Playlist 11-13-15
A salute to Allen Toussaint, the New Orleans great who died last week, led to his work with Elvis Costello, she of E.C. himself and the two songs he wrote…
Playlist 11-6-15
Parents weekend at any college means that campuses are overrun with well-wishing elders, who can tour facilities, relieve offspring from cafeteria food for a night at a fancier restaurant and…
Playlist 10-23-15
Another longer than usual (and technically challenging) show started with some old school hip hop and moved quickly to a lot of Kinks, due to Dave Davies' show here earlier…
Playlist 10-16-15
Started with a couple of Bettyes, one of whom was in town Thursday. Also in town that night was Elvis Costello, on his book tour, so I played a few…
Playlist 10-9-2014
Was inspired by a book signing by Patti Smith earlier in the evening, so started with a lot of her work, including half of "Horses," now marking its 40th year,…
Playlist 9-25-15
An unusual show that may or may not have been broadcast over the airwaves (it seemed to still be streaming though), it began with some of the songs ringing from…
Playlist 9-18-15
Started with a birthday salute to Jimmie Rodgers (who is alive) and Dee Dee Ramone (who is not). Played a lot of Keith Richards to celebrate his first solo album…
Playlist 9-11-15
Started out a longer than usual Friday Night Rock tonight with an hour of mostly Stax music before moving into a bunch of music of artists who generally were either…
Playlist 9-4-15
The start of the season's last three day weekend inevitably means a collision of both working songs for Labor Day and a batch of anthems celebrating the last moments of…
Playlist 8-28-15
Another odd radio show -- why did I think things that didn't work last week would work this week? It did not. So in the middle of a sampling of…