We recall the music of Irene Cara, Louise Tobin and Wilko Johnson after reports of their deaths last week. But we also celebrate the birthdays of Bruce Channel (82), Berry Gordy Jr. (93) and especially Randy Newman (79), from whom we hear a handful of his recordings as well as a generous selection of his
After a birthday salute to Bjork (57!), Capital Radio had a quick overview of some of the sounds of New Orleans from a trip taken there last week from which I returned just hours before. Mostly, the show was about the impending Thanksgiving holiday, with a heap of gratitude before the specifics of the menu,
Began with some tracks from a double bill that’s touring the East Coast, Alvvays and Slow Pulp. Continued with a remembrance of those who’ve died recently — Tropicalia queen Gal Costa, Keith Levene of the Clash and Public Image Ltd., and another for Mimi Parker of Low. Then it was time to get on board
A salute to Daylight Savings Time end means falling back to a lot of the tunes I played when we moved the clock up an hour in March, it turns out. But also a number of other songs that consider the matter of time, very much on the mind of artists from Tom Waits and
Mondays 1pm etHost: Roger Catlin CAPITAL RADIO – From Washington DC comes the urgent sounds of recorded import, from blues moans of a century ago to the digitized homegrown innovations of today’s youth, with punk, soul, rockabilly, country, doo wop and pop in between. And don’t forget Bobby Womack.Hosted by Roger Catlin, onetime Hartford Courant
