We are a music discovery project.

Today’s Artist

Van Hunt 1970-

The label thought Van Hunt used a professional studio. He recorded his demos at home. He blended funk, soul, and rock into something radio could not categorize but fans could not stop listening to. He proved that genre was a cage and that real music breaks out of it. More on Van Hunt →

Who Did It Better

Let the Good Times Roll

Come on, baby, let the good times roll
Let the good times roll

1958

Ray Charles

1976

B.B. King

Let the Good Times Roll 0:30 is the simplest proposition there is. Be happy with me right now. Not complicated. Not conditional. Not deferred to some future date when conditions improve. Come on baby, let the good times roll.

The song does not argue or convince. It invites. The only requirement is showing up ready to receive what the moment offers. Joy is not earned through effort. It is accepted through presence.

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Today’s Record

Boogie Down

Boogie
Boogie down baby

1974

Eddie Kendricks

Time to boogie down. Leave worries at home. The music calls. Dance until sunrise. Boogie down is an instruction. Put on shoes and let the rhythm take control. Not complicated. Just move and let the night carry wherever it wants to go.

0:30

Yesterday’s Track

1973

Aretha Franklin

Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)

I'm gonna rap on your door
Tap on your window pane

Unwavering devotion despite absence. She will wait indefinitely. Prayer becomes a bridge between hearts. She refuses to accept finality. Love persists beyond separation and silence. The voice carries determination mixed with vulnerability. Steadfast patience defines her faithful character. She will not abandon what matters most.

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Today’s Theme

Soul in the Movies

Dazed and Confused 1993

Richard Linklater set Dazed and Confused on the last day of school in 1976 and the soundtrack is the most accurate seventies time capsule ever assembled. War's 'Why Can't We Be Friends' closes the film over the sunrise drive home. Alright, alright, alright. The summer was already ending.

Why can't we be friends? The song was asking. The film was answering.

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Image Credits

1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).

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We are a music discovery project.

Today’s Artist

Van Hunt1970 –

More on Van Hunt →

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Who Did It Better

Let the Good Times Roll 1958

Come on, baby, let the good times roll
Let the good times roll

Ray Charles

B.B. King

The song does not argue or convince. It invites. The only requirement is showing up ready to receive what the moment offers. Joy is not earned through effort. It is accepted through presence.

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Today’s Record

Boogie Down 1974

Boogie
Boogie down baby

Eddie Kendricks

0:30

Today’s Theme

E. Mojo

P-Funk collides with Kraftwerk's cold machine rhythm as Bootsy finally meets Giorgio Moroder face to face. Parliament's rubber band basslines stretch across electronic grooves from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Soul in the Movies

Dazed and Confused 1993

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Why We're Here

Most of us grew up with free radio. Then corporations took over the playlist. Then we found Spotify and YouTube -- until the algorithm quietly decided what we liked, and suddenly we were stuck on repeat again. There's so much music out there, and only so much time to hear it.

At HotSupper, we just want to open things up a little. Maybe you'll stumble on an artist you've never heard of. Maybe you'll rediscover a song you'd completely forgotten. Maybe you'll just tap your toes. Either way, it's yours to explore. And if you have ideas to make this place better, we're all ears.

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Image Credits

1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).

Full attribution breakdown →