Thanks to the partnership with Viacom, we’re seeing some new music channels that we’re digging. I’m loving the TGIF Blues channel - lots of fun classic blues like Albert King, The Kinsey Report, Lonnie Brooks and Ruth Brown. They even throw in some Cream and Blues Brothers - Yes! My wife is enjoying the VH1 - I Love the 80’s channel. She is re-living her party peak with tunes from The Smithereens, Talk Talk, Pet Shop Boys and Sinead O’Conner. There is also a CMT (country music television) channel, VH1 Classic (Jackson Browne, INXS, The Byrds). All nice adds to the channel guide at Rhapsody.com!

We had a soccer coach from Whales stay with us last week while our kids were in the British Challenger Soccer camp. Adam, great guy. Anyhow, we asked him to pick out a bunch of music to play so we created the Adam playlist. He picked lots of music that we now love. Some of the highlights include:
- The Kooks: a great band that is getting bigger in the UK. Reminds me of early The Jam.
- Razorlight: another up and coming band that has hit the charts in the UK but not in the US.
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One of the things I like about the Grammys is that I get an opportunity to listen to new music. I’m kind of an old school rock, folk, jazz type of guy, but love neo-soul like india arie. I have never purchased John Legend music, but saw that he was on the grammy nominee list and read the editorial about him on Rhapsody while listening. I love his music and have added another musician (a new artist no less!) to my listening repertoire. I think I’ll burn his new CD and play it for the missus on Valentine’s Day.

Here is what Rhapsody says about him.
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I remember the first time I heard Mustang Sally. I was in a bar in Colorado (I was underage - shhhhhh) and heard the band play a rockin’ version. I asked them if it was original and they “it’s Wilson Pickett - where you been?” Where I been indeed. Here’s a playlist of some of my favorites from the Wicked Pickett.

- Mustang Sally
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Click Here to Play Happy Holiday Tunes (this link uses RhapLinks from Rhapsody)

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