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For this edition of Fringe Binge, we follow Suzanne Vega across her entire 40-year recording career, from her 1985 debut through 2025. The goal is […]

Like many casual music fans, I went into this exploration with a handful of familiar hits and a truckload of assumptions about Donovan as an […]

Before we pose this question to my esteemed partner in this production, I should clarify that Fringe Binge is not really “compiled” in the usual […]

For this version of Diving Deeper, we leave the shallow end behind and step away from the hit-making machine. For hardcore fans, many of these […]

An AI Conversation About the Other History of Popular Music While compiling Diving Deeper: The Other Billboard Hits of 1975–1979, I was surprised by how […]

This deep dive will not require scuba gear, sonar, or any other specialized equipment, because this time we are staying relatively close to the surface. […]

Rickie Lee Jones is often remembered as a one-hit wonder, and while that label is unfair, it is not entirely mysterious. Her career never became […]

Similar to Al Stewart, whom we highlighted previously, Nick Lowe has spent much of his career operating just outside the music business’s brightest spotlight. Yes, […]

Al Stewart’s classic period plays less like a conventional greatest-hits collection than a personal and historical journal discovered one page at a time. These songs […]

Mutant-FM may be one of my favorite categories because of its versatility and unpredictability. If the other playlists have clearer missions, this one works more […]