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July 16th Playlist

This week's episode featured some of the artists that were scheduled to perform at this years' GreyFox Bluegrass Festival. Writing this as postscript, I didn't actually see many of these folks perform this year for a variety of reasons. And in fact the picture above was taken at a version of the festival 21 years ago! Regardless of all of that, the weekend was fab, despite some rain on Saturday, and I came home with some new fave artists to further explore. They will quite likely make an appearance on an upcoming episode! Details to follow..

Side A Howling at the Moon (opening theme)-Hank Williams Rolling on Rubber Wheels-Dry Branch Fire Squad Roanoke-Dry Branch Fire Squad 50 Miles of Elbow Room-Dry Branch Fire Squad I Feel the Blues Moving In-Del McCoury 1952 Vincent Black Lightning-Del McCoury Blackjack County Chain-Del McCoury Machine Gun Kelly-Rob Ickes & Blue Highway

Side B Freedom for the Stallion-Amy Helm Stones I Throw-Amy Helm Heat Lightning-Amy Helm Night-Michael Cleveland Hello City Limits-Michael Cleveland Sugar from the Gourd-Michael Cleveland Shake Sugaree-Rhiannon Giddens We Could Fly-Rhiannon Giddens

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July 9th Playlist

This week's episode is full of Fripp and some of the highlights (and lowlights) of our recent whirlwind trip "across the pond" to London over the Independence Day holiday. I will spare the details here, listen in if you want the skinny...

Side A

Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams  You Burn Me, I’m a Cigarette-Robert Fripp Heptaparapa-Robert Fripp & League of Gentlemen  Under Heavy Manners-Robert Fripp I Advance Masked-Andy Summers & Robert Fripp Brightness Falls-David Sylvain & Robert Fripp 1984 (Mix 1)-Robert Fripp

Side B

Pigs on the Wing-Pink Floyd Here Comes the Sun-Beatles Your Love Gets Sweeter-Finley Quaye  Live Forever-Oasis Thick as Thieves-The Jam Down in a Tube Station at Midnight-The Jam Sitting in a Hotel-The Kinks Cell Phone Blues-Lemonheads London Calling-The Clash

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June 18th Playlist

We continue our Black Music Month feature on tonight’s episode with some help from the good folks at Soul Jazz Records. Their terrific compilations of Afro-Centric jazz sounds and foundational hip-hop supplied the sounds you hear on the program, give it a listen and spread the word!

Side A

Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams (opening theme)

Strong Men-David McKnight

Sounds from the Bush-Mandingo Griot Society (with Don Cherry)

Vibes from the Tribes-Phil Ranelin

Sweet Songs-Sarah Webster

Malcom X-Philip Cohran

Revolution Will Not Be Televised-Gil Scott Heron

Side B

We are People Too-Master Jay

Boogie Feeling Rap-Sweet G

Ah That’s the Joint-Kool DJ AJ

Rhythm Rap Rock-Count Coolout

Positive Life-Lovebug Starski & Harlem World Crew

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June 11th Playlist

Since we are spinning some stone cold soul sounds on tonight's episode, we figured we illustrate our post with some stereo in stone, courtesy of a recent exhibit at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum in NYC. Our month long spotlight of Black Music Month continues tonight with some deep cuts from the Northern Soul subgenre, as well as a couple of early reggae gems. Good stuff for a hot steamy June evening, we hope you will agree!

Side A Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams (opening theme) Mama Told Me Not to Come-Wilson Pickett Talking About Poor Folks-Lou Edwards & Todays People Temptation is Calling My Name-Lee David Cause You're Mine-The Vibrations Abracadabra-Erma Franklin Soul Strokes-Sidney Pinchback Feel Like Jumping-Marcia Griffiths It's My Delight-Melodians Come Together-Israelites

Side B Get My Hands on Some Loving-Artistics Hang Up Your Hangups-Bobby Lester I Don't Want to Talk About It-Nancy Ames I'm in a World of Trouble-The Sweet Things Right On-Clarence Wheeler Memphis Soul Stew-King Curtis I Love to Rock & Roll-Eddie Bo You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies-Dana Valery Moving Away-Ken Boothe Hey Jude-Wilson Pickett

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June 4th Playlist

We kick off another spotlight of Black Music Month here on Howling at the Moon with an all too short feature of one the giants of jazz, Sonny Rollins, whom we recently lost sadly. These tracks are all pulled from some of his Blue Note recordings from the late 1950's, where he was first featured as a leader of the groups, which included Donald Byrd, Art Blakey, Thelonious Monk, Max Roach and Horace Silver.

