The JayTunes Jam

It’s not often that I get out for a concert, but free tickets from Cities’ 97 helped me find my way to Dinkytown’s Varsity Theater last night to see these two former Jayhawks vocalists.   Recently reunited, Louris (53) and Olson (47) were touring in support of their January 27th release Ready for the Flood.  True to [...]

Figuring out a Top 10 list for foreign cities wasn’t too tough, but nailing down a similar list for U.S. cities is a bit more challenging.  Giving New York its own list helped, but there were still a number of worthy entries that fell by the wayside, including early rock n’ roll classic “Kansas City”, Tony Bennett’s [...]

Before we get to the tricky subject of United States city songs, let’s take a trip abroad and investigate the Top 10 Foreign City Songs.  One of the shoo-ins for the list was a track from one of my first records ever – Pablo Cruise’s Worlds Away (I’m pretty sure my parents got it from the [...]

Did you know that “Georgia On My Mind” is the official state song of Georgia?  But is it about a woman or the state?  Hard to tell, I guess, but there’s not a lot of doubt about the other songs on my Top 10 State Name Songs list.  Some states had several songs in contention, [...]

“Some folks like to get away, take a holiday from the neighborhood.”  Others just like to sit in front of their computers and make lists of great music from places they’d like to visit.  Although I’ve never been there, I certainly like the music.  My Top 10 List of New York City Songs includes some of [...]