Today’s Artist
Bukka White 1906 – 1977
I'm fixin' to die, and I don't care no more.
Bukka White sang the blues from a Mississippi state penitentiary and turned prison into art. "Parchman Farm Blues" is the sound of a man who had nothing but his guitar and his voice. ... lead Belly's cousin. More →
30 sec
30 sec
30 sec
Who Did It Better
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
1967 Marvin Gaye
1970 Diana Ross
Marvin and Tammi traded lines. Diana Ross turned the duet into a monologue. She whispered the first verse like a secret before strings swept her into a gospel roar. Three weeks at number one. She did not need a partner. She only needed a stage.
He dares the world to try. Ocean? Swim it. Valley? Climb it. He dismisses every obstacle before the verse ends. His love is not romantic. It is stubborn and refuses to quit. Stubbornness lasts forever.
Today’s Record
Creep
I love my man with all honesty
But I know he's cheatin' on me
She loves her man with everything she has. She also knows he cheats. So she creeps too. Not because she wants to leave. She needs affection he stopped giving. Two wrongs do not make a right but loneliness makes its own rules.
Today’s Theme
Loading...
You’re Kidding, Right
Maxwell's father died in a plane crash when he was only 3. The loss shaped his entire musical journey. That absence echoes through every song he's ever written. His music is a search for connection, a conversation with a ghost.
The boy who lost his father became a man whose voice millions turn to for comfort.
Soul in the Movies
James Gunn's Guardians trilogy is built on the premise that a Walkman and a mixtape are all you need to save the galaxy. Vol 3 opens with Radiohead's 'Creep' -- a song about being broken and unworthy -- playing through Rocket Raccoon's earbuds as he walks through Knowhere. The film spends two hours proving the song wrong.
What the hell am I doing here? The Guardians knew. 