Derobert and The Half-Truths: You're Not The Only One You're Not the Only One on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXHqyUmo2pw https://open.spotify.com/track/4Qtmwsl1gLsRhrj09ANfb0?si=f58ae5d1e08d4ffb It's not funky Friday, but this morning's song by the Queen of funk Betty Davis went back 50 years to when funk was king, so this bonus song is a brand new single from Nashville's … Continue reading Bonus Song of the Day: January 20, 2025
Song of the Day: January 20, 2025
Betty Davis: Nasty Gal Nasty Gal on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egG7DuJb2Gc https://open.spotify.com/track/6nfqyVSVIL4YnIh5S7fG8Y?si=dc8376adeda243a8 One of my favorite series of Faux Show posts are my Year in Review entries. Now that it is 2025, I can go back 50 years and review the music of 1975, and I am very excited to get started. I love going … Continue reading Song of the Day: January 20, 2025
Bonus Song of the Day: January 19, 2025
Samara Joy: You Stepped Out Of A Dream You Stepped Out of a Dream on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVKbeUs0a_A https://open.spotify.com/track/3DuhJLZhVHh00kZ3UcR02c?si=c8c7384d8c3d4259 Sunday is jazz day. Here is some new jazz by vocalist Samara Joy from her October 2024 release Portrait. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" is a jazz standard written by Nacio Herb Brown and Gus Kahn … Continue reading Bonus Song of the Day: January 19, 2025
Song of the Day: January 19, 2025
The Miles Davis Quintet: Doxy Doxy on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpueyrkcMyQ https://open.spotify.com/track/3vZIYc2V9Ql80jWI2ZApEC?si=5baa9da553a94d75 Sunday is jazz day, and today's post is part of my Intro to Jazz series. Once you get a basic understanding of jazz, and hopefully realize that the Faux household's belief that Jazz is Life! is true😉, it is time to go see … Continue reading Song of the Day: January 19, 2025
Bonus Song of the Day: January 18, 2025
The Pixies: Oyster Beds Oyster Beds on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhnOjRjuKhM https://open.spotify.com/track/6pjEt8CP4KL2dvtPRLu88X?si=a338e29e4508475a Since it is lost classics Saturday, and my earlier post today was from an 80s band who helped lay the foundation for the alt-rock of the 90s (Volcano Suns), I will continue my bonus posts of new songs with another band who helped … Continue reading Bonus Song of the Day: January 18, 2025
Song of the Day: January 18, 2025
Volcano Suns: White Elephant White Elephant on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvrRabTFVmo https://open.spotify.com/track/04Rv6qH320RgVht4aPPrVt?si=2678c97139484c71 Saturday is lost classics day, and today's song is "White Elephant" by Boston's Volcano Suns from their 1986 album All-Night Lotus Party. Forty years ago, college radio and small college clubs were the only places you could hear the foundations of the music … Continue reading Song of the Day: January 18, 2025
Bonus Song of the Day: January 17, 2025
Tuxedo: Cake Cake on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Pf16zCbAQ https://open.spotify.com/track/16Y1bKsUo9Dcy1uzwStVjy?si=48045cf7c24e4def I just wrapped up my Best of 2024 posts, and now I'm going to introduce a new Radio Faux Show Song of the Day plan. I'll continue to present a song every day, including Funky Friday, Lost Classics Saturday, and Sunday Jazz, but I want to … Continue reading Bonus Song of the Day: January 17, 2025
Song of the Day: January 17, 2025
Hamid Al Shaeri: Yekfini Nesma' Sotak Yekfini Nesma' Sotak on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3oiuT_wCqQ https://open.spotify.com/track/2MjbeoBObUPSifiBXhdRv3?si=6435bbf8d0e949d4 I just wrapped up my Best of 2024 posts, and I'm ready to dive back into some music of the past. Since it is Funky Friday, here is a tune by Hamid Al Shaeri. Hamid Al Shaeri is influential in … Continue reading Song of the Day: January 17, 2025
Song of the Day: January 16, 2025
Lucifer.: At the Mortuary At the Mortuary on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkvQILyvro0 https://open.spotify.com/track/5UDiDSofm4ibhf3U6t9E3j?si=0b7c0cfc29bd407d I'll conclude my Best of 2024 list with some old school heavy metal. The fifth album by Swedish band Lucifer is simply titled Lucifer V. The band is unapologetic in its old school riffage. They are deeply influenced by bands like Black … Continue reading Song of the Day: January 16, 2025
Song of the Day: January 15, 2025
Nilufer Yanya: Mutations Mutations on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLg7irPERfg https://open.spotify.com/track/0CPNtInZtdxtWNOBN5Nkhu?si=00056ae00c404f83 Continuing my Best of 2024 list, today's song is from British songwriter Nilufer Yanya. I first listened to Yanya in 2022 on her album Painless. That was one of my favorite albums of that year, so I was excited when her follow-up album, My Method … Continue reading Song of the Day: January 15, 2025
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