Today's song of the day is "Hope for Now" by City and Colour, which is the moniker the insanely-talented singer/songwriter Dallas Green goes by. It's a bit of a somber song, but we also feel like it's an inspiring one. ...
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#songoftheday = BEN GIBBARD: “LIFE UNDER QUARANTINE” (#songsforourtimes #7)
Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard will be releasing a new single called "Life Under Quarantine" any day now, but in the meantime, you can watch him perform it from home in the video above. ...
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#songoftheday = ASH: “THERE IS HOPE AGAIN” (#songsforourtimes #6)
We thought we'd go with something with a more upbeat with #songofourtimes #6, hence our choosing "There Is Hope Again" by Northern Island rockers Ash, a spirited, uptempo number that would surely make you want to sing and dance if you heard it...
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#songoftheday = MANDY MOORE: “I’D RATHER LOSE” (#songsforourtimes #5)
"If the only way to win / Is by breaking all the rules / I'd rather lose," sings This is Us star Mandy Moore on "I'd Rather Lose," the first track from her gorgeous new album, Silver Landings. ...
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#albumoftheday = KENNY ROGERS: THE LOVE OF GOD
review by Michael McCarthy “I’ll still be here when the troubles come / Here I stand / On the rock of your love,” sings the late Kenny Rogers, who passed away Friday night at the age of 81, on “The Rock of Your Love.” The inspired track hails from his now final album,...
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#songoftheday = JOJO: “CHILL (STAY IN)” (#songsforourtimes #4)
"All I want is for you to use common sense / Stay in right now / For Humanity," R&B singer-songwriter JoJo sings on her new song "Chill (Stay In)," which is definitely a #songforourtimes. ...
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#songoftheday = OH LAND: “I MISS ONE WEEK AGO” (#songsforourtimes #3)
"I Miss One Week Ago" by Danish singer/songwriter/composer and Love is Pop favorite Oh Land is the first COV-19-inspired song we've come across. Although it's somber, it does put things in perspective as she contemplates how a week ago she was stressing...
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#songoftheday = LENKA: “THE END OF THE WORLD”(#songsforourtimes #2)
Today's song of the day is Lenka's "The End Of The World," which hails from her exquisite sophomore album, Two. ...
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#songoftheday = GLEN HANSARD: “SONG OF GOOD HOPE” (#songsforourtimes #1)
As of today, I'm starting something new on Love is Pop. Until the COV-19 virus, otherwise known as the coronavirus, is behind us or we're at least in a much better position than we're in right now, I am going to post a song of the...
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FRENCH-AMERICAN STYLE: AN INTERVIEW WITH ARIANE
interview by Michael McCarthy The following interview with French American singer/songwriter Ariane took place last Thursday on the 12th of March 2020. Not long after many people in the United States had finally started to feel the gravity of the COV-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. I think both she and I felt a little strange...
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CAUGHT UP IN A SPHERE: AN INTERVIEW WITH POLLY SCATTERGOOD
interview by Michael McCarthy On May 1st, Polly Scattergood of solo and onDeadWaves fame will release her breath-taking new solo album, In This Moment. It features 12 tracks that each tell their own story, which one might breathe in like unique snapshots. These scenes portray everything from hospital waiting rooms to Viking sea...
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AN AMERICAN CLASSIC: AN INTERVIEW WITH FRANCESCA LIA BLOCK
interview by Michael McCarthy Have you ever read a book that was so haunting you’ve never been able to get it out of your head? One that stays with you that you can’t stop thinking about? That just randomly pops into your head at the strangest of times and lingers for days whenever...
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BETTER IN THE DARK: AN INTERVIEW WITH YAEL NAIM ABOUT HER NEW ALBUM NIGHTSONGS
interview by Michael McCarthy I was recently blessed with the opportunity to hear Franco-Israeli singer/songwriter Yael Naïm’s fifth studio album Nightsongs, which will be released via Believe Music on March 20, 2020. Although her songs have largely been introspective throughout her career, I was moved by just how much more personal the tracks...
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#songoftheday / #amlistening = BIF NAKED: “JIM”
Bursting with layers and layers of guitars atop sonorous drum beats, "Jim" tunnels its way deep into your head and runs circles around whatever song you had stuck in there before it. ...
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VINYL DESTINATION: AN INTERVIEW WITH RECORD STORE OWNER DAVE PERRY
interview by Michael McCarthy I remember back in the winter of 2013 – 2014 at some point when my artist and photographer friend Josh Bernard first took me to Mill No. 5 at 250 Jackson Street in Downtown, Lowell, Massachusetts. The fourth floor of the mill was being developed into a mall of...
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