Pandora Easy Listening Music
Top 15 Pandora Stations That Will … – Live Like You Are Rich
My son has gotten 6 molars in the past 2 weeks. Which means we have been dealing with lots of crying, whining, and poor sleeping. That, along with everything else has been enough to tip my mood from its normally pretty happy and calm state to a bit of a grumpy and anxious state. Yes, I admit I’ve been a little grumpy and stressed out. When I realize that I’m not in the best of moods I’ll pull out my phone or turn on the computer and listen to one of my ‘Top 15 Pandora Stations That Will Uplift and Calm Any Mood or Day’. Immediately after listening to any one of these stations, I start feeling much much better. There is something amazing about the power of music. It can instantly turn a drab hour into a fun filled hour in the day. It even helps cranky children enjoy life more as well:).
The best part about Pandora is that it is FREE! You just need to sign up using an email and password. I’ve been using Pandora for the last 6 years and I still love them today. If you have never used Pandora (or heard of it before) they match the artist that you pick (the station) to similar artists. You can vote and say you like or don’t like each song if you want and unlike normal radio you can skip the song if you don’t like it.
I have quite a few Pandora stations saved on my account but there are a few that I immediately click on when I need to be uplifted or calmed down.
#1- Jack Johnson– Soothing yet catchy with great uplifting lyrics.
#2- Enya– Calming music, unique, mystical. Love Enya.
#3- Creedence Clearwater Revival– Fun music that will have you singing and beating along to the sounds in no time.
#4- IZ– Soothing, uplifting lyrics, and easy to listen to.
#5- Mumford & Sons– Folk rock music, blue grassy style. Super happy music.
#6- Matt Costa– Upbeat, great lyrics, light and enjoyable.
#7- Paul Cardall– Piano and other instrumental music. Beautiful soundtracks to popular movies. Very relaxing and calming.
#8- Elephant Revival– Beautiful vocals and lyrics. Relaxing and fresh.
#9- Cherie Call– Motivational and enlightening lyrics with great music.
#10- Josh Groban– Deep and rich yet uplifting (more of an opera style at times).
#11- Priscilla Ahn– Easy listening, great vocals, catchy tunes.
#12- James Taylor– An oldy but goody. Great lyrics and guitar music combined into awesomeness.
#13- Bon Iver– Wonderful soothing and very unique sounds.
#14- Michael Buble– Fun, catchy, upbeat, and uplifting station.
#15- Weepies– Relaxing contemporary.
I hope these free radio stations brighten up, calm, and uplift your tough days.
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Easy listening – Wikipedia
Easy listeningEasy listening CD sectionOther names
Beautiful music[1]
middle-of-the-road[1]
pop standard[1]
Stylistic origins
Light music[1]
big band[1]
Cultural origins1940s, United States[1]Derivative forms
Chill-out music[2]
sunshine pop[3]
adult contemporary
space music
ambient
exotica
lounge
SubgenresSpace age pop
Easy listening (including mood music[4]) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to 1970s. [5] It is related to middle-of-the-road (MOR) music[1] and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit songs, non-rock vocals and instrumental covers of selected popular rock songs. It mostly concentrates on music that pre-dates the rock and roll era, characteristically on music from the 1940s and 1950s. It was differentiated from the mostly instrumental beautiful music format by its variety of styles, including a percentage of vocals, arrangements and tempos to fit various parts of the broadcast day.
Easy listening music is often confused with lounge music, but while it was popular in some of the same venues it was meant to be listened to for enjoyment rather than as background sound.
History[edit]
The style has been synonymous with the tag “with strings”. String instruments had been used in sweet bands in the 1930s and was the dominant sound track to movies of Hollywood’s Golden Age. In the 1940s and 1950s strings had been used in jazz and popular music contexts. As examples in the jazz genre, there are recordings of Frank Sinatra. [6] Another example of a practitioner in the popular context was Dinah Washington’s “What a Difference a Day Makes”. In the 1950s the use of strings quickly became a main feature of the developing easy listening genre.
