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🎵TUNE TAG Is Here! Welcome to FRONT ROW & BACKSTAGE, Home of the Popular Song-Linking Game, TUNE TAG!🎵
"This is why I love Tune Tag: Brad often turns me onto cool music that is new to me!"--Matt Thompson, creator of "Critical Hit Parader" on Substack!
 • Brad Kyle
Tune Tag #148 with Chris Hedden: Ray Charles, Sturgill Simpson, Billy Joel, B.B. King, Sunday Valley, Bobby Bland, Uncle Tupelo, Legendary…
A handful of legends make our Tune Tag tally, but a few of these names seem new and obscure! We're happy to welcome Chris for his debut in the Tag…
 • Brad Kyle and Chris Hedden
Tune Tag #147 with NickS (WA), Pt. 5: Roberta Flack, Richard Tee, Cindy Kallet, The Monkees, I'm With Her, Jim Pepper, Jamie Cullum
A little electric, a little eclectic! That's Tune Tag with Nick! He's a longtime supporter of all things FRONT ROW & BACKSTAGE, and he's kind enough to…
 • Brad Kyle and NickS (WA)
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Audio Archaeology, 1960s-1971: The Steely Dan & Becker/Fagen Songwriting Team Origin Story
 • Brad Kyle
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 #135 with Alex O'Brien: Bruce Springsteen, Al Green, Prince, John Cowsill & Vicki Peterson, Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel…
 • Brad Kyle and Alex O'Brien
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 #127 with Mark Nash of Joy in the Journey, Pt. 3: Rachel Sweet, Jellyfish, Beck, Jack Black, Will Worden, Rome Will Burn, Danger…
 • Brad Kyle and Mark Nash
Tune Tag #144 with David Levine: Fiona Apple, Steely Dan, Nelly Furtado, Crabby Appleton, Mink DeVille, Yulianna Avdeeva, Walter Becker
 • Brad Kyle and David Levine
Tune Tag #146 with Matt Fish, Pt. 3: Wang Chung, Mike + The Mechanics, Lisa Hartman, Art Garfunkel, Paul Carrack, Mike Batt, Justin Hayward…
3 native Houstonians in the house (including me)! I used to date one of the other two! More drama awaits, and doubtless a gaggle o' giggles, too! I'm so…
 • Brad Kyle and Matt Fish
🎵Tune Tigue with Owen McTigue: Béla Bartók, Pink Floyd, Roy Orbison, Humble Pie, Genesis, Badfinger, Elton John, Mason Lively
Tune Tigue! It's Tune Tag with a Classical twist! The first song is Classical; then, off we go...a Tune Tag like the rest...but, like no other! Welcome…
 • Brad Kyle and Owen McTigue
Tune Tag #145 with Phillippa Taylor of Melody Times: Imelda May, Bailey Pelkman, Lisa Marie Presley, Michael Jackson, Robert Plant, Alison…
Names I know have never appeared in a Tune Tag before! If you're ready to embrace the new-new with the comforting familiar, join Phillippa and I as she…
 • Brad Kyle and Phillippa Taylor
Tune Tag #144 with David Levine: Fiona Apple, Steely Dan, Nelly Furtado, Crabby Appleton, Mink DeVille, Yulianna Avdeeva, Walter Becker
We're celebrating the release of David's new album, "Possessed"! Oh yeah, we're playing Tune Tag, too! Hot take: You WILL hear music and artists you've…
 • Brad Kyle and David Levine
So Nice They Named It Thrice. Band. Song. Album. All the same. SbS 04.24.26 Newsletter 71? Next week 1042
Music Question: the "Triple Play" is a Masterstroke of Branding. Plus Next: My weekly new music radio show. Week 1042
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Tune Tag #143 with Brain of J-Hawk, Pt. 2: Talking Heads, The Who, Christopher Milk, Nona Hendryx, Joe Cocker, Jess Roden Band, Jellyfish…
I found and invited the biggest Brain (living outside a human body) I could find to this Tag! Let's see what happens when my brain goes up against…
 • Brad Kyle and Brain of J-Hawk (he/him)
Tune Tag #142 with Neil of Frank White & the Black Swans: Mighty Diamonds, Caravan, Lloyd Cole, Tears For Fears, Brian Auger, Chris Youlder…
Well-known names above👆, as well as some new ones; hopefully, they're ones you'll come away with as new faves. Same with our guest today: My hot take…
 • Brad Kyle and N Francis
Tune Tag #141 with Emm as in Music: Seawind, Donna Summer, Incredible Bongo Band, Chelsea Brown, Rufus & Chaka Khan, Nils Lofgren…
One of my newest heroines, Emm has crafted an informative and impressive presence on Substack's Notes platform! She wows the 'Stackosphere with her love…
 • Brad Kyle and Emm as in Music
Tune Tag #140 with David Baldwin of The Gumbys: Todd Rundgren, 10cc, Cathy Kreger, Black Crowes, Elf, Black Star Riders, Pants!
It's always an honor to have a Tune Tag guest who's a singer/songwriter/recording artist! And, today, we feature David, whose new EP just dropped a few…
 • Brad Kyle and David Baldwin
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