October 9 Playlist: 2 Year Anniversary

Juneteenth! Father’s Day! Summer Solstice! Pride Month! We celebrated them all on our latest show! Listen to the full show here.

• THE LOVIN’ SPOONFUL Summer in the City
• LOS STRAITJACKETS Sardinian Holiday
• WEDDINGS, PARTIES, ANYTHING Father’s Day
• MAMMOTH WVH Distance
• THE VAUGHAN BROTHERS Hard to Be
• HUEVOS RANCHEROS Gutbomb
• IRON MAIDEN Running Free
• BLACK SABBATH Tomorrow’s Dream
• GHOST It’s a Sin
• THE TEMPTATIONS Papa was a Rolling Stone
• ERIC CLAPTON My Father’s Eyes
• WAR Summer
• ERASURE A Little Respect
• BRONSKI BEAT Smalltown Boy
• THE ALARM Rain in the Summertime
• BILLY STEWART Summertime
• JOHNATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS
• That Summer Feeling
• DAVE KEENER Someone
• DEMOLITION BRASS BAND Soul Vaccination
• WEEZER Buddy Holly
• TWENTY-ONE PILOTS Addict with a Pen
• ANTHONY HAMILTON & ELAYNA BOYNTON Freedom
• MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE Welcome to The Black Parade
• THE JAZZTRONAUTS Checked Out

In honor of International Women’s Month, we dedicated an entire show to some of our favorite female rockers! (If you want to get a regular dose of female-fronted bands from around the globe, check out The She Pop Show with my colleague Kitty the DJ – only on MPR!) Listen to the show here!

Our playlist:

• THE BANGLES Manic Monday
• THE GO GOs We Got The Beat
• NO DOUBT Just A Girl
• THE INTERRUPTERS Bad Guy
• ROCK GODDESS I Didn’t Know I Loved You
• (‘Til I Saw You Rock N Roll)
• THE RUNAWAYS Queens of Noise
• LITA FORD Kiss Me Deadly
• PAT BENATAR We Live For Love
• GARBAGE When I Grow Up
• BLONDIE Union City Blue
• BREEDERS Divine Hammer
• FANNY Charity Ball
• JANIS JOPLIN Kozmic Blues
• IKE & TINA TURNER Proud Mary
• LIZ PHAIR Extraordinary
• HALESTORM It’s Not You
• EVANESCENCE Bring Me To Life
• PATTI SMITH Because The Night
• THE PRETENDERS Back on the Chain Gang
• PARAMORE Still In To You
• B52s Deadbeat Club
• BISHOP BRIGGS River
• EMMA & THE IDLES Shot By The River
• ANN WILSON Immigrant Song
• LUCINDA WILLIAMS Passionate Kisses
• VERUCA SALT Seether
• CONCRETE BLONDE Heal It Up
• THE PRETTY RECKLESS Death By Rock and Roll

Here is the playlist and link to our September 11 tribute show, hosted by my daughter Nancy (her segments were pre-recorded.) Listen here.

• Sky Blue and Black – Jackson Browne
• Concerto in D minor – Ian Freebairn-Smith & the MGM Studio Orchestra
• I Can’t See New York – Tori Amos
• Friend of Mine – John Hiatt
• Cavatina – John Williams
• One More Light – Linkin Park
• Empty Chairs – Don McLean
• You’re Missing – Bruce Springsteen
• Theme from “Missing” – Vangelis
• The House Where Nobody Lives – Tom Waits
• Summer’s End – John Prine
• Angel – Sarah McLachlan
• Saturn – Sleeping At Last
• My Father – This Mortal Coil
• Forse Ancora Poesia – I Pooh
• We Remember Them – Sylvan Kamens and Jack Reimer
• I Will Remember You – Sarah McLachlan
• We All Need Saving – John McLaughlin
• Song For Someone – U2
• The Maker – Daniel Lanois
• Lazarus – Porcupine Tree
• In Loving Memory – Alter Bridge
• My City of Ruins – Bruce Springsteen
• Rise Up – Audra Day
• Apache Grief Poem – Nancy Mameli
• Finale from “Last Exit to Brooklyn” – Mark Knopfler