An Award that means little and a Station that means a lot

This Sunday, I and others watched the American Music Awards.  Some of the performances were quite excellent; I really liked seeing Coldplay, Alanis Morrisette, Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas, Meghan Trainor and Celine Dion.  Yet, the others either had a bit of an off night; or they are not that great singers and performers as one may think.  I do not outright hate them; yet I am not one to buy their CDs or hear their new songs on Apple Music and iTunes.  Of the leading artists that either performed or were there, I can think of only one band or artist that is among the all time greats:

Coldplay.

The only other artists that come close to being legendary and influential singers that night were:

Alanis Morrisette
Gwen Stefani
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Carrie Underwood

The rest, even though I may like them; I do not think they will ever sniff the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, or even receive a Lifetime Grammy, AMA, or MTV award.  It is quite clear that the mainstream music scene is running out of ideas.

And yet, there is some good music to still be found.  One place that I do find it, apart from the Apple Music service, is the radio station of Fordham University.  It is 90.7 WFUV, and it frankly is a godsend.  If you want to get a sampling of the best music of 2015, WFUV is the station to go to.  In fact, here are some songs I have heard on WFUV  released this year that might eventually make my personal best of music list next month.  Do have a look and see if you like these.


Adele - Hello

Kurt Vile - Pretty Pimpin

Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better

Dawes - Things Happen

Josh Tillman aka Father John Misty - True Affection

John Grant and Tracey Thorn - Disappointing

Nathaniel Rateliff - SOB

Dave Gahan - All Of This And Nothing

New Order - Restless

And again this is just a Small sampling of some of the best music one can find: albeit, I doubt I Heart Media will play these songs on their stations, and you can forget MTV showing any of these videos.

One more song. This ties with the Christmas and holiday seasons upon us.

Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

More observations of the year to come as we draw it to a close.

Have a good night,

Robert