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As you may know, lately my spirit and motivation have been lower than the bottom of a muddy tire tread.  And it was suggested by my blog buddy Roger Green that I should find some happy music to listen to – you know, songs that make me smile.  Singalong material, if you will.  Audiophonic energy.…

I’ve had experience with string-and-bow musical instruments.  I played bass violin for two years at Veeder Elementary School (School 7 on the list of the Twelve), so I do appreciate the complicated and beautiful sounds that a violin or cello or viola or string bass can bring to a composition. With that in mind, let…

Let’s get away from the era of auto-tune and millennial yelp in popular music.  Let’s go back to a time when the melody was crafted, when the vocals soared, when the music was fresh and the lyrics were incredible. And one more thing.  Let’s add into the mix the fact that these songs weren’t major…

For those of you who realized that MTV gave up showing music videos years ago, and whose MTV Video Music Awards featured artists no one has ever heard (besides, MTV shows more episodes of Catfish than they do music videos anyway), I wanted to share something different with you. Today’s K-Chuck Radio blast features the songwriting…

Garage music has an amazing sound to it.  It’s raw, it’s energetic, and it sounds as if four or five guys got together in their garage, brought their instruments, and practiced until they could come up with a sound all their own. Well, here on K-Chuck Radio, I’ve got some rare garage rock tracks.  So…

Here’s the deal.  I grew up listening to country music in the household, mostly when various family members had WOKO 1460AM soldered onto their car radios.  So with that in mind, I understand that this blog post will ostensibly “cheeze off” many contemporary country music fans.  I don’t care. Because what they’re listening to is…

I’ve compiled these “armor-plated heart” K-Chuck Radio playlists before; they’re songs with sweet ballads, thoughtful melodies, and emotions that just grab your soul and won’t let go.  Songs of love, songs of loss, songs of longing and songs of heartache.  That’s what we’ve got today on K-Chuck Radio.  Turn up your speakers and get your…

On today’s edition of K-Chuck Radio, I bring to you a bunch of 1970’s classic Top 40 hits that, at the time of their release, were all over the radio; but today, it’s almost as if they’ve completely disappeared. It wasn’t that the songs stopped being enjoyable; most oldies stations today have a playlist of…

Musicians spend years writing the songs that eventually become popular hits.  And all it takes is one person to slightly adjust the pitch … and now the song sounds like someone who tried to qualify for American Idol without any … oh, how shall we say it … talent. YouTube user Pluffnub has taken some…

Today is a relax day.  By tomorrow night, I’ll be powering away at the World Tavern Trivia championships in Atlantic City with the Stir Crazy trivia team.  So before I do that… I need soothing ballads and peaceful melodies. If I put these songs in my K-Chuck Radio playlist while I contemplate my winning trivia…