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Some Songs That May Or May Not Be Folk According To People's Views
Introduction This is a short response to a request to share more music in the Facebook Group "Worldwide Folk, and Traditional Music from England, Scotland, and Ireland", which you can visit here:
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 months ago in Beat
Traveling Barista Picks: Coffee Shop Playlist
Let’s face it, being a barista is sometimes a gruesome job. We romanticize it, and how it allows us to pursue our dreams and connect with people. While that is all true, there is also the downside. We’re often underpaid, overworked, and take crap from everyone.
By All’s Fair in Love & Writing4 months ago in Beat
How to Ruin a Day in Five Tracks (and Accidentally Save One). Content Warning.
Not every hymn belongs to God. Some belong to the grifters. Music is supposed to be art, and art isn’t meant to be pretty. It is supposed to move, create, destroy, heal. You fuck to it, scream with it, and if it works, it unsettles. As cliché as it sounds, it "comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable."
By Fatal Serendipity4 months ago in Beat
10 Essential 2000s Indie Rock Hits
In my younger years, I spent a lot of time listening to indie and alternative rock stations on Sirius XM. This was during the 2000s indie rock boom, when soft vocals and quirky production ruled the airwaves. Most of these tracks never cracked the top 40, but they were huge in their respective genres--and now, in 2025, these songs have an added layer of nostalgia that makes them ripe for revisiting.
By Kaitlin Shanks4 months ago in Beat
El Pablo 1x Ignites Memphis Music Scene
Memphis, TN – El Pablo 1x is back, and the music world is feeling the energy. Fresh off a feature on Fox and a Midwest tour with Bubba Startz, El Pablo 1x is not just performing—he’s leading a movement. With his roots deep in Memphis, family close, and community at the heart of everything he does, he’s turning every project into a high-voltage experience.
By Independent Indie Artist Radar4 months ago in Beat
Five Songs That Should Find A Permanent Home In The Red Hot Center Of A Collapsing Star
I wasn’t going to participate in this. Music is like pizza toppings… most people like normal, good quality things, and some people are wrong and like pineapple. It’s not worth my time to argue with the neanderthals who like the latter. There’s plenty around to make my blood boil and delving into those songs I spend time consciously avoiding isn’t exactly what I want to do with my free time.
By Matthew J. Fromm4 months ago in Beat
Discordant Sounds
There are some songs that just rub you the wrong way. It might be the tone of the singer’s voice on that particular song or how overplayed the song is. Most of the time, I dislike a song because it gets stuck in my head (thank you, ADHD) or I’ve heard it so many times that I just cannot hear it one more time.
By Reb Kreyling4 months ago in Beat
Cardi B shows Bia how its done on "Pretty and Petty" Diss Record off Am I The Drama Album by NWO Sparrow
Levels To The Game: Why Cardi B's Year-Long Wait To Destroy Bia Was A Masterclass Cardi B didn't just respond to Bia; she executed a strategic masterclass. Dropping a diss on a major album
By NWO SPARROW4 months ago in Beat
Some Thoughts On The Nature Of Progressive Music
Introduction These are just some of my thoughts on what makes music "progressive" and whether it always needs to be rock-based in the eschelons. While music started probably as chants to the heavens, which became hymns, and songs about life and nature that became the lifeblood of folk music, and these threads eventually led to classical music, in which groups of musicians performed written music together. Then these threads, folk, religious and classical, continued to grow and split, giving us blues, jazz, soul, rock, and roll.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 months ago in Beat
