"There's a time in life for Hoagy Carmichael. There's a time in life for Claude Debussy. There's a time in life for Jerry Lee Lewis. There's a time in life for Destiny's Child. All these things have their moment." ~Elvis Costello
26 Jun 2026 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: lovergirl, madison beer
Madison Beer: “Lovergirl” (2026)
Madison Beer first achieved notice when Justin Bieber shared link to her singing a cover of “At Last” at age 13.
Three albums into her career the Long Island native has established herself as a first-rate songwriter, albeit one whose singles and albums routinely perform better outside her native US.
After four singles were released from her 2026 locket LP, the melancholy “Lovergirl” was the lead single from the album’s deluxe edition.
06 Jun 2026 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: amazing blondel, three seasons almaine
Amazing Blondel: “Three Seasons Almaine” (1971)
Amazing Blondel took their unique Classicist Renaissance blend a step further on 1971’s Fantasia Lindum LP than on the previous year’s Evensong.
The album’s title track was a 10-section, 20-minute suite (or fantasia) that comprised the album’s entire first side.
Harpsichord, recorder, lute, harmonium and dulcimer adorned lyrics about leafy lanes, lovers and lasses, woodsmen, ploughboys and verdant countrysides, sung in unapologetically English accents.
The phrase “baroque pop” is thrown around, even in this blog, to describe contemporary pop songs onto which is grafted some antique instrumentation.
Amazing Blondel deserves the description–like no other.
See also: Recommended Albums #98 | Every Moment Has A Song
31 May 2026 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: daniel me estas matando, silvana estrada, tenias que ser tu
Silvana Estrada (with Daniel, Me Estás Matando): “Tenías Que Ser Tú” (2018)
Mexican singer and songwriter Silvana Estrada, winner of the Best New Artist Latin Grammy Award, was born to parents who were both luthiers. She plays a Venezuelan cuato onstage that was built by her father.
Silvana was singing as soon as she could talk and was writing songs and playing a variety of instruments by the time she was in high school.
“Tenías Que Ser Tú” (“It Had to be You”) is from her acclaimed 2018 Primeras Canciones EP and is recorded with duo Daniel, Me Estás Matando (Daniel, You Are Killing Me) who specialize in romantic ballads and bolero.
The chorus:
Ay, ay, ay, it had to be you
For better or for worse, it had to be you
26 May 2026 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: laufey, silver lining
Laufey: “Silver Lining” (2025)
“Silver Lining” was the lead single from the third studio album by Icelandic singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Laufey (pronounced LAY-vay).
Seldom does anything this refined and tasteful sniff the pop charts in this country. And, well, “Silver Lining” didn’t.
But each of her albums has outperformed the previous and A Matter of Time went top ten in at least 8 countries including the US.
This peaking popularity seems to be mainly the result of a younger audience discovering her.
The singer says she considers The Great American Songbook her bible. No surprise there if you’ve heard her stuff.
The surprise is her ability to bring lushly-arranged jazz-inspired pop to the younger generation.
Kids these days!
See also: Songs You May Have Missed #801 | Every Moment Has A Song
24 May 2026 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: keola beamer, lei 'awapuhi (yellow ginger lei)
Keola Beamer: “Lei ‘Awapuhi (Yellow Ginger Lei)” (1995)
Repeating the words of my previous Beamer post:
Keola Beamer is a fifth-generation musician and master of the Hawaiian slack key guitar style. He’s also the composer of “Honolulu City Lights”, one of Hawaii’s biggest-selling songs of all time.
Moe’uhane Kika: Tales from the Dream Guitar was produced by George Winston and distributed by Windham Hill subsidiary Dancing Cat Records, so it might be mistaken for New Age music.
But the album is mostly comprised of tranquil instrumental versions of familiar Hawaiian songs–or songs that would be familiar to Hawaiians.
This isn’t New Age, but it is World Music. It isn’t wimpy, but it is serene. It isn’t steel guitar and ukulele, but it is music with deep Hawaiian roots.
And it’s gorgeous.
See also: Songs You May Have Missed #780 | Every Moment Has A Song
24 May 2026 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: andrew bird, the new saint jude
Andrew Bird: “The New Saint Jude” (2016)
“Ever since I gave up hope I’ve been feeling so much better” is Andrew Bird’s dose of backhanded optimism.
Hopefully we can all appreciate this tune on a sardonic and not a literal level.
Every Moment Has A Song 