| 11–Jun–2019 |
R N B  An overview of the R n B genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. Borne of the Blues / Rhythm n Blues genre in the eyes of the world, although I don't really understand that correlation. In my collection, the first noted insta ...more → |
| 10–Jun–2019 |
PUNK  An overview of the Punk genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. Beyond all of the Proto-Punk of The Sonics, The Stooges et al, the first recordings that I've got tagged with the new variant of Punk came in 1975 from Neu (“Aft ...more → |
| 09–Jun–2019 |
PSYCHEDELIA  An overview of the Psychedelia genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. Can pool from a wide array of straight genres such as folk, rock or pop; I'll tag it as psychedelia when swirly or woozy motifs are to the fore, and the e ...more → |
| 02–Jun–2019 |
PROTO-PUNK  An overview of the Proto-Punk genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. I class Proto-Punk as the attitude driven music which inspired the Punk explosion of '76, typically including the harder edged garage rock/art rock tracks ...more → |
| 01–Jun–2019 |
PROG  An overview of the Prog genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. To put it simply, I tag the more complex Pop or Rock tracks which features irregular rhythmic structures and odd time signatures as Prog. Almost always, other pr ...more → |
| 31–May–2019 |
POST-PUNK  An overview of the Post-Punk genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. The Wikipedia description is pretty much nailed on, although my one song / one genre policy means that tracks which share Post-Punk characteristics often fa ...more → |
| 30–May–2019 |
POP BALLAD  An overview of the Pop Ballad genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. The slow-tempo variant of the Pop genre tag, usually, though not always, sentimental in nature. Popular examples would include: Celine Dion's “My Heart Wil ...more → |
| 30–May–2019 |
POP  An overview of the Pop genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. A wide-ranging term covering mid and uptempo popular music not otherwise obviously tied to major specific genres (such as Folk, Blues, Jazz etc) covering both pre ...more → |
| 22–May–2019 |
POETRY  An overview of the Poetry genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. Where poetry, as defined by Wikipedia (see below), is the most prominent feature of the track, whether it's delivered by speech only, with sound effects or wit ...more → |
| 21–May–2019 |
PACIFIC  An overview of the Pacific genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. The traditional and cultural music of the Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia sub-regions. ...more → |
| 21–May–2019 |
ORIENTAL  An overview of the Oriental genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. Where the musical motifs evoke a strong sense of what's widely recognized as being music of the Far East, irrespective of the country of origin or the era in ...more → |
| 15–May–2019 |
ORCHESTRA DANCE  An overview of the Orchestra Dance genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. Best described as Ballroom dance music which is usually provided by a small orchestra specializing in the playing of special dance-orientated pieces. ...more → |
| 12–May–2019 |
OPERATIC / CHORAL  An overview of the Operatic / Choral genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. For convenience, I'm straddling two distinct areas (opera and choir singing) to suit my one song / one tag policy, as both styles can often overlap ...more → |
| 12–May–2019 |
NOVELTY  An overview of the Novelty genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. Reserved for ridiculous or nonsensical songs which are performed principally for comical effect. For the record, purveyors of satirical pop or rock music do n ...more → |
| 08–May–2019 |
ALBUM CHART OF THE DECADE: 1960S  THE ALBUM TAKES OVER: This was the decade when the album overtook the single as the foremost recorded music statement, both artistically and in terms of sales/marketing. The complete album approach was famously celebrated as The Beatles and Th ...more → |
| 06–May–2019 |
NEW WAVE  An overview of the New Wave genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. New Wave, for me, is the genre which acts as a conduit betwen 60s Pop/Rock beat groups and the various Indie Pop genres which prominently emerged in the 1980 ...more → |
| 05–May–2019 |
NATIVE AMERICAS  An overview of the Native Americas genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. For pieces which are primarily rooted in the traditional indigenous styles of North, Central or South America, excepting instances where there's a pri ...more → |
| 02–May–2019 |
MOODCORE  An overview of the Moodcore genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. I used to have two separate genre tags Slowcore (slow but not necessarily moody) and Moody Chops (moody but necessarily slow) but joined them together as Moo ...more → |
| 01–May–2019 |
MIDDLE EASTERN  An overview of the Middle Eastern genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. A genre tag of convenience, covering the music which embraces the traditional roots of Western Asian, Moroccan, Turkish or Egyptian music as the primar ...more → |
| 30–Apr–2019 |
LO-FI  An overview of the Lo-Fi genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. Where the recording method - usually primitive - deliberately results in a lo-fidelity, hissy or otherwise sketchy sound, so much so that it becomes the main fo ...more → |
| 25–Apr–2019 |
