The 2007 Mid-Year Review
It's hard to believe that CD sales continue to decline because 2007 has been a top notch year for music. Great discs are being released at a fast and furious pace. It's only July and I've listened to so much good music this year that I already have enough CDs to make up my year end Top Five list. So far the year's best CDs include an artist from the heyday of classic rock, a current and popular modern rock band, a young female singer-songwriter, a veteran Celtic-rock band from Los Angeles, and a heavily ska influenced band from Australia that is just getting noticed in America. Commercial radio is far less adventurous than it was during the days of FM's rise to prominence in the late 60s and early 70s. If all you listen to is traditional FM radio you are missing out on a lot because almost all of the stations are tightly programmed and play only a smattering of all the music that is released. If you want variety you have to go searching for music that doesn...