November 5 Playlist: Open Airwaves with Brewster Moonface

Bandmates (and soulmates) Jim Scott and Julie Notwicz joined us in the studio for MPR’s Open Airwaves series, which this month celebrates and explores Gospel, Soul, Jazz and Blues. They performed three songs from their latest album, closing with a show-stopping rendition of “House of The Rising Sun”. They also grooved along to this blues-centric playlist. If you missed it, click on the link here!

  • LONG JOHN BALDRY Don’t Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll
  • BUDDY GUY Damn Right I’ve Got the Blues
  • STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN Say What!
  • BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY Piece of My Heart
  • BREWSTER MOONFACE Same Old Mistake (Live in the MPR Studio)
  • ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND Statesboro Blues
  • SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS Midnight Rider
  • GARY CLARK JR. Come Together
  • BREWSTER MOONFACE Tin Woman (Live in the MPR Studio)
  • ETTA JAMES I’d Rather Go Blind
  • SUSAN TEDESCHI It Hurts So Bad
  • U2 & B.B. KING When Love Comes to Town
  • BREWSTER MOONFACE Broken Pieces of New York City (Live in the MPR Studio)
  • GARY MOORE Still Got the Blues for You
  • CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL Midnight Special
  • JOHN LEE HOOKER Boogie Chillen
  • MUDDY WATERS Mannish Boy
  • BREWSTER MOONFACE House of the Rising Sun (Live in the MPR Studio)
  • DANNY GATTON Funky Mama

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February 12 Playlist: Brewster MoonfaceFebruary 12 Playlist: Brewster Moonface

We were knee deep in the blues on this day, especially when Brewster Moonface – led by the serious pipes of Julie Notwicz – performed live.

If you missed it, you owe it to yourself to check it out!

  • STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN The House is Rockin’
  • STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN Scuttle Buttin’
  • GARY MOORE Walkin’ by Myself
  • DAVE ALVIN Beautiful City ‘Cross the River
  • BREWSTER MOONFACE Same Old Mistake (Live in MPR studio)
  • BETH HART Bad Woman Blues
  • KOKO TAYLOR You Can Have My Husband
  • LARKIN POE Sucker Punch
  • BREWSTER MOONFACE Hoochie Coochie Woman (Live in MPR studio)
  • BREWSTER MOONFACE End of the Day
  • TEDESCHI-TRUCKS BAND featuring SHARON JONES She Ain’t a Child No More
  • BOZ BOORER featuring EDDIE ARGOS Girl from Atlanta
  • ROLLING STONES Ruby Tuesday
  • B.B. KING The Thrill is Gone
  • BREWSTER MOONFACE Up in Smokes (Live in MPR studio)
  • MUDDY WATERS Got My Mojo Working
  • JOHN LEE HOOKER Boom Boom
  • DANNY GATTON Thirteen Women
  • BREWSTER MOONFACE Carry the Weight / Catcall Blues (Live in MPR studio)
  • JOE BONAMASSA Redemption
  • STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN Say What!

October 18, 2025 Playlist – Listener Appreciation DayOctober 18, 2025 Playlist – Listener Appreciation Day

We take a great deal of pride in our work. Our eclectic playlists are carefully curated to charm the ear of an open-minded listener. Each year, on our anniversary, we relinquish those duties to the members of our radio family. It’s our way of saying thank you for all the support. Click here to check it out.

