01/20/2025
Still two songs on the Dutch Hit-Tracks Top 100 chart for Crossroad Overdrive! “Whipping Post”lands at #42 in its 13th week! And “Love the One You’re With” is in the Top 20 at #19 in its 9th week! Rock and roll.
HIT-TRACKS TOP 100 - YEAR 48 - WEEK 4.
Hi everyone! The new live version of the Yes classic 'And You And I' by Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks is number one this week. David Gilmour's 'A Single Spark' is one down to number two. 'A Story Never Told, Opeth's beautiful closing piece of the album "The Last Will And Testament" is at number 3. Sault's 'Pray For Me' and DeWolff's 'Let's Stay Together' are both new in the top 10.
After three weeks with relatively few new arrivals, this time we have no less than 29 (!). With the warning a 'Big Change Is Coming', Neil Young is the highest of these, followed by The Rumjacks and Ken Casey of the Dropkicks Murphys, who have never been so cold, and 'Rushmere' by Mumford and Sons. With banjo! Among the newcomers we find a number of artists that we have not seen for a while, such as Skunk Anansie, Marcia 'your love still brings me to my knees' Hines, Crooked Eye Tommy and Kensington (with a new singer). There are also a few that we can welcome to our list for the first time: The Rumjacks, Citrus Sun, Stg. Slick, Mark Ambor, Lola Young, Tomislav Goluban, and Ed Alstrom.
Speaking of that last one. Ed Alstrom Music’s album "Flee Though None Pursue" is our album of the week. New Jersey's Ed Alstrom has a long and illustrious career in all types of music, as well as formidable talent in many different areas. Here, he fires an opening salvo into Blues community with this first self-produced and recorded effort, an album of 18 songs that ranges from straight blues to adventurous variations on it, to a few things that are not blues at all. Ed recorded this at home and played most of the instruments, in addition to writing and singing lead on all the tracks. He has significant guest contributions from hyper talented friends: guitarist Robert Hill, saxophonist Jerry Vivino, the harmonica of Rob Paparozzi, sInger Ula Hedwig, and three drummers: Don Guinta, Frank Pagano and Dennis Diken (of The Smithereens). Have a listen! (Blind Raccoon).
Check also the albums of Citrus Sun (Anaconda), Tomislav Goluban & Crooked Eye Tommy (Nashville Road), Pure Prairie League (Back On Track), and Sault (Acts Of Faith). Highly recommended. Next week we expect the new albums of Beans & Fatback (Hold Fast), FKA Twigs (Eusexua), Larkin Poe (Bloom), Riverside (Live ID), Veils (Asphodels), and Teddy Swims (I Tried Everything But Therapy). The new album of The Weeknd is one week postponed. Have a great week!
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