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Jan. 29: Under the Covers

A set of cover songs to wrap up January:

Sturgill Simpson – In Bloom.mp3
Wilco – Dead Flowers.mp3
The Bangles – Hazy Shade of Winter.mp3
Jack Black – Let’s Get It On.mp3
Disturbed – Land of Confusion.mp3
Rhiannon Giddens – One Hour Mama.mp3
Alabama Shakes – Killer Diller Blues (Music from The American Epic Sessions).mp3
Echo And The Bunnymen – People Are Strange.mp3
Lake Street Dive – I Want You Back.mp3
Sinead O’Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U.mp3
The Coal Porters – Idiot Wind.mp3
The National – Mansion On the Hill (Live).mp3
Ryan Adams – Wonderwall.mp3
Beck – Can’t Help Falling in Love.mp3
My Chemical Romance – Desolation Row.mp3
The Hold Steady – Atlantic City.mp3
The Gaslight Anthem – You Got Lucky.mp3
Dexys Midnight Runners – Jackie Wilson Said (I’m in Heaven When You Smile).mp3
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sou… – I Am Trying To Break Your Heart.mp3
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Sheena Is a Punk Rocker.mp3
Living Colour – Memories Can’t Wait.mp3
40 Rod Lightning – Breaking the Law.mp3
Hindu Love Gods – Raspberry Beret.mp3
Willis Earl Beal – Don’t You (Forget About Me).mp3
Blind Melon – Out On The Tiles.mp3
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – Little Wing.mp3
Amy Winehouse – Cupid (Deluxe Edition Version).mp3
The Black Keys – She Said, She Said.mp3
Johnny Cash – Hurt.mp3
Jenny Lewis – Handle With Care.mp3
Pat Boone – Crazy Train.mp3
_Weird Al_ Yankovic – NOW That’s What I Call Polka!.mp3
Richard Cheese – Fight For Your Right (originally by The Beastie Boys)).mp3
Social Distortion – Ring Of Fire.mp3
Paul Anka – Jump.mp3
The Polyphonic Spree – Lithium (Nirvana Cover).mp3
The Black Crowes – Hard To Handle.mp3
The Lemonheads – Mrs. Robinson.mp3
Bruce Springsteen – Trapped [Live].mp3
Jimi Hendrix – All Along The Watchtower.mp3
The Ramones – Surf City.mp3
The Clash – I Fought the Law.mp3


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Jan. 22: Slightly British

It wasn’t consciously planned, but this set ended up having an English beat to it.
Elvis Costello – Veronica.mp3
The Waterboys – The Whole of the Moon.mp3
Big Head Todd & The Monsters – Bittersweet.mp3
Ray LaMontagne – Trouble.mp3
Neil Young – Harvest Moon_1.mp3
The Beatles – In My Life.mp3
The Rolling Stones – Happy.mp3
Spin Doctors – How Could You Want Him.mp3
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad – Gotta Make A Living.mp3
Dan Auerbach – King of a One Horse Town.mp3
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – I Need Never Get Old.mp3
Alice Merton – No Roots.mp3
Annie Lennox – sweet dreams bbc fm 2009.mp3
Beth Orton – Daybreaker.mp3
Blood Orange – Best to You.mp3
The War On Drugs – Up All Night_1.mp3
Beck – Up All Night.mp3
Manchester Orchestra – The Gold.mp3
Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next.mp3
The Cure – Fascination Street.mp3
Depeche Mode – Where’s the Revolution.mp3
Gang Of Four – Ether.mp3
We Were Promised Jetpacks – Safety in Numbers.mp3
echo & the bunnymen – the killing moon.mp3
Bruce Springsteen – Ain’t Good Enough for You.mp3
Lake Street Dive – Hell Yeah.mp3
Brad Goodall – Casa De Mel.mp3
The Hold Steady – Entitlement Crew.mp3
Queens of the Stone Age – The Way You Used To Do.mp3
Parts and Labor – Nowheres Nigh.mp3
Polar Bear Club – For Show.mp3
Hoops – Rules.mp3
HAIM – Want You Back.mp3
Ted Leo – Can’t Go Back.mp3
Titus Andronicus – Come On, Siobhán.mp3
So Much Light – Idiot Soul_1.mp3
U2 – The Blackout.mp3
Son Volt – Sinking Down.mp3
Bon Iver – 33 “GOD”.mp3
Wilco – All Lives, You Say_.mp3
Terence Trent Darby – Wishing Well.mp3

