Original air date Jan 28, 2017 | Time 59:00
Sting released a new album of rock oriented music in Nov 2016 "59th & 7th", referring to the intersection in Manhattan where the recording studios are located. We hear "I Can't Stop Thinking About You" which is very reminiscent of the Police song "Don't Stand So Close to Me". So we hear them back to back with the Police LIVE in Buenos Aries 2007. Sting's previous project was a full length Broadway musical called "The Last Ship" and we hear "The Night the Pugilist Learned to Dance", a style far removed from rock n roll showing the breadth of his composition styles. Back to his newest record, he addresses the refuge crisis in "Inshallah" and the climate change in "One Fine Day".
The Pretenders is Chrissie Hynde singing and songwriting, and her latest recording was done in Nashville with the Black Key's Dan Auerbach producing, bringing in country and blues musicians for the sessions. We hear the title track "Alone" in contrast to the previous 2014 album "Stockholm" with the Swedish production creating a totally different sound. Back to the Nashville recordings we hear two sincere love songs "One More Day" and "Death is Not Enough".