Are You a People Pleaser Too?

New Music

Cat Burns is a 21 year old British singer and songwriter who went from busking to mastering Tik Tok in lockdown, singing a mix of her favourite covers and original music. As a result, she rapidly amassed a large following. One of her original songs, Go, went viral and ultimately rose to number two on the UK singles chart. She cites Ed Sheeran, India Arie and Tori Kelly as a few of her biggest inspirations. 

The lyrics of Cat Burns’ current single, People Pleaser, detailing her troubles with communication and confrontation, will no doubt resonate with many people.

We hope that you’ll be pleased that People Pleaser is new this week on RadiJohan.

In Memory of the Legendary Ronald Belford Scott

Flashback

On 19 February 1980 AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott died after a night of heavy drinking. The coroner’s report listed “acute alcohol poisoning” as the cause of death, classified under “death by misadventure.”

Scott spent the night out in London drinking with friends at the popular club Music Machine. Leaving with a friend, Alistair Kinnear, he went back to Kinnear’s home in South London, falling asleep in the passenger seat. Upon arrival Kinnear couldn’t wake Scott, so he reclined the seat and left him to sleep in his Renault 5. In the morning Kinnear again attempted to wake Scott and realized he wasn’t breathing. Scott was rushed to King’s College Hospital and pronounced dead upon arrival.

Shortly after Scott’s death the remaining members of AC/DC briefly considered disbanding but it was eventually decided that Scott would have wanted them to continue. With the encouragement of Scott’s family the band hired Brian Johnson as their new lead singer.

AC/DC went on to become one of the biggest rock bands in the world but, sadly, Bon Scott never lived to receive the adulation he deserved.

RadiJohan Top 10 on 18 February 2023

Top 10
TWLWArtistTitle
10NewDolly PartonGonna Be You
93Tuk Smith & The Restless HeartsEverybody Loves You When You’re Dead
810KrezipIn The Water
79Visions of AtlantisClocks
66The White BuffaloNot Today
57Jethro TullGinnungagap
45Jelly RollShe
34Six60Never Been Tonight
22 TenThe Tidal Wave
11RouletteReady For Friday Night

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Introducing Lady Blackbird

New Music

A few years ago “Lady Blackbird” (aka Marley Munroe) burst onto the Jazz scene. When she was a child her parents listened to artists like Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Kool and the Gang and gospel singers like Andraé Crouch. When her mother realized Marley could sing she used to follow her around with a tape recorder. She has kept all the tapes of her as a small child singing and reciting various songs and nursery rhymes.

Marley got her start by performing at family gatherings, church, funerals, weddings, fairs and even sports events. At age 12 she traveled back and forth to Nashville after signing with a Christian record label and, as a teenager, she toured the U.S. performing in arenas with Toby Mac from “DC Talk.”

Before starting her career as Lady Blackbird, Marley Munroe explored other musical styles, eventually finding her Jazz-tinged calling as Lady Blackbird. Her debut single, Blackbird, a cover of a 1963 song by Nina Simone about the struggles of being a black woman, was released in May 2020. Her 2021 debut album, Black Acid Soul, received many 5 star reviews and she recently won ‘International Artist of the Year’ at the “Jazz FM Awards.”

Lady Blackbird’s latest single release, Woman, is new this week on RadiJohan.

Belle and Sebastian – Late Developers

New Music

Less than a year after their most recent album, A Bit of Previous, Scottish band “Belle and Sebastian” have released another new full-length 11 track effort called Late Developers. The band were formed in Glasgow in 1996 and their previous albums have been particularly successful in the UK where they’ve also scored a number of hit singles. They also received an “Outstanding Contribution to Music Award” at the UK’s “NME Awards” in 2014.

Late Developers is Belle and Sebastian’s 12th studio album. The album’s lead single, I Don’t Know What You See In Me, is new this week on RadiJohan.

An Introduction to understanding “Groupies”

Flashback

This week in 1969 Rolling Stone magazine’s front cover featured an article on “groupies,” a term used for the ladies who hang out at the stage door hoping for some intimate interaction with the band. Some sources have attributed the coining of the word to The Rolling Stones former bass player, Bill Wyman, during the group’s 1965 Australian tour. However Wyman has said he and his band-mates used other “code words” for women on tour.

For a more detailed understanding of the “Groupie” phenomenon please watch the video below.

Noel Gallagher Goes Back to The Beginning

New Music

“Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds” are an English Rock band formed in 2010 after Noel Gallagher’s departure from “Oasis.” The band have released three studio albums, all of which topped the UK Album chart. Their forthcoming new album, Council Skies, is due out in June. Noel Gallagher stated:

“𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 … 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 ‘90’𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.𝘛𝘰𝘱 𝘖𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘝 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺.”

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds’ new single, Easy Now, is new this week on RadiJohan

RadiJohan Top 10 on 11 February 2023

Top 10
TWLWArtistTitle
10NewKrezipIn The Water
910Visions of AtlantisClocks
84Bishop BriggsSuperhuman
79Jethro TullGinnungagap
68The White BuffaloNot Today
55Jelly RollShe
46Six60Never Been Tonight
31Tuk Smith & The Restless HeartsEverybody Loves You When You’re Dead
23 TenThe Tidal Wave
12RouletteReady For Friday Night

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Composer Burt Bacharach has died

News

Renowned American composer Burt Bacharach has passed away at the age of 94. The author of songs such as “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” and “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” reportedly died of natural causes with his family by his side.

Bacharach began his career as a songwriter in the 1950’s and became Hollywood icon Marlene Dietrich’s pianist, which shot him to fame. The songwriter and pianist scored dozens of hits in his decades-long career, many of which he wrote together with Hal David (1921-2012). Bacharach and David met Dionne Warwick in 1961 and she had 39 of her hit singles penned by the musical duo. Bacharach also worked with big names like Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones and Elvis Costello. Many others covered his songs, including Elvis Presley, the Beatles, and Frank Sinatra.

The legendary composer was a frequent guest at the White House, whether the president was Republican or Democrat. He scored 73 Top 40 hits in the United States and 52 in the United Kingdom over the decades. In total he composed more than 500 songs, won six Grammys and three Oscars.

Introducing Polish Progressive Rock Band Riverside

New Music

“Riverside” was formed almost by accident when two of its members listened to the band “Marillion” on a car stereo back in 2001. The friends both played in heavy metal bands at the time but had a common interest for progressive rock. They decided to get together with another mutual friend, who owned a studio, to start experimenting with progressive rock.

‘Friend or Foe?‘ is Riverside’s new single from their latest album, ID.Identity, the band’s 8th studio album. Riverside’s Mariusz Duda commented:

“One of its strong points is the lyrics which talk about how we’re perceived by others, especially these days, when pretending to be someone you’re not on social media has become the norm. Can we still be ourselves or do we have to keep adapting to the requirements of new algorithms? Perhaps we’ve already lost our identities and we’re only waiting for instructions from a Siri or Alexa?“

‘Friend or Foe?‘ by “Riverside” is new this week on RadiJohan