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🎵TUNE TAG Is Here! Welcome to FRONT ROW & BACKSTAGE, Home of the Popular Song-Linking Game, TUNE TAG!🎵
“One of the best and most interesting music-based ‘Stacks I know.”- John Taylor, creator of “Time to Play B-Sides” on Substack!
 • Brad Kyle
Tune Tag #165 with Nic Briscoe of The Song’s the Thing!, Pt. 3: Terry Reid, America, Ian Anderson, Gil Scott-Heron, Chuck U., Laura Pou…
Reuniting with Nic is a treat, but, how fun to hear this music within! Look at this wide range of musical talent...the tried’n’true mixed with names…
 • Brad Kyle and 🅝🅘🅒 🅑🅡🅘🅢🅒🅞🅔 🎙🎵🎸🖋🎥
🚢Yacht Pop Anchors #8: David Pack, Sparks, Jackie DeShannon, Drugdealer
⚓Like Yacht Rock, but with more octane, more harmonies, infinitely hummable melodies, and some jangly guitars: If power pop had teeth and a Mach 5…
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Audio Archaeology, 1960s-1971: The Steely Dan & Becker/Fagen Songwriting Team Origin Story
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Tune Tag #132 with Ali of Hi-Fi Amateur: Joy Division, Wilson Pickett, Captain Sensible, Naked Eyes, Pet Shop Boys, Bryan Ferry, Williams…
 • Brad Kyle and Hi-Fi Amateur
Tune Tag #160 with Steven of RomHeadTech: Poe, Depeche Mode, Blind Zero, The Cure, Bowie, Fear Factory, Todd Rundgren, Chameleons
 • Brad Kyle and RomHeadTech
Tune Tag #154 with Bob Pomeroy of Upbeat Songs You Should Hear: Beatles, Kenny Lynch, Bryan Ferry, Doobie Bros., Cecilio & Kapono, Mana’o…
 • Brad Kyle and Upbeat Songs You Should Hear
Tune Tag #148 with Chris Hedden: Ray Charles, Sturgill Simpson, Billy Joel, B.B. King, Sunday Valley, Bobby Bland, Uncle Tupelo, Legendary…
 • Brad Kyle and Chris Hedden
Tune Tag #120 with Thea Wood of Herizon Music: Sonny & Cher, Maxine Weldon, Rita Coolidge, Nancy Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald, Karen Carpenter…
 • Brad Kyle and Thea Wood
Tune Tag #164 with Joe Bonomo: Dolly Parton, Sorrows, Ellie Greenwich, Ramones, Iggy Pop, Reigning Sound, Mary Weiss, The Poppees
Delighted to finally land this celebrated veteran book author! In the land of rock’n’pop, Joe knows....well, Joe knows his stuff! I’m working on MY…
 • Brad Kyle and Joe Bonomo
Falling In Love With Vinyl, In Record Time | Track Ten: Hit Material
exclusive promo editions and printing quirks helped Brad Kyle come to love record collecting and music in the vinyl era
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Tune Tag #163 with Thomas Bevilacqua: Dwight Twilley Band, Paul McCartney & Wings, Genesis, Sarah Frick, Billy Gilman, Bob Wills, Gerard…
I can’t believe this is Thomas’s first foray into the Tune Tag zone! So, we welcome him warmly, and for this one, watch how we go from Wings to Bob…
 • Brad Kyle and Thomas Bevilacqua
Tune Tag #162 with Jorge Garcia of Geekatune, Pt. 2: Beatles, Ellie Greenwich, Steely Dan, The City, Pink Floyd, Todd Rundgren, Katrina …
🚘It’s almost a road-map:🗺All the avenues and winding back-roads we took to get from The Beatles all the way to They Might Be Giants. Log your personal…
 • Brad Kyle and Jorge Garcia
⚡Brain of J-Hawk's 1st Impressions of Early, Gabriel-Era Genesis! Brad Picks the 5 Songs! With Commentary!⭐
Vanity projects? Sure, why not? Brain wanted to "show off" faves, Radiohead, and I was eager to hear Brain explain his love for 'em. On the flip-side…
 • Brad Kyle and Brain of J-Hawk (he/him)
Tune Tag #161 with S.W. (Steve) Lauden of Remember the Lightning, Pt. 3: Replacements, Softjaw, a-ha, Mary Wells, Ry Cooder, The Scruffs…
Our 4th Steve/Stephen/Steven in a row, we could be all-Steve’d out! But, bring’em on, I say! Does that make us dock workers? Maybe not, but we’re…
 • Brad Kyle and S.W. Lauden
Tune Tag #160 with Steven of RomHeadTech: Poe, Depeche Mode, Blind Zero, The Cure, Bowie, Fear Factory, Todd Rundgren, Chameleons
“Something for everyone” seems to be the byword for this Tag! Dig this: 2 weeks ago, we had a Steve, last week, Stephen, this week is Steven, and next…
 • Brad Kyle and RomHeadTech
😱Brad's Björk 1st Impressions! Max Freedman Picks the 5 Songs, with Commentary!🔥
Max hired a couple of bodyguard-types to hold me down, and I can’t thank them enough! Longtime fantasies notwithstanding, it was the only way I was…
 • Brad Kyle and Max Freedman
Tune Tag #159 with Stephen Pedroff of Aggrovox: John Lee Hooker, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Devo, First Choice, B.B. King, Elvis Costello…
Imagine seeing "Tune Tag" on a YouTube video! Well, here ya go! Stephen promises a truly unique live concert experience...several times over! Let's dive…
 • Brad Kyle and stephen pedroff
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