Speed of Sound Podcast

Happy new year! Here’s my playlist of the absolute best tracks of 2025. Plus, essays on the year in music by myself and my two Gen Z daughters, who really nail it: s-curverecords.com/steves-top-tra…

Great set by ⁦@iamyola⁩ in NYC tonight!

This will definitely lift your mood: @andygrammer feat. @Tromboneshorty & Galactic bringing the NOLA party with Joy: open.spotify.com/track/7cSYqT8J…

Hear the incredible story of how The Monster Mash by Bobby “Boris” Pickett became the ultimate Halloween anthem! @SpeedOfSoundPod podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spe…

To anyone disappointed that #at40 is rebroadcasting 1974’s “Top 10 Producers of the 70’s” countdown on @SIRIUSXM this morning, please know the show is terrific. It’s my favorite AT40 special countdown. Filled with terrific stories and hits big and small. Worth the listen.

Seven songs on this 1970 #AT40 are still hanging on from the very first AT40 show 8 weeks earlier. Alive & Kicking, Freda Payne, BJ Thomas, Stevie Wonder, Eric Burdon/War, Carpenters—who’ve spent the entire period in the Top 10—and Bread at #3.

Here’s my annual essay looking at some trends in the world of music, plus the playlist of my favorite songs of the past year. Enjoy! s-curverecords.com/steves-best-so…

this is good design, don't get me wrong, but I immediately clocked it as stock vector art bc I listen to @SpeedOfSoundPod by @steviegpro

What a great day for @AJRBrothers . Massive Madison Sq. park free show, vinyl signing event and now getting ready for @IrvingPlaza show.

At NYC’s ⁦@IrvingPlaza⁩ watching ⁦@AJRBrothers⁩ perform Yes I’m A Mess

It has arrived—The just-published hardcover Joel Whitburn’s “Top Pop Singles Vol. 2: 1990-2022” book. The last project Joel Whitburn started before he passed away last year. So fresh it contains a list of every number one song through September 30th of 2023!

At NYC’s Madison Square Park, where thousands of ⁦@AJRBrothers⁩ fans sang along at a free show.

A fan wearing a homemade @AJRBrothers The Maybe Man jacket outside NYC’s @IrvingPlaza before tonight’s show.

Watching ⁦@The_RonnieG⁩ do the #NYmarathon. He just passed 138tj street and the Grand Concourse in the Bronx. About to enter Manhattan.

@porpster This is the 2nd week in a row that the #at40 featured on @70sOn7 contained a hit by the Ritchie Family. Last week had Best Disco in Town, which does a callback to this hit, Brazil. There were their only Top 40 hits.

Brussel sprouts season at the farmers’ market.

@BismrkBear I never cared about this song, or the artist-who got famous by appearing in the film American Graffiti. But oddly, back when this song was a hit on #at40, I had a dream I went to see Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids at a fair in Toledo, Ohio. Weird- because I lived in NYC.

@TerenceBegleyNJ I’m going to defend the Ritchie Damily “ best disco in town” here. it’s a really charming summation of some of the earliest disco hits, during its first wave And the Jaques Morali track, retiring some great “Philly sound” musicians, it’s really strong. #at40

Congratulations to Carla Thomas, who was honored last week with the Tennessee Governor’s Arts Award! Presented by Gov. Bill Lee and First Lady Maria Lee, the award was given to Ms. Thomas as well as 11 other artists for their contributions to the arts. 📷: Nicky Newburger

Rwandan superstar @BruceMelodie teams up with the legendary @DiRealShaggy for “When She’s Around (Funga Macho)”. open.spotify.com/track/2EhXuICR…