by Jonny Meister, Host/Producer of The Blues Show on WXPN

Perhaps this is the “most innocent musical moment.” Buddy Holly, riding the crest of success in early rock and roll, is interviewed in Vancouver by Canadian dee-jay Red Robinson. Holly’s thoughts reflect more the parental pespective of the time (”rock and roll is a flash-in-the-pan”) than […]

by Robert Drake, Producer/Host, WXPN
As a child I grew up around music … a mix of pop, rock and R&B. However my world changed in 1975 when, at the age of 12, I purchased my first LP (with my own money, thanks to an allowance) – it was a record I had heard at a […]

by Kathy O’Connell, Host of Kids Corner for WXPN
The events of the night John Lennon died occurred within a matter of minutes. Yet, it seems like it was happening in slow motion. I was at WBAI (Pacifica radio) in New York that night, babysitting a taped jazz program. Growing up in “the battling O’Connells” prepared […]

by Jonny Meister, Host/Producer of The Blues Show on WXPN

In March 1926 Blind Lemon Jefferson recorded “Long Lonesome Blues.” The record changed the course of blues history. Blues before that, beginning with the first blues hit, “Crazy Blues” by Mamie Smith in 1920, generally featured female singers backed by sophisticated, uptown ensembles. Many of the […]

by Jim McGuinn, Program Director and Host, Y-Rock on XPN

First Concert – The Clash at the Aragon Ballroom, 1982.
Second Concert – U2 at the Aragon Ballroom, 1983.
I probably should have just stopped right there. Instead, I’ve seen about 3,000 shows in the past 25 years, but am still hard pressed to think of many that […]

by Kathy O’Connell, XPN, Host of Kid’s Corner
Mostly, I remember screaming.
I won tickets to the Beatles concert at Shea Stadium in 1965 from Flip Magazine, in a contest to finish the sentence “I want to see the Beatles because…” My answer was something like “just look at them –John, Paul, George and Ringo.” I […]

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1. “Planet of the Apes” from “A Fish Called Selma” — Troy McClure in a musical version of Planet of the Apes — “It’s the role I was born to play!” As Bart says, “this show has everything,” including a big production number with the Statue […]

by Jonny Meister, Host/Producer of The Blues Show on WXPN

August 24, 1941: Bluesman Muddy Waters is recorded for the first time, for the Library Of Congress
July 20-24, 1942: More recordings of Muddy Waters are made
People who don’t identify themselves particularly as blues lovers tend to pick B. B. King as their favorite blues artist. Acknowledged […]

by Kathy O’Connell, Host of Kids’ Corner, XPN
I came late to the “Rent” party. I knew the story of Jonathan Larson’s tragic death the night of the last dress rehearsal of his show, but I cringe at the words “rock opera,” so I avoided the show. Much as I love Broadway musicals, I […]

by Jim McGuinn, Program Director and Host, Y-Rock on XPN

From Paul Weller and the Jam I got my first whiff of mod culture, and dove in. Like a landlocked sailor, I read voraciously about British pop culture, politic, literature, and sociology, and zipped musically from the ’77 era punks (Buzzcocks, Clash, Pistols) to the ska […]