This week our playlist includes music by Gregory & The Hawk, The O'Jays, Cory Williams, Elvis Costello, Thelonious Monk and more.

Frontman Michael Fitzpatric just went through a shattering break-up, feeling as though he was about to lose his mind, when writing songs became medicinal. His album Pickin' Up the Pieces acted as part of the self-healing process.

This week we feature music by Paul Simon, Gwen Stefani, Sting, Hall & Oates, John Lennon, and more.

I had a waking dream last night in which Newt Gingrich was lobbying to have the word "United" in the "United States Of America" formally removed once and for all.

Just imagine the very special panel Larry King could assemble for this story. Personally, I'm a longtime Larry-head, so I genuinely hope that this is his best divorce yet.

These six releases are short on ballads and long on slick grooves. And yes, there are a couple you should skip. Why ruin a sunny spring day with lame music?

Tom "T-Bone" Wolk was a guy who was impossible not to love -- especially if you cared about music even half as much as he did.

Not sure if it's me, Sony, or Bob Dylan, but someone is out of their mind. It's hard to listen Dylan squawking "Adeste Fideles" with the finesse of Lyle Alzado and not laugh just a little.

It's a little surprising that until now, no one has put together a tribute album to folk's fertile days in New York's Greenwich Village.

I spoke to the most successful pop duo in music history on their new four-disc box set and their roles on the Cleveland Show.

Filled to the brim with radio staples like "Sara Smile," "Maneater," "Rich Girl," and about 25 other significant charters, Hall and Oates' new 74-track assembly truly is one of the best box sets ever released.

Prosperity is not simply just around the corner; it's all over this playlist. Here's to sticking around for the rising.

Arguably the biggest music duo of all time have said they're able to coexist and churn out hits and perform because they don't drive each other crazy and let each other do their own thing.

Janis Ian is one of the Woodstock era's unsung musical heroes who, just two years prior to the Bethel Bash, shocked our nation with her controversial single "Society's Child."