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Saturday, February 17, 2024 3pm ET: Feature LP: Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger (1975)

Red Headed Stranger is the eighteenth studio album by American outlaw country singer Willie Nelson, released in May 1975. Following the success of his recordings with Atlantic Records, coupled with the negotiating skills of his manager, Neil Reshen, Nelson signed a contract with Columbia Records, the label that gave him total creative control over his works. The concept for the album was inspired…

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Thursday, May 18, 2023 6pm ET: Feature LP: REO Speedwagon - Nine Lives (1979)

Nine Lives is the eighth studio album by REO Speedwagon, released July 20, 1979. It peaked at number #33 on the Billboard 200 chart. The title Nine Lives was chosen because the album was the band’s ninth, including their live album, and it also featured nine songs. It was the last REO album to prominently feature a more hard rock sound. The group would turn to more pop-oriented material with…

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Monday, January 8, 2024 8pm ET: Feature LP: Led Zeppelin II (1969)

Led Zeppelin II is the second studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on October 22, 1969 in the United States and on October 31, 1969 in the United Kingdom by Atlantic Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at several locations in both the United Kingdom and North America from January to August 1969. The album’s production was credited to the band’s lead…

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Saturday, November 11, 2023 4pm ET: Feature LP: Paul Simon - Greatest Hits, Etc (1977)

Greatest Hits, Etc. is the first greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon, released in November 1977 by Columbia Records. It was his first compilation, spanning the first six years of his solo career. Its release was prompted by the fact that two years after his last studio album, Simon didn’t yet have enough material to release a new full-length album, and his contract with…

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In Memoriam: Casey Benjamin (1978 - 2024)

Casey Benjamin (October 10, 1978 – March 31, 2024) was an American saxophonist (alto and soprano), vocoderist, keyboardist, producer, and songwriter. He was a member of the Robert Glasper Experiment which won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album for their album Black Radio. He was one half of the funk pop new wave duo HEAVy with vocalist Nicky Guiland. Benjamin was also a member of Stefon Harris’s…

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In Memoriam: Mike Pinder (1941 - 2024)

Michael Thomas Pinder (December 27, 1941 – April 25, 2024) was an English rock musician. He was a founding member and the original keyboard player of the rock group the Moody Blues. He left the group following the recording of the band’s ninth album Octave in 1978. Pinder was renowned for his technological contributions to rock music, most notably in the development and emergence of the Mellotron…

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In Memoriam: Albert Heath (1935 - 2024)

Albert “Tootie” Heath (May 31, 1935 – April 3, 2024) was an American jazz hard bop drummer, the brother of tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath and the double-bassist Percy Heath. With Stanley Cowell, the Heaths formed the Heath Brothers jazz band in 1975. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on May 31, 1935, he first recorded in 1957 with John Coltrane. From 1958 to 1974, he worked with,…

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In Memoriam: Mojo Nixon (1957 - 2024

Neill Kirby McMillan Jr. (August 2, 1957 – February 7, 2024), known professionally as Mojo Nixon, was an American musician and actor best known for his humorous, irreverent novelty song “Elvis Is Everywhere”, which was an alternative staple on MTV. His style could generally be defined as psychobilly, a musical genre which blends rockabilly with punk rock. Nixon hosted the “Loon In The Afternoon”…

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In Memoriam: Eric Carmen (1949 - 2024)

Eric Howard Carmen (August 11, 1949 – March 11, 2024) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist. He was first known as the lead vocalist of the Raspberries. He had numerous hit songs in the 1970s and 1980s, first as a member of the Raspberries (who had a million-selling single with “Go All the Way”), and then with his solo career, including hits such as “All by Myself”,…

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023 7pm ET: Feature LP: Beyoncé - B'Day (2006)

B’Day is the second studio album by American singer Beyoncé. It was released on September 1, 2006, by Columbia Records, Music World Entertainment and Sony Urban Music. Originally set to be released in 2004, B’Day was planned as a follow-up to Beyoncé’s solo debut Dangerously in Love (2003); however, it was delayed to accommodate the recording of Destiny’s Child’s final studio album Destiny…

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Monday, January 29, 2024 1pm ET: Feature Artist: Ramones

The Ramones were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first true punk rock group. Despite achieving only limited commercial success initially, the band was highly influential in the United States, Argentina, Brazil and most of South America, as well as Europe, including the United Kingdom, the…

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024: 6pm ET: Feature LP: Madonna - Like A Virgin (1984)

Like a Virgin is the second album by American singer and songwriter Madonna, released on November 12, 1984, by Sire Records. Following the success of her self-titled debut album, Madonna chose Nile Rodgers to produce the album due to his work with David Bowie. Madonna wrote six songs on the record, five of which feature Steve Bray as a co-writer. The album was recorded at Power Station Studio in…

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 8pm ET: Radio Special: Shivers In The Dark: On The Road With Dire Straits

On January 19, Rhino will release Dire Straits – Live 1978-1992, an 11 LP/8 CD box set of live performances by Dire Straits, a band that straddled the globe in the eighties and nineties with their sophisticated rootsy guitar rock wedded to literate story-telling lyrics. Emerging on the club and pub circuit in 1977, Dire Straits were led by charismatic Geordie singer-songwriter, record producer…

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In Memoriam: Greg Lee (1970 - 2024)

Greg Lee, co-vocalist of California ska veterans Hepcat, has sadly and unexpectedly passed away. He was 53. His partner Amanda Becker broke the news, writing: Greg had a massive brain aneurysm followed by cardiac arrest late Sunday, March 17 in our home in Paramount.I found him on the floor unconscious and not breathing. I immediately called for 911 and the first responders were through the door…

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Friday, January 5, 2024 3pm ET: Feature LP: Winger (1988)

Winger is the debut studio album by American rock band Winger. The album was released through Atlantic Records on August 10, 1988 and was produced by Beau Hill. “Madalaine” 3:44 “Hungry” 3:58 “Seventeen” 4:05 “Without the Night” 5:04 “Purple Haze” 3:39 “State of Emergency” 3:37 “Time to Surrender” 4:10 “Poison Angel” 3:24 “Hangin’ On” 3:35 “Headed for a Heartbreak” 5:13 “Higher and…

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In Memoriam: David Soul (1943 - 2024)

David Soul (born David Richard Solberg; August 28, 1943 – January 4, 2024) was an American-British actor and singer. He was known for his role as Detective Kenneth “Hutch” Hutchinson in the television series Starsky & Hutch from 1975 to 1979; Joshua Bolt on Here Come the Brides from 1968 to 1970; and Officer John Davis in Magnum Force in 1973. As a singer, he scored one US hit and five UK hits…