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October 4, 2025 PlaylistOctober 4, 2025 Playlist

October 4, 2025|

Not only is this episode full of our usual diverse hodgepodge of generation-spanning tunes that rock, it’s also 100% free of any handwringing about the halftime performer at this year’s Super Bowl. (You’re welcome.) Click here to consume at your leisure.

THE POLICE Next To You
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE No One Knows
THE HEAVY What Makes a Good Man
KINGS OF LEON Use Somebody
THE YARDBIRDS For Your Love
MELISSA ETHERIDGE I Run for Life
MANFRED MANN’S EARTH BAND For You
EVANESCENCE Bring Me to Life
THE KINKS (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman
3 DOORS DOWN Kryptonite
FIVE FOR FIGHTING Superman (It’s Not Easy)
DUO UNIUS Dance
ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES Country Roads
CANCION FRANKLIN I’ll Do It If You Say So
JON CASPI & THE FIRST GUN WITH AMANDA CROSS I Ain’t Bitter
JANIS JOPLIN Me and Bobby McGee
ALEXIS P SUTER BAND God Gave Me the Blues
JOAN CADDELL Cinderella
JULIA GARGANO Growing Pains
CONTRABAND Bad for Each Other
DEEP PURPLE Woman from Tokyo
LIVING COLOUR Cult of Personality
ROGER DALTREY Bitter and Twisted
THE DEAR BOYS Put It Down
SALLY PHANTOM Going Insane
CHARLIE NIELAND Shame
JESSE MALIN Black Haired Girl
BLACK ROSE BURNING Roses in the Dark
BETA TRIP What I Need
GHOST WITH PATRICK WILSON Stay
TEN YEARS AFTER I’d Love to Change the World
FIVE MAN ELECTRICAL BAND Money Back Guarantee
GREG ANTISTA & THE LONELY STREETS Goodnight Ramona
THE INTERRUPTERS Room With a View
STEVE AUGERI Bated Breath
ED JACKSON’S TIME OUT Here We Are Back at the Bar

September 20, 2025 PlaylistSeptember 20, 2025 Playlist

September 20, 2025|

Open minds lead to open ears. I say that a lot more than most people care to hear, but hey – it’s true. We featured quite a few lesser-known independent artists on this edition of the program from several genres. They fit in so well with the well-established artists that we also play, so give ’em a listen. You just mind find your new favorite band. Click here to stream the show.

JOHN LENNON Nobody Told Me
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding
INDIA.AIRE Life Is Good
SPUTNIK THE BAND Waterloo Sunset
DAN CORIO BAND Not Tonight
OUR OWN YOKOS Carry On
AMANDA CROSS Hell or High Water
SAVANNAH JAINE Scarlet Woman, Cherry Red
THE CLASH London Calling
THE DEAR BOYS Put It Down
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE Radiation Vibe
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Interstate Love Song
EARTH, WIND & FIRE September
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN Pride and Joy
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL Susie Q
DINA ROCCO Good Times
DEF LEPPARD Animal
BROTHER DYNAMITE Get Up
CARMEN TOTH Time Bomb Heart
CHRIS VANDALAY PROJECT Facing West
JOAN CADDELL & THE MIDNIGHT CHOIR Divine Women
QUEEN TIPSY Shaken, Not Stirred
ELISSA MONTANTI Genie
THE DOORS Twentieth Century Fox
GRAND PEPPER OF REALITY Great Elixir
SAINTS IN EXILE Bad Vibes
LINKIN PARK Waiting for the End
JIM CROCE Time in a Bottle
HENRY GROSS Shannon
SOMBR Canal Street
THE CRETONES Mad Love
SOUND SIREN Crazy Beautiful
AMYL & THE SNIFFERS U Should Not Be Doing That
DAVE EDMUNDS Almost Saturday Night
POT IS DRUGS How To Talk To Girls
BLACK ROSE BURNING The Fear Machine

September 6, 2025 Playlist – Dan CorioSeptember 6, 2025 Playlist – Dan Corio

September 6, 2025|

On his latest trip to his hometown from his second home in Nashville, singer / songwriter Dan Corio made some time to join me in the MPR studio. We did some catching up and he performed several new tunes which will be released in the weeks and months to come. Click here to access the show in all its sonic glory.

