Matt Fogelson
SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED AND BLUE
This Old, New, Borrowed and Blue set features Big Country, Big Thief, Lake Street Dive, the Jayhawks and a few others thrown in for kicks.
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Matt Fogelson
Apr 8, 20181 min read
TERRA LIGHTFOOT
Terra Lightfoot, from Ontario, Canada, hits my ear as a cross between Melissa Etheridge and Heart.
Matt Fogelson
Feb 24, 20181 min read
THE FINE TUNING BASEMENT TAPES, VOL. 2
This Playlist consists of songs I've intended to write about for a while but for whatever reason have yet to make it out of my notebook.
Matt Fogelson
Jan 26, 20182 min read
SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED AND BLUE
This Old, New, Borrowed and Blue set features Patto, Deer Tick, Dave Matthews Band (with Warren Haynes), and Elise Davis.
Matt Fogelson
Nov 11, 20172 min read
THE MAGPIE SALUTE
Calling all Black Crowes fans! Run, don’t walk, to your phone, laptop, record store — however you roll — and check out The Magpie Salute.
Matt Fogelson
Sep 4, 20172 min read
THE SUITCASE JUNKET
The Suitcase Junket is a one-man band that's equal parts folk, blues, bluegrass, and when Matt Lorenz kicks up the distortion, punk.
Matt Fogelson
Jun 5, 20172 min read
A.A BONDY
A.A. Bondy’s music is spare, dark and penetrating. Much of it features just Bondy on acoustic guitar singing of sadness and loss.
Matt Fogelson
Apr 30, 20171 min read
BONNIE BISHOP
Bonnie Bishop has evolved from a self-described country singer trying to sell beer at Texas dance halls to a bluesy soul singer.
Matt Fogelson
Jan 29, 20172 min read
T-BIRD AND THE BREAKS
T Bird and the Breaks blend all kinds of styles to create what the band calls “chunk” music: equal parts funk, hip-hop, and rock ‘n’ roll.
Matt Fogelson
Jan 10, 20172 min read
SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED AND BLUE
This Old, New, Borrowed and Blue set features David Crosby, the Seratones, Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey, and the Rolling Stones.
Matt Fogelson
Oct 17, 20161 min read
THE BEST OF FINE TUNING, VOL. 1
This Playlist includes tracks from the artists featured on Fine Tuning over the blog’s first six months.
Matt Fogelson
Nov 18, 20152 min read
SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED AND BLUE
This Old, New, Borrowed and Blue set features Cory Branan, the Wood Brothers, Shovels & Rope and John Fullbright.
Matt Fogelson
Oct 7, 20153 min read
THE FINE TUNING BASEMENT TAPES, VOL. 1
This Playlist consists of songs I've intended to write about for a while but for whatever reason have yet to make it out of my notebook.
Matt Fogelson
Sep 9, 20151 min read
GET SCHOOLED: A ROCK 'N' ROLL PLAYLIST FOR BACK TO SCHOOL
This playlist, filled with songs about summer love, books, history and, of course, teenage angst, will get you fired up for back to school.
Matt Fogelson
Jun 4, 20151 min read
“HOLY WAR”
On the way to work the other day, I experienced a powerful musical juxtaposition involving Anthony D’Amato’s “Holy War.”
Matt Fogelson
May 6, 20152 min read
Something Old, New, Borrowed and Blue – Mother’s Day Edition
A staple of my teenage radio-listening days in NYC was the “Old, New, Borrowed and Blue” sets on WNEW. This iteration features all women.
Matt Fogelson
May 6, 20151 min read
TELL MAMA: A MOTHER'S DAY PLAYLIST
In honor of Mother’s Day, I put together a rock ‘n’ roll playlist featuring all female vocalists.
Matt Fogelson
Apr 22, 20153 min read
A ROCKER LOOKS AT 45
To mark my 45th birthday, I created a playlist that is nothing less than a musical journey through my entire rock ‘n’ roll listening life.
Matt Fogelson
Apr 9, 20153 min read
THE TOP 25 MLB WALK-UP SONGS
To mark the start of baseball season, Fine Tuning compiled a Playlist of the Top 25 MLB Walk-Up Songs.
Matt Fogelson
Feb 25, 20151 min read
TOP TEN ROLLING STONES SONGS
I was paralyzed creating this Playlist as I pondered what self-respecting Stones fan would snub “Street Fighting Man"?
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