The Music of 1996 This week we hop in our DeLorean and head back 30 years to 1996 to relive some of the great albums, songs and movements of that year! Our discussion begins with one of the biggest revolutions that happened that year — the advent of The Spice
Bad Cover Songs Everyone loves a good cover! But not all covers are good! This week Rob and Alan talk about what turns them off about some covers. Is it the band doing the covering? Does it stray too far from the original? Or is the song transformed into a new genre
Burning Man Left to their own devices, Rob and Alan take a trip to the Nevada desert for BURNING MAN! Well, we watched the new documentary about it, anyway! The Man Will Burn is a new docuseries from HBO Films that came out in July. The film series explores the
One Album Wonders There are some really obvious examples of bands or artists that only made one studio album — The Sex Pistols, Jeff Buckley, and Lauryn Hill immediately come to mind. But how many others are there? Surprisingly, quite a few! We talk about those as well as other single-album artists like The La’s,
DOLLY The heart of the world was broken on August 25, 2026 when the news came out that legendary singer, musician, songwriter, actor, businesswoman and philanthropist Dolly Parton passed away. Dolly was as close to a universally-loved artist as you’ll ever find. We are joined in the studio this week by Emmy
Jeff Beck In this episode we are joined by former editor of Guitar World Magazine Brad Tolinski, co-author of the new book Blow By Blow: The Jeff Beck Story, to talk about the life and career of one of the most important and influential guitarists in the modern rock era. Brad tells
MTV 45th Anniversary MTV launched 45 years ago on August 1, 1981 with “Video Killed the Radio Star.” To celebrate this big anniversary, we spend time reminiscing about the glory days of Music Television by talking about our favorite music videos — and a few of our least favorites. We
Christine McVie To celebrate Christine McVie‘s birthday on July 12th, we have a special show that features some of Christine’s great deep cuts. She was arguably the greatest hitmaker in Fleetwood Mac, with biggies like “Say You Love Me,” “You Make Lovin’ Fun,” “Little Lies,” and “Everywhere,” but there were many more sides to her
This week we shine a spotlight on the timekeepers of the band, the heartbeat of the music, the THUNDER from the back of the stage …. it’s all about those DRUMS!! Stephanie, Alan, Rob and Anthony each select five songs that begin with unaccompanied drum intros that we love. And
The legendary Paul McCartney has a very busy time lately, with a new album (The Boys of Dungeon Lane), appearances on Saturday Night Live and the final Stephen Colbert show, a new exhibition at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and a recent book and documentary. Rob and Alan
Saturday Night Live has concluded its most recent seasons on both sides of the pond! Both SNL US and UK broadcast their finales on May 16. That means it’s time to find out what the best musical performances were on both shows. I’ll count down my Top 10 selections from SNL Season 51 and the
The Music of 1986 (Part 2) We continue our examination of the year 1986 by talking about the albums that were released in the second half of the year. Metal and rap were reigning supreme with releases from Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Slayer, and The Beastie Boys, but pop and rock offered up some really strong