CHUCK BERRY School Day
DAN CORIO BAND Heartbreaker
DELTA CIRCLE Here’s to a Small Town
JON CASPI & THE FIRST GUN New Record
ELVIS COSTELLO Red Shoes
DAN CORIO Not Tonight (Live in the MPR Studio)
THE CALL Let the Day Begin
REAL-LIFE SUPERHERO Heart Has Had Enough
RHONDA FUNK When Lovers Say Goodbye
DAN CORIO Stay Gone (Live in the MPR Studio)
JOAN CADDELL & THE MIDNIGHT CHOIR Divine Women
QUEEN TIPSY Beware the Dog
LISA SCHERMA Jump and Shout
LIVVA JONES Same Page
DAN CORIO The Ballad of That Night (Live in the MPR Studio)
OUR OWN YOKOS Deriving Dariya
JACUZZI FIRE Wasted Daze
INDIGO GIRLS Nashville
CANCION FRANKLIN Just Made Rent
DAN CORIO BAND Hanging Up the Phone
LUCINDA WILLIAMS Rock and Roll Heart
DAN CORIO & LIVVA JONES Stay or Go
BREWSTER MOONFACE End of the Day
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS Breakdown
GREEN DAY Tired of Waiting
DAN CORIO Used to Love the Rain
ERIC CHURCH Springsteen
JESSE MALIN & THE ST. MARKS SOCIAL All the Way from Moscow
MIRANDA LAMBERT & CHRIS STAPLETON A Song to Sing
DAN CORIO BAND Still Ahead
BON JOVI Red, White and Jersey
STEVE EARLE Someday
MARSHALL CRENSHAW Grab the Next Train
DAN CORIO BAND Hold On
MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN Embers in the Ash
THREE CHORD MONEY Hope and a Hard Road
AZTEC CAMERA The Crying Scene
B52s Deadbeat Club
DAN CORIO BAND Forever With You
LITTLE VILLAGE Don’t Think About Her (When You’re Trying to Drive)

August 23, 2025 Playlist – Mickey EhrlichAugust 23, 2025 Playlist – Mickey Ehrlich

August 24, 2025|

Whether he’s performing with his band Middle Ages or playing his songs on his acoustic at a coffee shop, Mickey Ehrlich’s music resonates with honesty and sincerity – and zero pretense – that is almost immediately apparent to anyone fortunate enough to be listening. He was my guest on this edition of the program, which you can access by clicking here.

THE HIVES Legalize Living
THE STRUTS Rock and Roll Fantasy
BLINK-182 All the Small Things
ABSOLUTE LOSERS At the Same Time
BLACK ROSE BURNING Into the Black
THE CLASH Should I Stay or Should I Go
SAVE FERRIS Get Dancing
THE PLANET SMASHERS Things You Do
DAVE BARRY Fight the Bumble Bees
ZZ TOP Legs
OUR OWN YOKOS Feel Alright Tonight
RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Hangover and Out
MIDDLE AGES Nevermind Blues
THE WHITE STRIPES Seven Nation Army
THE YARDBIRDS Heart Full of Soul
DAN CORIO BAND Hold On
MIRANDA LAMBERT Gunpowder and Lead
JON CASPI & THE FIRST GUN Last Ride Home
WEEZER Pork and Beans
SAMMY DAVIS JR. Theme from “Baretta”
WAR Low Rider
SANTANA with STEVE WINWOOD A Whiter Shade of Pale
MICKEY EHRLICH Sheepshead Bay (Live in the MPR Studio)
THE RONNETTES Be My Baby
BOB DYLAN Mozambique
DOLLY PARTON Jolene
MIDDLE AGES Silver Lining (Don’t Count Me Out)
MANIC HONEY Problems
CARMEN TOTH Pretty Dresses
SOUND SIREN Washed Hands
THE ATLICIC This Year
MICKEY EHRLICH Down in The Narrows (Live in the MPR Studio)
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE I Don’t Love You
SPUTNIK THE BAND They Don’t Know
STYX Lady
MICKEY EHRLICH On the Loose (Live in the MPR Studio)
HOUNDS OF JUSTICE Wisdom Teeth

August 9, 2025 Playlist – Ozzy TributeAugust 9, 2025 Playlist – Ozzy Tribute

August 9, 2025|

It was 99% Ozzy on this edition of the program, and even with three hours to work with, we couldn’t fit in everything that we wanted to play. We touched on all the decades of Ozzy’s recording career and hopefully painted an accurate picture of who he was as an artist: a true rock ‘n’ roll rebel. Click here to listen at your leisure.

