Tom Lane's Music Blog

   Writing the songs in a single weekend, the Bee Gees reached a creative zenith with the original songs featured in Saturday Night Fever . ...

Lucinda Williams - World's Gone Wrong U2 - Days of Ash James Hunter Six - Off the Fence Zach Bryan - With Heaven On Top  Robbie Williams...

  Neil Sedaka first became a star in the post-Elvis Army/pre-Beatles era of the early 1960's.  It's a part of Rock history that ofte...

 I joined host Nick Bambach's the Rock in Retrospect podcast, with some others, to talk about the 2026 Rock Hall nominees.   Rock in Ret...

  Latest poll I voted in was for songs from February 1986.   Not the greatest list of songs to be honest.  But I've always loved my top ...

Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out Cecile McLorin Salvant - Oh Snap Thelonious Monk - Standards  Doc Pomus - Songs for Elvis (the Demos) Counting ...

  My first time voting in this yearly poll. Vote for 10 songs. I didn’t spend too much time on my picks. Just thought of 10 all-time faves. ...

All of these Valentine's Day type tracks have meant something to me at some point in my life. If you want to find out what other songs I...