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Dance Away Alzheimer’s Vol. 3 from 2021-12-05T23:38:23
A little over thirty years ago, a wave of British Rock and Roll dance artists led a brief but amazing music scene based in Northern England. #madchester #baggy
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Before The Rhapsody from 2021-12-01T03:29:02
Just days before the third annual World AIDS Day in 1991, 30 years ago, one of Rock's most iconic front men, Freddy Mercury, died of the disease. This show revisits the time just prior to their wor...
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Flash, Cash and Trash from 2021-11-01T02:56:42
For my final show of Rocktober 2021 on it's final day, Halloween, another act, much like the first three featured this year, that laid the foundation for their respective sub-genre of Rock and Roll...
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The New Wave Tsunami from 2021-10-30T20:09:21
For our third show for Rocktober 2021, a band that seemed to do something only The Beatles did a decade prior: absorb all of their influences so well as to create their unique but highly recognizab...
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Sha-la-la-la Roll You Over from 2021-10-16T15:35:55
Our second program for Rocktober features a band that achieved some mainstream success in the U.S., but remain a cult favorite and one of the most influential acts that would spawn not only the New...
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White Heat and Black Leather from 2021-10-09T13:46:31
For my first program for Rocktober 2021, an audio primer for the very first documentary of one of the most important bands of the latter half of the 20th century, The Velvet Underground, directed b...
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Rainbow Connection from 2021-10-01T02:53:10
Although a month late, celebrating the wonderful milestone of the 75th birthday of Baby Boy, Ronald Smith, of Portland, OR, with a series of vintage tracks that all revolve around color. #blackmusi...
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A Man, A Muppet and Latin Jazz from 2021-09-25T20:18:34
For Hispanic Heritage Month 2021, looking at the Chapters series of albums Impulse Records last major star recorded for the label during the mid 1970's, as well as his truly iconic connection to a ...
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The Road To Nevermind from 2021-09-16T08:48:08
Nevermind, the second album by Nirvana, released 30 years ago next week, launched an alternative rock revolution with catchy, loud songs that truly cleared the air of the morass on commercial media...
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The Clear Channel 9-11 Memo from 2021-09-10T04:04:23
File under: strange but true, a partial list of songs that a major radio network didn't want you to hear in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. #strangebuttrue #septembe...
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The Zenith of British Art Rock from 2021-09-01T20:38:03
For those confused on why the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Roxy Music, here's your answer. #roxymusic #RRHOF
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The Power of Friendship from 2021-08-25T12:48:14
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first ever major, large-scale charity benefit and album that all came about because one person who felt powerless asked another very famous friend for help. ...
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We Did It Our Way from 2021-08-18T18:29:49
The first of what promises to be a semi-regularly recurring feature of this series: Original tracks and cover versions, with each performance standing on its own. #covers
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Could This Be The First True Indie Rock Record? from 2021-08-12T03:50:04
Taking a look back almost five decades to one of the most unique and iconic albums of the 1970's, Something/Anything? by Todd Rundgren, that proved an album of incredibly diverse styles, almost all...
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Really Old School Vol. 5: Early Hip-Hop 88-89 from 2021-08-04T06:55:19
How do you know when you have made it? When the lawyers start coming around. As Hip-Hop was becoming more a part of the mainstream daily, all of sudden, the checks got bigger. At least it did for s...
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Really Old School Vol. 4: Early Hip-Hop 86-87 from 2021-07-28T09:04:59
Nineteen Eighty-Six was the year mainstream America could no longer ignore Hip-Hop. It exploded nationally in the middle part of the year and then did something that took it even further: white kid...
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Really Old School Vol. 3: Early Hip-Hop 84-85 from 2021-07-21T09:42:50
In the sixth and seventh years of emergence into recorded music, Hip-Hop was branching out into the mainstream through inroads into Dance and Pop music with two new hybrids, Hip-Hop Soul and Latin ...
