Tag Archives: The Kaisers

Franorama 2.0 6/27/24

By Fran FriedJune 27, 2024Cygnus Radio, Franorama 2.0Blake Jones & the Trike Shop, Cygnus Radio, Deke Dickerson, DJ Bonebrake, Fran Fried, Franorama 2.0, Joe "King" Carrasco, Junior Varsity, Prince, Ray Davies, Sour Ops, sparkle*jets u.k., The Beach Boys, The Fleshtones, The Kaisers, The Kinks, The Shang Hi Los, The Yum Yums, Velvet Crush, www.cygnusradio.com

Albeit a week late, an 80th-birthday salute (minus medal) to arguably rock’s somehow-most underrated brilliant songwriter, Sir Ray Davies.

Franorama 2.0 6/20/24

By Fran FriedJune 22, 2024Cygnus Radio, Franorama 2.0Alejandro Escovedo, Amy Cabot, Amy Rigby, Arthur "Gaps" Henderson, Asleep At The Wheel, B.J. Thomas, Beaver Brown, Blue Swede, Buck Owens, Celine Lee, Cygnus Radio, Dale Watson, Dave Alvin, De La Soul, Deke Dickerson, Diesel Only, Elvis Presley, Eric Ambel, Eric Hisaw, Five Chinese Brothers, Fran Fried, Franorama 2.0, Go to Blazes, Green on Red, Hank Williams, Jack Brickhouse, Jalen Ngonda, James Mastro, Jean Caffeine, Jenny Don't and the Spurs, Jeremy Tepper, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jesse Dayton, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Johnny Cash, Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers, Junior Varsity, Librarians With Hickeys, Lisa Burns, Mark James, merle haggard, Mojo Nixon, Nat "King" Cole, Outlaw Country, Peter Holsapple, Rosie Flores, Sarah Borges, Sour Ops, Summer music, Syd Straw, The Baseball Project, The Beach Boys, The Blue Chieftains, The Cadavers, The Dogmatics, The Fleshtones, The Health and Happiness Show, The Kaisers, The Kinks, The Pist, The Selecter, The Singing Wanderers, The Treniers, The Twanglers, Waylon Jennings, Willie Mays, Willie Nelson, World Famous Blue Jays, www.cygnusradio.com

First it was Mojo Nixon. Now it’s Jeremy Tepper. A huge chunk taken out of the heart of outlaw country this year.

Franorama 2.0 11/30/23

By Fran FriedNovember 30, 2023Cygnus Radio, Franorama 2.0Andy Williams, Bill MOnroe, Billy F. Gibbons, Billy May, Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans, Bobby Helms, Bobby Lloyd Hicks & The Skeletons, Brenda Lee, Burl Ives, Christmas music, Chuck Prophet, Classic Ruins, Cygnus Radio, Dave Grohl, David Seville & the Chipmunks, Dean Martin, Deni Bonet & Chris Flynn, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Presley, Fab Four, Fountains Of Wayne, Fran Fried, Frank Sinatra, Franorama 2.0, Gone Native, Graham Parker, Irene Peña, JD McPherson, Jen D'Angora, Jenny Dee & the Deelinquents, Jim Nabors, Joe Poovey, Johnny Horton, Johnny Rabb, Jose Feliciano, Lemmy Kilmister, Leroy Anderson, Librarians With Hickeys, Los Straitjackets, Louis Prima, M. Ward, mae west, Mame, Mark Anthony, Marty Robbins, Mitch Miller, Mojo Nixon & the Toadliquors, Nadroj & the Wolrats, New Mystery Girl, Nona Hendryx, Pearl Bailey, Phil Spector, Rickie Parsons, Santo & Johnny, Snuffy & Uniques, Sonny Columbus, Stupidity feat. Keith Streng, The Alex Butter Field, The Amolifier Heads, The Armoies, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Butties, The Del Fuegos, The Drifters, The Episodes, The Fleshtones, The Forty Nineteens, The Four Imperials, The Jackson 5, The Jaynetts, The Kaisers, The Linda Lindas, The Marcels, The Mavericks, The Minus 5, The Moonglows, The Outlaws, The Ramones, The Ronettes, The Sherwoods, The Singing Dogs, The Smithereens, The Sonics, The Trashmen, The Twistin' Kings, The Untamed Youth, The Ventures, The Vince Guaraldi Trio, The Wailers, Three Aces and a Joker, Ty Whitney, Wednesday Week, www.cygnusradio.com

Franorama 2.0 kicks off her four weeks of holiday music – traditionally nontraditional. Okay, maybe some traditional … and some new toys, too!

Franorama 2.0 11/9/23

By Fran FriedNovember 11, 2023Cygnus Radio, Franorama 2.0Anne Marie Menta, Cygnus Radio, Dolph Chaney, Fran Fried, Franorama 2.0, Garland Jeffreys, Impala, Jalen Ngonda, Jean Caffeine, JoBoxers, Jonathan Richman, Marshall Crenshaw, Micky Dolenz, The Fleshtones, The Hollies, The Jam, The Jay Vons, The Junior League, The Kaisers, The Marvelettes, The Untouchables, Wild Child, www.cygnusradio.com

Can’t believe this young man turned 70 on Veterans Day. Celebrating the ever-youthful Marshall Crenshaw’s seven decades on earth and four decades of recording. Also, a quarter-century of tunes by Hamden’s Anne Marie Menta.