Song for Guy!
Sir Elton John is one of the most recognized and best-selling musical artists of all time! Yet, you may wonder, why is…
There’s no Escape-ing … 20 years!
This Easy Listening/Beautiful Music genre’s channel was birthed on XM Satellite Radio 20 years ago this week, in the last week of…
Missing… But Not Forgotten!
A sub-title of this Musings could be, “Tunes you no longer hear on SiriusXM’s Escape channel.” Why? While these melodies have long…
Easy Listening is not dead!
Back in 2019, I wrote about a true radio broadcasting entrepreneur named Norm Alpert. We lost Norm in December of 2018, not…
Marlin’s Good-Time Picture Show – Part Five
As noted before, prior to leaving Maryland in the early part of this year, I sorted and sifted through many mounds of…
A Beautiful Music Radio Birthday!
On August 26, 2002, XM Satellite Radio management responded to subscriber demand by launching several new music channels … including The Village,…
Dolly Parton, a Book, and a Train!
Originally published May 3, 2018 When I read that Dollywood re-opened this week ––after being delayed by many weeks due to the…
Reflections: Christmas Music on Radio!
Just when you thought Christmas was behind us and all of the all-Christmas-music stations had returned to regular programming, here comes Marlin…
Tell me, is there a Santa Claus?
Following up on my last Musings, presenting the collection of my favorite Christmas season songs, we turn to this historic holiday season…
My Satellite Radio Days – Part Two
August 26, 2019 … the 17th anniversary of Escape, SiriusXM’s Beautiful Music/Easy Listening channel! Yes, the launch came on August 26th, 2002…