Groupie and Harmony

Upon coming back from a couple months off, I do 5-minute news stories to cover several of the notable stories in music. I also tease an upcoming special event and announce a life update.

In an episode discussing several depressing topics, including deaths, arrests, mental health, and more, I lightened the mood a bit by discussing...gothic rock band The Cure.

In this episode, I discuss the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees for 2023. I also discuss some news stories (including the result of a lawsuit that I think will have a massive impact in music) and festivals.

In this episode, I predict who I think will get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the class of 2023.

In this episode, I discussed 10 influential women in music who have not been inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I also discussed a couple news stories and some festival lineups.

After The Cure got involved in their ticket sales to reduce prices and make it easier to buy tickets, Ticketmaster got involved, resulting in some fees costing more than tickets. I discussed this, Ticketmaster's reaction, and why nothing will change despite this. I also discuss some recent festival lineup announcements, including Lollapalooza.

In this episode, I discuss the recently announced Sound on Sound lineup.  I also discuss a few other festival lineups, Travis Scott's return to the festival stage, the crowd rush at a recent concert, The Cure's strategy for their upcoming U.S. tour, and why I thought Chris Rock's special was bound to disappoint.

I discuss some possible acts for Sound on Sound Festival 2023, as well as some festival news, a recent death, and a defense for the organizers of Sound on Sound

I discuss 10 influential black artists in honor of Black History Month

In a post that corresponds to my most recent blog post, I discuss some genres that fell out of popularity before making a comeback and why this happened with each genre.

I recap the winners of the awards and how my predictions faired

For Saturday of Grammy Week, I predict the winners of the Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best New Artist.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced their nominees, so I discuss and react to each of them.

For Friday of Grammy Week, I predict awards in the Pop, Production, and Music Video/Film categories.

For Thursday of Grammy Week, I predict the awards in the Rap, R&B, and Comedy categories.

For Wednesday of Grammy Week, I make predictions for the awards in the Rock, Alternative, Global Music, and Reggae categories.

For Tuesday of Grammy Week, I predict the winners of awards in the Country, Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music, and Contemporary Instrumental Music categories.

For Monday of Grammy Week, I predict the winners of several awards in the Latin, Dance/Electronic Music, Spoken Word, and Music for Visual Media categories.

For the first day of Grammy Week, give a background regarding the series and my predictions for the awards in the Songwriter and American Roots categories.

I discuss my list of top albums of 2022.  I also discuss several news stories and festival lineups.

When We Were Young Fest occurred and, despite my beliefs prior to the festival, was not a scam!  Instead, I discuss how it sounded like it went based on what I heard about the setup and what people appear to be saying.  I also discuss several other festival lineups and news stories.

Recently, Ticketmaster faced criticism due to the result of the Taylor Swift concert ticket sales issue.  Around the same time, there was also controversy surrounding the price of Blink-182 concert tickets.  In this episode, I discuss both of these, as well as several other news stories from the last couple months.

After the Sound on Sound festival in Bridgeport CT occurred this year, it received a substantial amount of attention for issues with the festival and received a bad rap as a result.  However, I attended the festival and want the truth about the festival to be revealed, while discussing both positives and negatives regarding the festival.  In this episode, two individuals who I attended t...

I discuss the nominations for the 2023 Grammies.

I provide my nomination predictions for the 4 major Grammy categories