Archive - Front Row & Backstage

Tune Tag #149 with Dan Epstein of Jagged Time Lapse: The Moving Sidewalks, Booker T. & The MGs, Robyn Hitchcock, Tages, Gary Myrick, Young…

Veteran successful author visits the Tune Tag arena for the first time! I can't wait to tell him I just finished my first book! Maybe tomorrow, I'll get…

Jun 16 • Brad Kyle and Dan Epstein

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…

Jun 9 • 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…

Jun 2 • Brad Kyle and NickS (WA)

May 2026

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…

May 26 • 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…

May 23 • 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…

May 19 • 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…

May 12 • 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

Published on Chris’s Shaped By Sound Substack • May 9

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…

May 5 • Brad Kyle and Brain of J-Hawk (he/him)

April 2026

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…

Apr 28 • 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…

Apr 21 • 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…

Apr 14 • Brad Kyle and David Baldwin