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On the Record is a video series where rockstars gush about their favorite records -- in exactly 45 seconds. Rob Thomas' Cradlesongs is available exclusively on Rhapsody starting June 15.


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Greatest Hits...& Some That Will Be




Lemmy on the Beatles and more in the rest of our On the Record series.


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Coup250.jpg One of the best things about working here at Rhapsody (besides from the complimentary oyster bar) is talking to artists about the music they love.

Musicians don't always enjoy talking about their own work, but they love talking about the music that inspires them. Rarely do artists just listen to the kind of music they make -- they love all kinds of music. Sonic Youth recently listed their favorites for us here. It is truly an enjoyable collection of music.

Rob Thomas also made a groovy playlist of his favorites for us. Nice guy and a really strong batch of tunes.

The artist that brought Sonic Youth and Rob Thomas together was the American expat Scott Walker. I grew up reading about Walker the same way that I grew up reading about the Velvet Underground -- there was once a time when you couldn't find their records in America, so all you could do was read about them. David Bowie, Bryan Ferry, Brian Eno and Julian Cope always said that they were heavily influenced by Walker's arty pop -- and when I finally heard Walker's solo material I discovered that they weren't exaggerating. Sonic Youth picked Walker's "Jackie," one of many Jacques Brel covers that he performed.

Rob Thomas goes for one of Walker's ballads with the Walker Brothers -- a cover of a Burt Bacharach tune (Walker was -- and is -- a fine songwriter in his own right, by the way). It's nice that Walker's fellow countrymen are now into his music the way that British and Irish artists have been. My guess is that the superb feature documentary Scott Walker: 30th Century Man has had a lot to do with this. Check it out -- maybe Sonic Youth and Rob Thomas saw it together.

Q&A: Rob Thomas Pt. 4



This is it! The final installment of our interview with Rob Thomas, in celebration of the Rhapsody premiere of Rob Thomas cradlesong.

Song: The Underdog
Album: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Artist:
Spoon

To celebrate our exclusive premiere of Rob Thomas' new album, we asked the singer to DJ our free song of the day program. Thomas compares this Spoon hit to "Billy Joel if he were born a couple decades later."



With scant days left of the Rhapsody premiere of Rob Thomas’ cradlesong we bring you part two of our interview.

Song: It Could Happen to You
Album: It Could Happen to You
Artist:
Chet Baker

To celebrate our exclusive premiere of Rob Thomas' new album, we asked the singer to DJ our free song of the day program. Thomas picked this Chet Baker classic as it embraces "the sad, beautiful, tortured voice of a genius."

Q&A: Rob Thomas - Question 2



Rhapsody’s exclusive two-week premiere of Rob Thomas’ second solo LP, cradlesong is only a week longer, then we have to share the record with the rest of the world. We caught up with Rob in LA while he was filming a commercial for Rhapsody to talk about the record.

Song: 1972
Album: 1972
Artist:
Josh Rouse

To celebrate our exclusive premiere of Rob Thomas' new album, we asked the singer to DJ our free song of the day program. Thomas picked "1972," but admits anything by Josh Rouse is a worthwhile listen.





Song: Make It Easy on Yourself
Album: Scott Walker & The Walker Brothers - 1965-1970
Artist:
The Walker Brothers

To celebrate our exclusive premiere of Rob Thomas' new album, we asked the singer to DJ our free song of the day program. Thomas loves the "epic emotion and arrangement" of this Walker Brothers tune.



Rhapsody has an exclusive two-week premiere of Rob Thomas’ second solo LP, cradlesong. We caught up with Rob in LA while he was filming a commercial for Rhapsody. Stay tuned to Rhasody’s coverage of Rob Thomas for the rest of the interview, where he ruminates on life and his new record.