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2017: The Year in Review

Because December is far too early to do a year in review show, I cranked one on this week. Here’s some of my picks for the best songs of the year, and a listen to some of the great music from some of the greats we lost last year. Enjoy:

Queens of the Stone Age – The Way You Used To Do.mp3
Portugal. The Man – Feel It Still.mp3
U2 – Lights Of Home.mp3
Dan Auerbach – Waiting on a Song.mp3
Beth Ditto – Fire.mp3
HAIM – Want You Back.mp3
Manchester Orchestra – The Gold.mp3
The Mountain Goats – Rain in Soho.mp3
The National – Day I Die_1.mp3
The War On Drugs – Up All Night_1.mp3
Alice Merton – No Roots.mp3
Brian Fallon – Forget Me Not.mp3
Arcade Fire – I Give You Power (feat. Mavis Staples).mp3
AC_DC – Thunderstruck.mp3
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Makin’ Some Noise.mp3
Steely Dan – Can’t Buy A Thrill (1972)\06 Reelin’ in the Years.mp3
The Tragically Hip – Ahead By a Century.mp3
The Allman Brothers Band – Melissa.mp3
Glen Campbell – Hold On Hope.mp3
Guided By Voices – The Birthday Democrats.mp3
Ted Leo – Can’t Go Back.mp3
Japandroids – No Known Drink Or Drug.mp3
Joywave – It’s A Trip!.mp3
Beck – Dear Life.mp3
Kopps – Lose Control.mp3
LCD Soundsystem – oh baby_1.mp3
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Hope the High Road_1.mp3
Drive-By Truckers – The Perilous Night.mp3
The Crooked North – Where We Are.mp3
Craig Finn – God in Chicago.mp3
Pink Elephant – Tent City.mp3
Japanese Breakfast – Road Head.mp3
Valerie June – Shakedown.mp3
Real Estate – Darling.mp3
Thundercat – Show You The Way (feat. Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald).mp3
Big Thief – Mary.mp3
Justin Townes Earle – Champagne Corolla.mp3
Hurray For The Riff Raff  – Pa’lante.mp3
Father John Misty – When the God of Love Returns There’ll Be Hell to Pay.mp3
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – You Can’t Judge A Book By The Cover.mp3

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Dec. 11: She & Him Trampled by a Joywave in the War on Drugs, Tragically.

Joywave – Doubt_1.mp3
The Hold Steady – Entitlement Crew.mp3
Band of Skulls – I Know What I Am.mp3
The War On Drugs – Up All Night_3.mp3
Wilco – Impossible Germany.mp3
Uncle Tupelo – We’ve Been Had (Live).mp3
The Tragically Hip – Poets.mp3
Trampled By Turtles – Walt Whitman.mp3
Drive-By Truckers – The Perilous Night.mp3
Spacetrucker – Pushing Time_1.mp3
Robert Earl Keen – Merry Christmas from the Family.mp3
Wilson Pickett – 634-5789.mp3
Dion – Runaround Sue.mp3
Barry McGuire – Eve of Destruction.mp3
Neil Young – Mr. Soul.mp3
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – I Hate Myself for Loving You.mp3
Bruce Springsteen With The Sessions Band – How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live_.mp3
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Swingin’.mp3
Ted Leo – Can’t Go Back.mp3
The Postal Service – Such Great Heights.mp3
metallica – ride the lightning.mp3
Black Sabbath – Paranoid.mp3
Megadeth – Crush ‘Em.mp3
Guns N’ Roses – My Michelle.mp3
Poison – Talk Dirty to Me.mp3
White Lion – Wait.mp3
Polar Bear Club – For Show.mp3
Warrant – Cherry Pie.mp3
The Crooked North – Seven Years.mp3
The Jayhawks – Waiting For The Sun.mp3
Little Steven – Soulfire.mp3
The Orwells – Vacation.mp3
Shout Out Louds – The Comeback.mp3
The Weakerthans – Aside (Live).mp3
HAIM – Want You Back.mp3
Guided By Voices – The Birthday Democrats.mp3
Pink Elephant – Tent City.mp3
Lucinda Williams – It’s a Long Way to the Top.mp3
Maggie Rogers – Alaska.mp3
Pink Martini – Hey Eugene.mp3
Sharon Van Etten – The End of the World.mp3
She & Him – Oh No, Not My Baby.mp3

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Nov. 27: Fire and Rain

A combination of Fire and Rain songs. Fun to put together, fun to research. Fun to discover The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. I hope you enjoyed. I sure did.

