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🎵TUNE TAG Is Here! Welcome to FRONT ROW & BACKSTAGE, Home of the Popular Song-Linking Game, TUNE TAG!🎵
"This is why I love Tune Tag: Brad often turns me onto cool music that is new to me!"--Matt Thompson, creator of "Critical Hit Parader" on Substack!
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Tune Tag #131 with PeDupre of The Twelve Inch, Pt. 3: New Musik, Ali Jamieson, Black, RPM, Marshall Crenshaw, Laura Branigan, Scarlett …
🌟At 20, I spun discs at a small disco in 1975.💿I even frequented a few later that decade, mainly for the scene. We've got Disco King, Pe, aboard…
 â€¢ Brad Kyle and The Twelve Inch (Disco/80s)
Inside Tracks #48: Duran Duran, "Ordinary World" 1992, w/Covers by Luciano Pavarotti, Sister Cristina, Diane Schuur, Fernanda Takai…
The passing of a childhood mate inspires Simon Le Bon to honour his memory, helping craft the song that re-kindled the fame his band once enjoyed in…
 â€¢ Brad Kyle and Andres
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Audio Archaeology, 1960s-1971: The Steely Dan & Becker/Fagen Songwriting Team Origin Story
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Tune Tag #120 with Thea Wood of Herizon Music: Sonny & Cher, Maxine Weldon, Rita Coolidge, Nancy Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald, Karen Carpenter…
 â€¢ Brad Kyle and Thea Wood
Tune Tag #127 with Mark Nash of Joy in the Journey, Pt. 3: Rachel Sweet, Jellyfish, Beck, Jack Black, Will Worden, Rome Will Burn, Danger…
 â€¢ Brad Kyle and Mark Nash
Tune Tag #125 with Nuno Babo, Pt. 2: Celtic Frost, Iggy Pop, Klark Kent, Cherie Currie, The Clique, Sniff 'n' The Tears, ? and The…
 â€¢ Brad Kyle and Nuno Babo
📕Tune Tag #117 with Chris Dalla Riva: Eric Clapton, Joe Jackson, Queen, Honey Cone, Andy Griffith, Jimmy Dean, Kay Starr, Daddy Cool
 â€¢ Brad Kyle and Chris Dalla Riva
Tune Tag #59 with Rich Headland of "Record Shop Stories": The Specials, Billy Cobham, Mahavishnu, Massive Attack, Jellyfish, Young Gun…
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Tune Tag #130 with Karol of Diggin' it: Johnny Cash, Spandau Ballet, Bob Dylan, Jim Croce, Enrique Bunbury, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Live
He's Polish and loves Johnny Cash. 'Nuff said. I'm a fan already, and I know you'll dig this Nashville cat, too! Let's dig in to the music of the man…
 â€¢ Brad Kyle and Diggin' it
John Lennon and Yoko Ono: Their Double Fantasy album and life - in collaboration with Brad Kyle of Front Row & Backstage
The official vs. inside story of the 1980 album
Published on Rock 'n' Roll with Me â€¢ 
Tune Tag #129 with Bryan Padrick of The Bus🚌, Pt. 2: Jimi Hendrix, Randy Newman, Paul McCartney & Wings, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor…
There's classic & there's classical. This list of stalwarts will never be confused with fugues, sonatas, operas, etudes, or movements, unless those…
 â€¢ Brad Kyle and Bryan Padrick
🚢Yacht Pop Anchors #7: Todd Rundgren, Dean Friedman, Phil Collins & Frida
⚓Like Yacht Rock, but with more octane, more harmonies, infinitely hummable melodies, and some jangly guitars: If power pop had teeth and a Mach 5…
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Tune Tag #128 with The Record Room by Zute: Cliff Richard, Arthur Conley, Mike + The Mechanics, O'Jays, Beach Boys, Arrows, Public Enemy…
Tune Tag virgin, Zute, helps compile a proper and wide variety of musical artists from different eras and decades, as well as different genres! Why…
 â€¢ Brad Kyle and The Record Room by Zute
Audio Autopsy, 2025: Will Worden, "The Only One & All The Others" LP Reveals Countrypolitan's New Voice
Pronounced like "warden," Will moved from Texas to California in 2018 after giving business school a try. He grew up in Sugar Land, 20 miles SW from my…
 â€¢ Brad Kyle and The Twelve Inch (Disco/80s)
Tune Tag #127 with Mark Nash of Joy in the Journey, Pt. 3: Rachel Sweet, Jellyfish, Beck, Jack Black, Will Worden, Rome Will Burn, Danger…
From the north of England comes one of our favourite true gents, Mark! He comes bearing gifts, and brandishing a quiver filled with wickedly musical…
 â€¢ Brad Kyle and Mark Nash
Tune Tag #126 with Clark of Vinyl Ted: UFO, Sergio Mendes, Ian Anderson, Pink Martini, Gentle Giant, Left Banke, Grover Washington Jr.
Talk about all over the map! From prog to rock to jazz to a little easy listening, this one's as varied and fascinating as a Tag can be! Alert your…
 â€¢ Brad Kyle and Clark
Nice New York Boys and their Stellar Sunshine Pop
The story of the short-lived one-hit wonders, Every Mother's Son
Published on Painted Dayglo Smiles â€¢ 
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