To celebrate Rhapsody’s two-week premiere of Rob Thomas’ cradlesong, we sat down and interviewed Rob as a part of our new Rhapsody Five program. The formula is easy: we ask rock stars five provocative questions to learn their deepest, darkest secrets. This is the big finale for Rob’s Rhapsody Five, though tomorrow, we’ll be posting an interview with the man himself.

ARTIST:
Rob Thomas








Song: I'll Wait For You
Album: Anything Which Gives You Pleasure
Artist:
Matt Beck

To celebrate our exclusive premiere of Rob Thomas' new album, we asked the singer to DJ our free song of the day program. Thomas picks a gem by "sideman extraordinaire" Matt Beck.

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Rhapsody 5: Rob Thomas - Question 4


To celebrate Rhapsody’s two-week premiere of Rob Thomas’ cradlesong, we sat down and interviewed Rob as a part of our new Rhapsody Five program. The formula is easy: we ask rock stars five provocative questions to learn their deepest, darkest secrets. Stay tuned to blog.rhapsody.com/rob-thomas for more coverage of the release, and the rest of Rob’s answers, all sharpened with the singer’s rapier wit.

ARTIST:
Rob Thomas








Song: She's a Jar
Album: Summerteeth
Artist:
Wilco

To celebrate our premiere of Rob Thomas' new album, we asked the singer to DJ our free song of the day program. For this pick by Wilco, Thomas admits, "The first line, alone, is better than anything I've ever written."





Rhapsody 5: Rob Thomas - Question 3


To celebrate Rhapsody’s two-week premiere of Rob Thomas’ cradlesong, we sat down and interviewed Rob as a part of our new Rhapsody Five program. The formula is easy: we ask rock stars five provocative questions to learn their deepest, darkest secrets. Stay tuned to blog.rhapsody.com/rob-thomas for more coverage of the release, and the rest of Rob’s answers, all sharpened with the singer’s rapier wit.

ARTIST:
Rob Thomas








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Song: Home Motel

Album: Who Do I Know in Dallas
Artist:
Willie Nelson

To celebrate our premiere of Rob Thomas' new album, we asked the singer to DJ our free song of the day program. Thomas says, "Sounds like you're in the room with him singing it" on this track from good ol' Willie.

Rhapsody 5: Rob Thomas - Question 2


To celebrate Rhapsody's two-week premiere of Rob Thomas; cradlesong, we sat down and interviewed Rob as a part of our new Rhapsody Five program. The formula is easy: we ask rock stars five provocative questions to learn their deepest, darkest secrets. Stay tuned to blog.rhapsody.com/rob-thomas for more exhilarating coverage of the release, and the rest of Rob’s answers, all sharpened with the singer's rapier wit.

ARTIST:
Rob Thomas








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Song: King of Pain

Album: Synchronicity
Artist:
The Police

To celebrate our premiere of Rob Thomas' new album, we asked the singer to DJ our free song of the day program. Thomas picks a pop classic from the Police.


To celebrate Rhapsody’s two-week premiere of Rob Thomas’ cradlesong, we sat down and interviewed Rob as a part of our new Rhapsody Five program. The formula is easy: we ask rock stars five provocative questions to learn their deepest, darkest secrets. Stay tuned to blog.rhapsody.com/rob-thomas for more exhilarating coverage of the release, and the rest of Rob’s answers, all sharpened with the singer’s rapier wit.

ARTIST:
Rob Thomas








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Song: Grapefruit Moon

Album: Closing Time
Artist:
Tom Waits

To celebrate our premiere of Rob Thomas' new album, we asked the singer to DJ our free song of the day program. Thomas says, "You can hear the piano stool creak" on this classic cut from Tom Waits.


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Song: Church House Steps

Album: There Will Be a Light
Artist:
Ben Harper and the Blind Boys of Alabama

To celebrate our premiere of Rob Thomas' new album (available June 16!), we asked the singer to DJ our free song of the day program. Today, Thomas declares "Let's go to church!" with this cut from Ben Harper and the Blind Boys of Alabama

rtimage.jpg It's on! To celebrate Rhapsody's two-week long exclusive of Rob Thomas's new LP, cradlesong, we'll be hosting a contest via our twitter feed, where answering dead simple questions will win fans awesome digital gear from Logitech and a poster signed by the man himself.

