Featured IPO CD Artist: Nick Frater IPO Vol 22 CD Song: “Sunshine After Rain”     1) What was the reason you chose the song you did for the IPO CD?   Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start! “Sunshine After Rain” opens my new album Full fathom freight-Train, and feels like a good intro to what this new album is about…and yes, that is a real theremin, which turns out to be much, much harder...

Featured IPO CD Artist: Lannie Flowers IPO Vol 22 CD Song: “Straight To The Blues”     1) What was the reason you chose the song you did for the IPO CD?   This is a song that I co-wrote with Bill Lloyd a couple of years ago. We went into the studio with the guys in my band and knocked it out in a couple of days with one other song we wrote. So I thought it might be of interest to some of the people that buy this...

Hi Everyone,   Here are my lists of favorite albums of 2019. As is my usual custom, I’ve broken this down into several categories, as I’m just not comfortable ranking unlike entities on one list.   Those marked with an * are vinyl-only releases. Those marked with an ** are cassette-only releases.   Contemporary Categories   I. Top 125 Albums   Disclaimer alert: I heard A LOT of fine albums this year, probably...

Featured IPO CD Artist: The Jeremy Band IPO Vol 22 CD Song: “Joy Comes in The Morning”     1) What was the reason you chose the song you did for the IPO CD?   JOY COMES IN THE MORNING…..i wrote this song for John Wicks (The Records) during his battle with cancer. So its a tribute to him!   2) If you could spend the day with any artist who is no longer living, who would it be, and why?   JOHN...

Featured IPO CD Artist: Popdudes IPO Vol 22 CD Song: “Dance With Me Tonight”     1) What was the reason you chose the song you did for the IPO CD?   We thought it was a good representation of Popdudes’ sound (whatever that is).   2) If you could spend the day with any artist who is no longer living, who would it be, and why?   Easy question: John Lennon. Why? The Beatles.   3) Same as question 2, but...

Featured IPO CD Artist: Morley Bartnoff & The Randy Californians IPO Vol 22 CD Song: “Dog George€”     1) What was the reason you chose the song you did for the IPO CD?   I wanted to create a Song for My 97 Year Young Mother Ruth & Her Dog George who I am now Their Primary Caregiver for her to enjoy Which of course really uplifted her   All the Experiences the tune addresses occurred in the last few years...