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Lisa Hannigan – I Don’t Know (2009)

Music is a beautiful thing and It can inspire people in many different ways. Growing up Irish singer/songwriter Lisa Hannigan recalls singing Michael Jackson songs all the time, but also becaming obsessed with Opera, which all would eventually help form her own style. Michael Jackson meets Opera? Not quite, but her music is beautifully unique. Her career began as the musical partner to Damien Rice appearing on almost every track of his acclaimed 2002 debut album “O”, and in 2009 she released her own acclaimed first album (Sea-Sew) that was nominated for the Mecury Prize.

Jack White – Love Interruption (2012)

Since the release of the debut White Stripes album in 1999 Jack White has been one of those artists who cuts through the ups and downs of popular music and continues to…..well, sort of make all the junk out there bearable. It seems everything he touches sounds just right; either as an artist with The White Stripes, The Raconteurs’, The Dead Weather; or as a producer with Loretta Lynn and Wanda Jackson. People are so excited for his first solo album that he has already sold over 10 000 copies of the 7 inch single for this song. Vinyl!! Take that iTunes.

Kid Rock ft. Angaleena Presley & T.I – Care (2010)

The true sign of a great artist is one who can jump genres, change styles, and still connect with people. Once a musician reaches a certain level of success the pressure from virtually everyone (music business, music fans), is too give them something exactly the same, and quickly. Kid Rock has never given into that pressure, he has sold millions of albums in many different styles: rap metal , straight up country music, straight up hard rock…and more than 20 years later he is still making music and still selling millions of albums since releasing his first album in 1990. Check out my chat with him for the debut of our new series called In Sixty, March 8th at 9pm ET.

Bob Seger – Turn the Page (1973)

Bob Seger has sold over 50 million albums, his songs have been covered by everyone from Metallica, Rod Stewart, and Cher to Tina hTurner, Bette Middler and Kid Rock, and he has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Kid Rock gave the induction speech that night back in 2004 and made it clear that Seger was his biggest influence. Today, Rock still cites im as a major influence, not just because of his music however, but because he chose to step away from the business at the height of his success, to spend more time with his family. Kid Rock and I chat about this on the debut of our new series, In Sixty-March 8th at 9pm ET.

Bon Jovi – Bed of Roses (1992)

This is officially the 1 song I NEVER thought I would suggest. Truth be know, I hated it up until about 2 months ago; at least I thought I did. Jon Bon Jovi is the only man who could say he wakes up to French kisses the morning and get away with it, and I’ve also come to realize that I like a lot of Bon Jovi songs, just not when they are performed by Bon Jovi; oddly enough it was the theeee-ah-tah that lifted the fog. That’s right kids, Matty Wells is in a play that opens March 8th at the Factory Theatre and runs until the 18th, it’s called “Frances and Marybeth” by Canadian playwright Neal Kimmel and you’ll just have to come see why “Bed of Roses” is permanently burned on my brain. If that’s not enough to sell you on it: this is the closest I’ll ever come to being in an episode of Three’s Company, and you to seeing one live.

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