Category: Playlist 2025

November 15, 2025 PlaylistNovember 15, 2025 Playlist

November 15, 2025November 15, 2025|

This was an abbreviated version of the program as we were in the midst of our fundraising drive. We dedicated our portion of the all-day uninterrupted stream to some of the independent/unsigned artists we’ve played in the past – and for each one we played, there were at least three more we couldn’t fit in. Due to the continuous nature of the stream, a restream link isn’t available. Here’s the playlist:

  • BROTHER DYNAMITE Get Up!
  • THE JAZZTRONAUTS Bay Street
  • GODDAMN WRECKS Away From Here
  • BREWSTER MOONFACE End of the Day
  • LISA SCHERMA Lesson Learned
  • BORICUA GUITAR POWER No Way Out
  • CASTLE BLACK Premonition
  • REAL-LIFE SUPERHERO Heart Has Had Enough
  • CHRIS VANDALAY PROJECT Good Intentions
  • DENNIS “DEZO’ WILLIAMS Warmer Weather
  • OUR OWN YOKOS Snack Dad
  • DAN CORIO BAND The Ballad of that Night
  • LIVVA JONES Same Page
  • MIDDLE AGES On The Loose
  • GOON DADS Katydid
  • SPUTNIK THE BAND Listening to NRBQ
  • MIGHTY JOE CASTRO & THE GRAVAMEN Dominoes
  • JON CASPI & THE FIRST GUN Featuring AMANDA CROSS I Ain’t Bitter
  • PUPA SANTIAGO with ELLIOT and ALAINA SANTIAGO Summertime
  • THERINA BELLA Strarcrossed
  • MANIC HONEY Problems
  • CANCION FRANKLIN Just Made Rent
  • ALAN MORRISEY Fresh Kills
  • CRILLZ Cinema

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November 1, 2025 Playlist – Lisa SchermaNovember 1, 2025 Playlist – Lisa Scherma

November 1, 2025November 1, 2025|

The extraordinarily versatile singer and songwriter Lisa Scherma was our guest in the studio. She performed four unrecorded songs from her extensive genre-defying repertoire. As two Brooklyn kids from opposite ends of the same neighborhood, our conversation flowed free and easy. Check out the show by clicking here.

  • THUNDERMOTHER We Fight for Rock and Roll
  • ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO Real as an Animal
  • IGGY POP Something Wild
  • JOOLS HOLLAND featuring JAMIROQUAI I’m in the Mood for Love
  • FRANK TURNER I Still Believe
  • SAMANTHA FISH Can Ya Handle That
  • TOXIC TITO The Music Died
  • BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Atlantic City (Electric Nebraska Version)
  • LONESOME DAVE FISHER I Got My Education (Rockin’ to the Radio)
  • LISA SCHERMA Fight The Past
  • LISA SCHERMA Southern Fried Country Blues
  • LISA SCHERMA The Damsel
  • LISA SCHERMA Something in the Water
  • LISA SCHERMA Save Myself (Live in the MPR Studio)
  • ALLMAN BROTHERS Revival
  • LISA SCHERMA I Gotta Go to Church
  • BONNIE RAITT Angel from Montgomery
  • LISA SCHERMA Alone
  • LISA SCHERMA Play Dead (Live in the MPR Studio)
  • LISA SCHERMA The One Who Loves You
  • THE CHIFFONS Sweet Talking Guy
  • LISA SCHERMA Last Night
  • LISA SCHERMA When the Wrong Thing Feels So Right
  • LISA SCHERMA Commonality (Live in the MPR Studio)
  • MELISSA ETHERIDGE I’m the Only One
  • B.B. KING Every Day I Have the Blues
  • LISA SCHERMA Jump and Shout
  • LISA SCHERMA Good Soul (Live in the MPR Studio)
  • LISA SCHERMA Wrong Impression

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

October 20, 2025October 20, 2025|

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)

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October 4, 2025 PlaylistOctober 4, 2025 Playlist

October 4, 2025October 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

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September 20, 2025 PlaylistSeptember 20, 2025 Playlist

September 20, 2025September 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

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

September 6, 2025September 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)

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

August 24, 2025August 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

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

August 9, 2025August 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)

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

July 27, 2025July 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)

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

July 12, 2025July 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

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