Every weekday morning, join Bob Mosolgo for a double-feature, Decade of Difference. Bob will highlight on an artist or group that has been creating music for at least a decade. First, he’ll feature a tune by that group around 7:50. Then, he’ll fast forward 10 years and play another song by that same artist an hour later.
Decade of Difference is supported by Bank of the James.
Decade of Difference: Travis
Travis came out of Scotland in 1990 but took until 1997 to release their first album, building momentum with the following release The Man Who which came in 1999 and by 2003 had sold over [...]
Decade of Difference: George Clinton
North Carolina native Geogle Clinton got his start in music by forming a doo wop group in the 1950s out of the back room of a barbershop where he worked straightening hair. The band scored [...]
Decade of Difference: Santana
Carlos Santana, the driving force behind the group Santana turns 74 today. Santana pioneered a fusion of rock, jazz, latin and african rhythms beginning in the 1960s. Among the first to apply unique instruments to [...]
Decade of Difference: Commander Cody
George Frayne turns 77 today. If you don’t recognize the name you might recognize his stage name Commander Cody. If that still does not ring a bell, then you will recognize their one hit song [...]
Decade of Difference: Bob Marley
There is no more recognizable name in reggae music than Bob Marley. Fusing elements of ska, rocksteady and reggae with his distinctive voice and songwriting skills, Marley almost single handedly raised the profile of Jamaican [...]
Decade of Difference: Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff began performing as a child in local shows and fairs around his home in Saint James, Jamaica. By fourteen the young James Chambers felt ready and moved to Kingston, changing his name to [...]