Lorenzo Mameli

September 5, 2026 Playlist – WestFest 19 PreviewSeptember 5, 2026 Playlist – WestFest 19 Preview

September 5, 2026|

Julia Aponte, co-director of this year’s Westerleigh Folk Festival, joined us for a preview of this year’s event. We also remembered Dolly Parton, Shelly Faberes and Tim Curry, and gave away a pair of tickets to Pig Fest NYC to lucky winner Nanci Richards! Check out all the music and goings on by clicking right here!

RODRIGO Y GABRIELA Orion
STYX Blue Collar Man
DROPKICK MURPHYS Worker’s Song
THE ROMANTICS What I Like About You
REM Toys in the Attic
THE GOODS Summer’s Almost Gone
DULCET TONES As I Am
KABUKI LOVE The Wolf Dance
BROTHER DYNAMITE Shine
DREW ANGUS Lost
KYLE LACY One Trick Pony
CARRIE ANN Parent’s Room
GYM CLASS HEROES featuring RYAN TEDDER The Fighter
THE MORNING LINE Staten Island
WINE LIPS Stimulation
FLOWERS FOR JAYNE Pocket Superman
CANCION FRANKLIN Just Made Rent
THE NEW STUDENTS Black Earth Country
MOONMILL Ruin It
DOLLY PARTON 9 to 5
SHELLY FABARES Johnny Angel
TIM CURRY Sweet Transvestite
RORY D’LASNOW I Won’t Do Anything
RONIT & THE INVISIBLE STRINGS Can’t Wait To
GOATROPER The Kind of Woman You Can Hold
DIAMOND SPUR RODEO Virginia Slims
OUR OWN YOKOS Snack Dad
JOAN CADDELL & THE MIDNIGHT CHOIR When
SHERYL CROW featuring JESSE WELLES Freedom Bus
DAN CORIO BAND Hold On
BREWSTER MOONFACE Broken Pieces of New York City
LUNA’S WERELD Bunnies in the Clover
HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS Workin’ for a Livin’
CHRIS VANDALAY PROJECT How Will You Know
SPUTNIK THE BAND Villa Capri
THE JAZZTRONAUTS Shoot Your Shot

August 22, 2026 Playlist – Brother DynamiteAugust 22, 2026 Playlist – Brother Dynamite

August 22, 2026|

Take a heaping helping of harmony, add a sumptuous serving of melody, mix thoroughly and yield a distinctive dose of polished power pop. That’s the music of Brother Dynamite. Alan Miller and Sean Moynihan joined me for a trip down their personal memory lane, with stops along the way at their time as Next Big Thing and Save Pluto. They also performed five songs live. We also shared a memory and the music of our late friend, Doug Principato, of Grand Pepper of Reality. Listen by clicking here.

ZZ TOP Sleeping in the Desert
ZZ TOP La Grange
ZZ TOP Sharp Dressed Man
COLLECTIVE SOUL Eye On You
REGINA SPEKTOR Becoming All Alone
LUCID DREAMER Music is Medicine
BROTHER DYNAMITE Radio Silence
BROTHER DYNAMITE Better
NEXT BIG THING Radiate
SAVE PLUTO What If
BROTHER DYNAMITE The Girl’s in Love (Live in MPR Studio)
BROTHER DYNAMITE You Could Do So Much Better
BROTHER DYNAMITE Violet
SAVE PLUTO Red Letter Day
BROTHER DYNAMITE Things You’ve Left Behind (Live in MPR Studio)
GRAND PEPPER OF REALITY Let’s Be Easy
GRAND PEPPER OF REALITY Elephants Fly
GRAND PEPPER OF REALITY Your Eyes Just Shine
BROTHER DYNAMITE Shine (Live in MPR Studio)
SAVE PLUTO When I Got There
SAVE PLUTO All Fall Down
BROTHER DYNAMITE Get Up
BROTHER DYNAMITE What Are You Waiting For?
BROTHER DYNAMITE This Time
BROTHER DYNAMITE Beautiful Lie
BROTHER DYNAMITE You Cannot Bring Me Down (Live in MPR Studio)
NEXT BIG THING Said and Done
SAVE PLUTO Life is Good
BROTHER DYNAMITE Until the Stars Fall (Live in MPR Studio)
BROTHER DYNAMITE Your Time Will Come

August 8, 2026 PlaylistAugust 8, 2026 Playlist

August 8, 2026|

An extraordinary variety of sounds from across the years, and a whole bunch of recommendations from my recent Foodie-themed vacation around NYC and its surrounding environs. Listen to the show by clicking here.

