berry Berry (Gordy) Good! Timmy Sean Channels the Sound of Young America in “Till You’ll Be Mine”
For week 11 of Timmy Sean’s Songs of the Week project, the powerhouse singer-songwriter and performer has slipped into the shoes of the veritable Funk Brothers for a trip down Detroit way–a Motown pastiche that sounds so authentic that it could have been played in rotation in the 1960s on hit music stations nationwide. A… Continue reading
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The New Trocaderos: Turn ’em Up to 11!
The New Trocaderos | Frenzy in the Hips | 2015 | A review by Alan Haber They’re either coming at you with the force of a speeding locomotive riding atop a five-alarm fire, or they’re pushing out the beat at a bit of a slower pace with pop music on their minds. Either way, the… Continue reading
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We’re Spinning New Platters that Matter. It’s Pure Pop Radio’s New Music Wednesday !
We’ve added to our playlist…again! Our aim is true and this time around, we’ve hit the jackpot: Lots of new artists and songs are now newly playing in rotation on Pure Pop Radio. Here is what we’ve introduced to the greatest mix of melodic pop music on Internet radio: The Kennedys | West Pete and… Continue reading
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