June 2017 had five Fridays – which means five weeks of new releases. My playlist is a little longer as a result and featuresa cross-section of indie pop/rock, as well as some hip hop and EDM music from megastars like Calving Harris and Bog Boi. Superfruit is also in there, a pop delight from 2/5 (well, now 1/2 as of a few months ago) of the a cappella group Pentatonix. I think this is a…
I went through a spell in late May where I wasn’t listening to much new music. I got stuck on a few podcasts and I started going through some old albums of mine. It wasn’t until June that I realized I had yet to really check out the final two release weeks of the month prior. Boy, am I glad I did. My first 6 tracks were cemented in early and featured some rap/hip-hop from…
March 2017 had 5 weeks of album release Fridays, the maximum that can there can be in any month. While this maximized the opportunity for great songs, I found this month relatively lacking across the board. There were some big releases by Indie stalwarts (The Shins and Spoon) and some others from up-and-comers in the same genre (Milky Chance, Real Estate, and Temples). Toss in a few women crooners (Valerie June and Laura Marling) and…
It may be mid-February, but I have finally gone through January’s music releases to pull together 9 of my favorite tracks from the past month. While I have turned into a ordinary podcast listener during my runs, I was surprised that (for the first time in a while) I connected to a variety of albums. There is a pretty diverse split of tunes that includes hip-hop (3 songs – some explicit), indie rock (3 songs), indie…
Our team of Run Oregon bloggers are a diverse group. Of the 15 bloggers we have, we range in age from low-30 to mid-50’s, are spread out from Bend to Portland to Salem, and our race finishes vary from top-5 overall to middle of the pack. So when I asked our bloggers to submit their favorite song to run to, I shouldn’t have been surprised. As it turns out, our diversity carries over into the…
Listen to Run Oregon Tunes – January through August 2015 After another giant delay (8 months actually), Run Oregon Tunes is back for my 2015 January – August playlist. If you follow this feature, you may notice that I have once again moved platforms – from Spotify over to Apple Music. I have liked this changed and interface (and it works great on my iPhone), though it is taking some getting used to. But here goes nothing.
After a bit of delay in the new year, Run Oregon Tunes is back for my 2015 January Spotify playlist. If you follow this feature, you may notice that I have moved over to Spotify (from Rdio). I have liked this changed and interface, though it is taking some getting used to. But here goes nothing. The first month of the year always feels to follow the same pattern to me. The first week is really…
The end of the year music is always hit or miss. It seems like there are a limited number of albums put out each week (aside from Christmas albums) so there is less and less to choose from. Most artists want to be somewhere on the always popular Top-10 lists – and late month releases don’t always find themselves there.
I’ll be honest with you, I am pretty stringent when it comes to Christmas music. I am not one of those individuals who switches on the Christmas Carols as soon as November rolls around. December 1st is my starting date, and I get exactly 31 days 25 days of seasonal tunes. I am a traditionalist by nature and my favorites are those sung by Burl Ives and Bing Crosby (shoot – my favorite Christmas of…
After a few months of what I would call “ho-hum releases”, I found June to be a pretty solid month for new music. I was actually able to come up with a top-9 playlist much quicker than in months past. My playlist includes cuts from
