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Rock N Roll Black History Month Wrap Up

Opening with the latest in new music, Malmo, Sweden's Fat Brain get things ripping with a scorching track from their NEW RELEASE vinyl debut EP Death To False Zamrock. 
Wrapping up Black History Month, a meditative rumination follows touching on key moments in the history of Rock N Roll.
Mary Lou Williams and her decision to quit music in order to help others
Retracing Lennon's last ride
What the heck is Zamrock anyway?
The Great Vinyl Purge of the mid 90s
1987's 20th Anniversary of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper
McCartney's recent pre SNL50 Bowery Ballroom pop up shows
A tale of three Rock N Rollers who worked themselves to death 
How Woodstock not only ended a decade but ended an era and so much more!
Opening track: "Devil's Son" by Fat Brain from their debut EP Death To False Zamrock https://music.apple.com/ca/album/death-to-false-zamrock-ep/1780524150
Closing track: "Abraham, Martin & John" by Marvin Gaye from his album The Very Best Of Marvin Gaye https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-very-best-of-marvin-gaye/1434917803
 

Rock N Roll Black History Month

Welcome back Rock N Roll Fashionistas! In this weeks episode we explore the intrinsic link between Rock N Roll music and Black History Month, how the very roots of Rock N Roll evolved out of the magic that emerged from the 1940's Chicago blues scene and the development of Rhythm & Blues music as an offshoot of the popular Swing jazz music of the era.
We reveal the very first Rock N Roll song ever!
We reveal the very first use of guitar distortion ever!
Join us on numerous stops around the dial visiting the legendary Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee with none other than Sam Phillips and and his young protégé Elvis Presley.
We visit Polish immigrant World War II veterans the Chess brothers, Leonard and Phil, along with their cavalcade of stars including Howling Wolf, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Chuck Berry and Etta James at the legendary Chess Records in Chicago.
We dig into the Birth Of The Electric Blues, the lasting legacy of Mary Lou Williams, the First Lady of Jazz Piano, Bebop and so much more!
"Say it loud, I'm Black and I'm proud!" - James Brown
Opening track: "Hound Dog" by Big Mama Thornton, recorded on August 13, 1952 and released as a single 45 RPM by Peacock Records in late February1953. From the Big Mama Thornton album Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings https://music.apple.com/ca/album/hound-dog-the-peacock-recordings/1444120044.
Both 19 years old at the time, songwriting duo Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote the song Hound Dog n August 12, 1952 after being asked by R&B bandleader Johnny Otis to drop in on a Big Mama Thornton rehearsal and watch her work. They wrote the song the same day and recorded it the next. Written specifically for Thornton, Hound Dog was intended to reflect the 22 year old Thornton's personality, brusque and badass. Her recording of the song went on to Top seven Billboard Charts at the time including going #1 in the Billboard Top 100 and #1 in Billboard's Top Selling R&B Singles chart. At the time it was released it spent over three months in the R&B charts.
 
Closing track: "Rocket 88" 1951 Chess Records single attributed to Jackie Brenston And His Delta Cats. Sax player Jackie Brenston sang lead vocals on this track written by Ike Turner and recorded by Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm at Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, produced by Sam Phillips. Guitar distortion by Willie Kizart with tenor saxophone solos by 17 year old Raymond Hill. https://music.apple.com/ca/album/youre-drivin-me-insane/299062706 Please note that lead vocalist, sax player Jackie Brenston's name is spelled incorrectly on this Apple Music album listing as Jackie Brenson. Apologies to the Brenston family and those who cherish Mr. Brenston's timeless legacy. 
 
 
 

Imani Coppola One Hit Wonderful!

Imani Coppola is not a one hit wonder. Far from it. Imani Coppola has been and continues to be an inspirational trailblazer, for 30 years now and counting.
Poet, vocalist extraordinaire, Emcee, visual artist, working artist, painter, collaborator, New Yorker, songwriting workshop facilitator, film actor, Top 40 Hit Maker, composer, arranger, recording artist, record producer, guitarist, keyboardist, pianist, violinist, cellist, IG content creator, accredited Reiki practitioner, tarot card reader, influencer and so much more! 
Find out how...
Also in this episode you will hear how half of Led Zeppelin came to record the first ever hit psychedelic 45 with Donovan and his 1965 track Sunshine Superman.
Step into Jim Morrison's soul kitchen and grab yourself a bite!
Who knew? Ringo Starr WAS NOT The Beatles first drummer? 
Why did George Martin REALLY sign The Beatles? 
Is Live At Leeds by The Who the GREATEST Rock N Roll LIVE ALBUM ever recorded?
The linguistic brilliance of published author and poet John Lennon explored.
Waiting for art to come to you: Why I still haven't watched A Clockwork Orange.
Why Samo by Imani Coppola is the most important song of the century and so much more!
 