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Really Old School Vol. 2: Early Hip-Hop 82-83 from 2021-07-14T07:20:03
Three years after the initial wave of Hip-Hop singles released on vinyl made a sudden impact, the genre went into completely different directions at a rapid pace, much of this stirred on by advance...
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Really Old School: Early Hip-Hop 79-81 from 2021-07-07T16:32:06
Forty-two years ago, the last major music movement of the 1970's, Hip-Hop, started to make its mark with a series of 12-inch singles that were born out of New York City's Black music scene that wer...
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TSOP Legacy Pt. 2 from 2021-07-01T12:13:14
A look back at recordings from the greatest and most important R&B label of the 1970's, Philadelphia International Records, on their 50th anniversary with a selection of songs that go far beyond be...
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TSOP Legacy Pt. 1 from 2021-06-30T16:40:22
A look back at recordings from the greatest and most important R&B label of the 1970's, Philadelphia International Records, on their 50th anniversary with a selection of songs that go far beyond be...
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Queen of the Doubles from 2021-06-21T14:31:36
The 1970's were the era of the double vinyl LP. Forget what you think you know or remember about this time, because no one was more successful at this format than the most unlikely of music giants ...
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It’s A Zoo Out There from 2021-06-14T14:29:48
Sometimes I like to have a good time, sometimes I get a little heavy. Today, I talk about both featuring a wide variety of artists across decades and genres all with one thing in common: They are s...
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When SoCal 70’s Rock Didn’t Suck from 2021-06-08T13:55:48
After the 1960's folk rock made it's biggest impact on the U.S. charts, a new sound was developing from it: the singer-songwriter movement. Things got slower, less political and much more personal....
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hi-NRG Gay 80s from 2021-06-01T16:49:42
As we celebrate Pride month worldwide, a look back to when Gay men were dying in record numbers due to AIDS and when a record number of Gay men came out of the closet in the music indust...
Power Pop For Now People from 2021-05-28T12:34:07
"Pete Townshend coined the phrase to define what the Who did. For some reason, it didn't stick to the Who, but it did stick to these groups that came out in the '70s that played kind of ...
The Age of Beautiful Singing from 2021-05-23T16:34:23
For those of you who believe Opera is all sturm und drang, viking helmets and heavy volume, Dame Joan Sutherland helped bring back a music form called bel canto, or beautiful singing, an...
Beyond The Legend from 2021-05-16T14:32:14
Chances are, you only own one Reggae album and it is Legend by Bob Marley. It's a stunning collection of his hits and mostly inoffensive tracks, which has constantly drawn criticism for ...
The Very Definition of Grown Folks Music from 2021-05-09T13:48:13
For Mother's Day 2021, former back-up singer Dionne Warwick carved out her niche as an easy listening, adult contemporary icon with timeless songs that endure on true oldies stations and...
The Filth, The Fury, The Frenzy and The Fun from 2021-05-02T13:37:40
The original U.K. Punk scene, from 1976 to 1978, made up of acts from England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, was more than just "us against the man", but a whole culture that rejected t...
Billie Holiday: The Lady Day Anthology (Jazz Day 2021) from 2021-04-30T03:24:19
A special tribute to one of the most important and influential Jazz vocalists in history whose story and music enthrall us still, some six decades after her untimely passing at the age o...
A Rock and Roll Pop Art Explosion from 2021-04-22T01:09:12
Revisiting the formative years of what many consider one of the greatest Rock and Roll bands in history, The Who, where they went from being part of the Swinging Sixties Mod youth cultur...
Most Likely He’ll Just Keep Being Dylan from 2021-04-15T14:27:56
A half hour journey into Bob Dylan's masterwork, Blonde on Blonde, as we close in on its 55th anniversary, and in mono. #bobdylan #dylan #blondeonblonde #classicrock
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The Latest 80’s Fashion from 2021-04-07T19:49:54
The look back at the 1980's career of one of the most influential electronic bands in history, Depeche Mode, before they became a huge mainstream success. #depechemode #1980s #electronic...
