Lumberjack Rock

This week, we explore the funky genre that moved mountains, culture, and society, not to mention feet, in the 1970s.

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6up9F7u8UEQxcXODNY7giD?si=SKuxevo6RXy0CHOaIVNerg

This week, we explore the history of Rhythm and Blues, and its evolution to contemporary R&B that took the 1990s and early 21st century by storm. A genre as intrinsically, historically linked with the development of Rock & Roll as Country music, this mixtape is a fundamental and crucial genre to cover on any show titled Lumberjack Rock.

Spotify Playlist Link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6wZaqJlReqaX4GHL71gf05?si=WckJcPAURH6pQJZa46sjNA

This week, we explore the excellence, influence, and impact of Black Culture, as well as the artistic brilliance and improvisation that innovated the sounds of the 1960s and 1970s. Soul and Funk move the mind, body and spirit. This is quintessential music and perhaps the most culturally significant Lumberjack Mixtape to date.

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6tYcWDyobrXD6Fkmk0Ruh6?si=N0xdDA-AQnWWzs2rnyaL9A

This week, I do a deep dive music appreciation review of Face Value to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Face Value, Phil Collins' debut solo album, released on February 13th, 1981

Listen to Face Value on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1cM3r0WQZWNkCpEbmFjLln?si=CaYFrjFWTyC45HjkfcfzeA

This week, we tackle the anti-establishment, rebellious, DIY production, gritty, raw sounds of Punk Rock. Crank this one up in your garage. Wear a blatantly offensive T-shirt or leather jacket. Stick it to the man. Speak truth to power. Rock on!

I fell victim to one of the classic blunders! Adding the Mixtape link now

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2n8WEkT6TBvWx4pyWRxVgK?si=EtePonOVRlOnB8mmv6aysg

This week, we explore the smoother sounds of soft rock. Maybe it doesn't have the same edge, but it's not lacking in heart, power ballads, introspective sounds, and easy listening. 

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2SCave5Fue2gYoxqkhXaXz?si=eNKSv_CwRee24vr0LiT2wQ

An examination of New Wave music and its long-lasting legacy of a decades-past genre that still retains a futuristic sound.

Bear with me this episode, I've been having allergies and I'm getting back into the swing of podcasting! Thanks for tuning in!

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5qeTjyiL2vbZ65scyZyyLf?si=avW1q3HbTrGZPIBFbZlo9w

From Genesis drummer to world-renowned Rock and Roll Hall of Fame superstar. Today, we’ll be exploring the legendary career of one of the greatest drummers of the rock era and most commercially successful artists in music history: Phil Collins.

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5xIVEe6KLHVzyvZFmXGAm9?si=jyPIX2KBRzasywiT4lhd-Q

This week, we explore the remarkable catalogue of one the most influential and continually impactful acts of the rock era, Led Zeppelin. With an emphasis on strong albums rather than mere singles, the lineup of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and the late John Bonham helped define the sound of the 1970s and their music has influenced countless acts that followed. Truly one for the ages this week on Lumberjack Rock.

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5vtgzdJ4oLg7diOY0dV4x4?si=jihhvaQpSkeFTJqJrmEHcQ

This week, we take a look at the prestigious, successful recording career of The Doobie Brothers in the days leading up to this iconic 1970s group's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2020. From their rock origins to their soul heights, their sound evolved with the times and we'll be diving into one of the most diverse catalogues on the show to date.

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4WPb9zc6kfT2f9irJ5lo5Q?si=VNIhXKONRGikEd9xfS3_ug