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Favorite Records of the Year: Stars of 2016
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio (Originally posted 01.03.17) 2016 was a terrific year for melodic pop music from both new and heritage artists, perhaps the best in recent memory. My list of 28 Favorite Records of the Year from 27 artists–The Stars of 2016–is presented below in random order. It has long been Continue reading
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Maggie Roche: Goodbye, Sweet Songbird
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio (Originally posted 1.23.17) A wave of sadness passed through my soul as the news emerged Saturday of the passing of Maggie Roche, the sweet songbird from deepest New Jersey whose singular voice intertwined for decades with her sisters Terre and Suzzy as the Roches. Her beautiful songs, imbued Continue reading
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I Love that Song! #14: “Mrs. Vandebilt” by Paul McCartney and Wings
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio (Originally posted 12.01.16) So you’re in the jungle, you’re living in a tent, you have zero financial obligations, you have all the time in the world, and you just plain don’t care. Is this a call for celebration? Right off the bat, I’m probably being too literal, trying Continue reading
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New on Pure Pop Radio: Dana Countryman’s Girlville! Sparkles!
Spins and Reviews | (Originally posted 1.10.17) By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio Dana Countryman’s Girlville! New Songs in the Style of Yesterday’s Hits (Teensville) 2017 And now for something completely different? Not completely, actually, because this heartfelt, loving tribute to the sounds of 1960s girl groups shares the same depth of commitment and Continue reading
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Dig Into this Week’s Trio of Top-Flight Specialty Shows
We offer to you, as November gets ready to morph into December and work of a holiday nature within these hallowed halls continues apace, a trio of our regular specialty shows to keep things of all sorts on track. Your nighttime soundtrack on Pure Pop Radio? Why, we don’t mind if we do. Oh, and work of Continue reading
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The Thanksgiving Playlist
by Alan Haber “Cornbread, oysters, water chestnuts, andouille sausage,”says President Josiah Bartlet, in answer to White House Communications Director Toby Ziegler’s question about the kind of stuffing his boss will be serving on Thanksgiving. “What kind of stuffing are we talking about?” Ziegler asks, knowing full well that if the stuffing falls short, the rest of Continue reading
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We’ve Got All the Trimmings! Jammin’ James Riley and Al Sussman Serve Up Tasty Thanksgiving-Week Specialty Shows
This being a short week, what with Thanksgiving looming large in our legend (your obligatory George Harrison reference for today), we’ve got just two, tasty specialty shows for you, sure to spice up any festive holiday spread (and let us not forget, our music library is 9,100-plus tunes strong). Tonight’s all-new episode of Jammin’ James Continue reading
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Stop Your Running Around! We’ve Got Winners!
Our 11-day-long Eight Days a Weekling marathon, celebrating the release (today!) of Studio 2, the latest beat-o-riffic album from New Jersey’s fabulous foursome, the Weeklings, has come to a close. But we’re still celebrating! Every track from both Studio 2 and the Weeklings’ first fab album, lovingly called Monophonic, and select solo tracks from Glen Continue reading
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I Love that Album! #2: The Roches (s/t) (1979)
by Alan Haber It seemed to fall from out of the sky, so different was it from everything else, its descent to earth slow and determined and harmony bound, as if protected by angels who knew that it was a gift from heaven. So it was, and on into the marketplace it went. The Roches, Continue reading
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