“I’d like to thank the Academy and all the little people…” from 2021-04-01T10:53:48
For April Fool's Day, and just weeks from the annual Golden Raspberry Awards (The Razzies), a program featuring some of the worst and sometime unintentionally hilarious film music of the...
Soul Jazz, Pt. 2 (Jazz Day 2017 Archive Program) from 2021-03-28T22:07:35
The second and last of the final two International Jazz Day archive programs, featuring Jazz music's biggest and most lasting impact on popular music. #jazzday #souljazz #jazz
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Soul Jazz, Pt. 1 (Jazz Day 2017 Archive Program) from 2021-03-24T10:28:55
The first of the final two International Jazz Day archive programs, featuring Jazz music's biggest and most lasting impact on popular music. #jazzday #souljazz #jazz
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Layover in Tago Mago from 2021-03-15T22:06:54
A look at one of the strangest progressive rocks albums in history by German group Can, featuring a Japanese lead singer, with an influence that would be felt less in traditional rock ci...
Sisters of The 70’s from 2021-03-08T21:08:55
For those of you who may believe that the "Girl Group" sound died in the 1960's, it didn't. It decided to evolve and mature in ways that were't always geared at the Pop chart, and with a...
Hitchcock Out To Sea from 2021-03-03T21:35:23
Scripted radio drama in your home prior to the mass adoption of television and streaming that is so commonplace today. #hitchcock #Steinbeck #radio
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Electric Miles (Jazz Day 2018, Pt. 2) from 2021-02-24T17:48:28
Revisiting my International Jazz Day program from three years ago for Black History Month, with a two part special focusing on the Jazz idioms most visible practitioner, Miles Davis, dur...
Electric Miles (Jazz Day 2018, Pt. 1) from 2021-02-20T22:11:20
Revisiting my International Jazz Day program from three years ago for Black History Month, with a two part special focusing on the Jazz idioms most visible practitioner, Miles Davis, dur...
The Other Side of Love, Vol. 2 from 2021-02-13T19:15:42
Revisiting the tumultuous decade that almost saw the organization that had been the leading and most successful Black business in history almost go bankrupt as it struggled to find its v...
All The Squares Go Home from 2021-02-06T20:29:19
Spotlighting the first several years of a band that blew all conventions out the door, Sly and The Family Stone, the first major music act that was multi-gendered and multi-ethnic, who a...
Bartender, I’ll Have a Triple Icy Stalli Bacardi. from 2021-02-02T00:36:14
Spotlighting a unique moment in music history, one where female Hip Hop artists of color are making their biggest-ever impact on the charts and on culture. Featuring Saweetie, aka Icy, M...
The First Lady of Songbooks (Jazz Day 2019 Pt. 2) from 2021-01-25T03:35:46
A slightly edited version of the program I ran almost two years ago for International Jazz Day. This is the second of two parts featuring what many consider the greatest vocal Jazz album...
Ella and The Duke (Jazz Day 2019 Pt. 1) from 2021-01-20T14:33:52
Part of the program I ran almost two years ago for International Jazz Day. This is the first of two parts featuring what many consider the greatest vocal Jazz albums in history by an art...
Wolves Like Them from 2021-01-13T09:12:48
A career retrospective of one of the most unique bands of the new millennium, TV On The Radio, who are one of the few music acts that continually create and release alternative rock in a...
More Than Apple Vanity from 2021-01-06T12:47:08
For this series 100th program, a extended show dedicated to some of the many talented artists of music history's most amazing experiment in the business, Apple Records, that started off ...
The Continuing Legacy of Mr. Excitement from 2021-01-01T12:51:59
Responding to fans of this show about the first song played after Joe Biden's acceptance speech, one that somehow makes all the crazy in 2020 a little more bearable. #jackiewilson #RandB...
The Mighty Van Halen from 2020-12-30T22:31:38
A band who was told they had no future that became a defining example of American Hard Rock. Eddie Van Halen, thank you for your gifts. #vanhalen #hardrock #rockandroll #guitarrock #fuck...
