Radio Free D'ni

This week, we will have a listen to what happens when two proto-hard rockers first dissolve their quite successful band in disgust (leaving what remained to become the biggest act in Rock history after a name change) and decide to go folk. Or classic. Or prog. Oh, what the heck, why not all three. At…

Inspired by the lyrics of The Lovin’ Spoonful’s big hit, we will have a look around the City, with the focus being on the gritty bits.

This week’s topic is the fuzzily-defined yet usually hard-edged genre of Southern Rock, which has little to do with location and a lot more with attitude.

We are, once more, returning to British Prog, only this time, we’ll concentrate on the acts that not even British prog fans remember, and most other people probably never even heard of—though they are well worth hearing. The usual pun-ishment in titles, band names and lyrics is to be expected…

Yep, it’s Peter Gabriel this Sunday. From his beginnings with Genesis, through the 1990s with some nice live work and world music collaborations. One does not need to be a fan of the man, it will be interesting!

This week, we will have a look at the Soul/Funk group with horns in it: Tower of Power. Active since 1968 and the two founding members still leading the band, they are not exactly a hit factory, but have left a hefty footprint in the fabric of Rock, among other things by lending out their…

Singer-songwriter-guitarist and occasional actor James Taylor will be featured this week. Come for the Carole King song that made him an item, stay for his string of major hits from 30 years later!

Actually, that’s in the eighties, as we will be looking at his output in that decade. The bad news is, it’s the 1980s. The good news is, he paid for an actual drummer.

This week, we’ll have A Night at the Opera Musical Theatre, featuring the music of Steven Sondheim.

This week’s theme is the odd track out—bits that are so far away from an artist’s regular output that they should, by all standards, have been by another aritst.