FREDDY deBOE Remember (The Good Times)
TEN YEARS AFTER I Woke Up This Morning
PAT BENATAR You Better Run
THE DEADNOTES Easy Summer
VAN MORRISON Dweller on the Threshold
AMANI BURNHAM Bluejay
OUR OWN YOKOS Carry On
ANGELICA GIANNA You Know
CATBITE Everybody Talks
THE SEEDY ARKHESTRA A Thousand Years
SKARAMONES Blitzkrieg Bop
SPUTNIK THE BAND Starlight’s Glow
MINK DEVILLE I Must Be Dreaming
LAZARETTES Undertow
JOAN CADDELL & THE MIDNIGHT CHOIR Little Miss Audacoius
THE BLUES BROTHERS Rubber Biscuit
ROD STEWART Passion
DODGY Summer Forever
JUDY COLLINS Give My Regards to Broadway
CANCION FRANKLIN Stephanie
GLEN HANSARD This Gift
HALESTORM Like a Woman Can
YBH Puppy Love
THE DEAR BOYS Chocolate
BROTHER DYNAMITE Violet
FATS DOMINO Blueberry Hill
FRANKIE LYMON & THE TEENAGERS Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
CURTIS MAYFIELD Superfly
DAVID BOWIE Golden Years
SAINTS IN EXILE Bad Vibes
GREEN DAY I’m Never Gonna R.I.P.
DOGHOUSE ROSE It Gets Worse
VIOLET GROHL Bug in the Cake
BLACK ROSE BURNING No Love Lost
GIFTSHOP Stylish Junkie
IN TUA NUA All I Wanted
5 SECONDS OF SUMMER Amnesia
SEMISONIC Don’t Give Up Yet
JACK WHITE G.O.D. and the Broken Rib
THE KYLE DECEMBER Plunge: Disillusion

July 25, 2026 PlaylistJuly 25, 2026 Playlist

July 25, 2026|

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)

July 11, 2026 PlaylistJuly 11, 2026 Playlist

July 11, 2026|

Listen to this edition of the program by clicking here.

FRANCIS MONKMAN Theme from “The Long Good Friday”
ANDY TAYLOR I Might Lie
AC/DC What’s Next to the Moon
TOO HOT FOR LEATHER Mess with Me
SCREAMING REBEL ANGELS Evil Kinda Gal
TROOPER We’re Here for a Good Time (Not A Long Time)
ROBYN HITCHCOCK Yesterday’s Rain
CHRIS VANDALAY PROJECT How Will You Know
THE SCHWA Kasey is a Punk
LED ZEPPELIN D’y’er Maker
RED VOODOO Mystery Girl
POINT BLANK Nicole
REO SPEEDWAGON Don’t Let Him Go
THE HIGH CHIEFS Darlin’ Donna
DAN CORIO BAND Hold On
CANCION FRANKLIN Twelve Tristezas
JOHNNY CASH I Hung My Head
THE CARS You’re All I’ve Got Tonight
THE STRANGLERS Always the Sun (Live)
OLIVIA RODRIGO with ROBERT SMITH What’s Wrong with Me
ANGELICA GIANNA You Know
CAROLE KING I Feel the Earth Move
THE ROLLING STONES Never Wanna Lose You
HANOI ROCKS Ice Cream Summer
RICHIE SAMBORA Every Road Leads Home to You
FISHBONE Everyday Sunshine
AL KOOPER I Stand Alone
JOAN CADDELL & THE MIDNIGHT CHOIR Cinderella
SARAH BORGES Mercy of the Moon
RHIANNON GIDDENS She Got You
GODDAMN WRECKS Almost Homesick Blues
AUTOGRAMM Wannabe
BAND OF HORSES Laredo
PAWNS OR KINGS Demons in Armani Shoes
THE AVETT BROTHERS I and Love and You
DAVE KEENER Someone
BONNIE TYLER Total Eclipse of the Heart

July 3, 2026 Playlist – America’s 250th BirthdayJuly 3, 2026 Playlist – America’s 250th Birthday

July 5, 2026|

Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the U.S.A. with perhaps her greatest export – rock and roll music! Click here to access the restream.