Opening track: "I'm A Tree (The Soul Kitchen Mix)" by Imani Coppola taken from her EP of the same name https://music.apple.com/ca/album/im-a-tree-ep-ep/1591482445
 
Closing track: "Samo" by Imani Coppola from her most recent 2019 full length album The Protagonist https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-protaganist/1475041445
 
 

The Rheostatics Are Canada's Beatles

During the 1970's Canadian rock gods Max Webster filled arenas in Canada but were virtually unknown in the United States. Over a decade later The Tragically Hip, arguably Canada's Band, suffered the same fate. So where do The Rheostatics fit in?
Who are The Rheostatics? Canada's other band that didn't fill arena's, unless they were, ironically enough, opening for The Tragically Hip.
In this episode we explore the ethos of indie music culture in Canada in the 1990s through he lens of the era's maverick music pioneers, The Rheostatics: Canada's Beatles
Opening track: Fan Letter To Michael Jackson from The Rheostatics album Introducing Happiness https://music.apple.com/ca/album/introducing-happiness/599829365
Closing track: You Are A Treasure from The Rheostatics album Introducing Happiness https://music.apple.com/ca/album/introducing-happiness/599829365

Remembering The Band's Garth Hudson

End of an Era, loosing the multi-instrumentalist mastermind responsible for the music education of not just his bandmates but of a generation.
In this episode we revisit some of the Band's triumphs from their longtime association in late 1950s Toronto with legendary rockabilly Arkansas rocker turned Canadian citizen Ronnie Hawkins through to their turn as Bob Dylan's back up band, the communal home at Big Pink near Woodstock, New York, helping give rise to the storied Woodstock Music Festival, The Last Waltz and so much more!
Along the way we make stops in...
Mono vs Stereo
Phil Spector's epic 60s flop and the meteoric rise of Beatlemania 10 weeks after the assignation of President Kennedy
The invention of the Teenager in 1950s America
The two pre-Boomer generations who helped shape Rock N Roll 
Six Shooter Records and their moto "Life Is Too Short To Listen To Shi*ty Music"
The Greatest Canadian Album You've Never Heard Of (being issued for the FIRST TIME on vinyl later this month)
Nick Buzz (HINT HINT HINT) and so much more!
Opening track: "The Day Rick Danko Died" by Luke Doucet from his 2008 Six Shooter Records album Bloods Too Rich https://music.apple.com/ca/album/bloods-too-rich/1416212205
Closing track: "That's What You Get For Having Fun" from Rheostatic Martin Tielli's solo side project Nick Buzz and their 1997 Six Shooter Records debut album Circo https://music.apple.com/ca/album/circo/1410327843
View Martin Tielli's stunning artwork and music canon at https://martintielli.ca/ 
"There's a monkey in my underwear and I don't really care about nothing"
 
 

Grammys Snub Beatles John Lennon & George Harrison

It's been a BIG record setting year for The Beatles, 2 Grammy nominations, a #1 hit song, a third Grammy nomination for John Lennon's Mind Games box set and two Top 10 hit singles this past Christmas for Lennon & McCartney. 
Hot on the heels of his first #1 hit song with writer's credit, Ringo Starr, fresh from his debut performance at the storied Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, celebrates the release of his 21st studio album Look Up, currently #1 in both the UK Americana Albums and Country Albums charts.
PLUS!
The RNRF debut of Cambridge, England's RJ Archer & The Painful Memories with the lead single "Get It Together" from their upcoming album The Cost Of Loving Crisis out everywhere January 31, 2025.
In a deep dive Pop Culture riff we word weave a tapestry tracing the lineage of today's blockbuster comic book movies all the way back to the very first one, Marlon Brando's Superman. With The Godfather, Last Tango In Paris and Apocalypse Now stops along the way.
Francis Ford Coppola
George Lucas
Star Wars
American Graffiti
Banksy
All of this and World War II
And so much more!
Opening song: "Get It Together" by RJ Archer & The Painful Memories from their upcoming album The Cost Of Loving Crisis https://music.apple.com/ca/album/get-it-together-single/1771073190
Closing song: "I Am The Walrus" by Fathom from her YouTube single https://youtu.be/JGXz9Jo6o78?si=czalid_Gk-P7RO8Q

