Capital Radio 4-21-25: Egg Rolls and The Pope
The papal death this morning led to a hastily organized opening set spotlighting the pope in pop from artists that included Prince, Donovan, Joe Pernice and Pope Francis himself, from…
Capital Radio 4-14-25: Hard Times on Tax Day
The eve of Tax Day brings a number of songs about taxation itself, the nature of money, the fate of the poor and the rich and finally the coming of…
Capital Radio 4-7-25: Remembering Clem Burke
Late news of Clem Burke’s death this morning at 70 meant lots of last minute changes in order to properly pay tribute to the great drummer from Blondie, first with…
Capital Radio 3-31-25: Secret Messages on Signal
Supposedly secret messages illegally sent through a commercial texting platform (and carelessly also sent to a journalist) remains the talk of D.C. and was the subject of half of Capital…
Capital Radio 3-24-25: Carol Kaye’s 90th & More
A wealth of birthdays meant big sets for two D.C.-bred R&B giants, Billy Stewart and Don Covay, salutes to three (!) German rock figures, and a wide array of others,…
Capital Radio 3-17-25: Clovers on St. Patrick’s
Our St. Patrick’s Day show started with a half dozen songs about the four-leaf clover — and none about the shamrock, although it came up in the 28 other songs…
Capital Radio 3-10-25: Farewell to Too Many
For the first show back after three weeks away, the names of the artists who died — and deserved a tribute — was up to 17. They include the 17-year-old…
Capital Radio 2-24-25: When Raga Rock Ruled
A trip to India inspired a long set about the time when George Harrison, through Ravi Shankar, introduced the instruments of Indian classical music to Western rock and pop. Suddenly…
Capital Radio 2-17-25: From President to King
We marked President's Day with a prerecorded set that morphed to comment on the tendency of the office's current occupant to act more like a king. We began by celebrating…
Capital Radio 2-10-25: Cupid and the Valentines
Ten songs about Cupid joined 20 more about Valentine’s Day in advance of this week’s observation. We began with seven songs featuring Gene Barge, saxophone ace who died this month…