VIOLENT FEMMES American Music
THE BLASTERS American Music
DAVID LEE ROTH Yankee Rose
GREEN DAY Last of the American girls
PAUL McCARTNEY Freedom
THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM American Slang
THE BEACH BOYS Surfin’ USA
MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS Heat Wave
JOHN MELLENCAMP Pink Houses
IAN HUNTER Cleveland Rocks
GRAND FUNK RAILROAD We’re an American Band
KISS Kissin’ Time USA
DEBBIE HARRY French Kissing in the USA
KIM WILDE Kids in America
SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS This Land is Your Land
JAMES BROWN Living in America
LENNY KRAVITZ American Woman
DAVE ALVIN 4th of July
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN American Land
BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND American Storm
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS American Girl
DEF LEPPARD Hello America
NIGHTRANGER You Can Still Rock in America
CHUCK BERRY Back in the USA
BROOKS & DUNN Only in America
ME FIRST & THE GIMME GIMMES Country Roads
Y&T All American Boy
COUNTING CROWS American Girls
NEIL DIAMOND America
JOHN MELLENCAMP R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL Fortunate Son
NEIL YOUNG Hawks and Doves
DON McLEAN American Pie
BROTHER DYNAMITE What are You Waiting For?
VAN HALEN Dreams
JACKSON BROWNE I Am a Patriot
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE Volunteers
STEVE MILLER BAND Living in the USA
THE TEMPTATIONS Ain’t Too Proud To Beg
MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS Dancing in the Street
RAY CHARLES America the Beautiful

June 27, 2026 Playlist with Melo DiBartolo of Beat BrigadeJune 27, 2026 Playlist with Melo DiBartolo of Beat Brigade

June 28, 2026|

A very ska-centric episode! All you rude boys and girls can check it out by clicking right here!

MELBOURNE SKA ORCHESTRA Get Smart
THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES The Impression That I Get
THE HOLOPHONICS Havana
URBAN BLIGHT Three More Roses
BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS Spinning Wheel
UB40 Can’t Help Falling In Love
REEL BIG FISH Take On Me
DONKEY SHOW Mr. Brown
DODGY Summer Forever
BEAT BRIGADE Armageddon Beat
BEAT BRIGADE Just Got Lucky
GOLDFINGER More Today Than Yesterday
FISHBONE Unyielding Conditioning
BEAT BRIGADE You Charming Thing
MELO DiBARTOLO 401Kill (Live in the MPR Studio)
MADNESS One Step Beyond
MADNESS Our House
BEAT BRIGADE Lori
MELO DiBARTOLO Walk Away (Live in the MPR Studio)
BEAT BRIGADE Racists and Fools
RANCID Time Bomb
THE INTERRUPTERS featuring TIM ARMSTRONG Family
SAVE FERRIS Come On Eileen
THE ENGLISH BEAT Save it for Later
BEAT BRIGADE Has the Fire Died
MELO DiBARTOLO Ferguson Bullets (Live in the MPR Studio)
THE CLASH Rudie Can’t Fail
THE SPECIALS A Message to You, Rudy
THE SELECTER Too Much Pressure
THE TOASTERS East Side Beat
BEAT BRIGADE All the Lights Have Gone Out
BEAT BRIGADE Keep Still Dark
BEAT BRIGADE Another Cause
BEAT BRIGADE Bittersweet

June 13, 2026 PlaylistJune 13, 2026 Playlist

June 14, 2026|

Guest: Dominic Lucente, Director, Staten Island Chapter, New York City Mountain Bike Association. To listen to a restream of this epiosde, click here.

ELLIOT, ALAINA & PUPA SANTIAGO Summertime
JOEY RAMONE New York City
PATTY SMYTH My Town
MODERN DAY MACHINES I’ll Disappear With You
MOTHER’S FINEST Don’t Stop
THE ROLLING STONES In The Stars
STRESS DOLLS Better
PAUL McCARTNEY with RINGO STARR Home To Us
OUR OWN YOKOS Crash
STEVE EARLE City of Immigrants
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Thunder Road
BROTHER DYNAMITE Better
DODGY Summer Forever
STEVIE NICKS Talk To Me
NICK LOWE Cruel To Be Kind
NICKELBACK Gotta Be Somebody
SAINTS IN EXILE Need An Escape
LOUVERS Drive Tonight
SPUTNIK THE BAND It’s Not Complicated
JIMI HENDRIX Wait Until Tomorrow
THE DAMNED The Limit Club
ELTON JOHN Candle In The Wind
THE GET ALONGS Sound
ZINADELPHIA Call Up Nancy
ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION So Into You
AMANI BURNHAM I Wanna Know
ORBIS MAX featuring CHRIS VANDALAY Falling Through The Cracks
RUSH Subdivisions
CHUMBAWUMBA Tubthumping
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS Charlie Sheen Reaches Out To The Feds
THE EINES Why Not?
THE RALLIES Come and Go
STAN BUSH The Touch
MONA FREAKA Last Song
BEAUTY SCHOOL DROPOUT Daddy Don’t Cry
ALICIA KEYS Empire State of Mind (live AOL session)

