Author: Carl

I really hate it when I mess up someone’s name. Given how often I’ve heard and seen my own name misspelled and mispronounced over a span of decades, I’m certainly aware of the perceived...

How much should we reveal? What should we leave to the imagination? Would it be improper to let slip the news that we have new music from Irene Peña, The Brothers Steve, and Jared Lekites? Should we...

I first became aware of Toots and the Maytals by name only. The group was mentioned in Rolling Stone and Playboy in the late ’70s, cited by folks like Linda Ronstadt as a then-current Fave Rave sound. I recall the Maytals’ Funky Kingston and Reggae...

The pursuit of pizzazz is a higher calling. Over the course of nearly 21 years of This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio with Dana & Carl, we’ve used a number of slogans and catchphrases to...

Oh, I really like this show. Fine, I’m biased, but I REALLY like this show. We’ve got new music from Joe Giddings and Ken Sharp, a six-year-old revelation from The Revelations that’s new to us, and our time-tested tapestry...

It’s a great big small world after all. When Syracuse’s own power pop powerhouse The Flashcubes played in Japan in 2002, they met the members of a fantastic Japanese pop group called The Mayflowers. Connections were made,...

We open with new music from Japan’s phenomenal pop combo The Mayflowers, singin’ a song written by the group’s Osamu Satoyama and Gary Frenay of The Flashcubes. Hands across the water! We’ll supplement that wonder with more new music from Nick...

Send more Chuck Berry! That Saturday Night Live line was inspired by NASA’s launch of the Voyager probes in 1977, each containing a gold record meant to introduce extraterrestrials to the sound of Earth and its culture....

GUITARS VS. RAYGUNS! From Chuck Berry to Pop Co-Op, we’ll hear some of the essential rock ‘n’ roll classics that drive interstellar audiences wild in galaxies far, far away. Yep, it’s the soundtrack to my foul-mouthed sci-fi rock...