The death of Raul Malo a week ago at 60 colored a lot of today’s Capital Radio, from his work over the decades with The Mavericks to start the show, to his holiday work later on. We also remembered Carl Carlton who died Sunday at 72, Faces bassist Tetsu Yamauchi, who died Dec. 4 at
Decorating the indoor shrubbery provides baby steps into the Christmas crush. So half the show today was about trees, Tannenbaum, trimming and what’s waiting beneath, from Peggy Lee to Brenda Lee. And Sufjan Stevens (pictured) to Stevie Wonder. First there were tributes to pay, to Memphis guitar ace Steve Cropper, who died last week at
Reaching the last month of a fraught year brings deeper meaning to the Hag’s “If We Make It Through December,” which brought another dozen and a half songs about the 12th month and the impending winter to today’s Capital Radio (without hearing nary a jingle bell). Plus there was more room this week for further