May 30, 2026 PlaylistMay 30, 2026 Playlist

May 30, 2026|

Contest winner Nancy Glennon returned to the show and brought her daughter, Lauren, with her – and they each put a playlist of some of their favorite songs together – and we played ’em all. Listen to the show by clicking here.

ACCEPTANCE Ad Astra Per Aspera
TOXIC TITO Carol
SANS PETRIE The Gin Twist
DEF LEPPARD Bringing On the Heartbreak
JOURNEY Stone In Love
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Tunnel of Love
THE CARDIGANS Lovefool
BOWLING FOR SOUP Almost
THE STROKES 12:51
DAN CORIO BAND Back When
DIAMOND SPUR RODEO Somebody’s Mother
SAINTS IN EXILE Pain Is My Best Friend
INXS The One Thing
ASIA Heat of the Moment
WHITESNAKE Here I Go Again
HOZIER From Eden
MICHELLE BRANCH Are You Happy Now?
FALL OUT BOY Grand Theft Autumn
GARLAND JEFFREYS 96 Tears
THE ROLLING STONES Waiting On a Friend
MODELE Under the Starlight
EDDIE MONEY I Think I’m In Love
JOHN COUGAR Ain’t Even Done with the Night
THE 1975 She’s American
JEFF BUCKLEY Lover, You Should Have Come Over
THE AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT Wishing Well
HALSEY Nightmare
AMY WINEHOUSE Tears Dry On Their Own
FOREIGNER Head Games
U2 With or Without You
THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS Someday’s Gone
THE COUNTING CROWS Angel of the Silences
NO DOUBT Bath Water

May 16, 2026 Playlist – Guest Host: Gwen GibsonMay 16, 2026 Playlist – Guest Host: Gwen Gibson

May 17, 2026|

Familial obligations took me elsewhere on this day, but thankfully, my Sister of Sound Gwen Gibson was able to take the ride up from Philly to cover the show. Check out her playlist below and click here to listen to the terrific job she did in my absence.

LOS STRAIGHTJACKETS Galaxy Drive
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND Rock and Roll
GODDAMN WRECKS Here’s To You
CAGE THE ELEPHANT No Rest for the Wicked
GREEN DAY Boulevard of Broken Dreams
THE DEAR BOYS Procrastination
THE BEATLES Think for Yourself
THE SECOND SUMMER I Should
HOLE Malibu
THE STANDELLS Dirty Water
CHUCK BERRY Come On
CANCION FRANKLIN Pass Me By
VAN HALEN I’ll Wait
BEE GEES In My Own Time
BLACK PUMAS Fire
COURAGE MY LOVE Bridges
INXS Red Red Sun
BIG JOE TURNER Shake Rattle and Roll
TENACIOUS D Tribute
THE ZOMBIES Time of the Season
THE TRANSFERENCE Ramon Says I’m The Devil
MIDDLE AGES Silver Lining (Don’t Count Me Out)
MERESHA Night Sky
THE CHURCH Reptile
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES Wild Flowers
THE EINES 48 Beers
MOMMA Speeding 72
THE RALLIES Not So Much Anymore
THE LEN PRICE 3 I’m A Fake
NIRVANA You Know You’re Right
OUR OWN YOKOS Follow You Down
6KITTY June
JACK WHITE Archbishop Harold Holmes
SUZZALLO River
TRACY BONHAM Mother Mother
CROWDED HOUSE That What I Call Love
DEMOLITION 23 Hammersmith Palais
JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)
THE EASYBEATS Friday on My Mind
OLD 97s Every Night is Friday Night (Without You)
DAVE EDMUNDS Almost Saturday Night
THE HIVES Tick Tick Boom
THE KNICKERBOCKERS Lies
THE POWER STATION Some Like It Hot
LOS PAJAROS Gato Negro
CHAGALL GUEVARA Tale O’ The Twister