ALBUM CHART OF THE DECADE: 1950S  THE BIRTH OF ROCK n ROLL: The LP still has a long road to travel as it strives to find its place as the foremost outlet for an artists’ recorded works, but the format really begins to build momentum as the 1950s progress. In the summer of '51 ...more → |
| 28–Apr–2019 |
LATIN  An overview of the Latin genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. I don't adhere to the notion that Latin music is any recording sung mostly in Spanish or Portuguese regardless of the genre or the artist's nationality. As defi ...more → |
| 28–Apr–2019 |
JINGLE  An overview of the Jingle genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. A jingle is a short song or tune used in advertising and for other commercial uses. Under this category, I also include any short sound-effects, as long as the ...more → |
| 27–Apr–2019 |
JAZZ  An overview of the Jazz genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. Incorporating all direct forms of jazz and most of it's sub-genres. As always, some songs with jazz flourishes may be tagged in a more appropriate genre if deeme ...more → |
| 26–Apr–2019 |
INDIE  An overview of the Indie genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. My Indie genre tag is especially wide-ranging, with a spectrum that ranges from the twee (BMX Bandits, Beat Happening) to the muscular (Sonic Youth, Pixies). Al ...more → |
| 25–Apr–2019 |
ALBUM CHART OF THE DECADE: 1940S  GOODBYE NOISY OLD SHELLAC, HELLO SOPHISTICATED VINYL: Woody Guthrie - for me, one of the world’s most talented folk poets of any era - is my artist of the decade, placing 5 albums in my Top 10. Folk music is the only genre producing albums whi ...more → |
| 25–Apr–2019 |
ALBUM CHART OF THE DECADE: 1930S  THE STILL BIRTH OF THE 33⅓ LONG-PLAYER: “Albums” of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century, although the original pioneers, a London-based company called Neophone, didn't use that term. From 1904, they manufactured discs rangi ...more → |
| 24–Apr–2019 |
HIP HOP / RAP  An overview of the Hip Hop / Rap genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. Encompassing Hip Hop in all it's sub-genre forms, whether that be old skool or progressive. Some rap records may not be included if they are heavily sty ...more → |
| 21–Apr–2019 |
FOLK ROCK / AMERICANA  An overview of the Folk Rock / Americana genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. Another hybrid genre within this project as the lines are often inexorably blurred between the two. Tracks identified by critics as Country rock ...more → |
| 21–Apr–2019 |
FOLK  An overview of the Folk genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. For the purposes of this project, Folk is defined as both the ancient and the contemporary music of the common people in Europe and North America, with the excep ...more → |
| 18–Apr–2019 |
FILM SCORE / INCIDENTAL  An overview of the Film Score / Incidental genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. Where it's abvious that the main concern of the piece is to convey feeling for a motion picture, imagined or otherwise. Excluded would be any ...more → |
| 18–Apr–2019 |
ELECTRONICA  An overview of the Electronica genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. My classification relates to music which places synthesizers, electronic drums and electronically processed vocals to the forefront ahead of any other gen ...more → |
| 17–Apr–2019 |
DUBBEAT  An overview of the Dubbeat genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. The tricky task of genre-tagging without getting bogged down in too many sub-genres forced me into creating my own tag, Dubbeat which, as I see it, can exist ...more → |
| 16–Apr–2019 |
DRUM N BASS  An overview of the Drum n Bass genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. Club-centric tunes exemplified by rhythmic complexity, repetition with subtle variations, the significance of the drum, melodic interest in bass frequenci ...more → |
| 16–Apr–2019 |
DREAM POP / SHOEGAZE  An overview of the Dream Pop / Shoegaze genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. Best described as effects-laden indie-pop-rock which can be visceral, ethereal or both, and evokes a magical, otherworldly feeling. As I see it, ...more → |
| 15–Apr–2019 |
DISCO / FUNK  An overview of the Disco / Funk genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. All too often a separating line cannot be drawn between disco and funk, hence the catch-all hybrid genre. Some tracks with disco or funk elements may ced ...more → |
| 14–Apr–2019 |
DESI  An overview of the Desi genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. My broad term covers classical, folk and film aspects of the music unique to the Indian subcontinent and it's diaspora, notably the Bhangra and Bollywood genres. ...more → |
| 10–Apr–2019 |
CROONER / CABARET  An overview of the Crooner / Cabaret genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. A hybrid genre which can be quite wide-ranging (see Wikipedia entries below) but I guess the term "Saturday night variety" bands it together as well ...more → |
| 10–Apr–2019 |
COUNTRY  An overview of the Country genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. I tag Country in its purest form, including both traditional and modern variants, but distinct from Alternative Country. Also, there are a number of old recor ...more → |
| 09–Apr–2019 |
CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL  An overview of the Contemporary Classical genre, including best song, best artists and written definition. Where classical elements are to the fore and dominate, but the track is rooted in some sort of modern form, from the mid 20th century onwards. ...more → |