Sunday
Sounds & Smiles
Choose a song. Find a story. Stay awhile.
Music, memories and the people we carry with us.
A song can bring a whole room back.
The sound of a familiar voice. The people who were there. The version of ourselves we remember. Sunday Sounds & Smiles makes room for those connections—and for the new meaning an old favorite can hold today.
Put the song on, settle into the story and see where it takes you.
Sade
Like a Tattoo
From my mother’s beauty salon in Waterloo to a quiet evening in Las Vegas, some voices keep traveling with us. Start here with Sade, then choose another session from the jukebox below.
Read & listen to the sessionPress play for the full song, or open the session for the expanded story.
Pick a song.
Follow the story.
Each selection opens its own page, with a full feature and a player that stays beside you while you read.
01Sade · Like a Tattoo
The music we carry, from Waterloo to the life we’re living now.
Read & listen
02Sade · Nothing Can Come Between Us
Sade’s music still takes Allen back to his mother’s beauty salon in Waterloo — a reminder that the songs we grew up with keep traveling with us.
Read & listenMichelle Branch · The Game of Love
A favorite song, a Resorts World connection and another chapter in the soundtrack of my life.
Read & listen
04The Commodores · Zoom
One of my father’s favorites—and a song that keeps the connection close.
Read & listenThe Church · Under the Milky Way
A radio, a 1978 Celica in Waterloo and the beginning of a lifelong appetite for discovery.
Read & listen
06Taylor Swift · august
A morning coffee with Angie, a newer song and memories that took us back to Waterloo.
Read & listen
07Incubus · Dig
A thank-you to the woman who keeps me grounded. One of the five soundtracks of my life.
Read & listenThere’s more
to a Sunday.
Radio memories, records worth keeping and a little space to enjoy the day.
Vinyl vs. Streaming: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Two ways to listen, one lifetime of memories. Why vinyl and streaming each have a place in the soundtrack of our lives.
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The Last Great DJ
Before algorithms built our playlists, great DJs built a relationship with the people listening. A look back at the voices that made radio feel personal.
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Leave a Little Room for Sunday
An early workout, time with the people we love, and an afternoon with somewhere new to go.
Read the storyCome back next Sunday.
There’s always another song to share, another memory to revisit and something new to discover. Join us for the journey.
