A very long time ago, in 1971, a singer/songwriter named Joni Mitchell wrote a song. It was set during Christmas time. I’m told that it is fairly easy to learn ...
What we now know as easy listening evolved from the rhythmic syncopation of jazz, combined with the helpful invention of the electric microphone and demographic changes in the United States which led ...
For at least a decade now – since Billboard started counting music streams in its chart calculations in 2013, and probably before – the sound of pop music has been sharply bifurcated between the ...
Easy listening is a modern label, to describe classic song-standards, exotica and lounge music, which perhaps doesn't do justice to the musical sophistication of its biggest stars – giants of ...