Side A

Howling at the Moon (opening theme)-Hank Williams Decision-Sonny Rollins How are Things in Glocca Morra?-Sonny Rollins Reflections-Sonny Rollins (Thelonious Monk composition)

Side B

Why Don't I-Sonny Rollins I've Got You Under My Skin-Sonny Rollins Four-Sonny Rollins (Miles Davis composition) Woody n You-Sonny Rollins (Dizzy Gillespie composition)

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May 28th Playlist

This week we return to the "scene of the crime" for my 40th College Reunion. So why not revisit some the songs that made up the soundtrack for that time period? And why not poll some classmates for suggestions? And thus an episode was born, with musical memories galore! What were you listening to from 82-86? Let us know!

Side A

Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams Burning Down the House-Talking Heads Let's Dance-David Bowie Hungry Like the Wolf-Duran Duran Pulling Mussels from a Shell-Squeeze Come on Eileen-Dexy's Midnight Runners Save it for Later-English Beat What I Like About You-The Romantics Axel F-Harold Faltermeyer

Side B

Rockit-Herbie Hancock Billie Jean-Michael Jackson Ain't Nobody-Chaka Khan Sexual Healing-Marvin Gaye Lucky Star-Madonna You Dropped a Bomb on Me-Gap Band Electric Avenue-Eddy Grant

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May 14th Playlist

It’s a bit of the new and a bit of the old on tonight’s episode of Howling at the Moon, which to be honest is often the case! On Side A we have a new track from Lenny Kaye’s forthcoming solo album (his 1st), as well as a cool collaboration between Tom Waits and Massive Attack, along with a couple of recent covers as recommended by Will Hermes. Side B is our blast from the past, featuring the Faces in concert at the BBC from 1973.

Side A

Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams  Going Local-Lenny Kaye Coming Home Baby-Fleshtones Celluloid Heros-Kinks Fade into You-Gregory Alan Isakov & Sylvan Esso Hey/Ya-Liz Uninvited Boots on the Ground-Tom Waits & Massive Attack 

Side B

The Faces in Concert@BBC 1973

Cindy Incidentally If I’m On the Late Side My Fault The Stealer Borstal Boys Angel Stay With Me Jealous Guy

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April 30th Playlist

And just like that we are putting another month to bed, and looking ahead to May! But to send it on its way, we found some great tracks that helped define the college radio sound of the early to mid 80’s, courtesy of a great new compilation just out on Cherry Red. You may recognize a fair number of the bands on tonight’s episode, but with a few exceptions, you may have not heard these cuts. This was a fun one to put together, and since we only focused on the first disc of the set, we got lots more to share in future episodes!

Side A

Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams

Hanging Around-Al Bloch

She Don’t Know Why I’m Here-The Last

Getting Out of Hand-The Bangs

What She’s Done to Your Mind-Rain Parade

Nothing is Wrong (demo)-dB’s

I am the Cosmos-Chris Bell

Mr. Roland-Tommy Keene

Side B

Saturday at 3pm-Darius & the Magnets

Gardening at Night-R.E.M

Left in the Dark-The Vertabrats

And She Rides-Long Ryders

Everything’s Turning Up Down Again-Wire Train

Office Skills-Plasticland

Steps to the Door-True West

True-The Fans

Magic Circle-The Point

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April 23rd Playlist

We dug into the Americana archives for this episode of Howling at the Moon. Many years ago I did an Americana centric program on Skidmore College’s station, so I built a vast collection of stuff from which to choose. Sadly we needed to pay tribute to another gifted singer-songwriter who left us too soon, Jon Dee Graham, which happens in the “third half” of the program.

