Capital Radio 12-16-24: Drones & Xmas Approach
Reports of mysterious drones in New Jersey and beyond prompted a handful of songs with drones in the title, at least. There were far more songs, of course, about flying…
Capital Radio 12-9-24: Putting Up the Tree
Succumbing to the holidays starts with putting up the tree, so there was a 21-song salute on today’s Capital Radio to growing, cutting , trucking, choosing, putting up, getting lights…
Capital Radio, 12-2-24: Wicked December Cold
We turn to the last leaf on the wall calendar and consider aspects of December minus the holiday dominance at its end. There were a lot of metaphors relating to…
Capital Radio 11-25-24: Turkey, Pie & Potatoes
We paid tribute to rocker and producer Andy Paley, who died last week at 72, with some work from his band The Paley Brothers as well as some of the…
Capital Radio 11-18-24: Shel Talmy’s Legacy
The death of influential producer Shel Talmy last week at 87 brought a wealth of music from the bands whose sound he helped shape - from The Kinks and The…
Capital Radio 11-11-24: Crenshaw and Coping
A bumper crop of birthdays means two hours of great music from Marshall Crenshaw and XTC’s Andy Partridge, both turning 71, to Dave Alvin, 69; Chris Dreja of The Yardbirds,…
Capital Radio 11-4-24: Voting and The Q
News this morning of the death of the Quincy Jones at 91 had us scrambling to find a handful of his tracks showing the breadth of his work over the…
Capital Radio 10-21-24: Season of the Witch
A handful of takeaways from Saturday’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction brought tracks from the MC5, Cher and Big Mama Thornton, among others. Then it was time to…
Capital Radio 10-14-24: Cissy & Native Peoples
After noting her 91st birthday on this show just two weeks ago, we bid farewell to Cissy Houston, who died last week, with a survey of her work, solo, and…
Capital Radio, 10-7-25: October Wartime
The arrival of the 10th month brought 11 songs about October. Then there were birthdays to note for Thom Yorke of Radiohead, turning 56, to John Mellencamp, who is 73…