All selections performed by Ozzy Osbourne unless otherwise specified.
LIGHTNING STRIKES
CRAZY TRAIN
PARANOID (Black Sabbath)
WAR PIGS (Black Sabbath)
MR. CROWLEY
THE WIZARD (Black Sabbath)
AIR DANCE (Black Sabbath)
CHANGES (Black Sabbath)
SNOWBLIND (Black Sabbath)
SWEET LEAF (Black Sabbath)
FAIRIES WEAR BOOTS (Black Sabbath)
RAISE ‘EM HIGH (Jon Caspi & The First Gun featuring Dez Cadena & Jesse Malin)
THIS MODERN AGE (The Chris Vandalay Project)
INTO THE BLACK (Black Rose Burning)
IN MY LIFE
SO TIRED
GODS OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL (Ozzy with Billy Morrison & Steve Stevens)
PHANTOM X (S’ain’t Anthony)
DIXIE QUEEN (The Thing)
SHOT IN THE DARK
SHOCK THE MONKEY (Coal Chamber featuring Ozzy)
BOMBERS CAN OPEN BOMB BAYS (Bill Ward featuring Ozzy)
I AIN’T NO NICE GUY (Motorhead featuring Ozzy)
ORDINARY MAN (Ozzy featuring Elton John)
I DON’T WANNA STOP
FLYING HIGH AGAIN
SABBRA CADABRA (Black Sabbath)
MAMA, I’M COMING HOME
MIRACLE MAN
LIFE WON’T WAIT
DREAMER
SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE
IRON MAN (Black Sabbath)

July 25, 2025 Playlist – Violet SkyJuly 25, 2025 Playlist – Violet Sky

July 27, 2025|

No one I know does the eighties like Violet Sky. The look, the style, the sound – she does it all. That’s remarkable when you consider the fact that she wasn’t even born in the same century as the subject of her fascination. She’s received press coverage on both sides of the Atlantic, and judging by her hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, she’s not alone in her obsession. Click on this link to hear how she took her initial attraction to an obsession and a career, all to tune of an eighties-centric soundtrack.

BOWLING FOR SOUP 1985
OZZY OSBOURNE Crazy Train
OZZY OSBOURNE A Shot in the Dark
LITA FORD & OZZY OSBOURNE Close My Eyes Forever
ASIA Only Time Will Tell
BIG COUNTRY In A Big Country
MOTLEY CRUE Looks That Kill
WARRANT Down Boys
Q-FEEL Dancing in Heaven
ZZ TOP Sleeping Bag
KILLING JOKE Eighties
VIOLET SKY I Found Love
SHY TALK Excuse Me
LIFE BY NIGHT Phone to Phone
PSYCHEDLIC FURS Pretty In Pink
ANNIE GOLDEN Hang Up the Phone
E.G. DAILY One Way Love
DEAD OR ALIVE You Spin Me Round
VIOLET SKY What’s a Girl To Do
JULIE BROWN Shut Up and Kiss Me
MADNESS One Step Beyond
GENERAL PUBLIC Tenderness
THE BUGGLES Video Killed the Radio Star
DEPECHE MODE Just Can’t Get Enough
ERASURE A Little Respect
YAZ Only You
VIOLET SKY A Heartbeat Away
THE ESCAPE CLUB Wild Wild West
ABC Poison Arrow
CULTURE CLUB Time
ALPHAVILLE Forever Young (Remix)

July 12, 2025 Playlist – Tony FletcherJuly 12, 2025 Playlist – Tony Fletcher

July 12, 2025|

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

June 28, 2025 Playlist – Mighty Joe CastroJune 28, 2025 Playlist – Mighty Joe Castro

June 29, 2025|

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)
MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN Look of Eagles
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)
MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN Disappointed in You
THE SITUATION Amoralia
MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN June (90 Degrees)
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)

June 14, 2025 PlaylistJune 14, 2025 Playlist

June 14, 2025|

It was Flag Day. It was also National Bourbon Day and Father’s Day Weekend. It was a week when we lost two giants within three days of each other: Sly Stone and Brian Wilson. We set out to address all of these issues in song and were sailing along when the gremlins intervened. That’s why there’s two links to this show: check out the first two hours by clicking here, and the final hour by clicking here.

