Matt Fogelson
the james mcmurtry playlist
A playlist to accompany the Fine Tuning Podcast episode featuring McMurtry whose music is a top-shelf mixture of Americana, rock and folk.
Fine Tuning
A Site for Sore Ears
Search
Matt Fogelson
- May 8
- 1 min
the heartless bastards playlist
This playlist serves as a gateway to the music of Heartless Bastards and accompanies the Fine Tuning Podcast episode featuring the band.
Matt Fogelson
- May 1
- 1 min
the anthony d'amato playlist
This playlist serves as a gateway to the music of Anthony D'Amato and accompanies the Fine Tuning Podcast episode featuring him.
Matt Fogelson
- Sep 17, 2021
- 1 min
the Mt. Joy Playlist
This playlist serves as a gateway to the music of Mt. Joy and accompanies the Fine Tuning Podcast episode featuring the band.
Matt Fogelson
- Feb 24, 2018
- 1 min
THE FINE TUNING BASEMENT TAPES, VOL. 2
This Playlist consists of songs I've intended to write about for a while but for whatever reason have yet to make it out of my notebook.
Matt Fogelson
- Dec 19, 2017
- 5 min
THE 2017 MEMORIAL PLAYLIST
This Playlist compiles songs by some of the musicians who died during the year. Sadly, this year’s playlist is a Who’s Who of rock legends.
Matt Fogelson
- Mar 18, 2017
- 2 min
THE BEST OF FINE TUNING, VOL. 2
The latest Playlist of artists featured on Fine Tuning.
Matt Fogelson
- Dec 12, 2016
- 5 min
THE 2016 MEMORIAL PLAYLIST
This Playlist compiles songs by some of the rock musicians who died this year. Sadly, 2016 was an unusually active year for untimely deaths.
Matt Fogelson
- Nov 1, 2016
- 1 min
THE BEST ROCK 'N' ROLL POLITICAL SONGS
Mercifully, the 2016 presidential campaign is coming to an end. As a not-so-fond farewell, here's a playlist of the best political rockers.
Matt Fogelson
- Oct 17, 2016
- 1 min
THE BEST OF FINE TUNING, VOL. 1
This Playlist includes tracks from the artists featured on Fine Tuning over the blog’s first six months.
Matt Fogelson
- Sep 20, 2016
- 1 min
SONGS OF HOME
This playlist includes tracks I listened to on the flight home to California after spending seven months abroad in South America.
Matt Fogelson
- Oct 7, 2015
- 3 min
THE FINE TUNING BASEMENT TAPES, VOL. 1
This Playlist consists of songs I've intended to write about for a while but for whatever reason have yet to make it out of my notebook.
Matt Fogelson
- Sep 9, 2015
- 1 min
GET SCHOOLED: A ROCK 'N' ROLL PLAYLIST FOR BACK TO SCHOOL
This playlist, filled with songs about summer love, books, history and, of course, teenage angst, will get you fired up for back to school.
Matt Fogelson
- May 6, 2015
- 1 min
TELL MAMA: A MOTHER'S DAY PLAYLIST
In honor of Mother’s Day, I put together a rock ‘n’ roll playlist featuring all female vocalists.
Matt Fogelson
- Apr 22, 2015
- 3 min
A ROCKER LOOKS AT 45
To mark my 45th birthday, I created a playlist that is nothing less than a musical journey through my entire rock ‘n’ roll listening life.
Matt Fogelson
- Apr 9, 2015
- 3 min
THE TOP 25 MLB WALK-UP SONGS
To mark the start of baseball season, Fine Tuning compiled a Playlist of the Top 25 MLB Walk-Up Songs.
Matt Fogelson
- Feb 25, 2015
- 1 min
TOP TEN ROLLING STONES SONGS
I was paralyzed creating this Playlist as I pondered what self-respecting Stones fan would snub “Street Fighting Man"?
Matt Fogelson
- Feb 10, 2015
- 2 min
THE BITTER WITH THE SWEET VALENTINE'S MIX
For each sappy love song, I've added a counterpoint, a tune that approaches the concept of love with, shall we say, a jaundiced eye.
Matt Fogelson
- Jan 27, 2015
- 2 min
MY MUSICAL MAP PLAYLIST
This Playlist is a sampling of tunes on my musical map, songs that have become inextricably linked for me with specific places.
Matt Fogelson
- Jan 6, 2015
- 1 min
ROCK THE CRADLE PLAYLIST, SET 2
To immunize your child against pop, play this mix late at night while the infant is nursing. For best results, repeat often.