Six Great Music Sites

I recently finished watching a documentary about Frank Sinatra, and it got me to thinking about how popular music can change so much over such little time. The younger generations don’t have much of a connection or interest in listening to the older music, while the older generations think the youngsters are producing unlistenable garbage. Frank Sinatra thought that about Elvis Presley. It has been my experience that people mostly enjoy the music of their youth for the rest of their lives. They stick with music from their high school days up to maybe their early 30’s. Except for new very popular songs, they decline in keeping up with the latest music. When I ask kids I know about different singers or bands from the past, they usually don’t know who I am talking about, unless there has been a biopic filmed about them such as Queen and Elton John. When I hear kids singing along to new popular music it is usually the first time I have heard it. It might be fun for some to learn a little musical history and others to catch up with what is going on today. To that end here are six music sites to check out.

Acclaimed Music – The most recommended recordings based on thousands of critics’ lists.

Contemplations from the Marianas Trench – Popular songs in American history, folk music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and America, songs of the sea and more.

Insurgent Country – Americana and Alt-Country new releases, news, reviews and hundreds of links to artists web pages.

Last.fm – “Create your own profile, track what you listen to (we call this scrobbling) and get cool stuff like your own music charts, new music recommendations, and a big ol’ community of other music lovers.”

New Album Releases – Lists new album releases by genre, including electronic, folk, indie, jazz, blues, metal, pop, rap, rock and misc.

Super Seventies Rocksite! – A lot of different music came out of the seventies and it seems like this site covers most all of it.