Willing to Play Two Female Country Artists In A Row from 2020-12-23T17:33:35
Spotlighting the early achievements of female artists in the 74 years of the Billboard Country Chart's existence, which, since its inception, has been a hard, rough and long continuous b...
Ma Rainey’s Original Black Bottom from 2020-12-16T13:14:05
A brief overview and spotlight on the real Blues musician who's name adorns an upcoming film on Netflix that features Academy Award winner Viola Davis and the last filmed performance of ...
A Marvelously Unofficial Soundtrack from 2020-12-09T14:45:11
Though no one seems to know why, the songs in film soundtrack to Captain Marvel didn't rate a physical release, which is a major disappointment, considering the number of Black female ar...
Ain’t That The Gospel Truth? from 2020-12-02T14:50:54
A focus on the brief, soulful, funky and amazing period in the early 1970’s when Black music had no bounds, including reminding us all that it not only came from the Blues, but als...
Fela Kuti and Africa ’70 On World AIDS Day from 2020-11-29T15:08:42
December 1st is the 32nd annual observance of World AIDS Day. As a tribute to people worldwide who we have lost to this disease or are still living with it, we dedicate this show to you ...
The Music of Degenerates That Became a Phenomenon from 2020-11-22T16:15:15
Birthed from the same circumstances that gave rise to the U.K. Punk scene, The New Wave of British Heavy Metal took the sound of what was called “degenerate trash” by the pre...
The Return of the Hip-Hop Album Statement Artist from 2020-11-15T18:36:26
The last decade has primarily seen Hip-Hop artists focus on singles in place of albums, much like in its early history, but Kendrick Lamar has carved out his place as the rare current ar...
Dance Away Alzheimer’s Vol. 2 from 2020-11-08T15:23:12
Our second annual show dedicated to your health and wellness, with this year’s focus being on dance tracks featuring female and female fronted acts of the New Wave era. #alzheimers...
They Were On A Mission From God from 2020-11-01T14:11:32
A tribute to our friend and loved one, Wendy Posson, who left us at the age of 50 last month. The Blues Brothers was hands down her favorite film, and we are celebrating one of cinema...
Fake News and Alien Heavy Metal from 2020-10-29T11:31:24
Orson Wells proved to the world he was a media genius without limits with a radio broadcast of War of the Worlds that literally shocked many and even drew the ire of a dictator. #orsonwe...
The Very Short In-Town Move from 2020-10-22T09:29:01
How can a group survive by proudly staying local, being possibly too talented for their own good, not being pigeonholed and rising to the occasion when others drop the ball? Not for long...
We’re Gonna Party Like It’s 1979! from 2020-10-15T19:49:31
One of the few bands to survive the Garage Rock revival of the new millennium, The Strokes have carved out their own corner of cool by looking back twenty years prior to their formation....
Santana and the Latin Rock Breakthrough from 2020-10-08T22:40:34
Though Hispanic/Latinx/Latino music from the United States of the last couple of decades has primarily focused on club bangers and Pop music, there was a time when practically everyone i...
Janis Forever from 2020-10-02T11:47:06
Before there was the marketing catchphrase “Women In Rock”, there was Janis Joplin, who set a standard so incredibly high that 50 years after her passing, no one can match he...
The Other Passion of RBG from 2020-09-27T15:11:35
Regardless of your political views, there was one unmistakable truth about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Opera was what she loved. #RBG #Opera #Classical
Phil May Was The Prettiest Thing from 2020-09-21T11:35:27
A tribute to one of the greatest “cult” bands of all time, which featured lead singer and songwriter Phil May, Rock and Roll’s first true bisexual frontman. #bivisibili...
Ladies of Latin Freestyle from 2020-09-14T09:04:50
Kicking off Hispanic Heritage Month 2020 is a program featuring remixes and album tracks from the mainland United States’ third major homegrown Hispanic music movement of the 20th ...
When Hippies Overtook The Great White Way from 2020-09-09T15:16:12
Billed as the “The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical”, Hair made an immediate and far-reaching impact outside of Broadway.
