FEATURED SONGS: REC – “I’m Gone” (from Parts and Labour) https://recarea.bandcamp.com/track/im-gone Pearl Jam – “Alive” – Nick’s live acoustic performance of this song https://youtu.be/gLGHr6hoIOs Pearl Jam – The New Classic Rock OR Who Was YOUR First Grunge Love? In this episode I discuss Pearl Jam, one of my favorite bands born in the 1990s. They’re not just grunge survivors, they’re the new classic rock. They have proven over and again that you can balance experimentation

FEATURED SONG: NICK – “Do You Wanna” (from Listen You People) https://recarea.bandcamp.com/track/do-you-wanna This is the first of a six-part series on The Beatles. I’ve broken up their career by what I deem to be their distinct eras, using their British albums as a guide. Though I will incorporate historical & non-musical ideas, most of my talks will center on the music itself, from my usual vantage point of both a creator & a fan. In Part 1, I explain the whole series, and

I spend an hour with Joe DeLuca. Joe is a producer, engineer, musician, writer & performer, who owned & operated Why Me Recording in Gibbsboro, NJ for 35 years, recording well over 600 bands. Joe's recent credits include Kurt Bock's Abstract Geometry & singer/songwriter Jeff Ehling. For more on Joe, check out his website: https://www.JoeDeLucaProducer.com FEATURED SONGS: Mattson / DeLuca - "Too Far Gone" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIJUkve-NIY&t=0s (Bill Mattson - vocals

This week's episode of MxG is on the new wave of soft music - in rock, pop, hip hop, R&B and beyond. I explore why this is happening, and whether or not it's a good thing.