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Our Favorite 2021 Tracks That You Can Listen to All Day Long, All Day Long
Jan 25, 2022
By Mark Redfern
It is confounding that so many outlets insist on posting best songs of the year lists in early December. Not only are there several more weeks left in the year, in which a number of potential great songs could be released, it also takes time to digest all the tracks released in November and earlier in the fall. We’ve obviously taken too much time. More
Plus Silk Sonic, Cassandra Jenkins, alt-J, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Nov 05, 2021
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 42nd Songs of the Week of 2021. More
An Evening With Silk Sonic Due Out November 12 via Atlantic
Nov 05, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Silk Sonic are Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak (aka California musician/producer Brandon Paak Anderson) and they have shared a new song “Smoking Out the Window,” via a video for it. It’s the third single from their forthcoming debut album, An Evening With Silk Sonic, which is due out November 12 via Atlantic. More
Plus Dry Cleaning, Amyl and the Sniffers, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 30, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 29th Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a light week for great new tracks, but we came up with nine we really liked. More
An Evening With Silk Sonic Due Later This Year From Atlantic
Jul 29, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Silk Sonic are Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak (aka California musician/producer Brandon Paak Anderson) and they have shared a new song “Skate,” via a video for it. More
Plus Silk Sonic, Mdou Moctar, James, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Mar 05, 2021
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the eighth Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a fairly quiet week on the news front, with President Joe Biden’s pandemic stimulus bill getting closer to passing in the Senate, but without a minimum wage hike. More
An Evening With Silk Sonic Coming Soon From Atlantic
Mar 05, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak (aka California musician/producer Brandon Paak Anderson) have teamed up as Silk Sonic and have shared their debut single together, “Leave the Door Open,” via a video for the track. More
Reviews
Nov 24, 2021
By Caleb Campbell
Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak are a match made in heaven, and that fact has not been lost on them. The pair first linked up when Paak opened for Mars on his 2017 tour and they began to jam, later reconnecting in early 2020 to bring their collaboration to life. Dubbed Silk Sonic by funk legend Bootsy Collins一who also acts as master of ceremonies on the record一the pair embarked upon an album-length tribute to the sounds of the 1970s. More