  • THIN LIZZY Dedication
  • WYLDLIFE Saturday Night (Requested by Karen Kalreiss, Staten Island)
  • DROPKICK MURPHYS Who’ll Stand with Us? (Chris Cappello, Valley Stream, NY)
  • OUR OWN YOKOS Follow You Down (Gwen Gibson, Philadelphia, PA)
  • DES’REE You Gotta Be (Heather Ostrowski, Streamwood, IL)
  • THE KINGS It’s Okay (Neil Mitchell, Staten Island)
  • THE JAGS Back of My Hand (Vito Roca, Staten Island)
  • BAY CITY ROLLERS Keep on Dancing (Cindy Swinnamer, New Glasgow, NS, CAN)
  • MODERN ENGLISH I Melt with You (Cala Roberts, Cheviot, OH)
  • MAGUERBES Per Vermeio (Verdiana Godoy, Brasilia, Brazil)
  • ROXY MUSIC Love is the Drug (Beth Rollinger, Savannah, GA)
  • BETTE MIDLER Otto Titsling (Karen Cheema, London, UK)
  • CRILLZ Cinema (Anthony DeSimone, Staten Island)
  • DEPECHE MODE Never Let Me Down Again (Camille Pontrello, Buffalo, NY)
  • BILLY JOEL We Didn’t Start the Fire (Aaron Parker, Huntington, IN)
  • LUCID DREAMERS Under the Moon (Kimbra Eberly, Staten Island)
  • GLASS TIGER I Will Be There (Tracy Sminnamer, Toronto, ONT, CAN)
  • DAN CORIO BAND The Ballad of That Night (Joan Hickman, Old Bridge, NJ)
  • KELSEA BALLERINI Hole in the Bottle (Rob Fortunato, Staten Island)
  • ACE FREHLEY New York Groove (Richie Saccomagano, Staten Island)
  • CHEAP TRICK The Flame (Nancy Glennon, Staten Island)
  • THE BANGLES Eternal Flame (Ed Fortunato, Ellicott City, MD)
  • VAN MORRISON Have I Told You Lately? (Donald Salvato, Staten Island)
  • LED ZEPPELIN Thank You (Stephanie Echevarietta, Staten Island)
  • THE ALARM Devolution Working Man Blues (Matt Kutner, Staten Island)
  • WOOF WOOF Jaegermonster (Rasputin Ovaltine, Staten Island)
  • TESLA Modern Day Cowboy (Susan DeVito, Lebanon, CT)
  • H BLOCKX Ring of Fire (Sabrina Lutzenkirchen, Dorsten, Germany)
  • CORNELIUS BROTHERS & SISTER ROSE Too Late to Turn Back Now (Dean Antosiewicz, Mahwah, NJ)
  • THE BEATLES Tomorrow Never Knows (James Smith, Springhill, FL)
  • JASON MRAZ I’m Yours (Maria Mameli, Staten Island)
  • CANCION FRANKLIN Six String Buck (Flynn Ferguson, Staten Island)
  • ELOUR Ha! (Matt Townsend, Brooklyn)
  • KISS A Million to One (Lisa Tardo, Aberdeen, NJ)
  • EMPERORS Be Ready When I Say Go (Steve Pascale, Staten Island)
  • KISS Detroit Rock City (Anthony Villiarola, Staten Island)
  • KING PLEASURE Moody’s Mood for Love (Daryl Gaskin, Perth Amboy, NJ)

July 25, 2026 PlaylistJuly 25, 2026 Playlist

A rare departure from our diverse hodgepodge of generation-spanning rock music takes you down my personal musical memory lane. Turning 65 made me wax nostalgic about the songs that helped shape my musical tastes in my formative years. Here’s a sampling of songs that resonated with me from toddler to tween to teenager in the years from 1961 through 1979. Click here to access the stream.

  • HOT BUTTER Popcorn
  • REUNION Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)
  • THE BEATLES She Loves You
  • BOBBY LEWIS Tossin’ and Turnin’
  • THE BEACH BOYS Barbara Ann
  • LOU CHRISTIE Lightning Strikes
  • THE ARCHIES Sugar Sugar
  • THE BOX TOPS The Letter
  • THE DRIFTERS On Broadway
  • BEN E. KING Spanish Harlem
  • THE O’JAYS Back Stabbers
  • OTIS REDDING (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay
  • THE BYRDS Turn! Turn! Turn!
  • THE ROLLING STONES Mother’s Little Helper
  • SIMON & GARFUNKEL Mrs. Robinson
  • JEFFERSON AIRPLANE White Rabbit
  • BOB DYLAN Lay Lady Lady
  • CREAM White Room
  • JIMI HENDRIX Purple Haze
  • THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN Something in the Air
  • EDWIN STARR War
  • RAIDERS Indian Reservation
  • ELVIS PRESLEY Burning Love
  • ELTON JOHN Crocodile Rock
  • THREE DOG NIGHT Joy to the World
  • CHUCK BERRY My Ding-A-Ling
  • NEW YORK DOLLS Personality Crisis
  • THE WHO The Real Me
  • LED ZEPPELIN Heartbreaker / Living Loving Maid
  • BLACK SABBATH Paranoid
  • ALICE COOPER No More Mr. Nice Guy
  • CHEAP TRICK Surrender (Live)
  • KISS Rock and Roll All Nite (Live)
  • VAN HALEN You Really Got Me
  • BLONDIE One Way or Another
  • JOE JACKSON Is She Really Going Out With Him?
  • RAMONES I Wanna Be Sedated
  • MOTT THE HOOPLE All the Young Dudes
  • THE ROLLING STONES In the Stars
  • JETHRO TULL Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll, Too Young to Die (coda)