Another year in the books. 24 years of making a music blog. A mighty long time to do anything. Something to be proud of even if this thing has stalled a bit outside of the new music weekly. However, even that takes five plus hours of my time (almost) every weekend and I’ve repeated that effort now 341 times. It’s not an easy task. How much does that work matter is a whole another question, but I hope the playlist can be something good in the messed up streaming world. At least it’s genuine, human curated and born out of love for music. And tries to also cover music that might not get a spotlight in the actual music media.
The forthcoming year is sort of a 25 year jubilee, so I’ve been thinking that I probably should find a way to celebrate that somehow. Quarter of a century is such crazy amount of time gone by that I don’t think I should just let that slide. So hopefully a more active 2026 in the horizon, but absolute no promises whatsoever. This is just a spare time hobby and even keeping up with the current schedule is often a hell of a grind.
A giant thank you once again to all you lovely people who keep on following this blog and my weekly new music adventure. It means the world to me and I appreciate all the kind words and encouragements I’ve received over the years. You are the best.
And to wrap up this little birthday post, I’ll quickly share some songs that I love wholeheartedly. I picked a few that might not yet be super household names, because I feel like that’s sort of why One Chord to Another exists. These are also a bit from the softer end of the OCTA spectrum.
First Alice George Perez from Brussels, Belgium. I absolutely adore this beautiful single The Crow from her forthcoming album that is due out in October.
Next over to Canada and British Columbia for the dreamy new single Star City from Dana Sipos. Not sure when the album is coming out, but hopefully soon because both singles have been wonderful.
And then over to Los Angeles for the first single It Must Be So Easy from Mia Wilson’s forthcoming self-titled debut album. It only took a few seconds on my first to listen to fall for this one. Such a gorgeous early 70s kind of pop song. Album out in November on one of the greats, Royal Oakie Records.
Finally a couple of albums that are already out and available. Leslie Graves and Toby Goodshank joined forces and created a charming album called Between Worlds. My own favorite out of the many gems is this beauty called The Natural Way.
And this one you’ve heard before, if you follow this blog closely. But this has been the year of Hectorine for me and I absolutely adore her album Arrow of Love. I usually have posted Is Love an Illusion, but let’s go with the equally wonderful Everybody Says this time around.
And there would be much more, but it’s past midnight and I need some sleep. Take care.