Category: This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio

Can pop music provide a sense of stability? Yep. Music can do a lot of things for us. It can comfort. It can inspire. It can challenge. It can cajole. It can conjure memories,...

TIRnRR# 1075! Maybe that’s not quite the snazziest milestone ever, which is why we pretty much ignored it. BUT! We do have snazzy new music from MICKY DOLENZ, POP CO-OP (covering THE RUTLES!), JOHNATHAN PUSHKAR, THE BABLERS, STAR COLLECTOR, and JIM TRAINOR,...

Actor Leslie Odom, Jr.‘s Oscar-nominated portrayal of Sam Cooke in the film One Night In Miami… has inspired us to put Cooke’s own records into regular rotation on TIRnRR the past few months. Counter-programming the Oscars this week, we decided to...

Movies is MAGIC! Radio is also magic, and we use that hoodoo that we do so well to open with a set of six songs from the movies. For our next scenes, we apply...

Like the Superman–Batman team-ups in old issues of World’s Finest Comics, each edition of This Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio with Dana & Carl presents your two favorite heroes in one adventure together. While I am not the world’s...

Well, with all of the yesterday, the today, and a bunch of points in between, we’ve lined up solid shots of pop music from THE FORTY NINETEENS, ARETHA FRANKLIN, THE LEGAL MATTERS, KEVIN ROBERTSON, THE KINKS, THE DRIFTERS, YOUR ACADEMY, THE KENNEDYS, JIM...

I’ve never really been a morning person. But it occurs to me that my morning commute is often the best part of the day. It’s not because I’m buoyed by naive anticipation or optimism...

Buddy Holly from the ’50s. Aretha Franklin from the ’60s. The Who from the ’70s. The Bangles from the ’80s. The Muffs from the ’90s. The Beards from the ’00s. The Monkees from the ’10s. Leslie Odom, Jr. from our current, slightly used decade. Brand new music from The Legal...

Sing with us now in the style of Harry Belafonte: MODERNA! MODERNA! MODERNA! Me get Shot 2 and pray my arm don’t swell up. All together now! I’ve done my little part to help achieve...

To once again cite our favorite quote from Robin the Boy Wonder: Haven’t…even…breath…left…for…a…wise…crack… So true, Boy Wonder; so true. But as we recharge our rechargeables, our vigor is renewed via new music from KID GULLIVER, ALLAN KAPLON, and KAI DANZBERG, a...