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Black Jazz on Broadway from 2020-09-06T18:19:59
The legacy of Ain’t Misbehavin’ is that the genius of Fats Waller might never have been recognized if this Broadway show, first appearing in 1978, had not been made. #jazz #b...
Start Them Young: The Rockabye Baby Series from 2020-09-02T05:18:18
A look at the cleverly executed and incredibly popular children’s music series, spawning a slew of imitators. #childrensmusic #kids #infants
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Black Prison Work Songs -Repost from 2020-08-31T02:00
Mid-20th Century historical recordings of Black men and women in two of the most notorious and dangerous jails in the U.S. #blues #folkmusic #prisonsongs #acappella
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Music from the Matrix Films from 2020-08-29T04:45:52
With the new Matrix film being pushed back by Warner Brothers until April of 2022, here is a chance for you to recap one part of what made this film series so very special. #matrix #anim...
Jazz Fusion: 1969-1976, Pt. 2 from 2020-08-16T17:35:52
The second of the two International Jazz Day 2016 promised to all of you I would start bringing out of the archives. #jazzday #JazzFusion #Jazz #JazzRock
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Jazz Fusion: 1969-1976, Pt. 1 from 2020-08-09T13:50:49
The first of the two International Jazz Day 2016 promised to all of you I would start bringing out of the archives. #jazzday #JazzFusion #Jazz #JazzRock
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Art Laboe, The Original Oldie But Goodie from 2020-08-04T00:26:21
Happy 95th birthday to a man who not only is a Guinness World Record holder for broadcasting, he literally saved an entire era of music by people of color from being whitewashed and beca...
Aerosmith Ruled The 1970’s from 2020-07-27T19:16:21
Sex. Drugs. Rock and Roll. Amplified to 11 with the power of a freight train. For those who rabbit on about being a “rockstar”, know that the Bad Boys from Boston wrote the b...
Free Your Ass, Indie Style: Funkadelic 1969-1976 from 2020-07-19T15:29:14
Before they were the most funky of them all, Funkadelic were an incredibly talented indie band that struggled for years. #funkadelic #indiemusic #psychedelicsoul #funk #pfunk
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Pure Escapism: Sunshine Pop 1965-1970 from 2020-07-12T09:02:25
Popular music can be used as a vehicle to reflect the politics of the day. More often, though, it is used an escape, and a means to remember the beauty of the world. #popmusic #sunshinep...
The Early Drama of Fleetwood Mac 67-74 from 2020-07-06T05:40:18
The amazing and often overlooked early years of a classic rock mainstay. #fleetwoodmac #classicrock #petergreen
When I was young, I remember re...
Rush In The 70’s from 2020-07-01T09:02:49
The greatest power trio ever had some interesting early history, with a sound that took time to develop. We all had to start somewhere, and here it is. #canadaday #canadaday2020 #rush #p...
Rush In The 80’s from 2020-06-30T21:37:11
The greatest power trio in history decides to expand their sound and take chances in their second decade, resulting in world-wide commercial success. #canadaday #canadaday2020 #rush #pro...
Black Message Tracks, 64-75, Part 3 from 2020-06-27T05:02:01
The third of three programs this month that focus on the original Black Power and Black Pride movements, with commentary by special guest host Ronald E. Smith, and by request. #blackpowe...
Black Message Tracks, 64-75, Part 2 from 2020-06-22T15:07:24
The second of three programs this month that focus on the original Black Power and Black Pride movements, with commentary by special guest host Ronald E. Smith, and by request. #blackpow...
Black Message Tracks, 64-75, Part 1 from 2020-06-14T04:41:48
The first of three programs this month that focus on the original Black Power and Black Pride movements, with commentary by special guest host Ronald E. Smith, and by request. #blackpowe...
Catching Up With Tame Impala from 2020-06-01T17:15:23
Like so many other artists, plans for a huge summer tour in support of an another amazingly excellent new release have been put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic. This is your chan...