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – Crossfire.mp3
The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – Fire.mp3
The Cult – Fire Woman.mp3
Beth Ditto – Fire_1.mp3
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Fire.mp3
Johnny Cash – Ring Of Fire.mp3
John Legend – Start A Fire.mp3
The Blackberry Bushes – I’m On Fire (Bruce Springsteen Cover).mp3
The Rolling Stones – Play With Fire.mp3
The Doors – The Doors\The Doors – 06 – Light My Fire.mp3
U2 – The Unforgettable Fire.mp3
JOHN PARR – St Elmo’s Fire.mp3
R.E.M. – The One I Love.mp3
Indigo Girls – Strange Fire.mp3
Jerry Lewis & His Pumping Piano – Great Balls Of Fire.mp3
Lucinda Williams – Metal Firecracker.mp3
Ryan Adams – Firecracker.mp3
chesterfield kings Stop! 1985\08 Fight Fire.mp3
They Might Be Giants\Nanobots\01 You’re On Fire.mp3
James Taylor – Fire And Rain.mp3
Adele – Set Fire to the Rain.mp3
Ann Peebles – I Can’t Stand the Rain.mp3
Classic Country\17 The Early 80’s – I Love A Rainy Night.mp3
Buddy Holly – Raining In My Heart.mp3
Peter Gabriel – Red Rain.mp3
The Mountain Goats – Rain in Soho.mp3
Garbage – Only Happy When It Rains.mp3
Led Zeppelin – Fool In The Rain.mp3
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Who’ll Stop The Rain.mp3
Bob Dylan – A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall.mp3
Blind Melon – No Rain.mp3
Counting Crows – Rain King.mp3
Cracker – Another Song About The Rain.mp3
Guns N’ Roses – November Rain.mp3
Prince – Purple Rain.mp3
Grateful Dead – Box Of Rain.mp3
Dar Williams – The Beauty Of The Rain.mp3
John Mellencamp – Rain On The Scarecrow.mp3
Tom Petty – Louisiana Rain.mp3

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Nov. 20: Full Orchestration

If it’s anywhere near Thanksgiving, I’m gonna play Alice’s Restaurant. Because dammit, America needs it.

 

Arlo Guthrie – Alice’s Restaurant Massacree.mp3
Barenaked Ladies – Wind It Up.mp3
Beck – I’m So Free_1.mp3
Ben Folds – Best Imitation Of Myself.mp3
Black 47 – Funky Céilí (Bridie’s Song).mp3
Bob Marley & The Wailers – One Love_People Get Ready.mp3
Brian Fallon – Forget Me Not.mp3
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Mona – Not Fade Away – Shes The One.mp3
Dixie Chicks – Goodbye Earl.mp3
Frank Turner – Get Better.mp3
Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam – A 1000 Times.mp3
Kaleo – No Good.mp3
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – I Need Never Get Old_1.mp3
Neil Young – Harvest Moon_1.mp3
Nooky Jones – Hello_2.mp3
Pink Elephant – Tent City.mp3
RAC feat. Nate Henricks – Back of the Car.mp3
Ryan Adams – Breakdown.mp3
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings – I’m Still Here.mp3
Silversun Pickups – Melatonin.mp3
Talking Under Water – The Sun Sets.mp3
Tart Vandelay – How Hard Could It Be.mp3
The Chesterfield Kings – Stems of Flowers.mp3
The Clash – Bankrobber.mp3
The Crooked North – I Can’t Get Enough_1.mp3
The Dandy Warhols – Heroin Is So Passe.mp3
The Demos – Clearly.mp3
The Fixx – One Thing Leads To Another.mp3
The Mountain Goats – Heel Turn 2.mp3
The Outlaws – Green Grass & High Tides (Remastered)_1.mp3
The Raveonettes – Dead Sound.mp3
They Might Be Giants – Istanbul.mp3
Thundercat – Show You The Way (feat. Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald)_1.mp3
U2 – Bad (Live).mp3
Uncle Tupelo – Gun.mp3