SLY & THE FAMILY STONE I Want to Take You Higher
CHUCK BERRY Dear Dad
THE DRACU-LAS Fever Dream
SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS Run Baby Run
SPUTNIK THE BAND Theme from A Summer Place
BROTHER DYNAMITE Shine
STEELY DAN Daddy Don’t Live in That New York City No More
GARLAND JEFFREYS 14 Steps to Harlem
GRACE POTTER Love is Love
THE ORIGINAL ALICE COOPER BAND Wild One
GYASI Nightcrawl
METAL BYRDS Sidewinder
JOHN MOORE Answered Prayer
SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS This Land is Your Land
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN American Land
CAT STEVENS Father to Son
LIVVA JONES Same Page
DAN CORIO BAND Rolling Away
STAIND Zoe Jane
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE Hot Fun in the Summertime
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE Everyday People
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE Dance to the Music
THE BEACH BOYS God Only Knows
THE BEACH BOYS Wouldn’t It Be Nice
THE BEACH BOYS Good Vibrations
MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN Come On Angels
CANCION FRANKLIN Lady of the Immaculate Blues
BOURBON BROTHERS Uncle Jack
FLIES ON FIRE Hello Mr. Daniel
CHRIS STAPLETON Tennessee Whiskey
AND THE DEVIL MAKES THREE Old Number 7
WEDDINGS, PARTIES, ANYTHING Father’s Day
CHRIS VANDALAY PROJECT This Modern Age
YOUR HETEROSEXUAL VIOLENCE House Outside the World
THICK Mother
THE ATARIS The Saddest Song
SIMPLE PLAN Perfect
DAN REED NETWORK Rainbow Child
BRIAN WILSON Love and Mercy

May 31, 2025 PlaylistMay 31, 2025 Playlist

May 31, 2025|

One week after the unofficial start of summer, we offered up a selection of music that sounds like it was made for enjoying with beer, barbecue and backyards. We also remembered the recently departed Rick Derringer and gave some well-deserved airtime to local artists you need to know. Click here to listen to the restream. (Please excuse the microphone issues we had in the first hour – it’s the music that matters most – and it came through loud and clear.)

PLASTIC FLAMINGOS Are You Ready for the Summer?
ALICE COOPER School’s Out
FUNKRUST BRASS BAND Riptide
MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD Shine
THE DEADNOTES Easy Summer
MOTLEY CRUE Public Enemy #1
SUPERSUCKERS Play That Rock and Roll
ALEXIS P. SUTER BAND Some People
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Land of Hope and Dreams
IAN HUNTER Cleveland Rocks
INEZ FOXX Mockingbird
THE AQUABATS Whatever Forever
THE WAYWARD STRANGERS We’re Through
LED ZEPPELIN The Ocean
MICHAEL DAVID WOLF Undeniable
RICK DERRINGER Rock ‘n’ Roll Hootchie Koo
RICK DERRINGER Hang On Sloopy
THE EDGAR WINTER GROUP Free Ride
RICK DERRINGER Everything
OUR OWN YOKOS Snack Dad
BYE BYE EMPIRE Around
SPUTNIK THE BAND Listening to NRBQ
NRBQ RC Cola and a Moon Pie
GRAND PEPPER OF REALITY Elephants Fly
KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD Deadstick
FOGHAT Fool for the City
TRAPPER SCHOEPP Loaded
BROTHER DYNAMITE What are You Waiting For?
BEAT BRIGADE Just Got Lucky
SAVE FERRIS Get Dancing
BLEACHERS I Wanna Get Better
FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION Perfect
MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN Dominoes
FUN BOY THREE Summertime
THE DANLEERS One Summer Night
SOFI TUKKER Summer in New York
KISS Firehouse
ELTON JOHN Grimsby
GRAND FUNK RAILROAD Some Kind of Wonderful
BLACK ROSE BURNING Ad Astra