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    13 Take Songs There for the Taking (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Aliakbar Nosrati, Anna Nekrashevich, Ayberk Mirza, Daria Liudnaya, Ron Lach from Pexels]
    Evergreen

    13 Take Songs There for the Taking | Playlist 🎧

    13 Take Songs There for the Taking features music courtesy of a-ha, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Hozier, Lil Mabu, Tamela Mann, and The Weeknd.

    By the musical hype, 1 yearMarch 6, 2024 ago
    Billy Preston vs. George Harrison: Head 2 Head No. 8 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Apple Corps Ltd, G.H. Estate Limited / BMG Rights Management (US) LLC; Hernán Toro, Los Muertos Crew, RDNE Stock project, Thomas Ronveaux from Pexels]
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    Billy Preston vs. George Harrison | Head 2 Head

    In the 8th edition of Head 2 Head (2024), Billy Preston and George Harrison contend for the best rendition of “My Sweet Lord.”

    By the musical hype, 1 yearFebruary 24, 2024 ago
    John Denver vs. Lana Del Rey: Head 2 Head No. 7 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Interscope, Polydor, RCA; Hernán Toro, Los Muertos Crew, RDNE Stock project, Thomas Ronveaux from Pexels]
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    John Denver vs. Lana Del Rey | Head 2 Head

    In the 7th edition of Head 2 Head (2024), John Denver and Lana Del Rey contend for the best rendition of “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”

    By the musical hype, 1 yearFebruary 17, 2024 ago
    John Denver, Take Me Home, Country Roads: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 22 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; RCA; OpenClipart-Vectors, Speedy McVroom via Pixabay]
    Columns

    John Denver, Take Me Home, Country Roads | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

    In the 22nd edition of Throwback Vibez (2024), we recollect and reflect on “Take Me Home, Country Roads” by the late, great John Denver. 

    By the musical hype, 1 yearFebruary 6, 2024 ago
    13 Quiet Songs U Should Turn Up Loud [📷: Andrea Piacquadio via Pexels, Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype]
    Evergreen

    13 Quiet Songs U Should Turn Up Loud | Playlist 🎧

    13 Quiet Songs U Should Turn Up Loud features Camila Cabello, Charlie Puth, Kendrick Lamar, The Killers & Smokey Robinson.

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsOctober 21, 2022 ago
    🎤 Getting to Know… Kyle Chatham: Interview No. 236 [📷: Kyle Chatham, Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype]
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    Getting to Know… Kyle Chatham | Interview 🎤

    On the 236th Q&A in our Getting to Know…series, we totally ‘get to know’ more about intriguing Scottish singer/songwriter, Kyle Chatham.

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsFebruary 3, 2022 ago
    Best of the United States… in Most Cases 🎧 [📷: Brent Faulkner, David Peterson, fajarbudi86, The Musical Hype, Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    Best of the United States… in Most Cases | Playlist 🎧

    🎧 Best of the United States… in Most Cases features Azealia Banks, The Carters, Cheat Codes, Enrique Iglesias, Jon Bellion & Shawn Mendes.

    By the musical hype, 4 yearsJuly 3, 2021 ago
    40 Best Albums of 2020: Year in Review [📷: Brent Faulkner, Pixabay, Dirty Hit, Taylor Swift, Epic, Republic, Matador, Columbia]
    Evergreen

    40 Best Albums of 2020 | Year in Review 💿 🎧

    Check out to see if your favorite artist had an album that landed on our list of the 40 BEST ALBUMS 💿 OF 2020 🎧.

    By the musical hype, 5 yearsDecember 14, 2020 ago
    Don’t BOX 📦 Yourself in With These 13 Songs 🎧 [Photo Credits: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Pixabay, Unsplash]
    Evergreen

    Don’t BOX 📦 Yourself in With These 13 Songs | Playlist 🎧

    ‘Don’t BOX 📦 Yourself in With These 13 Songs’ features songs by Alice in Chains, Ledisi, Portishead, JID, Roddy Ricch, and Ro James.

    By the musical hype, 5 yearsJune 12, 2020 ago

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