Capital Radio 10-6-25: Tunes from Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson, who died 133 years ago today, didn’t live long enough to hear any of his poems turned to music. But the longest-serving British poet laureate inspired a…
Capital Radio 9-29-25: Walking Through Italy
A recent hike through Italy inspired half of this week’s Capital Radio, with songs about walking, Italians, pilgrims and the treasures of Rome. It included pop songs sung in Italian…
Capital Radio 9-22-25: Autumn Comes A’Knockin’
The autumnal equinox occurred in the middle of the Sept. 22 Capital Radio, so naturally there were songs about the end of summer, the coming of fall, and the thing…
Capital Radio 9-15-25: Who Put the Bomp?
Asking the musical question “Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)” this week (preceded by its musical answer decades later from Chuck Prophet) led to all manner of…
Capital Radio 9-8-25: You Know What I Mean
The death of Mark Volman Friday at 78 brought an hour of his music on Capital Radio this week, with The Turtles, Flo & Eddie, Frank Zappa, T. Rex, the…
Capital Radio 9-1-25: Work, Workers and Wigs
Labor Day brought songs of work, unions and workers on a holiday Capital Radio. But there was also a set about wigs — flipping, tightening and falling off. Among birthday…
Capital Radio 8-25-25: EC Turns 71; Tweedy 58
Yes, Elvis Costello turned 71; Jeff Tweedy was 58. So there were was big birthday tributes to both. We also had salutations for jazz man Wayne Shorter, Belle and Sebastian…
Capital Radio 8-18-25: RIP Reid, Whitlock & Flaco
We remembered a number of artists who’ve died in recent weeks, with retrospecitves of the underrated Terry Reid, who died Aug. 4 at 75; Derek and the Dominos co-founder Bobby…
Capital Radio 8-11-25: Celebrating Producers
Kenny Gamble, half of Philly International's famed writing and production team Gamble & Huff turned 82 today, so there was an array of some of their greatest tunes. It was…
Capital Radio 8-4-25: The First Hot 100 Highlights
Finally getting around to posting a couple of radio shows from the beginning of the month, pre-recorded before I was out of the country for a couple of weeks. Aug.…