Category: This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio

Okay. It’s too hot to type, and the ice cream’s meltin’. This week’s playlist will have to speak on its own behalf, and I’m confident it will account for itself eloquently. As the mercury climbs,...

We begin with a Beatley 64th birthday wish for Dana & Carl’s first-ever fan Dave Murray. No, not that song (not that there would be anything wrong with that). And that’s just the opener, as we clear sovereign airspace...

In this time of quarantine and uncertainty, I betcha I’m not alone in wishing to just get away for a while. I know I’ve been lucky. Although it’s been ages since I’ve been able...

We know EXACTLY what we’re gonna play! You…do not. Yet! The playlist will include TIRnRR Fresh Spins (i.e., both new and old stuff we [probably] ain’t played before) by The Smithereens, Lisa Mychols & Super 8, Clockwork Flowers, Kid Gulliver, Dave Edmunds, The...

Serendipity. When This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio‘s intrepid stats man Fritz Van Leaven suggested we treat listeners to updated countdowns of TIRnRR‘s 10 all-time most-played artists and 10 all-time most-played tracks, none of us was really thinking...

50 years after the debut of American Top 40 with Casey Kasem, we sorta-kinda have TWO shows for your amazement and amusement. The first two-thirds or so are devoted to free play, our usual rockin’ pop hocus-pocus,...

This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio with Dana Carl is currently surfing through its 22nd year as The Best Three Hours Of Radio On The Whole Friggin’ Planet. But it’s been almost thirty years since the...

Let’s see now: a new single by a former member of The Bee Gees, covering The Easybeats, playing with members of Blondie and The Jigsaw Scene, produced by a guy who did classic work with The Kinks, The Who, and those above-mentioned...