Posts tagged with "Revival"
Episode 152 – Spring Funding Drive: Come On, Get Happy
Posted on March 28 2021 by Michael AtchisonWe’re in our Spring Funding Drive, but the music doesn’t stop. This week’s show features vintage new wave from Devo and The Stranglers, early alt-country from Lucinda Williams and Lone Justice, and classic Motown tracks from The Temptations and The Miracl... [Read More]
Episode 150 – Looking for the Magic
Posted on March 14 2021 by Michael AtchisonThis week’s show features a great American band and one of its side projects, an R&B classic and its answer song, and two brilliant British folk artists. We also spin one from Big Star’s debut album, plus solo tracks from the band’s two principal songwrit... [Read More]
Episode 148 – Shoes and Skirts
Posted on February 28 2021 by Michael AtchisonThis week’s show features some vintage North American power pop, a pair of classic reggae tracks, and one from John Lennon’s landmark solo debut. We also spin a new wave gem from The Boomtown Rats and a solo tune from Television’s Tom Verlaine. All that,... [Read More]
Episode 147 – The Long and Short Of It
Posted on February 21 2021 by Michael AtchisonThis week’s show features a whole lot of short songs and a handful of long tracks that clock in at over 10 minutes. We hear epics from Bridge Artist of the Week Fela Kuti, Erykah Badu and Neil Young & Crazy Horse, plus short blasts of punk from Wire and... [Read More]
Episode 146 – Valentine's Day
Posted on February 14 2021 by Michael AtchisonSunday is Valentine’s Day, and we celebrate with two hours of love songs — from the burning love of Elvis Presley to Sarah Vaughan’s funny valentine. We hear classics from The Beach Boys and Barry White, plus some anti-love songs from Roy Orbison and Dee... [Read More]
Episode 145 – Black History Month
Posted on February 7 2021 by Michael AtchisonIt’s Black History Month, and this week’s show features landmark recordings from Louis Armstrong and Robert Johnson, sublime standards from Dinah Washington and Ella Fitzgerald, and guitar heroics from Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Hazel. We also hear the founda... [Read More]
Episode 144 – Restless and Numb
Posted on January 31 2021 by Michael AtchisonThis week’s show features three bands from Scotland, two songs in French, and some classic 1990s electronica. We also hear a punk icon leading a band of musical virtuosos, and a virtuosic songwriter collaborating with two of his few peers. All that, plus... [Read More]
Episode 143 – Space Age Bachelors and Cosmic Americans
Posted on January 24 2021 by Michael AtchisonThis week’s episode of Revival features some Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, plus purveyors of the unrelated form, Cosmic American Music. We also hear some supple R&B from the early 1970s, an obscurity from an '80s band that first released its songs onl... [Read More]
Episode 142 – Pistols 'N' Roses
Posted on January 17 2021 by Michael AtchisonThis week’s episode of Revival features three bands at the vanguard of 1990s alt-country, a trio of 1960s southern soul singles, and some straight-ahead American roots rock from the 1980s. We also hear one track featuring two Sex Pistols and another featu... [Read More]
Episode 141 – This Will Be Our Year
Posted on January 10 2021 by Michael AtchisonThis week’s show features three bands with dueling lead guitarists, two terrific singers from West Africa, and some lesser-known bands from the first wave of UK punk. We also hear a song from The Velvet Underground’s legendary debut and one from a classic... [Read More]