Side A

Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams Who Will Keep the Water Running Here?-Frog Holler Please Don’t Hurry Your Heart-Caitlyn Cary I’ll Be Faithful to You-NGSB featuring Emmylou Harris Take Me in Your Lifeboat-NGDB featuring Del McCoury Some Dark Holler-NGDB featuring Dwight Yoakum How’s the World Treating You-James Taylor & Alison Krauss Legend in My Time-Laura Cantrell

Side B

You Will Be Happy-Coal Palace Kings Looking Forward to Seeing You-Golden Smog Waiting for the Sun-Jayhawks Extra Instrumental-Resentments  Message of Hope-Resentments  Sleep Enough to Dream-True Believers  Beautifully Broken-Jon Dee Graham Swept Away-Jon Dee Graham

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April 16th Playlist

We are back "live" this evening with a new episode, featuring some old skool electro and a bunch of cool new tracks that we've sourced from Will Hermes Substack. Side A begins with a mix of classic electro inspired by the sad news of the passing of hip hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa, followed by some vintage dance music from the 80's and 90's. On Side B, we focus on new tracks including cool covers of songs from the Cure and Joy Division. Good stuff for a steamy, stormy Thursday wherever you might tune in..

Side A Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams Numbers-Kraftwerk Planet Rock (Instrumental)-Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force Bag Lady (I Wonder)-Ebn O'zn State Farm-Yazoo What Have I Done to Deserve This?-Pet Shop Boys (featuring Dusty Springfield) No One Knows We're Dancing-Everything But the Girl

Side B Frightening Fishes-Benjamin Gibbard Boys Don't Cry-Big Harp Wichita Lineman-Flea featuring Nick Cave Insight-Kramer & Thurston Moore Private Symphony #2-Andrew Elsewhere-Color of Rain Cruel Streak-Black Crowes

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March 26th Playlist

Apologies for taking an extra week to post this playlist, time got away from me..this photo is the cover of the program from a fab Kinks tribute performance I attended at the Cohoes Music Hall, which inspired the first have of this episode. And since we were featuring one of the greatest and yet criminally underappreciated British bands, we figured we should do the same with an American act on the flip-side, and what better example than NRBQ? So there you have it. Remember that all episodes air live on RadioRadioX on Thursdays 7pm EDST, and eventually get archived on our SoundCloud page.

Side A Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams Dead End Street-The Kinks Stop Your Sobbing-The Kinks Till the End of the Day-The Kinks She's Got Everything-The Kinks I'm Not Like Everybody Else-The Kinks Dedicated Follower of Fashion-The Kinks Days-The Kinks Gallon of Gas-The Kinks Better Things-The Kinks

Side B Batman Theme-NRBQ Green Lights-NRBQ Wacky Tobacky-NRBQ Deep in the Heart of Texas-NRBQ That I Get Back Home-NRBQ Lucille-NRBQ Rockin' in Rhythm-NRBQ Riding in My Car-NRBQ

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March 19th Playlist

The "64 Thing" as my wife has called it, kicks off today, so we thought it was grand idea to riff off that theme for the beginning of our episode this evening. We round out the fun with a bunch of new music, much of it released in the last couple months. We also want to invite folks who are located in or near the Capital District to join us on Saturday for the Vinyl Slam & Swap, detailed above! Feel free to post questions about any and all of it in the comments queue.. As always this episode airs at 7pm DST tonight on RadioRadioX.com

Side A Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams Mission Impossible Theme-Lalo Schifrin Basketball-Kurtis Blow Sucker M.C.'s-Run DMC James Brown Mix-Coldcut Funky People-Studio 68 featuring Dani Turner Should I Stay or Should I Go-Living Colour Ca Plane Pour Moi-The Reducers

Side B Hunting the Wren-Lankum Tears of Things-U2 Can You Reach Me?-Nation of Language Lucie-Clementine Marche I Like You-Cardinals In Your Ocean-Iron & Wine As of Yet-Night Signals

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March 12th Playlist

So it being Women's History Month, we made the easy decision to play some of our favorite female singers and songwriters, along with several up and comers "trainspotted" by Will Hermes. Here's how it all sorts out, listen tonight at 7pm DST on RadioRadioX!

