The past couple of weeks have found me spinning a disc comprised of the following Elton John session (from July 1970) in which the artist lays out, among other tracks, a selection of Nick Drake covers.  Yes, you read that correctly. Let’s first address the 800 lb gorilla in the room: on paper the often [...]

“Radio is a sound salvation. Radio is cleaning up the nation. They say you better listen to the voice of reason. But they don’t give you any choice ’cause they think that it’s treason. So you had better do as you are told. You better listen to the radio.” – Elvis Costello (famously protesting commercialization [...]

Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XM, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday – Noon EST and then an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist. SIRIUS 97: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ Grizzly Bear – Cheerleader ++ Yo La Tengo – [...]