The JayTunes Jam

This was a tough task.  Over the past 10 years, I have selected 160 of my favorite songs.  How was I supposed to whittle them down to my Top 10?  Sure, there were a couple artists in there that I rarely listen to anymore (Macy Gray, The New Pornographers, Yolanda Adams), but I still enjoy almost all of them.  I decided [...]

Still building to the end of the current decade… The 1990s saw a large portion of my discretionary income go into CDs and stereo equipment.  My musical tastes also expanded from pop into folk, a cappella, alternative, and funk.  Here are my top 10 songs of the 1990s: Birdhouse in Your Soul by They Might [...]

Since the end of this decade is rapidly approaching, I thought I’d reflect back upon my three decades of serious musical listening.  The easiest of the three is the 1980s due to my limited budget and difficulty in getting to the record (cassette) store.  Here are my top 10 songs of the 1980’s: Baby Grand by [...]

It’s been another great year of musical discovery at JayTunes!  I recently finished my Top 20 of 2009 list by adding the final song, a terrific DJ Earworm mash-up of  Beyonce’s “If I Were a Boy” and Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’” (thanks for the rec, lil’ bro!).  Other highlights from the year include my album [...]

I hate to think I’m losing touch with mainstream music, but I really don’t care about most of the Grammy nominees this year.  That being said, here are the artists I’m rooting for: Beyonce in Record, Album, Song, Female Pop Performance, Female R & B, R & B Song, R & B Album Jason Mraz for [...]