The contest will start on Monday June 15 and run through Friday June 19th. Pay attention to @Rhapsody on Twitter each day for questions and how to enter!

May the best tweets win!

Rules:
Daily from June 15, June 19, 2009 contestants can enter to win. Contestants must follow @Rhapsody on Twitter for the daily question. Each day at 10am Pacific Time @Rhapsody will ask a (super easy) Rob Thomas-related question. To enter the contest, contestants must tweet their answer to @Rhapsody prior to the closing of that day’s question. The contest ends at 1pm PST each day. The winners will be randomly selected from all eligible entries. Winners will be announced by 2pm PST daily. Winners will be notified via direct message on Twitter. Summation: follow us on twitter, win Rob Thomas stuff! What kind of stuff you ask? Why, Logitech stuff! All of the Logitech devices given away in our Rob Thomas contest are Rhapsody compatible. That means, not only can you listen to Rob’s entire catalogue, but also over 7 million other songs too! Click on the links below to read more about these devices.

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Monday we’re giving away the Logitech Squeezebox Boom!


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Tuesday we’re giving away the Logitech Squeezebox Classic.


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Wednesday we’re giving away the Logitech Squeezebox Duet

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Thursday we’re giving away another Logitech Squeezebox Boom!


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Friday we’re giving away the Logitech Transporter.




Fine Print:

Contestants must be 18 years or older.

Contest is only open to residents of the United States.

Contest winners must provide a mailing and email address and phone number to Rhapsody upon notification of their win. The mailing and email address and phone number will not be shared with anyone. Should winner choose to forfeit their prize they must contact @Rhapsody by 5pm PT the day of their win.

Rhapsody <3 Rob Thomas

RobThomas-01-big.jpgFew figures in the last decade of pop music have captured the audience of Rob Thomas, whose band, Matchbox Twenty, tore the charts to shreds in the late '90s, selling some 45 million records (one record for every man, woman and child in Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Florida, South Carolina and American Samoa!). As if that wasn't enough, Thomas' solo career, which began with ...Something To Be in 2005, continued to pile on the platinum. No kidding: dude is a big deal, which means it's a really big deal that Rhapsody's teaming up with VH1's The Leak to offer a two-week exclusive premiere of Rob's new rekkid, Cadlesong. Ya-huh, you read that right: for two weeks, starting Tuesday, June 16, you'll be able to hear Cradlesong right here.

To celebrate this momentous occasion, we're rolling out a whole lot of goodies. For starters, we recently sojourned to L.A. and talked to Rob for our On The Record series. Watch that here. He's so charming. Plus, this week, we're pulling the big, red silk curtain off a Rhapsody commercial featuring Rob (kinda like the one we did for Green Day), and we're going to be doing a contest via the Rhapsody Twitter feed, where we're going to give away some cool gadgets and signed posters (more on that tomorrow). We're also going to be selling Matchbox Twenty LPs mad cheap in our MP3 store, and rolling out new exclusive videos of Rob, as well as playlists and radio stations and who knows what else. Exciting? We think so. Stay tuned to the blog and twitter for the latest.

Exclusive Rob Thomas Photo Album


rtrtrt.jpgTo get yourself excited for Rhapsody's upcomig  exclusive of Rob Thomas' cradlesong, check out Rhapsody's exclusive Rob Thomas Photo Gallery, a set of concert photos and other goodies from our partners at Getty Images and Rollingstone.com. Sometimes we like to spend long afternoons staring longingly at it. To hear the man's solo records and his ace work fronting Matchbox Twenty, click here for all things Rob Thomas on Rhapsody.

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