Franorama 2.0 9/14/23
Southern Culture on the Skids, getting in a little culture in their downtime between fabulous gigs, like THursday night’s at Cafe Nine.
Southern Culture on the Skids, getting in a little culture in their downtime between fabulous gigs, like THursday night’s at Cafe Nine.
Another great first full-length album from Daptone this summer from another great young singer. This time, it’s Jalen Ngonda. Check out the voice!
The Strangeloves. From left, Richard Gottherer, Bob Feldman and Jerry Goldstein. Remembering Feldman with songs he wrote, co-wrote, recorded and/or produced, plus a couple of interesting covers and originals.
Had a “Field Day ” with the 40th-anniversary reissue of Marshall Crenshaw’s second album. It met some resistance at the time, but it’s held up wonderfully.
Now batting: The Baseball Project, and they’ve come through in the clutch by blasting a “Grand Salami Time!”
Hey! When was the last time you saw Graham Parker smile? He has reason – his new album comes out Sept. 8. And you heard it here first!
PART 1: American Beat ’84 – The Fleshtones; American Girl – Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers; Take It to the People – The Woggles; King Midas – Stupidity; Crying’s Just a Thing That You Do – JD McPherson; Lucky Penny – JD McPherson; No Place to Go – Mr. Airplane; If You Have Ghosts –
Franorama 2.0 Thurs: 1 to 4 pm et Fran Fried is a changeling, to put it simply. (You don’t know the half of it, girlfriend!) You never know what she’s gonna do — even she doesn’t know what she’s gonna do next. But her M.O. in life has been “Throw everything against the wall and