For the Sake of the Song

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Beth P

15 December 2025

29m 14s

FERGUSON

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FERGUSON is a singer/songwriter out of Nashville whose indie rock music channels the best of ‘60s-70s era pop. His debut album, State of Gold, was released back in 2019 (under his full name, Ian Ferguson), and he quickly followed that up the with the B-sides record Junk the following year. And now FERGUSON has released his latest album for our listening pleasure, Never In My Life, which came out in late September on County Fair Records. Recorded with producer Will Brown in East Nashville, FERGUSON wrote all of the songs and played every instrument on the album and the result was 10 pop songs that are described as “a spiritual cousin to the experimental pop sounds of Sargent Peppers and Pet Sounds”. Check out Never In My Life wherever you get your music and make sure to follow FERGUSON online to see what comes next!

Playlist Track Listing:

  1. Solitude” by Duke Ellington
  2. “Love Hurts” by The Everly Brothers
  3. “ Walk on By” by Dionne Warwick
  4. “Hereos and Villains” by The Beach Boys
  5. “Ruby” by Silver Apples
  6. “I’ve Been Waiting for You” by Neil Young
  7. “Tonight Will Be Fine” by Leonard Cohen
  8. “Monkberry Moon Delight” by Paul and Linda McCartney
  9. “Queen Bitch” by David Bowie
  10. “Satori Part I” by Flower Travellin’ Band
  11. “M.E.” by Gary Numan
  12. “Coming Up” by Paul McCartney
  13. “I Can’t Hardly Stand It” by The Cramps
  14. “Voices Carry” by ‘Til Tuesday
  15. “Maureen” by Sade

For the Sake of the Song Intro/Outro Music: "Gun" by The Maness Brothers @TheManessBrothers