Playlist 6-10-16
One of the weirdest shows ever. I could never tell if it ever got to anybody outside of the studio. It didn't seem to be on the air, and I…
Playlist 5-27-16
Started with some great old songs fro John Prine, who is coming to town next week, and continued with Alejandro Escovedo (who's in town tonight), Peter Wolf (who is also…
Playlist 5-13-16
A Friday the 13th show was chock full of birthday salutes to those still with us -- Stevie Wonder, Danny Kirwan and Overend Watts, among them -- and those who…
Playlist 5-6-16
Started off with more Prince, dominated by a bootleg of a 1984 birthday show and one cut from one of his "HitNRun" albums from last year. Then moved to Santogold,…
Playlist 4-29-16
First show in two weeks dominated of course by the death of Prince. But there were other deaths noted: that of Lonnie Mack and Billy Paul, who died last week…
Playlist 4-15-16
Started with some soul instrumentals, then a bunch of The Feelies, in advance of their show in town Saturday. Also playing the area that night, Robbie Fulks, so we heard…
Playlist 4-8-16
The death of Merle Haggard this week necessitated close listening to his output -- and he put out a lot. Not only did he have a great, expressive voice, the…
Playlist, 4-1-16
An April Fool's Day edition of the radio show actually found a few songs about the day, but many more about fools in general and one about April. Started with…
Playlist 3-25-16
Hey, it's Aretha Franklin's 74th birthday! So we saluted her. Also: following a short Easter set, a look back at this week's concert by The Who, including some of the…
Playlist 3-11-16
A shorter show this week following a week’s absence is a full salute to producer George Martin, who added so much to the recordings of the Beatles, but began his…