Category: Playlists
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Twirl Radio Playlist – Show #770 – 3/4/2017: Chandler Travis interview!
Cape Cod-based musical provocateur Chandler Travis paid us a return visit on Twirl Radio today. As longtime Twirl listeners know, Chandler leads a rag-tag band of musical misfits/geniuses known as the Chandler Travis Philharmonic (“putting the harm in philharmonic”). You may also know Chandler as a founding member of the Incredible Casuals, who’ve been rocking…
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Twirl Radio Playlist – Show #769 – 2/25/2017: Matt North interview!
Today on Twirl, our very special guest was Nashville-based singer-songwriter-drummer-actor-comedian Matt North! Just look at all those hyphens–he’s a true Renaissance man. We’ve known each other for about 10 years, but as is the way of the 21st century, we’ve never spoken before today. We’ve been internet “pen pals”, as Matt put it. He’s been…
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Twirl Radio Playlist – Show #768 – 2/18/2017: Interview with Cirrone!
On today’s show, we visited with the brothers Cirrone: Bruno, Mirko, and Alessandro. We did a live conversation spanning nine time zones: they’re in Sicily, and I’m in California. We played a track from their Uplands Park Road album, chatted to them about their influences (spoiler alert: Beatles), and learned a bit about their upcoming…
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About the Top 15 Albums of 2016
The 2017 Twirlie Awards show has come and gone. We had fun making the lists and giving out the awards, but I feel like I’ve done you a bit of an injustice. You see, my favorite art form is the album. When done right, it’s a collection of songs, perfectly put together by theme and…
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Twirl Radio Playlist – Show #767 – 2/11/2017
On today’s episode, we attempt to recover from last week’s epic Twirlie Awards show. Last week was a look back at 2016, so today, we featured brand new tracks released in 2017. Artists like Reverse Family, Irene Peña, Mod Hippie, Eric Peter Schwartz, and Matt North are the face of 2017, and we gave ’em…
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2017 Twirlie Award Winners and podcast (Show #766 – February 4, 2017)
Here is the complete list of 2017 Twirlie Award winners, presented live on Twirl Radio, Saturday, February 4, 2017, in Sacramento, California, at Access Sacramento’s KUBU 96.5 FM. Congratulations to all, and more importantly, a big thank you to all the great independent musicians who make it possible for me to do this radio show.…
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Twirl Radio Playlist – Show #765 – 1/28/2017: Interview with H. Miller and Tom Delfavero from Sons of Morning!
On today’s show, we welcomed H. Miller and Tom Delfavero of the band Sons of Morning. These guys hail from upstate New York, and are heavily influenced by American and British blues, straight up rock and roll, and even country. Their music alternates between raw garage rock and sophisticated arrangements–but usually with a nod to…
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Twirl Radio Playlist – Show #764 – 1/21/2017: Eric Peter Schwartz interview!
On today’s show, we welcomed back Eric Peter Schwartz. He’s a great singer-songwriter from the Chicago area, and he just released a new album, “American Disrepair”. We’ll learn about his varied palette of musical influences–and they are truly all over the lot–and how they fit into his musical worldview. Due to technical reasons–the big storms…
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Twirl Radio Playlist – Show #763 – 1/14/2017: Sam Phillips interview!
Today’s show featured an interview with one of my all time favorite singer-songwriters, Sam Phillips. This legendary musician has not only created an amazing catalog of work over the past 30 years, but she also created the score for the Gilmore Girls television series. Her latest EP, “Human Contact is Never Easy”, is a bridge…
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Twirl Radio Playlist – Show #762 – 1/7/2017: Natalie Cortez interview!
Today’s show was a moment I’ve been waiting for since the late 1990’s: our very special in-studio guest was the one and only Natalie Cortez! She and her band, The Ultraviolets, were one of the top bands on the Sacramento music scene when I started doing radio. This music became the soundtrack of my life…