Some Gave All: Glenn Miller from 2020-05-24T10:04:57
This Memorial Day, we remember a musician who gave everything for his country. #glennmiller #bigband #andrewsisters #veterans #memorialday #stopnazis
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“Florian Schneider is Recharging His Battery” from 2020-05-18T23:15:59
The co-founder of electronic music pioneers and early Hip-Hop influence Kraftwerk passed away in April, but his death was not revealed until the first week of May. #electronica #kraftwer...
Polarizing Without Bears: Trout Mask Replica from 2020-05-15T00:41:31
A half hour overview of quite possibly the strangest and most awesomely un-listenable album in history. #captainbeefheart #troutmaskreplica
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Brian Eno’s Headphone Music from 2020-05-08T23:10:33
A triumph from tragedy story that changed music forever. #eno #brianeno #newage #ambient
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When Boys Were In Bands: Duran Duran from 2020-05-01T09:13:46
Along with Michael Jackson, this was the band that helped kick-start a lifeless and dull music scene in the early 1980’s. #duranduran #synthpop #newwave #boyband #dancemusic
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John Coltrane on Impulse from 2020-04-29T12:01:48
A brief overview of the final years of a legend gone far too soon. #JazzDay #IJD2020 #Coltrane #Jazz #JazzDayAtHome
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The Weeknd Brings the 80’s to the 20’s from 2020-04-19T15:29
For the last decade, he has not only brought the auto-biographical hits, he is currently the hottest act in music going by bridging decades and being unashamed about his influences. #the...
The Flaming Lips Are The New Normal from 2020-04-12T15:53:34
Only in 2020 could the strangest and most-off kilter band to probably ever record for a major label could sound absolutely perfect. #flaminglips #altrock #COVID-19 #lonniedench
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When James Brown Became The Godfather from 2020-04-05T15:41:32
The first half of the 1970’s proved not only to be Brown’s most challenging, electrifying and productive era but also signaled the end of his chart supremacy. #jamesbrown #go...
April Fool's Take A Break Show from 2020-04-01T09:41:50
The world has gone absolutely crazy. Take an hour to laugh, because those troubles are gonna still be there waiting for you. #COVID19 #noveltysongs #comedy #unemployment
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When American Hard Rock Blasted from Your Camaro from 2020-03-29T13:12:30
Revisiting a time when all young people really wanted was to be free of bad news, and of course get laid and get high. #hardrock #rockandroll #AOR
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Sly and Robbie are Jamaica's Secret Weapon from 2020-03-24T16:16:21
Even though Bob Marley was crucial to the development of Reggae and Jamaican music, it was Sly and Robbie who gave it an expansive new vocabulary. #Reggae #Dub #Dancehall #Ska
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Obligatory U2 St. Patrick's Day Program from 2020-03-15T13:28:43
Coronavirus fears and stock market troubles got you in the worst of moods lately? Take a much needed break to focus on fun and wellness. #U2 #COVID-19 #stpatrick #selfcare
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The Rock Hall’s Most Epic Fail: The Absence of Carol Kaye from 2020-03-08T21:30:49
The woman behind the soundtrack of our lives. #EachforEqual #IWD2020 #EveryWoman #RRHOF
Just a little over a month ago, the Rock and Roll of Fa...
AC/DC: The Bon Scott Years from 2020-03-01T19:46:53
A tribute to a man who helped made Rock and Roll dirty, loud and fun again. #rockandroll #acdc #bonscott
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John Coltrane on Atlantic from 2020-02-26T13:17:18
Celebrating the brief by highly pivotal brief career of one of the most celebrated Jazz masters during his time on a label founded to bring Black musicians a wider audience. #atlanticrec...
The Women of Stax/Volt from 2020-02-23T01:50:13
Spotlighting female solo acts and groups of history’s greatest Soul label. #BHM2020 #staxrecords #rhythmandblues #soul #deepsoul #northernsoul
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The Other Side Of Love from 2020-02-15T06:34:14
Spotlighting songs for Singles Awareness Day with classic tracks and rarely heard gems from the Motown vaults. #blackhistorymonth #classicsoul #motown #valentinesday #singlesawarenessday...
