By Adrian Gomez Chris Chickering needed some rest – so he took it. After working 60-70 hours a week this past summer on music, he retreated to Florida for two months. The singer-songwriter is back and ready to promote his latest album, “Living in the Now,” which came out on Oct. 1. Chickering wrote 37…
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85-year-old Richard Sherman is a character in the Disney holiday release “Saving Mr. Banks” opposite Emma Thompson as Travers and Tom Hanks as Walt Disney. Jason Schwartzman plays Sherman and B.J. Novak plays Sherman’s brother and songwriting partner, Robert B. Sherman. Schwartzman, who at 33 is two years older than Sherman was in 1961, sings “Feed the Birds” beautifully…
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ERB here, bringing you heartfelt yuletide wishes and good cheer! This third most popular Christmas song was written in 1943 by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin. It was first introduced to us in the 1944 musical film Meet Me In St. Louis, where Judy Garland sings to her little sister to cheer her up on…
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It is truly a privilege as well as a treat to preview and review a new album that comes out of the Nashville community. There is additional perspective in reviewing one when it is by someone whom I consider a dear friend. Performing songwriter Shantell Ogden has issued two previous collections of critically…
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By Randy Lewis “It’s the most wonderful time of the year,” says one of the most popular songs of the season. Yet good cheer isn’t what everyone experiences during the holidays. With that in mind, Pop & Hiss hoped to compile a list of the saddest yuletide songs ever recorded. We can’t claim these are definitively the saddest, because…
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BLACK FRIDAY does not seem to ever go away…and not only that, it is evolving into Black November! 2013 is starting to display even more online deals and “doorbuster” events before the sun comes up on Thanksgiving Day! And no doubt will creep into the rest of the week before you realize it……
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Here is the video of Bill Cosby on The Daily Show as he was interviewed by Jon Stewart. Early on in the interview, the Cos talked about a benefit show appearance by him and Stewart in New York City for the wounded warriors called “Stand Up For Heroes.” But in true Bill Cosby fashion,…
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When Army and National Guard veteran Todd Foster talks about his songwriting therapy sessions at the Alvin C. York VA, his eyes light up and his hands become steady. Once a week on Friday, Foster goes to the VA and meets with seven or eight other veterans, a songwriter and a music … Click to…
Read MoreThe United States Marine Corps is 238 years old today! Ooh-RAH!!! Presenting John Philip Sousa’s Semper Fidelis March, the official march of the U.S. Marine Corps and the oldest official song of the U.S. Armed Forces. THE TITLE It cannot be inherited, Nor can it ever be purchased. You and no one alive Can buy it for any…
Read More10 Tools For Your Songwriting Process ~ Tim H. Swanson http://www.timhswanson.com Wed, 30 Oct 2013 14:39:00 GMT Being passionate about songwriting, I rushed down to the stage to help. I had little interest in helping clean up. I really wanted to meet Shane, and ask him a question that had been burning in my mind….
Read MoreHere is a very personal holiday treat from me and my friend and musical guest LAURA PURSELL! Enjoy her super cool Christmas EP featuring her new single "Three Miles From Christmas Eve"
StrongWriter On The Radio – Episode 318 “LAURA PURSELL – Miles Of Christmas Memories With Laura” -...
And now for a musical holiday treat... A chance to sit down and talk with my featured guest who is also a ...
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