Capital Radio 1-13-25: Soul Man to California
Capital Radio saluted the last Soul Man, Sam Moore, who died Friday at 89, with a handful of hits from Sam & Dave, as well as some of his work…
Capital Radio 1-6-25: Remembering 2024 Losses
Aside from a number of birthdays — of Syd Barrett, Sandy Denny, Doris Troy, Nino Tempo, Van McCoy, Earl Scruggs and Malcolm Young of AC/DC — the first Capital Radio…
Capital Radio 12-30-24: New Year’s Eve Kiss
As if to even the ante set by other holidays, there were a bunch of New Year's Eve songs to play on today's Capital Radio -- and a few to…
Capital Radio 12-23-24: Festivus & More Holidays
On the day designated for airing of grievances and feats of strength, there was no way we couldn’t celebrate Festivus, for the rest of us. But who knew there were…
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,…