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Retroactive

Feb 1, 2020 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Music

With J.J. Syrja

Roots rock from the 1940s to the present: blues, soul, traditional R&B, jazz, folk, pop, punk, garage, surf.

Retroactive
9:00 AM
Clarence Clemons & the Red Bank Rockers - Summer On Signal Hill
Clarence Clemons & the Red Bank Rockers Summer On Signal Hill
A Woman's Got the Power Columbia 1983 LP Rock
Intro music (non-LP B-side)
9:05 AM
Joanna Connor - Bad Hand (with Mike Zito)
Joanna Connor Bad Hand (with Mike Zito) N
Rise M.C. 2019 Blues
One of the more lyrical tracks on this excellent album
9:09 AM
Richard & Linda Thompson - Two Lonely Hearts
Richard & Linda Thompson Two Lonely Hearts
Sunnyvista Hannibal 1979
Linda's singing is predictably great here, but so is the harmony blend from this superb duo
9:14 AM
Ian Whitcomb - Settle Down In a One Horse Town
Ian Whitcomb Settle Down In a One Horse Town
Ian Whitcomb's Ragtime America Prima 1987 Americana
The Brit rocker ("You Turn Me On") covering Irving Berlin, circa 1914
9:19 AM
Son House - Empire State Express
Son House Empire State Express
Live at the Gaslight, New York (1965) Document 2000 Blues
The blues master onstage in January 1965
9:24 AM
La Luz - Mean Dream
La Luz Mean Dream L
Floating Features Hardly Art 2018 Rock
They have their dreamlike side, too
9:28 AM
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Bright Horses
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Bright Horses N
Ghosteen Ghosteen 2019 Alternative
How unusual is Nick Cave's work? A listener told me that they weren't sure it was my radio show when this was on
9:33 AM
Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men + Dana - Can't Get Up
Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men + Dana Can't Get Up
Tall, Dark and Handsome Hot Shot 2019 Blues
The "senior moment" songs do not get old because DM still finds a new angle for them
9:36 AM
Rita Chiarelli - Midnight In Berlin
Rita Chiarelli Midnight In Berlin
Breakfast at Midnight Northern Blues 2001 Blues
There's a perfect late night feel to this
9:39 AM
Frank Bey - One Thing Every Day
Frank Bey One Thing Every Day N
All My Dues Are Paid Nola Blue 2019 Blues
Positive thoughts, so welcome in this sad age
9:43 AM
The Mavericks - Ride With Me
The Mavericks Ride With Me
Brand New Day Thirty Tigers 2017 Americana
Raul Malo and band continue to make terrific tunes
9:47 AM
Lolly Allen - Coming Home
Lolly Allen Coming Home
Coming Home AO2 2019 Jazz
Music bed for the KAOS Calendar of Events
9:53 AM
Debbie Davies - Don't Be Reckless With My Heart
Debbie Davies Don't Be Reckless With My Heart N
Don't Pass Me By: A Tribute to Sean Costello V/A Landslide 2019 Blues
Various artists saluting forever young blues wiz Sean Costello (1979-2008)
9:56 AM
Charlie Whitehead - I Finally Found Myself Something to Sing About
Charlie Whitehead I Finally Found Myself Something to Sing About
Songs to Sing: The Charlie Whitehead Anthology, 1970-1976 Kent Soul 2006 R&B/Soul
Ridiculously underrated singer--the track is from 1973. Produced by Swamp Dogg
10:00 AM
Raphael Saadiq - This World Is Drunk
Raphael Saadiq This World Is Drunk
Jimmy Lee Columbia 2019 R&B/Soul
Parts of this album are brilliant, such as this song
10:05 AM
Jazzmeia  Holt - No More
Jazzmeia Holt No More
Love and Liberation Concord 2019 Jazz
Explosive singing that's...liberating
10:09 AM
Stanton Moore - Everything I Do Gon' Be Funky (with Maceo Parker)
Stanton Moore Everything I Do Gon' Be Funky (with Maceo Parker)
With You In Mind: The Songs of Allen Toussaint Mascot Label Group 2017 R&B/Soul
Cool interpretations of Allen Toussaint that demonstrate the depth of his songwriting
10:17 AM
Warren Smith - I Fell In Love
Warren Smith I Fell In Love
I Got Love If You Want It Sun 1957 7 Inch
Warren Smith's (1932-1980) birth anniversary is February 7
10:20 AM
Warren Smith - Goodbye Mr. Love
Warren Smith Goodbye Mr. Love
Sweet Sweet Girl Sun 1959 7 Inch
Melodic, beautiful singing from Mississippi native Smith, who made a stellar comeback during Britain's rockabilly revival of the late '70s
10:23 AM
Warren Smith - Black Jack David
Warren Smith Black Jack David
The Legendary Sun Performers: Warren Smith Charly 1977 Rock
From 1956. A wonderful recording that was the B-side of "Ubangi Stomp"
10:28 AM
Heather Myles - And It Hurts
Heather Myles And It Hurts
Untamed Hightone 1995 Americana
First rate vocalizing and the shimmering guitars add a lot
10:32 AM
