Capital Radio 5-30-22: Memorials and Guns
There were birthday greetings to Benny Goodman, Stephen Malkmus of Pavement and Topper Headon of The Clash. Also, some time to remember Ronnie Hawkins, the rockabilly cat who helped form…
Capital Radio 5-23-22: West Highland Way
Back from a long walk on West Highland Way, I began the radio show with Scottish music, naturally, but also weird songs that came up along the way (“One Step…
Capital Radio, 5-2-22: A Long Walk in May
Because I was rushing out the door at the end of my last show, I didn’t have time to post the archived show until now, when you now determine whether…
Capital Radio, 4-25-22: France & Flutes
Emmanuel Macron's decisive win for French president over his right wing opponent is all it took to celebrate France, Paris and the French language for an hour or so. When…
Capital Radio, 4-18-22: Taxes, Running
Tax Day meant songs about the nation's least favorite occasion, from the Beatles, Charley Patton, Sharon Jones, Jimi Hendrix and Johnny Paycheck, among others. Then a meditation on money itself,…
Capital Radio, 4-11-22: Whistling, Easter
Saw Santana the other day, so played a few of their classics. Remembered a bit of the work of Bobby Rydell, who died last week at 79. But mostly played…
Capital Radio, 4-4-22: April, Baseball, Etc.
Ah, April is here, and so we hear about it from Deep Purple, Ron Sexsmith, Frank Sinatra and Aretha Franklin. Just as important, baseball’s Opening Day is Thursday, so there…
Capital Radio, 3-28-22: Hollywood, Fools
Started with a salute to the great Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died Friday at 50, concentrating on the tracks on which he also sang lead, mostly on cover…
Capital Radio, 3/21: Cherry Blossom Time
In Washington, the first day of spring unexpectedly coincided with peak cherry blossom bloom — 10 days ahead of schedule. We can’t take credit for that, of course, but hope…
Capital Radio 3-14-22: Time, Pi & St. Paddy
The weirdness of Daylight Saving Time, and the concept of time itself dominated this week’s show, and there’s quite a lot of music that considers the concept, from Dooley Wilson…