My love of pop music, in all its various incarnations, has never been a closely guarded secret. Starting with bands like The Beatles, The Kinks and The Dave Clark Five, pop has and always will be my musical reset button. It never fails to help bring me back to center when things get too far out of focus.
When longtime friend and legendary pop music producer Jamie Hoover recommends a new CD, I typically pay attention. Jamie has produced, played on or had some involvement in many of my favorite pop recordings. I’ve never known Jamie to recommend a band or artist that turned out to be less than spectacular and his latest tip, Innocence is Bliss from power pop songwriter Frank Royster, is once again right on the mark.
This article appears in Sep 9-15, 2010.