Justin Townes Earle - Pacific Northwestern Blues
Justin Townes Earle Pacific Northwestern Blues
The Saint of Lost Causes New West 2019 Americana
"Saint" is one of the best releases of 2019
10:38 AM
Melanie - Leftover Wine
Melanie Leftover Wine
Leftover Wine Buddah 1970 Rock
Melanie Safka is 73 on February 3. Title track from her superb album
10:42 AM
Melanie - Together Alone
Melanie Together Alone
Melanie Live at Carnegie Hall Neighborhood/Atlantic 1973
Onstage in February 1973 and with her kudos to Joan Baez
10:48 AM
Melanie - Beautiful People
Melanie Beautiful People
Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More V/A Cotillion 1970 Rock
A rain-soaked and moving performance--one of her few songs that she was still playing well into the 1970s
10:52 AM
The Borodin Quartet - Langsamer Satz
The Borodin Quartet Langsamer Satz
60th Anniversary Onyx Classics 2005 Classical
Music bed for the KAOS Community Billboard. The piece was written by Anton Webern (1883-1945)
10:56 AM
Jimmy Johnson - Down In the Valley
Jimmy Johnson Down In the Valley N
Every Day of Your Life Delmark 2020 Blues
The amazing blues guitarist is now 91 and not to be confused Muscle Shoals session guitarist Jimmy Johnson, who died last year
11:01 AM
The Dirty Panties - Overt
The Dirty Panties Overt
I Am a Robot SquidHat 2012 Punk
California quartet
11:03 AM
Screaming Females - Chamber for Sleep, Pt. 1
Screaming Females Chamber for Sleep, Pt. 1
All at Once Don Giovanni 2018 Rock
A fab guitar jam and then some
11:09 AM
The Make-Up - Blue Is Beautiful
The Make-Up Blue Is Beautiful
I Want Some K 1999 Punk
Washington D.C. band led by Ian Svenonius
11:13 AM
The New Pornographers - Falling Down the Stairs of Your Smile
The New Pornographers Falling Down the Stairs of Your Smile N
In the Morse Code of Brake Lights Concord 2019 Alternative
The long titles with metaphors get old, but the music is forever fresh and great
11:18 AM
The Everly Brothers - Born Yesterday
The Everly Brothers Born Yesterday
Born Yesterday Razor & Tie 1985 Rock
Don Everly is 83 today--brother Phil died in 2014. Title track of their second to last album
11:22 AM
The Everly Brothers - Like Strangers
The Everly Brothers Like Strangers
Like Strangers Cadence 1960 LP Rock
Their gorgeous two part harmony singing still astounds
11:24 AM
Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds - Take a Message to Mary
Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds Take a Message to Mary
Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds Sing the Everly Brothers F-Beat 1980 Rock
Four song 7 inch record that came with the early copies of Rockpile's "Seconds of Pleasure" album
11:27 AM
The Everly Brothers - Nashville Blues
The Everly Brothers Nashville Blues
It's Everly Time! Warner Bros. 1960 Rock
Their take on the blues is pretty swell
11:30 AM
The Everly Brothers - Poor Jenny
The Everly Brothers Poor Jenny
The Fabulous Style of the Everly Brothers Cadence 1960 Rock
A hilarious single from 1959 and on their LP the following year. Even at this rapid pace, their musical bond is striking
11:32 AM
Janiva Magness - Change In the Weather
Janiva Magness Change In the Weather
Change In the Weather: Janiva Magness Sings John Fogerty Blue Elan 2019
A Fogerty solo track done as upbeat almost-gospel...so good
11:37 AM
The Ramones - Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
The Ramones Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
Rocket to Russia Sire/Warner Bros. 1977 Punk
Considered the first punk hit single? This was back when ABC Records was distributing the Sire label
11:40 AM
Nick Curran & the Lowlifes - Sheena's Back In Town
Nick Curran & the Lowlifes Sheena's Back In Town
Reform School Girl Eclectogroove 2010 Rock
The late Curran loved Little Richard, the Ramones, the Sonics. Great taste in rock'n'roll to be sure
11:43 AM
Quest - Prince of Darkness
Quest Prince of Darkness
Circular Dreaming: Quest Plays the Music of Miles' 60s Enja 2012 Jazz
Music bed for the KAOS Calendar of Events
11:48 AM
James Blood Ulmer - Jazz Is the Teacher (Funk Is the Preacher)
James Blood Ulmer Jazz Is the Teacher (Funk Is the Preacher)
Are You Glad to Be In America Artists House 1981 Jazz
Magnificent stuff that I haven't played in a long time
11:52 AM
Beth Hart - Spanish Lullabies
Beth Hart Spanish Lullabies N
War In My Mind Mascot Label Group 2019
More fine writing from BH and the arrangement is strong too
11:55 AM
Charles Brown - (One) Mint Julep
Charles Brown (One) Mint Julep
Blues and Other Love Songs Muse 1992 Blues
Outro music