By Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor Back in 1980, the music landscape was full of all sorts of sounds from punk to post-punk to new wave, disco hangover, heavy metal, roots rock, you name it. It was into that landscape that the debut album by Kevin Moore, 'Rainmaker,' landed. Released on the Parliament related […]
Read MoreBy Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor The post 'Nevermind' world of music in the mid-1990s truly was the wild wild west. It seemed at the time, that any new band, regardless of genre, was being run up the flagpole to see who would salute. This was a world where, at least temporarily, Beck, Butthole […]
Read MoreBy Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor This is a love letter to Love 'Forever Changes' Some albums are hits right out of the gate, others take a while to build an audience before breaking big. Then, there are those albums that linger for decades, every once in a while, new ears discover it, and […]
Read MoreBy Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor Formed in the late 1990s, Coldplay rapidly ascended the rails of pop music success. Over their first two albums, 'Parachutes,' in 2000, and 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head,' in 2002, they were winning fans all over the globe. Songs like 'Yellow,' 'Sparks,' and 'Clocks' all scored […]
Read MoreBy Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor "I was so proud of it," Pete Yorn told Spin about his debut album,'Musicforthemorningafter.' "I remember when I was making it, I felt like I didn’t compromise anything." Yorn released his debut album back in 2001, and the album has not only aged gracefully over the past twenty […]
Read MoreBy Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor After a few early singles, U2 made themselves known on a larger scale with their incredible debut album, 'Boy,’ in the fall of 1980. From the first shimmering notes of 'I Will Follow,' it was clear there was more going on here than your average 'rock' band. Despite […]
Read MoreBy Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor Emmylou Harris is an American treasure. Her full tally of contributions to American music is “real, and spectacular,” to quote a phrase. In love with music since childhood, it seemed like destiny she would make that path her home throughout life. Her interest led her into the folk […]
Read MoreBy Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor The band behind this week’s ‘Essential’ album, partially defined the path of early 80s guitar-based music, in an era where synthesizers had taken over. R.E.M. had their own ideas about where music in the new decade should be headed. Without taking one thing away from their entire, glorious […]
Read MoreBy Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor The Beatles story is a legend, a living legend, a legend that will live after lots of other living legends have died. Umm, oh wait, that's the Rutles. The Beatles were a pop group from Liverpool, England. Formed in the early 1960s, they would eventually take over the […]
Read MoreBy Dave Swanson - Summit FM Contributor To have your debut album not only garner vast critical acclaim, but to also connect with a huge audience is truly something special. The 1989 debut from Tracy Chapman not only brought in rave reviews, three Grammy wins, and four other nominations, but hit #1 in nine countries, […]
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