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July 3: Ain’t that America

A little pre Independence Day Appetizer
John Mellencamp – Pink Houses.mp3
Bruce Springsteen – Born In The U.S.A..mp3
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son.mp3
Grateful Dead – Truckin’.mp3
Pearl Jam – Do The Evolution.mp3
Simon & Garfunkel – America.mp3
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad – What Kind Of World.mp3
R.E.M. – World Leader Pretend (Remastered).mp3
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Walls (Circus).mp3
The Allman Brothers Band – Melissa.mp3
Rogue Wave – Lake Michigan.mp3
The Freddy Jones Band – Take the Time.mp3
Guided By Voices – Overloaded.mp3
Jimmy Page & Black Crowes – Custard Pie.mp3
Bonerama – Moby Dick.mp3
Neil Young – Rockin’ In The Free World (Live Acoustic Version).mp3
Drive-By Truckers – Kinky Hypocrite.mp3
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Cumberland Gap.mp3
Michael Kiwanuka – Black Man In A White World.mp3
Danielle Ponder & the Tomorrow People – Three Word Revolution.mp3
Pussy Riot – Make America Great Again.mp3
Weird Al_ Yankovic – Mission Statement.mp3
Jonathan Coulton – Re_ Your Brains.mp3
Woody Guthrie – This Land Is Your Land.mp3
Beth Orton – Daybreaker.mp3
Cowboy Junkies – State Trooper (Live).mp3
Iron & Wine – Call It Dreaming.mp3
Joywave – It’s A Trip!.mp3
Kopps – Lose Control.mp3
The War On Drugs – Holding On.mp3
Tame Impala – Elephant.mp3
Lucy Dacus – I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore.mp3
Tacocat – The Internet.mp3
The National – The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness.mp3
Lucinda Williams – American Dream.mp3
The Avett Brothers – Ain’t No Man.mp3
The Crooked North – Till I Hit Water.mp3
The Gaslight Anthem – American Slang.mp3
White Violet – Autumn Grove.mp3
Soul Asylum\02 Black Gold.mp3
The Ramones Sheena is A Punk Rocker
Joe Jackson\Is She Really Going Out With Him.mp3

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March 27– 80s Night!

There’s nothing like a good trip back to the music of the 1980s. Some great requests in here too. Thanks for playing along! (and apologies for the late post)

 

Genesis – Land Of Confusion.mp3
A-Ha – Take On Me.mp3
Don Henley – The Boys Of Summer.mp3
Men At Work – Dr. Heckyll & Jive.mp3
Talking Heads – Burning Down the House.mp3
Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me).mp3
Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls.mp3
Duran Duran – The Reflex.mp3
Cyndi Lauper – She Bop.mp3
New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle.mp3
The Fixx – One Thing Leads To Another.mp3
The Outfield – Your Love.mp3
The Police – Synchronicity 2.mp3
Eddy Grant – Electric Avenue.mp3
The Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Stars.mp3
INXS – Devil Inside.mp3
Desktop\Cowboy Junkies – Sweet Jane.mp3
Bon Jovi – Wanted Dead Or Alive.mp3
Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the Heart.mp3
Weird Al Yankovic – Like A Surgeon.mp3
Madonna – Material Girl.mp3
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean (Single Version).mp3
RUN-DMC – It’s Tricky.mp3
The Cars – Magic.mp3
Squeeze – Tempted.mp3
Soft Cell – Tainted Love _ Where Did Our Love Go (Extended Version).mp3
Desktop\JOHN PARR – St Elmo’s Fire.mp3
Van Halen – Panama.mp3
Poison – Talk Dirty to Me.mp3
David Bowie – Under Pressure (W_ Queen).mp3
The Waterboys – The Whole of the Moon.mp3
Bruce Springsteen – I’m Goin’ Down.mp3
Neil Young – Rockin’ In The Free World (Live Acoustic Version).mp3
Tom Petty – Yer So Bad.mp3
The Bangles – Hazy Shade of Winter.mp3
U2 – Bullet The Blue Sky.mp3
Guns N’ Roses – Paradise City.mp3
The Beastie Boys – No Sleep Till Brooklyn.mp3

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March 20: Irish, Chuck Berry, and SxSW

