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Swingin’ Doors is a three-hour weekly radio show on KEXP in Seattle, in my opinion, one of the five best public radio stations in the country. Why? It’s all about the music on KEXP, lots of great shows and great DJs as well. And its Internet streams are the best – high-speed and crystal clear. Don Slack is the host of Swingin’ Doors, and his taste in roots and country-rock is awesome, as evidenced by the playlist below.
Posted on August 26, 2006
By Don Jacobson
Sometimes I just can’t believe all the musical synergies and mysteries flowing all around me. No sooner do I mention Arthur Alexander, the semi-obscure early 1960s singer/songwriter who greatly influenced John Lennon with his soulful singing style – foolishly thinking it would be the last time such a reference would be made – than he surfaces in another context, this time in a (gulp) alt-country milieu.
Posted on August 21, 2006
By Don Jacobson
Playlist from the Aug. 6, 2006, episode of the syndicated Little Steven’s Underground Garage show, which airs in Chicago Mondays at 10 p.m. on WXRT Radio.
Read on for a sampling the world’s best taste in new and old garage rock, that of Little Steven. He may run Bada Bing, but he’s king of the garage.
Posted on August 8, 2006
By Scott Gordon
Every year, the presence of mediocre but once moderately successful bands that fill out the lineups of dozens of concert tours and small local festivals and concert series’ inherently pose a question to their fans and the rock world at-large: What keeps us going?
Posted on August 7, 2006
