What do these two songs have in common? They both shift to a dramatically different key for the chorus, and both require the singer to pick ...

If diminished chords are rare in pop music, augmented chords are doubly so. The augmented chord is a triad with the fifth step raised. (henc...

I was listening to one of my favorite lesser-known Ben Folds Five songs, Eddie Walker , and was struck by all the diminished chords in the b...

Marc Cohn came and went in the early 90s, a classic one-hit wonder. Winning the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1991, he's done very li...

Who's ready for some 90s nostalgia? Boyz II Men have several hit songs that I could dig into but, since this blog is about greatness, ...

Before I dig into the Clapton, I want to look at a couple other songs. I've had this Mindy Gledhill song stuck in my head for a while no...

As I mentioned, the holidays are a busy time for us musicians, and so I never did write a followup to my O Holy Night post. I'm sorry k...