Jackie Gleason, a master at this genre, whose first ten albums went Gold, expressed the goal of producing “musical wallpaper that should never be intrusive, but conducive”. [7]
Similarly, in 1956 John Serry Sr. sought to utilize the accordion within the context of a jazz sextet in order to create a soothing mood ideally suited for “low pressure” listening on his album Squeeze Play. [8][9] Jerry Murad also contributed to the music, including a variety of types of harmonica. External audio You may hear examples of Easy listening music performed by John Serry on his album Squeeze Play in 1956 Here on
Reception[edit]
The magazines Billboard and Record World featured easy listening singles in independently audited record charts. Generally 40 positions in length, they charted airplay on stations such as WNEW-FM, New York City, WWEZ, Cincinnati, and KMPC, Los Angeles. Record World began their listings January 29, 1967 and ended these charts in the early 1970s. Billboard’s Easy Listening chart morphed into the Adult Contemporary chart in 1979, and continues to this day. [10]
During the format’s heyday in the 1960s, it was not at all uncommon for easy listening instrumental singles to reach the top of the charts on the Billboard Hot 100 (and stay there for several weeks). [11]
Beautiful music, which grew up alongside easy listening music, had rigid standards for instrumentation, e. g., few or no saxophones (at the time, the saxophone was associated with less refined styles such as jazz and rock and roll, although Billy Vaughn was an exception to the rule), and restrictions on how many vocal pieces could be played in an hour. The easy listening radio format has been generally, but not completely, superseded by the soft adult contemporary format. [12]
According to the Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, “The public prominence and profitability of easy listening [in the postwar years] led to its close association with the so-called ‘Establishment’ that would eventually be demonized by the rock counterculture. “[13] In Christgau’s Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), rock critic Robert Christgau said “semiclassical music is a systematic dilution of highbrow preferences”. [14]
Easy listening singers[edit]
Easy listening/lounge singers have a lengthy history stretching back to the decades of the early twentieth century. Easy listening music featured popular vocalists such as Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Patti Page, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Rosemary Clooney, Doris Day, Perry Como, The Carpenters and many others. The somewhat derisive term lounge lizard was coined then, and less well known lounge singers have often been ridiculed as dinosaurs of past eras[15] and parodied for their smarmy delivery of standards. [16]
In the early 1990s the lounge revival was in full swing and included such groups as Combustible Edison, Love Jones, The Cocktails, Pink Martini and Nightcaps. Alternative band Stereolab demonstrated the influence of lounge with releases like Space Age Bachelor Pad Music and the Ultra-Lounge series of lounge music albums. The lounge style was a direct contradiction to the grunge music that dominated the period. [17][18]
See also[edit]
Sentimental ballad
Elevator music
Muzak Holdings
Schlager
Smooth jazz
Soft rock
References[edit]
^ a b c d e f g Keightley, Keir (2012). “Easy-Listening”. In Shepherd, John; Horn, David (eds. ). Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume 8: Genres: North America. A&C Black. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-4411-4874-2.
^ Rosen, Jody (June 7, 2005). “The Musical Genre That Will Save the World”. Slate.
^ Murray, Noel (April 7, 2011). “Gateways to Geekery: Sunshine Pop”. The A. V. Club. Onion Inc. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
^ Musiker, Naomi; Musiker, Reuben (2014). Conductors and Composers of Popular Orchestral Music: A Biographical and Discographical Sourcebook. Routledge. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-135-91770-8. Mood music has come to be known as easy-listening music; however… in the strict sense of the term, mood music means background music written for radio and television programs (including ‘commercials’), as well as feature, documentary and newsreel films.
^ Lanza, Joseph (2008). “Chapter 16: Zing! Went the Strings”. In Miller, Paul D. (ed. Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-262-63363-5.
^ [
Frank Sinatra Easy Listenning and TV]Retrieved 28 January 2021
^ AoL Music (2012). “Jackie Gleason Albums”. AoL Music. AOL Inc. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
^ The Cash Box, Album Reviews, Cash Box Publishing Co., New York, December 8, 1956, No. 12, p. 38 Review of album “Squeeze Play” in Cash Box magazine, Pg. 38 on
^ The Billboard – Review and Ratings of New Popular Albums – Squeeze Play, December 1, 1956 p. 22 on
^ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of Number One Adult Contemporary Hits. New York City: Billboard Books. ISBN 978-0-823-07693-2.
^ “Walter Wanderley Summer Samba (So Nice) Chart History”. Billboard. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
^ Radio Station Format Guide Archived 2006-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ John Shepherd, David Horn (eds. ) (2012). Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume 8, p. 194. ISBN 1441148744.
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). “The Guide”. Christgau’s Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0899190251. Retrieved March 30, 2019 – via
^ “American Notes LAS VEGAS— Stop the Music! “. Time. August 21, 1989. Archived from the original on November 24, 2007.
^ Sean Elder. “Bill Murray”. Archived from the original on 2008-01-12. Retrieved 2008-01-18.
