Lorenzo Mameli

February 14 Playlist: Valentine’s DayFebruary 14 Playlist: Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2022|

This is what the last two hours of Valentine’s Day sounded like on Maker Park Radio…

Listen to the full show here!

THE BEATLES All My Loving

COLD SWEAT It’s a Man’s World

SANTANA The Sensitive Kind

PAUL WELLER Close to You

CHEAP TRICK The Flame

MINK DEVILLE I Must Be Dreaming

GARLAND JEFFREYS Guts for Love

OUR LADY PEACE Somewhere Out There

VAN HALEN Love Walks In

BOB DYLAN Emotionally Yours

ADELE Make You Feel My Love

JOSS STONE Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye

CHRIS STAPLETON Tennessee Whiskey

JOHN HIATT My High

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN If I Should Fall Behind

NILS LOFGREN Valentine

THE FLAMINGOS I Only Have Eyes for You

311 Love Song

ELTON JOHN Freaks in Love

HALEY REINHART Love is Worth Fighting For

LOU REED Perfect Day

LIVE Dance with You

MAZZY STAR Fade into You

BILLY JOEL Until the Night

February 12 Playlist: Brewster MoonfaceFebruary 12 Playlist: Brewster Moonface

February 12, 2022|

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!

February 7 Playlist: International Clash DayFebruary 7 Playlist: International Clash Day

February 7, 2022|

There was a bit of mic malfunctioning, but the music came through loud and clear!

This Is Radio Clash
Groovy Times
Train In Vain
Clampdown
Rock the Casbah
Julie’s Been Working for the Drug Squad
London Calling
Death or Glory
Lost in the Supermarket
Janie Jones
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Clash City Rockers
Police On My Back
Brand New Cadillac
I Fought the Law
Gates of the West
Hitsville U.K.

January 29 PlaylistJanuary 29 Playlist

January 29, 2022|

Big Mama Nature and her Bomb Cyclone shut down our studio today and caused the postponement of a live appearance by blues rockers Brewster Moonface. (They’ll be on our next show on Feb. 12.) So, we did our remote broadcast from the basement, complete with an over-modulating microphone and our diverse hodgepodge of generation spanning rock ‘n roll!

Here’s what we played and how it sounded:

BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
BREWSTER MOONFACE Same Old Mistake
THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES The Impression That I Get
NOISETTES Never Forget You
MEAT LOAF Bat Out of Hell
THE BANGLES Hazy Shade of Winter
BLACK SABBATH Snowblind
BOZ BOORER Cast Iron Arm
SEAN K. PRESTON & THE LOADED PISTOLS Last Call
THE REPLACEMENTS Can’t Hardly Wait
TIGERTAILZ Love Bomb Baby
JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS Cherry Bomb
RANCID Time Bomb
BREWSTER MOONFACE End of the Day
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN Pride and Joy
DAVE ALVIN Haley’s Comet
THE BLACK CROWES Hard to Handle
THE CLASH Lost in the Supermarket
THIN LIZZY Dedication
DEXY’S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS Seven Days Too Long
DEL SHANNON Runaway
THE DIAMONDS Little Darlin’
E-I-E-I-O Hey Cecelia
EVERCLEAR A.M. Radio

January 15 Playlist: Remembering Ronnie SpectorJanuary 15 Playlist: Remembering Ronnie Spector

January 15, 2022|

On our latest show, we remembered the recently departed and thoroughly unique Ronnie Spector, and revisited the way a classic tune sounded before it became the irritating soundtrack to far too many TikTok videos

Listen to the full show here!

THE RONNETTES Be My Baby
DAVID BOWIE Sound and Vision
PHILIP LYNOTT Old Town
SQUEEZE Pulling Mussels from a Shell
ELVIS COSTELLO Blue Chair
JASON FAULKNER Photograph
PAUL STANLEY’S SOUL STATION Lorelei
THE STRUTS One Night Only
VOICE OF THE BEEHIVE A Perfect Place
THE TRIFFIDS Bury Me Deep in Love
RONNIE SPECTOR featuring EDDIE MONEY Who Can Sleep?
THE WARNING Evolve
HALESTORM Apocalyptic
KLAATU Juicy Lucy
BOB SEGER Rock and Roll Never Forgets
THE BEATLES Hey Bulldog
RAINBOW Since You’ve Been Gone
BOZ BOORER El Camino Real
THE THAMESMEN Gimme Some Money
THE FLAMING LIPS Do You Realize?
AEROSMITH Remember (Walking in the Sand)
BIG COUNTRY In a Big Country
WAILIN’ JENNYS Wildflowers
RONNIE SPECTOR You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory

January 1 Playlist: Happy New Year!January 1 Playlist: Happy New Year!

