New Tracks on Laurel Canyon Radio – MAY 19, 2016 As long as groovy artists keep releasing groovy music, we’ll keep the light on: This week’s new music includes: “Jordan” – Roanoke Crystalline harmonies and crisp instrumentation make this welcome debut from the Nashville based band Roanoke goosebumpworthy. Shades of Ollabelle, Alison Krauss, The Civil Wars and […]
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New Tracks on Laurel Canyon Radio – MAY 6, 2016 Great new music on the air this week…here’s just an amuse bouche: Let Love B (With U) – Kula Shaker Whether this stand out classic rock track is a nod to Prince or not remains to be seen, but this second coming of Kula Shaker (in the form of […]
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New Tracks on Laurel Canyon Radio – April 18, 2016 Besides being excited about resurrecting an old radio contest from my childhood (look under news) we’ve got some great new tracks aided to the station this week. Black Man In A White World – Michael Kiwanuka Michael Kiwanuka wasn’t reaching for subtlety when he named his track “Black Man […]
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New Tracks On Laurel Canyon Radio Week of April 11 Before the week gets too taxing for you, we’ve got some sublime new tracks that will refund your mood to its’ previous chillness. “Baby I Know” – Nancy Middleton Steeped in 70s tradition, this poppy blues number from North Carolina singer/songwriter Nancy Middleton makes us forget how mad […]
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New Tracks On Laurel Canyon Radio Week of April 4 Spring has sprung and, boy howdy, did we get a lot of little musical orgasms coming out of the cold, cold days of our Southern California winter. We’ll be back to our regular every week schedule through the summer, exposing you to the aural goodies we’ve uncovered and added to […]
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New Tracks on Laurel Canyon Radio – March 21, 2016 Spring is upon us! El Nino has given us somewhat of a respite! We are getting used to the sound of President Trump! Well two out of three ain’t bad. We’ve got some great new tracks we wanted to share with you. Fast Car – Sam Smith […]
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New Tracks on Laurel Canyon Radio – February 11, 2016 Our first new music review of the year! What took us so long you might ask? Well for one thing we were unsure about whether we were going to stay on the air with the new music royalty payment system going into place – we didn’t know if we […]
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Why American Independent Internet Radio May Go Extinct in 2016 by Paul Riismandel onJanuary 5, 2016in Internet radio, Policy, Streaming Radio Note: As of January 18, Laurel Canyon Radio is still broadcasting and accepting the increase in royalty payments. However, a lack of a ruling to extend or implement a new WSA agreement may make it too expensive to continue […]
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Top 50 Tracks of 2015 We’re back for another year of throwing our complete objectivity out the window to bring you a compendium of our favorite tunes of 2015. Some represent the Laurel Canyon spirit, others are hummable ditties that won’t let us go that have as much to do with the spirit of Jim Morrison as your mom’s string […]
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New Tracks on Laurel Canyon Radio – Week of December 8 For those who’s ho-ho-whole focus is not on Christmas and shopping and reindeer and such, we’ve got some highly secular new tracks spinning on the station this week. Here are the highlights. (oh yeah, and we play a bit of Christmas music too). “You Can Feel It” […]
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