^ Spindler, Amy M. (March 7, 1995). “Review/Fashion; Chic Prevails Over Grunge”. New York Times. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
^ Lacayo, Richard (May 25, 1998). “Ring-A-Ding Ding”. Archived from the original on February 3, 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
Bibliography[edit]
Borgerson, Janet and Jonathan Schroeder (2017). Designed for Hi-Fi Living: The Vinyl LP in Midcentury America. ISBN 978-0-2620-3623-8.
10 Pandora Stations for Your Next Party – How To: Simplify
When it comes to entertaining, we pretty much always have music playing in the background. And, oftentimes, we like to turn it up a bit and have a dance party. Almost every night my son and I have a dance party in our living room? Why? Because it’s so fun to dance, jump, and bounce around with our son. He loves to dance and I can’t help but join him.
We usually change up the music throughout the party to fit the vibe of what’s taking place. If we’re hanging out on our porch, then we usually have some chill playing in the background. When it comes to dinnertime, we turn on songs by artists like Frank Sinatra to bring on the ultimate dinner vibe.
Over the past year, we have fallen head over heels in love with our Amazon Echo. We even bought an Amazon Dot for our basement and for my office. Yes, I know that these devices can perform a lot of other functions. But, the main function we use them for is music. Lots and lots of music. Music all day every day. We hardly ever not have music playing in our house. It’s just our thing.
This is totally not an ad … let’s just say that if you’re looking for a great device, turn to the Amazon Echo. After being at our house, my parents returned home and purchased an Echo. When my brother and sister-in-law returned home, they immediately purchased an Amazon Echo. My in-laws are now talking about getting an Amazon Echo. They are just the neatest devices that can do so much and have amazing sound quality. #endsoapboxrant
So, where was I … oh right, different types of music. Instead of having the stress of making a playlist for every get together we have, we just ask our Echo to play Pandora stations.
10 Pandora Stations for Your Next Party
What I found lately is that I’ve been stuck in a rut. When I go to turn on music, I find that I’m playing the same music over and over again. So, I set out to find some great Pandora stations that give off a great vibe. As it turns out, they are great for a cocktail party or any gathering for that matter. However, it all depends on the mood and atmosphere.
So, without further adieu, here are 10 great Pandora stations that are perfect for your next party:
Blues BBQ
I think the name pretty much says it all. B. B. King, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan are the superstars of this Pandora station. The music keeps the summer vibe going all year round.
Brunch Cafe
Who doesn’t love brunch? Why not invite Ingrid Michaelson, Norah Jones, and Etta James to brunch? The station is full of melodic songs that pair perfectly with your mimosas.
Classic Soul BBQ Radio
Let’s face it, this is just feel good music. The beat is on point, the artists are classics, and the songs might even get you up and get you dancing. There’s nothing wrong with that, right?
Cool Jazz
You’re bound to hear the greats like Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Dave Brubeck when you play this Pandora station. The station keeps the gathering feeling light and casual.
Frank Sinatra Radio
As I mentioned earlier, playing this station while eating will give off the perfect dinner vibe. The greats like Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Sammy Davis will fill the air with all sorts of memorable songs.
French Cooking Music
The music on this station is very mellow yet welcoming. You could play this music as people are arriving to your dinner party and/or while they are enjoying appetizers and cocktails. The station gives off a laid back, casual, yet fancy vibe (thanks to the French).
Hipster Cocktail Party
Honestly, the name of this station is kind of ridiculous so don’t judge a book by its cover. Trust me. Bill Withers, Nina Simone, Van Morrison, and Ray LaMontagne are some regulars you’ll find on this station. The music on this station is somewhat mellow but can also be a bit peppier at times. It’s definitely a good mix.
Summer Hits of the 90s
The name says it all. Come on, we can have some fun, right?
U2 Radio
I’m putting this radio station on the list because my husband loves it. He always has it playing whether or not we’re having people over to our house. The station plays a good mix of 90s and 80s music that many people will recognize, appreciate, and enjoy.
Yacht Rock Radio
Disregard the name of this station. It’s nothing like what it sounds. The station is awesome. Think Doobie Brothers and Hall & Oates. See? Awesome.
What are your favorite Pandora stations?
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Frequently Asked Questions about pandora easy listening music
What is a good relaxing Pandora station?
#1- Jack Johnson– Soothing yet catchy with great uplifting lyrics.#2- Enya– Calming music, unique, mystical. … #3- Creedence Clearwater Revival– Fun music that will have you singing and beating along to the sounds in no time.#4- IZ– Soothing, uplifting lyrics, and easy to listen to.More items…•Feb 13, 2014
What radio is easy listening?
Easy listening (including mood music) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to 1970s. It is related to middle-of-the-road (MOR) music and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit songs, non-rock vocals and instrumental covers of selected popular rock songs.
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