Category: Special Shows

September 24 Playlist: Alexis P Suter InterviewSeptember 24 Playlist: Alexis P Suter Interview

Listen to the full show here!

• ERIC JOHNSON Cliffs of Dover
• MANIC STREET PREACHERS Autumn Song
• DIANA KRALL Autumn in New York
• SMITHEREENS Top of the Pops
• Y&T Lonely Side of Town
• ARCTIC MONKEYS Leave Before the Lights Come On
• ANN WILSON Missionary Man
• JOEY RAMONE New York City
• CHRISTIAN VEGH Quick Love
• MERESHA Enter the Dreamland
• VAN HALEN Jamie’s Cryin’
• PINK White Rabbit
• ALEXIS P. SUTER BAND Be Love
• Interview with Alexis P Suter
• ALEXIS P. SUTER BAND Let It Be
• BREWSTER MOONFACE Used to Have a Lover
• DYING STILL Floral Designs
• BUDOS BAND Gun Metal Gray
• BLINK-182 Hey I’m Sorr
• PSYCHEDELIC FURS Heaven
• THE MOUNTAIN GOATS Training Montage

August 8 Playlist: Santana SpecialAugust 8 Playlist: Santana Special

You can’t do justice to the career of a man who has been making great music for over half a century in two hours. This was just a small playlist well-suited for a sultry summer evening.

Listen to the full show here!

• SMOOTH
• BLACK MAGIC WOMAN / GYPSY QUEEN
• WELL ALL RIGHT
• PRIMERA INVASION
• SEARCHIN’
• SAY IT AGAIN
• WINNING
• WHY DON’T YOU AND I
• ONE CHAIN (DON’T MAKE NO PRISON)
• OYE COMO VA
• HOLD ON
• SHE’S NOT THERE
• THE GAME OF LOVE
• THE SENSITIVE KIND
• EVIL WAYS
• HAVANA MOON
• ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO GO
• JUST FEEL BETTER
• MOVE
• IN SEARCH OF MONA LISA
• PUT YOUR LIGHTS ON
• MARIA MARIA
• THE FACTS OF LOVE
• TALES OF KILIMANJARO

July 16 Playlist: King Like MomJuly 16 Playlist: King Like Mom

On our latest show, we previewed the big 5th Anniversary concert in Maker Park with selections from each of the scheduled performers plus an in-studio interview with Battle of the Bands winners King Like Mom!

Here’s the playlist, and click here to re-stream. Long Live MPR!

• THE ROUTES Trans-Europe Express
• SALIVA Ladies and Gentlemen
• SUPERSUCKERS Play that Rock and Roll
• THE LIBERTINES Can’t Stand Me Now
• FUNKRUST BRASS BAND Riptide
• THE PEPPER POTS Time to Live
• THE ARCS Put a Flower in Your Pocket
• TRIUMPH Follow Your Heart
• OUR OWN YOKOS Good Times Bad Times
• ROD STEWART True Blue
• MOTT THE HOOPLE All the Young Dudes
• ELTON JOHN Rocket Man
• BLAC RABBIT Seize the Day
• THE GIRAFFES Like Hate
• BREWSTER MOONFACE Hot Rod
• BREWSTER MOONFACE The Broken Pieces of New York City
• THE ATLICIC This Year
• ON PINK Chastity Hearse
• JIGSAW YOUTH She’s Alright
• BROTHER DYNAMITE Until the Stars Fall from the Sky
• TOO MUCH SATURN Life on Repeat
• THE VON BONDIES Come On Come On
• DAN CORIO BAND Heartbreaker
• ABOVE THE SUN Lost and Found (End of the World)
• SOUL ASYLUM Misery
• FREHLEY’S COMET Into the Night
• FUNKRUST BRASS BAND Zoology

June 18 Playlist: The Dan Corio BandJune 18 Playlist: The Dan Corio Band

On the latest edition of the show, we had live music and conversation with The Dan Corio Band. Great songs and stories from Dan, Sean and Liv; one too many uses of the phrases “without further adieu” and “by all means” from me. Click on the link if you missed it!

The playlist:

• THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND Jessica
• RAINBOW Long Live Rock and Roll
• LOS STRAITJACKETS Sardinian Holiday
• WEDDINGS, PARTIES, ANYTHING Father’s Day
• THE HEAVY HOURS Don’t Walk Away
• DAN CORIO Rolling Away (Live in the MPR Studio)
• STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN Love Me Darlin’
• VAUGHAN BROTHERS Tick Tock
• ROBERT CRAY Right Next Door
• DAN CORIO Heart Won’t Let Me Love Her (Live in the MPR Studio)
• THE DIAMONDS Little Darlin’
• ELVIS PRESLEY Little Sister
• RITCHIE VALENS La Bamba
• DWIGHT YOAKAM It Takes a Lot to Rock You
• WINGS Listen to What the Man Said
• DAN CORIO Hanging Up the Phone / Heartbreaker (Live in the MPR Studio)
• LIVVA JONES & DAN CORIO Stay or Go
• BREWSTER MOONFACE Tin Woman
• BROTHER DYNAMITE You Could Do So Much Better
• DAN CORIO Hold On (Live in the MPR Studio)
• ANTHONY HAMILTON & ELAYNA BOYNTON Freedom

February 26 Playlist: Garland JeffreysFebruary 26 Playlist: Garland Jeffreys

Our Garland Jeffreys special is here in all its sonic glory. As Garland himself would say: “Turn It Up!”

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• HAIL HAIL ROCK AND ROLL
• REAL MAN
• INNOCENT NOT GUILTY
• CONEY ISLAND WINTER
• R.O.C.K.
• REELIN’
• WHY-O
• 96 TEARS
• ROLLER COASTER TOWN
• OH MY SOUL
• GHOST WRITER
• GOTTA GET AWAY FROM THIS WORLD
• SHOOT THE MOONLIGHT OUT
• WILD IN THE STREET
• ‘TIL JOHN LEE HOOKER CALLS ME
• TRUE TO ME
• 14 STEPS TO HARLEM
• I WAS AFRAID OF MALCOLM
• REGGAE ON BROADWAY
• HAPPINESS
• SURRENDER
• GUTS FOR LOVE
• COOL DOWN BOY
• MODERN LOVERS
• ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC
• MATADOR
• COLLIDE THE GENERATIONS

February 12 Playlist: Brewster MoonfaceFebruary 12 Playlist: Brewster Moonface

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!