Founded by pianist and arranger Scott Bradlee in 2009, Postmodern Jukebox reimagines contemporary pop, rock and R&B hits in the style of various yesteryears, from swing to doowop, ragtime to Motown – or, as Bradlee himself puts it, “pop music in a time machine.”

The band parlayed a series of YouTube videos shot in Bradlee's Queens living room into massive success, accruing more than 450 million YouTube views and over 2 million subscribers and performances at packed houses across the globe. ‘The Essentials’, collects 18 favorites from Postmodern Jukebox's weekly postings. Both the songs and the styles span decades – it just happens that the decades in question are separated by about half a century. Bradlee's choice of material ranges from the ‘80s hard rock of Guns N’ Roses to hits as recent as last year's Justin Bieber plea “Sorry.” They're rendered by a rotating cast of musicians and singers in fashions that date back to a time when Axl, Slash and Bieber's parents had yet to be born.