When Public Enemy Were The Most Dangerous Band In The World from 2020-02-08T22:06:22
The group that changed Hip Hop forever when many in the industry were about to declare it dead by the end of the 1980’s. #publicenemy #hiphop #BHM2020
James Baldwin Speaks from 2020-02-02T03:17:17
One of the most lauded authors and civil rights activists of the 20th Century was Black and openly gay. #BHM2020
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Steve Marriott, The Greatest Mod Rocker You Never Knew from 2020-01-26T15:44:11
A birthday tribute to one of the most underrated and largely forgotten great classic rock British musicians. #smallfaces #humblepie #stevemarriott
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Burning The Black Flag from 2020-01-22T03:51:10
The Clash were billed by their major label marketing department as “the only band that matters”, not even realizing they were already being surpassed by the most indie and mo...
The Staple Singers on Stax for Sandra Parks from 2020-01-14T06:35:55
Featuring the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees in tribute for the late Sandra Parks on Dr. King’s birthday. #sandraparks #endgunviolencetogether #MLKDay #staplesingers #stax #c...
Cher in the Early 1970’s from 2020-01-05T10:40:41
Looking back at the period when she went from being Mrs. Sonny Bono to a huge solo star. Dedicating this program to Amy Borsetti of LinkedIn, who openly stated she was really excited to ...
World Psychedelic Music from 2020-01-01T15:05:13
With 2020 promising to be the most surreal year ever in U.S. history, consider this your introduction to the New Year. #psychedelic #worldmusic
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Purple Rain, 1984 and Pop’s Perfect Year from 2019-12-29T20:34:31
There may be more than a bit of truth to older folk bemoaning the fact that radio sucks at the moment, so consider this your alternative NYE2020 party playlist. #Prince #NYE2020 #Apollon...
Aretha’s Amazing Grace from 2019-12-22T09:35:31
Just in time for Christmas, a recap of what was the most talked about documentary of 2019. #arethafranklin #queenofsoul #gospel
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Switched-On Wendy Carlos (Audio and Video) from 2019-12-15T11:22:17
To the children of the revolution, this one is especially for you. This program is presented by a long-term HIV/AIDS survivor and Leatherman which spotlights a trans woman who changed mu...
George Lucas, Mrs. Anna Brown asked me to tell you thank you. from 2019-12-08T09:14:05
Keeping a promise I made in 1982 to my mother, who left us on the 20th of November at the age of 70. #georgelucas #oldiesbutgoodies
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World AIDS Day, Sylvester and HIV Stigma from 2019-12-01T09:13:54
A tribute to a true original and queer icon. Fight HIV/AIDS, not people with HIV/AIDS. #WAD2019 #EndHIVStigma #AIDS
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Happy 80th Birthday Tina Turner! from 2019-11-24T14:55:19
Even though she once sang that we didn’t need another hero, she became one to us with her class, grace, positive attitude and self-confidence, showing us all that there are second ...
Dance Away Alzheimer’s from 2019-11-18T04:46:21
This year’s annual Alzheimer’s Prevention show is seeking a specific audience: those who were alive when these songs were new. That doesn’t mean the rest of you canR...
Jessye Norman on Pigeons from 2019-11-13T15:44:38
The woman who once told a reporter that “pigeonholes were for pigeons” chose her own destiny in a world where Black women have often been dismissed and ignored. She left this...
Veteran’s Day with Johnny Cash live (with Veteran’s Crisis Line info) from 2019-11-08T06:48:43
Celebrating the U.S. version of Armistice Day with Air Force veteran and Country music cornerstone Johnny Cash with live performances from 1955 to 1968. Additionally, about 20 veterans d...
Lizzo, Overnight Sensation Ten Years in the Making from 2019-11-03T07:05:17
The artist of the year seemingly took everyone by surprise, with most not even realizing she has been one of the hardest working artists around for almost a decade.
