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 – 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 November 23 Even if you are spending all your energies on controlled eating over the Thanksgiving holiday, or Black Friday shopping, we’ve got some groovy new tunes for you served fresh with a heaping helping of enthusiasm. Keep tuned in! “Everyday People” – Jeff Buckley A Jeff Buckley likely […]
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New Tracks On Laurel Canyon Radio Week of Nov 2 The days grow shorter, but the list of the music we’d like you to hear grows longer. Here are some of the great tracks we’ve unearthed for you this week, several of them literally from the dustbins of time: “Going To California” – Pressing Strings Maryland-based trio Pressing […]
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New Tracks on Laurel Canyon Radio – Week of October 6 We’re not sure what’s in the water this week, but we’ve got a bluesy, funkier, soulfully inclined set of new tracks to debut on the station this week. Good stuff all around! • “Please Don’t Call” – Chris Isaak The lead single from the first album in six years […]
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New Tracks on Laurel Canyon Radio – Week of September 29 We’re feeling very indie this week and so we’ve got some pretty independent out of the way tracks for you to peruse this week. • “Wax And Gold” – Tracy Bonham https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo0zidqEqYE This lovely acoustic title track from Bonham’s fifth studio release is a beautiful and uplifting canyon song […]
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New Tracks on Laurel Canyon Radio – Week of September 21 This sweltering summer is over (at least on the calendar) but we’ve got some new cool tracks to snuggle up to the radio with as the nights grow colder and longer. • “California Steamer” – Gospelbeach Somewhere between the unholy alliance of Northern and Southern California rock histories lies […]
Read moreJackson Browne released his 14th studio album, Standing in the Breach,last year. In a career that spans more than four decades, the 66-year-old Browne has never deviated too far from the honest and self-aware songwriting he’s known for. The archetypal “sensitive guy” songwriter has proven himself, through his consistency and guilelessness, to be a deep and committed artist. The weight […]
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