January 1, 2022|

Happy New Year! Our first show of 2022 featured a lot of local and independent talent. Give it a listen and then look into the artists that move you. Also, we invite you to join us in our crusade against the menace that is the throw pillow.

Listen to the full show here!

EAGLES Funky New Year
RED HOT CHILI PIPERS Auld Lang Syne
THE DANGEROUS New Year’s Day
SEMISONIC This Will Be My Year
PERSEI A Way Out
THE DEADNOTES Easy Summer
THE ATLICIC This Year
ALL-IN MOMENT For You
BLACK ROSE BURNING Black Sun Saturday
ON PINK Chastity Hearse
THE RAUNCH HANDS Respect
THE RECRUDERS Gunna Love You Anyway
RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Hangover N Out
PARK AFTER DARK The Dance
THE MOONDOGZ High Society
Perry Serpa – The Fever
REBECCA LOU Lovesick
DAN CORIO Hanging Up the Phone
BREWSTER MOONFACE 4000 Miles
GEM AND EYE Roaring Twenties
Dave Keener – Wait ’til You Love Someone
JOOLS HOLLAND Enjoy Yourself
MILLIE MANDERS & THE SHUTUP Silent Scream
OUR OWN YOKOS Carry On
HOUNDS OF JUSTICE Wisdom Teeth
FOO FIGHTERS This Will Be Our Year
ANDREW GOLD Thank You for Being a Friend
SLADE Auld Lang Syne

December 20 PlaylistDecember 20 Playlist

December 20, 2021|

Our last of three consecutive Christmas shows for the season featured our staff announcer (and my daughter) Nancy co-hosting our prime-time Christmas party! There were some minor audio issues early on, but we had a blast sharing the music with so many of you! Thanks so much and may the spirit of the season be with you and your always!

Listen to the show here!

TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA First Snow
TRAIN Shake Up Christmas
SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS White Christmas
SI CRANSTOUN Christmas Twist
LOS STRAITJACKETS Deck The Halls
RAMONES Merry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight Tonight)
SPLIT Last Christmas
REEL BIG FISH Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
KYLE BROOK Every Snowflake’s Different
BOOKER T & THE MGs Jingle Bells
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Santa Claus is Coming to Town
CHEAP TRICK I Want You for Christmas
CHUCK BERRY Run Run Rudolph
THE SINGING DOGS Jingle Bells
JOSE FELICIANO Feliz Navidad
MARIAH CAREY All I Want For Christmas is You
SABRINA CARPENTER Christmas the Whole Year Round
THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS Rockin’ Winter Wonderland
THE WAITRESSES Christmas Wrapping
BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
THE VENTURES The Christmas Song
THE SMITHEREENS Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
TOM PETTY Christmas All Over Again
LOS STRAITJACKETS Silver Bells
SALSOUL ORCHESTRA Merry Christmas All
CHICAGO God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
SPIRALING Do You Hear What I Hear
LOS STRAITJACKETS Sleigh Ride
THE GREEDIES A Merry Jingle
THE DROPKICK MURPHYS The Season’s Upon Us
.38 SPECIAL Hallelujah, It’s Christmas
KHRUANGBIN Christmas Time is Here
U2 Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)
BOBBY HELMS Jingle Bell Rock
JOHNNY MAESTRO A Christmas Serenade
ED SHEERAN & ELTON JOHN Merry Christmas
JOHN LENNON Happy Xmas
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA An Angel Returned

December 18 PlaylistDecember 18 Playlist

December 18, 2021|

Our latest show was like a bottomless Christmas stocking or one of those ridiculously large candy canes that no one can come close to finishing! Over three hours of the sounds of the season.

Click here to check it out. Here’s the playlist:

