Wicked Guilty Pleasures

This is a story of intrigue - of record label intrigue - of KOREAN record label intrigue. On March 5, 2025,  Alexaundra Christine Schneide...

Our penultimate American Autumn post is today.   It was the easier Dakota, as Shawn Colvin was born in Vermillion, South Dakota.  This song ...

Three guesses on her father's name .   Juel Kilcher - yep.  Not Jewel at birth.  Indeed, she grew up near Homer, Alaska, singing and yod...

Atz Kilcher is best known for two things. One of them is being one of the stars of a Discover Channel reality show called Alaska: The Last F...

Forget what I said about Wyoming yesterday. North Dakota was really REALLY hard. But I found Fargo's Hands, a Christian metal band who w...

Wyoming was really hard, and this is one of those days I wish Scott - a country music lover -was still writing for us.  But I got it done.  ...

We're coming close to the end.   Arizona was the 48th state.   And huge hitmaker Linda Ronstadt is from Tuscon, Arizona.   She had a str...

In a past life, this would have gone on Totally Covered. Or, maybe it did .  But I don't really think of it as a cover.    Nicolette Lar...

Sometimes, serendipity plays a role.   Today is one of those days. And I am thankful for that! Angel Abaya was born in Boise, Idaho, and joi...

7 Seconds formed in Reno, Nevada during the rise of punk in 1980.   Although there have been significant lineup changes, they're still a...

Today, we talk about Colorado.   We're not talking about Phil Collins.  We can discuss him another day.   Philip Bailey was born in Denv...

Did you know 311 were from Omaha? And that THIS was actually both their biggest pop and airplay hit song, not " Down "?  Yep, it g...

OK, this one's a little on the nose.  Kansas, the band, is right from the state capitol of Topeka, founded in 1854 (that's the order...

When it came to Utah, you almost got more Carmen Rasmussen .   Instead, you get Provo-based Neon Trees, best known for this song.  Now, this...

I'm not a monster.  Of course I'm gonna do a second Washington post and do one of those giants of grunge. And of course I chose Soun...

Mudhoney - formed from the ashes of Green River - were among the godfathers of the grunge sound in Seattle, with their debut single "To...

Glenn Miller was born in 1904 in Clarinda, Iowa.   This recording, originally made in 1939 by his orchestra, would be one of the biggest sel...

I held this until Monday, even though Todd Snider died over this past weekend.  But, additionally, Todd Snider was born in Oregon, and in 20...

How can Everclear - and specifically this song - a tribute to the mellow gold formats found on AM radio in the 1970s - and video - in which ...

You want one more from Texas? What about this 1950s sensation - the Crickets - formed in Lubbock, TX in 1957.  Now, Buddy Holly was already ...