July 12, 2025 Playlist – Tony Fletcher

Tony Fletcher has been writing about rock music since he was a Yorkshire schoolboy. He has interviewed some of the most recognizable names, written eleven books – including acclaimed biographies of Keith Moon and R.E.M. – and has even tried his hand at rock ‘n’ roll. We touched on all that and more. Listen to this remarkable edition of the program by clicking here.

  • BAD COMPANY Can’t Get Enough
  • MICHAEL DAVID WOLF Free Will
  • KYLE JORDAN PROJECT Tall Blonde Honey
  • OUR OWN YOKOS Snack Dad
  • THE LEVELLERS Beautiful Day
  • ENCYPHER New September
  • THREE CHORD MONEY Hope and a High Road
  • SHAWN PARSONS Grateful
  • ALEXIS P SUTER BAND God Gave Me the Blues
  • GUS BLACK Paranoid
  • BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Sunday Love
  • THE MEATMEN Rock and Roll Juggernaut
  • THE WHO The Kids are Alright
  • ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN The Cutter
  • BE BOP DELUXE Forbidden Lovers
  • THE CLASH Lover’s Rock
  • R.E.M. It’s the End of the World as We Know It
  • THE SMITHS There is a Light That Never Goes Out
  • HUDSON PALACE Holding Hands with Strangers
  • THE DEAR BOYS Gone Viral
  • THE DEAR BOYS A Word That Doesn’t Rhyme
  • APOCALYPSE Release
  • WILSON PICKETT In the Midnight Hour
  • EDDIE FLOYD Knock On Wood
  • FRANK TURNER Get Better
  • THE DESCENDENTS When I Get Old
  • THE WHO I’m a Boy
  • THE BEATLES When I’m Sixty-Four

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  • MIND GAMES
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  • THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO
  • NOBODY TOLD ME
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  • STEEL AND GLASS
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June 28, 2025 Playlist – Mighty Joe CastroJune 28, 2025 Playlist – Mighty Joe Castro

It was a bit of a rockabilly rave up on this edition of the program, with most of the music provided by Philadelphia-based Mighty Joe Castro and his band, The Gravamen. Joe joined us in the studio as we played his new album, “Between the Lightning and the Thunder” in its entirety, and a number of selections from throughout his career. He even graced us with a live acoustic performance. Click here to restream the show.

  • JESUS AND MARY CHAIN Just Like Honey
  • MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN Wake Up, You’re Rockin’!
  • BUDDY HOLLY Rave On
  • MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN Cold and Bitter Tears
  • MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN Can’t We Just Start Again
  • MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN Embers in the Ash
  • MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN Dominoes
  • MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN Come On Angels
  • THE SITUATION The Best Prescription Pill Available
  • MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN Gone (When the Morning Comes)
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  • MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN Automatic Amnesia
  • MIGHTY JOE CASTRO Hope and a High Road (Live in the MPR Studio)
  • BEDOLINA We Are the Clock Ourselves Again
  • BULLETTE When You’re Tuff
  • 49 BURNING CONDORS Half Hung Mary
  • MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN The Future Gets Put Away
  • MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN The Dying Breed
  • MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN Let Me Take the Blame
  • MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN I’m Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I’m Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)
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  • MIGHTY JOE CASTRO Everybody Tells Her That (Live in the MPR Studio)
  • MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN There Are No Secrets Here
  • MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN Better Hold Tight
  • MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN Why Not Just Give in This Time
  • MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN Whispering Hell (The Finish Line)

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  • Bloom by Eric Johnson
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  • Red Dawn by Acid Magus
  • Girl From the Record Shop by Frank Turner
  • Lost in the Supermarket by Ben Folds
  • Fall in Love by Coral Moons
  • Punk Rock Boy by Juniper
  • Ever Fallen in Love by Black Rose Burning
  • Both Sides Now by Jason Falkner
  • Waiting for My Man by Keith Richards
  • Lora Blu by Freddy DeBoe
  • The Story by Brandi Carlile
  • I Can Do Anything by Johnette Napolitano
  • Automatic Amnesia by Mighty Joe Castro and The Gravamen
  • Amigo by Eclectic Charango Beats featuring Outernational
  • Heaven Sent by Saloon Dion
  • Perfectionism by Hotel Mira
  • In Lipstick by Idle Hours
  • Kitchen by Low Res
  • Wanting and Waiting by The Black Crowes
  • Puppy Luv by WoofWoof
  • Alone by Stress Dolls
  • Diana by Autogramm
  • Where My Girls At? by NOBRO
  • In The Water by Head North
  • Run by Wan
  • Broadway Junction by Vera Ellen
  • What Was I Made For? by Billie Eilish
  • Replaceable by Slapfight
  • King of Kreuzberg by Shotgun Jimmie
  • This Mourning by Chalk Circle
  • Devil by Moon Walker
  • Goin’ Out to Stellie’s by THE GOV’T