Don't Touch That Dial! Rock Talk with MistyK The DJ

Join us as we deliciously dish with MixCloud royalty MistyK The DJ  https://www.mixcloud.com/Redgirl77/ for one rollicking good Rock N Roll gabfest.
Wrapping 2024 with a glittering sequin bow, we look back to salute the fallen and ahead to February 14th for MistyK's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious ROCK N ROLL VALENTINES SHOW!
With stops along the way, we visit B-52 Fred Schneider and his merry band of Superions,
The Alarm's Chris Carter and his Saturday afternoon British Invasion,
Kevin Junior and the Chamber Strings,
88 year old Rolling Stone bassist Bill Wyman and his latest album,
The Monkee's Micky Dolenz who covered fellow Monkee Michael Nesmith's songs, almost setting fire to the world with his sitar infused tabla-fest freak out Circle Sky,
Allentown, Pennsylvania, just like the Billy Joel song (one and the same),
Missouri's own Scott The Record Selector https://www.mixcloud.com/TheRecordSelector/
 
Six semi-naked sauna guys on Steam's Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Good Bye album cover,
New Age music inventor Dr. Steven Halpern,
Isaac Hayes,
Booker T. Jones,
The entire roster of Stax Records alumni,
Canada's K-tel Records,
MistyK's Mickey Mouse record player and the one with the disco light,
Winter driving,
Snow,
Greenwich Village,
Edie Sedgwick,
Guy Pearce as Andy Warhol,
Bob Dylan's infamous Factory screen test and much much more! 
With Special Guest appearances by show opener Chlorine Beach with their fabulous new song "You Get What You Deserve" from their latest album Monophobia https://music.apple.com/ca/album/monophobia/1784887391
And show closer, 88 year old Rolling Stone's bassist Bill Wyman with his Bob Dylan cover "Thunder On The Mountain" taken from his latest album Drive My Car https://music.apple.com/ca/album/drive-my-car/1750501484

New Year New Music But What Is New Music?

We made it! 2025. What a trip. New Year. New Music. But what constitutes New Music nowadays? New Releases? Six months? Twelve months? Two years? Five years? 
Cool as Kim Deal. The Pixies, The Breeders, Belly and Kristin Hersh.
Dig! the document. Feuding 90s bands The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
That time Dolly Parton asked not to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
Fab Factory 60s Society It Girl Edie Sedgwick and her alleged affair with Bob Dylan.
Patti Smith.
Remembering Jobriath and more!
Opening song "Lady Godiva" by Kristin Hersh from her 2018 album Possible Dust Clouds https://music.apple.com/ca/album/possible-dust-clouds/1668156665

Happy New Year Rock N Roll Fashionistas! December 31, 2024

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Ring in the NEW YEAR with:
Benj Rowland - Time Of Year https://benjrowland.com
Dan Wilson - What A Year For A New Year https://danwilsonmusic.com
Dismemberment Plan - The Ice Of Boson https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-dismemberment-plan-is-terrified/6581621
HERE'S TO A JOYFUL AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR IN 2025!
 
 

Al Tuck & Bob Dylan Walk Into A Bar - Canada's Troubadour: A Story In Words & Music

The next chapter in the continuing saga of Canada's enduring troubadour, Al Tuck. Settle in nice and cozy by the woodstove and eavesdrop on our conversation with the living legend at his home in Prince Edward Island.
You'll hear how Allan became Al, the time he opened for Marilyn Manson, his chance meeting with a ghostly doppelganger in Ottawa, collaborations with Big Sugar, Blue Rodeo and so much more.
Al Tuck & Bob Dylan Walk Into A Bar - Canada's Troubadour: A Story In Words & Music contains the following songs:
Tips Of My Fingers https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-new-high-road-of-song
Big o' Me https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/my-blues-away
In The Days When The People Were Small And Few https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-rebecca-cohn
Five-O https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-rebecca-cohn
Last Waltz At The El Strato https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/brave-last-days
Not I https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-new-high-road-of-song
Eliminate Ya https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-new-high-road-of-song
Stranger At The Wake https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/stranger-at-the-wake
Dolled Up https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/fair-country
Snowbird https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/food-for-the-moon
Stompin'TomConnors.com https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/fair-country
(Damn Near) Do Me Justice https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-new-high-road-of-song
Buddah https://altuckmusic.bandcamp.com/album/brave-last-days