BRIAN SETZER Jingle Bells
JOHN MELLENCAMP I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
THE SONICS Santa Claus
U2 Baby Please Come Home
THE VENTURES O Christmas Tree
WEEZER The First Noel
PANIC! AT THE DISCO Feels Like Christmas
RAMONES Merry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight Tonight)
BOOKER T & THE MGs Jingle Bells
THE POGUES Fairytale of New York
ROB THOMAS A New York Christmas
LYZA WILSON Christmas in New York
THE SINGING DOGS Jingle Bells
THE JACKSON 5 Santa Claus is Coming to Town
THE TOASTERS Feliz Navidad
EMILIA CLARKE Last Christmas
KHRUANGBIN Christmas Time is Here
PAT BENATAR Please Come Home for Christmas
THE BEACH BOYS Little Saint Nick
SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS White Christmas
THE VENTURES The Christmas Song
THE KINKS Father Christmas
REEL BIG FISH Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
BAD MANNERS Christmas Time Again
SLIM JIM PHANTOM & JENNIE LEE Rockabilly Christmas
BIG BUD & JOHNNY MARKS Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
JD McPHERSON Twinkle Little Christmas Lights
THE UNIQUES Rock’n Rudolph
THE REFRESHMENTS Santa’s Gonna Rock Tonight
ROBERT GORDON Blue Christmas
PAUL McCARTNEY Wonderful Christmastime
MICHAEL BUBLE Christmas Sweater
STEVIE WONDER Someday at Christmas
JAMES BROWN Santa Claus, Go Straight to the Ghetto
CHICAGO God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
FOGHAT All I Want for Christmas is You
INFAMOUS HER Christmas Wrapping
SIMPLE PLAN My Christmas List
THE PRETENDERS Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
GOO GOO DOLLS Better Days
THE EELS Christmas is Going to the Dogs
DARLENE LOVE All Alone at Christmas
SIA Candy Cane Lane
ED SHEERAN & ELTON JOHN Merry Christmas
JULIAN CASABLANCAS I Wish it was Christmas Today
DEE SNIDER & LZZY HALE The Magic of Christmas
HALL & OATES Jingle Bell Rock
BRYAN ADAMS Christmas Time
LYNYRD SKYNYRD It’s Christmas Time
EMMY THE GREAT & TIM WHEELER Christmas Moon
BLONDIE We Three Kings
GREEN DAY Xmas Time of the Year
REEL BIG FISH Whatever You Celebrate
JOHN LENNON Happy Xmas (War is Over)

December 11 Playlist: Rockin` Christmas JamsDecember 11 Playlist: Rockin` Christmas Jams

December 11, 2021|

Rest ye merry, gentlemen and ladies! We did all the work in putting together a rockin’ Christmas show for ya! If you missed it, just click here and turn up the volume! Here’s the playlist:

GEORGE THOROGOOD Rock and Roll Christmas
BOBBY HELMS Jingle Bell Rock
CHUCK BERRY Run Run Rudolph
THE PENGUINS Jingle Jangle
JOAN JETT The Little Drummer Boy
DROPKICK MURPHYS The Season’s Upon Us
SPLIT Last Christmas
NEON TREES Holiday Rock
CHEAP TRICK I Want You for Christmas
THE WAITRESSES Christmas Wrapping
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Do You Hear What I Hear?
THE SMITHEREENS Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
SI CRANSTOUN Christmas Twist
JD McPHERSON Hey Skinny Santa
JOSE FELICIANO Feliz Navidad
BRENDA LEE Rocking Around the Christmas Tree
.38 SPECIAL Hallelujah, It’s Christmas
BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
BUSTER POINDEXTER Zat You, Santa Claus?
TRAIN Shake Up Christmas
BOWLING FOR SOUP Frosty the Snowman
KYLE BROOK Every Snowflake’s Different
MARIAH CAREY & QUEEN Don’t Stop Christmas
THE MAVERICKS Hey Merry Christmas
BILLY IDOL Yellin’ at the Christmas Tree
THE GREEDIES A Merry Jingle
SLADE Merry Christmas Everybody
TOM PETTY Christmas Time Again
JOHN LENNON Happy Xmas (War is Over)

December 4 PlaylistDecember 4 Playlist

December 4, 2021|

Today’s show began with an ode to resiliency, a soulful tribute to Hanukkah, a comical walk-through Staten Island, a 20th birthday, a 29th wedding anniversary, a 50th anniversary of the events that inspired a classic rock tune, a tribute to Steven Sondheim, an incredible Michael Jackson cover and ended with a rockin’ rendition of Silver Bells…and that’s only a third of the show!

Listen to the rest of it here!

Here’s the full playlist:

THE BAD EXAMPLES Not Dead Yet
LOS STRAITJACKETS Game of Thrones Opening Theme
MATTHEW SWEET Sick of Myself
WINGS Junior’s Farm
BUSH TETRAS You Can’t Be Funky
SHARON JONES & THE DAP-TONE HORNS 8 Days of Hanukkah
GWEN McCRAE Rockin’ Chair
AVRIL LAVIGNE Sk8er Boi
RANCID Roots Radicals
THE ROOTS How I Got Over
PETE DAVIDSON, BIG WET, MARC COHN & METHOD MAN Walking In Staten
DEEP PURPLE Smoke on the Water
DOKKEN Just Got Lucky
THE BEATLES I’ve Just Seen a Face
FLORENCE + THE MACHINE No Choir
PET SHOP BOYS Somewhere
BRYAN FERRY Send in the Clowns
DURAN DURAN Femme Fatale
MINK DEVILLE Guardian Angel
CHRIS CORNELL Billie Jean
LENNY KRAVITZ Dig In
FOO FIGHTERS Love Dies Young
EAGLES OF DEATH METAL I Want You So Hard
PEARL JAM Rearviewmirror
TWISTED SISTER Silver Bells