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Siouxsie and the Banshees, ‘Cause When You’re Goth, Everyday is Halloween from 2019-10-27T07:00:12
Celebrating a holiday some will call Samhain, some will call Halloween with a band that proved there is nothing to fear from the darkness.
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Beyond the Grunge: Soundgarden from 2019-10-20T21:50:06
A band that came to represent the Grunge movement of the early 1990’s transcended it to create a new type of Classic Rock.
It totally us...
The Runaways: You Were Not Ready For This from 2019-10-16T06:21:40
The Runaways were an American rock band that formed in 1975 in Los Angeles, CA, comprised of all teenage women. The band released four studio albums, an album of leftovers and one live s...
Glitter and Glam: When Rock Became Fabulous from 2019-10-07T04:56:24
Resurrecting a scene that had become dull and reminding us all that style and substance can go hand in hand. #glamrock
By the end of the 1960&#...
King Crimson 1969-1974 from 2019-10-03T05:03:18
On the eve of the 50th anniversary of their debut, the album and band that launched Progressive Rock. #progrock #kingcrimson
Seems that this ye...
Linda Creed: The Jewish Heart of the Quiet Storm from 2019-09-29T18:52:33
In honor of the Jewish New Year, a program none of you were expecting. #RoshHashana #LindaCreed #QuietStorm #SoulMusic #RRHOF #fuckcancer
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Fania Records, Part 2 from 2019-09-28T03:27:10
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! #fania #hispanicheritagemonth #latinx
The Fania All-Stars, circa mid-1970’s. Courtesy of the Fania/E-Music...
Fania Records, Part 1 from 2019-09-21T03:27:46
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! #fania #hispanicheritagemonth #latinx
This is our very first show to directly address Hispanic Heritage Month he...
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan on Ashura from 2019-09-09T02:03:27
I was asked the following question the other day: “How do you decide what programming goes into each show?” Sometimes, this can be a very convoluted and complex answer. The h...
American Folk Revival 58-68 from 2019-09-01T09:34:38
Proving there was a time when songcraft and honesty were still a viable means of communication. #folkmusic
People like to remember the 1950R...
1950’s Urban Blues: The Genesis Of It All from 2019-08-26T07:00:11
Blues music underwent a radical transformation after the Second World War, with its musicians creating the basis of all popular modern music. #blues
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Ibibio Sound Machine: You Need This In Your Life from 2019-08-22T09:04:06
Nostalgia is a very powerful and dangerous drug. Often, it blinds us into thinking that the past was always this perfect thing. It’s one thing to be mindful of things and days gone...
Amyl and The Sniffers: The Hot Rock from 2019-08-18T22:05:47
It’s a question that people have been asking since the late 1950’s: What the hell happened to Rock and Roll? As a music genre, it was derived from various forms of the Blues ...
Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock from 2019-08-12T09:40:58
Instead of retelling the Hendrix story of his career here, which is available in thousands of online articles, countless magazines and books, the focus of this show will be on his time a...
Jefferson Airplane at Woodstock from 2019-08-05T23:54:02
People wish to romanticize Woodstock as all peace, love, flowers and hippies. Don’t get me wrong, there was plenty of all of that to go around. There was also a sea of trash, a hea...
Judas Priest, Leather and Queer Media from 2019-08-01T10:52:10
Named after a Bob Dylan song, Judas Priest formed in the early 1970’s in Birmingham, England, a town long know as being a city of heavy industry. The core band, which by the time of thei...
Bette Midler and the Divine Miss M’s 1970’s Cabaret from 2019-07-29T15:03:24
It’s a shame the way some words become bastardized. What was once a means to be particularly and especially descriptive sometimes translates into some new form of tacky vernacular....
Sturgill Simpson and Why Country Radio Hates Him from 2019-07-22T14:38:54
Sturgill Simpson is quite literally one of the hottest new acts in any genre of music going today. Born in rural Kentucky, he is son of a police officer and a secretary. He struggled thr...