A busy week called for a wide variety of topics: bands that made noise at South By Southwest, Belated Irish Music, and a tribute to the late great Chuck Berry. Also tossed in a little Rochester flavor, too. Hope you enjoyed:
The Beatles – Abbey Road & Hey Jude (2000)\01. Come Together.mp3
Black 47 Funky Ceili.mp3
Dropkick Murphys – You’ll Never Walk Alone.mp3
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – Dirty Old Town.mp3
The Dady Brothers – My Own Dear Galway Bay.mp3
Steve Earle and Sharon Shannon – The Galway Girl.mp3
The Chieftains & Roger Daltrey – Behind Blue Eyes (Live).mp3
U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday (Live Version 1983 – Remastered).mp3
Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back In Town.mp3
The Saw Doctors – N17.mp3
Van Morrison – Caravan.mp3
Stiff Little Fingers – Suspect Device.mp3
The Young Dubliners – Waxies Dargle.mp3
Flogging Molly – Drunken Lullabies.mp3
The Pogues – Streams Of Whiskey.mp3
Barleyjuice – Weekend Irish.mp3
The Bleeding Irish – Come Out Ye Black and Tans.mp3
Horslips – Loneliness.mp3
Chuck Berry – Little Queenie.mp3
Social Distortion – Maybeline.mp3
MC5 – Back In The USA.mp3
Emmylou Harris – [You Never Can Tell] C’est La Vie.mp3
Nina Simone – Brown Eyed Handsome Man.mp3
The Beatles – Roll Over Beethoven.mp3
The Rolling Stones – Carol.mp3
Dawes – When The Tequila Runs Out.mp3
Animal Collective – Summertime Clothes.mp3
Kopps – Thermometer.mp3
Wilco – Heavy Metal Drummer.mp3
Wanda Jackson – Memphis, Tennessee.mp3
The Crooked North – I Can’t Get Enough.mp3
The Avett Brothers – Satan Pulls The Strings.mp3
L.A. Salami – That Ain’t Me.mp3
Valerie June – Shakedown.mp3
Dude York – Paralyzed.mp3
Hoops – Rules.mp3
Feeder – Eskimo.mp3
Sleigh Bells – It’s Just Us Now.mp3
  Tumbledown – In Between.mp3
The Chesterfield Kings – Mystery Trip.mp3
Spacehog – In The Meantime.mp3
Lenny Kravitz – Let Love Rule.mp3
Michael Kiwanuka – Black Man In A White World.mp3
Lucy Dacus – I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore.mp3
Adia Victoria – Stuck In The South.mp3
Maggie Rogers – Alaska.mp3

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March 13: Rule Brittannia!

Sure, the world is enveloped in Irish music this week. So it seemed like a good time to zig when all others zag. Played a set of entirely British music, from Lily Allen to Led Zeppelin, and lots of good stuff in between. Hope you enjoyed!

A stylized Union Jack Flag

Annie Lennox – sweet dreams bbc fm 2009.mp3
Duran Duran – Union Of The Snake.mp3
Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls.mp3
Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor.mp3
Elvis Costello – Veronica.mp3
Peter Gabriel – Shaking The Tree.mp3
Pink Floyd – Brain Damage.mp3
The Kinks – Celluloid Heroes (Live).mp3
Cream – Sunshine Of Your Love.mp3
David Bowie – Heroes.mp3
Oasis – Wonderwall (Remastered).mp3
The Cure – Fascination Street.mp3
The Smiths – Girlfriend In a Coma.mp3
New Order – Blue Monday.mp3
Depeche Mode – Where’s the Revolution.mp3
XTC – Dear God.mp3
The Beatles – In My Life.mp3
The Who – The Acid Queen.mp3
The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black.mp3
Frank Turner – If Ever I Stray.mp3
Florence + The Machine – Between Two Lungs.mp3
echo & the bunnymen – the killing moon.mp3
Nick Lowe – Cruel To Be Kind.mp3
BLACK SABBATH – Iron Man.mp3
The Clash – White Riot.mp3
Sex Pistols – Pretty Vacant.mp3
Gang Of Four – Ether.mp3
Joss Stone – Put Your Hands On Me.mp3
Lily Allen – Smile.mp3
Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next.mp3
Queen – Fat Bottomed Girls.mp3
Blur – Song 2.mp3
The Libertines – Narcissist.mp3
Kate Nash – 3AM.mp3
The Alarm – The Stand [Long Version].mp3
Led Zeppelin – Ten Years Gone.mp3
Kirsty MacColl – Wrong Again.mp3
The Stone Roses – Love Spreads.mp3
Muse – Uprising.mp3

 


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