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WFMH Shares 5 Asian Songs to Celebrate Asian Lunar New Year- Year of the Metal Rat

Posted on January 12, 2020 by Karen Lee / 0 Comment

The Asian Lunar Year starts Jan. 25th 2020. The Year of the Metal Rat will be a test of resilience for all zodiac signs. The year of the Rat commemorates a year...

Hip Hop/International Music/Music/Top Fives

WFMH Shares 5 Halloween Songs to Get Spooky With

Posted on October 12, 2019 by Karen Lee / 0 Comment

He Met Me In the Guest House by Bappi Lahiri Soundtrack and title song to the Indian Hindi horror movie Guest House (1980). The plot involves Christopher who is...

Commentary/Music/Top Fives

The NEW Sounds of Summer

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Freeform Portland Blog / 0 Comment

By: DJ Ducky / Jessie Stepan We’ve all heard The Beach Boys. You can’t live in America, especially on the Western seaboard, without hearing at least ONE song by...

album reviews/indie rock/Misc/Music/Top Fives/Uncategorized

5 Pick Up Lines for Spring Lovers ala David Berman from Silver Jews

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Karen Lee / 0 Comment

Fans of the Silver Jews often recognize the lyrical genius of songwriter and founding constant member David Berman. The band formed in 1989, as an indie rock ba...

Music/Top Fives/Uncategorized

5 International Christmas Songs To Celebrate the Season To!

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Karen Lee

Tis’ the season to remember the joys of Christmas music. Here are 5 international Christmas songs to celebrate the holiday season to. Happy holidays to you &...

Commentary/History/Misc/Music/Music History/Top Fives

5 Gifted Child Musicians and Their Bands

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Karen Lee

The pedagogy of musical literacy is important to childhood development. Music incorporates sensations including hearing, movement and emotionality. Music is an ...

Commentary/History/Music History/Top Fives

5 Asian Cover Gems Celebrating English as a Second Language

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Karen Lee

As an immigrant to the United States who is Chinese and born in Australia, I appreciate the linguistic synthesization of people who also have the experience of ...

Top Fives

5 cover songs (at one point I did not know were covers)

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Noah Fence

Believe it or not, before the internet and music deciphering phone apps, you could sometimes hear a song, and not know that was a cover. This sort of circumstan...

Music History/Top Fives

Happy Birthday Amancio D’Silva!

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Felicity Fenton

Today is Amancio D’Silva’s birthday. A master Indian jazz guitarist who was known for his own recordings and collaborations with Joe Harriet and Sta...

Commentary/Music/Music History/Top Fives

Distilled Perfection: Nostalgia and the garage rock revival

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Noah Fence

Nostalgia is a funny thing. It turns a blind eye to parts of the past we would rather forget, and allows the happy bits to filter through, creating a false, coz...

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