Playlist 7-22-16
A salute to George Clinton's birthday was followed by a memorial to Alan Vega, the innovator and former member of Suicide who died last Saturday at 78. There was a…
Playlist 7-15-16
Came directly from an opening set by Scott Miller, so played some of his songs to start. Then it was a salute to a lot of July 15 birthdays: from…
Playlist 7-8-16
Seeing Mavis Staples this weekend made me want to play a lot of her dad's group, but it also spoke to the conditions in the country this week. Followed with…
Playlist 7-1-16
Started with some homegrown go-go, by a couple of groups that will also play this weekend. Then some Willie Dixon to mark the 101st anniversary of the bluesman's birth. Then…
Playlist 6-24-16
Another night of remembering musical greats, from the funk pioneer Bernie Worrell, who died today at 72 of lung cancer, to bluegrass giant Ralph Stanley, who died yesterday at 89.…
Playlist 6-17-16
We seemed to be back on the air this week. So we started with some Delfonics, since they're in town this weekend, and some James Brown because his sax man…
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,…