Liner NotesEasy Listening Latin Music I’ve mentioned this a few times on this show. The Latin beat was extremely popular when my dad was a teenager and beyond. This record is a combination of taking that Latin beat, this time from a specific country, and arranging it...

Liner NotesWelcome to season five. We start out 2025 with a trumpet player you’ve heard twice before. This is the last of his records in my dad’s collection. When I first came across him, 165 episodes ago, I realized quickly that I had been missing out on listening to...

Liner NotesWelcome to the last episode of season 4. You know you can get close to new years eve and NOT have to listen to Guy Lombardo. WE are going to finish out 2024 on a really upbeat note. In fact, there’s nothing like that two-beat music to send us out dancing....

Liner Notes'Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, well, except for my dad who was putting together the air hockey game, or large electronic toy crane, or other present that would be one of ours the next morning. I...

Liner NotesHere’s a fun find from this collection. My father really loved his country music too besides all that jazz, pop and classical. This is the kind of country and western music that was kind of between the fiddle-led twang of early country and the days of...

Liner NotesWe pull out the second record from this seven disk box set. This one is filled with an incredible performance of a long piece of music from an incredible composer. The Reader’s Digest liner notes for this seven record box set starts off "the nineteenth...

Liner NotesOf course big bands and cars go together. The first car radio was offered by Chevrolet in 1922. As the medium became more popular and more practical for use in a vehicle, it was more than likely large jazz orchestras filling those airwaves. This album is a...

Liner NotesFor our last stop during World Tour November we head to a region of the world known for its Beaches and Casinos. To where the rich have played for centuries. Three different country’s musical styles are included on this record; Spain, France, and Italy. In...

Liner NotesNext stop on our World Tour November is also a stop back to the 19th century. Back to one of the music centers of the world at the time. Budapest. Home of the Danube River and a beautiful opera house. All of that and more made it a popular tourist stop for...

Liner NotesWe continue World Tour November with music about a location I’ve actually been to. It’s on the list as being one of the seven natural wonders of the world. If you’ve ever visited that big hole in the ground in the southwestern United States, sometimes words...