Time To Face The Music...
FFRW #3 :: New music this week by Portugal. The Man, Lori McKenna, Hayden & Feist, boygenius and Conor Oberst
Two new fun features in Fast Forward Rewind this week. First, a scrambled face trivia question I’m ingeniously calling “Face The Music”. And second, a new closing act titled “Once More…With Feeling”. If the video below doesn’t make you feel something, you should check for a pulse. I’ll shuffle different features in and out each week. Thanks for the support of this new little venture. This week, we’ve got new songs by Portugal. The Man, Luke Baird, Lori McKenna, Barry Dean, Hayden, Feist, boygenius, The So So Glos, and Conor Oberst. They are good. Remember, if you like FF/RW, please share with the other music lovers in your life and maybe head over to Ventipop.com for more music.
She was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Can you put a face with the scrambled image below?
(don’t cheat…answer is below)
PORTUGAL. THE MAN :: “DUMMY”
LUKE BAIRD, LORI MCKENNA & BARRY DEAN :: “AMERICAN KIDS”
HAYDEN & FEIST :: “ON A BEACH”
BOYGENIUS :: “NOT STRONG ENOUGH”
THE SO SO GLOS & CONOR OBERST :: “EVERYWHERE IS WAR”
1789 - Pennsylvania ends prohibition of theatrical performances
1955 - Elvis Presley makes his 1st TV appearance on a broadcast of radio show "Louisiana Hayride"
1957 - Buddy Holly and the Crickets record their smash hit "That'll Be the Day" in Clovis, New Mexico
1969 - After 88 weeks, the Beatles' album "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" drops off the charts
1973 - Pink Floyd release their album "Dark Side of the Moon" since sold over 45 million copies
1983 - Michael Jackson’s "Thriller" album goes #1 and stays #1 for 37 weeks
1996 - Alanis Morissette’s album “Jagged Little Pill” wins big at the 38th Grammy Awards
Born this week: Desi Arnez (1917), Lou Reed (1942), Karen Carpenter (1950), Jon Bon Jovi (60), Chris Martin (45), Frederic Chopin (1810), Glen Miller (1904), Dinah Shore (1917), Harry Belafonte (96), Roger Daltrey (79), Justin Bieber (29), Bernadette Peters (75), George Harrison (1943), Markéta Irglová (35), Josh Groban (42), Fats Domino (1928) and Johnny Cash (1932)
To listen to every new song featured in 2023 in chronological order, follow along with this Spotify playlist.
Here are the new albums released this week I’m most looking forward to hearing:
Eva Cassidy - EVA CASSIDY WITH THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Ron Gallo - FOREGROUND MUSIC
Radio Supernova - PARATIISI
Laufey & Iceland Symphony Orchestra - A NIGHT AT THE SYMPHONY
Steve Mason (of The Beta Band) - BROTHERS & SISTERS
The National Parks - 8TH WONDER
Yazmin Lacey - VOICE NOTES
FACE THE MUSIC Answer: The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin
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