Side A Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams Baby Steps-Liz Cooper Can't Be Sure-The Sundays Instead of Here-Mitski Echoes-Laura Misch Sunday Morning-Beth Gibbons Who Loves the Sun-Matt Beringer & Rosanne Cash fantasmagoria-Daniela Andrade Black Boys on Mopeds-Fontaines DC

Side B No Bad News-Patty Griffin Some Ole 45-Sarah Borges Don't Get Your Back Up-Sara Harmer Boulder to Birmingham (Live)-Emmylou Harris & Hot Band Between Daylight and the Dark-Mary Gauthier One Flight Down-Norah Jones You Dream of Flat Tires-Joni Mitchell True Love is Hard to Find-Bonnie Raitt

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March 5th Playlist

My wife celebrates her birthday in a few days, so it seems appropriate to pay a mini musical tribute to her, which we do in the "3rd half of the program" as Click & Clack used to say! The rest of the selections were dredged from the extensive digital archives we have built up over the decades, some good ones we haven't heard in quite some time, hopefully you will agree...

Side A Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams Let the Mystery Be-Greg Brown Let the Beauty Be-Bob Mould Beauty Fades Away-Caitlyn Cary Six Blocks Away-Lucinda Williams Luna De Miel-Alejandro Escovedo Tell Me About Your Drugs-Robyn Hitchcock High Ball Stepper-Jack White Marie Provost-Nick Lowe

Side B These Times We're Living In-Dave Alvin & Guilty Women Following the Northern Star-Rhiannon Giddens Wrecking Ball-Mandolin Orange Falling in Love Again-Alison Krauss & John Prine By the Time it Gets Dark-New Mendicants The Last of the Callaghan's Set-Barra MacNeils Funk #49-Los Straitjackets T.U.S.A.-Masters of Reality Try a Little Tenderness-Otis Redding

This episode airs on March 5, 2026 at 7pm on RadioRadioX.com

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February 26th Playlist

Tonight’s episode is a bit like the classic game pictured above, Twister! This is taken at the TWA Hotel at JFK Airport. We twist ourselves musically in various positions tonight and the result will hopefully be a winner!

Side A

Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams

Rubber Band Man-Mumford & Sons
When My Time Comes-Dawes

Within Everything-Brian Blade & Fellowship Band
Sing Me to Sleep-Allison Moorer
Everybody Needs Love-Mavis Staples
Angels With Dirty Faces-Los Lobos
Goodbye Blue Sky-Pink Floyd

Side B

Wherever I May Roam-Metallica & San Francisco Symphony 
Free Money-Eleanor Friedberger & Superchunk
Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing-Superchunk
Rabbit One-Masters of Reality
Family Affair-Christian McBride
Grand Junction-Deslondes
Through All that Nothing-Del Amitri


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February 19th Playlist

So when I asked Image Playground to create an animation of me at Mardi Gras, this is what came back! Not sure about that headdress, but I suppose with enough Sazerac's, I could be persuaded! In any case on tonight's episode we feature the music of N'awlins and beyond both classic and recent. Although Mardi Gras is over and done for this year, we hope we keep the party going a bit longer...

Side A Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams Mama Told Papa-Clifton Chenier Madame Pitre-Buckwheat Zydeco Mardi Gras in New Orleans-Rockin' Dopsie Big Chief-Professor Longhair Just Kissed My Baby-The Meters No Cowboys in Texas-Whip Appeal Two of Hearts-Sabine Macalla Turn-Greazy Alice

Side B Slow Down Kamikaze-Anna Moss True at Once-Bruisey Peet Disguise-Burnt Sugar Hip Drop-The Explosions It's Later Than You Think-Rebirth Brass Band w/Kermit Ruffins Saturday Night Special-Lesa Cormier & Sundown Playboys Yr Gonna Be Happy-Silver Synthetic Carmela-Abby and the Arsonists

This program airs on Thursday at 7pm EST on RadioRadioX

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February 12th Playlist

This fella greeted us one of the mornings we spent in Palm Springs, CA last week, escaping the worst of the cold snap that had our home region in its icy grip! It was a wonderful trip, and we will look for any excuse to return in the future, cold or otherwise! This week's episode once again cribs heavily from Will Hermes Substack, where he regularly posts extensive playlists of new songs that have tickled his eardrums. Most of these tracks have been released in the last 45 days, so they are pretty fresh! Nice mix of legacy artists and newbies just cracking the scene! Here are the deets..

Side A Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams Death of Love-James Blake Been Undone-Peter Gabriel Slip Jigs & Jenny's-Saltaire Site Unseen-Courtney Barnett & Waxahatchee Destination-Neko Case & Young Fresh Fellows Embarrassed Teen-Jad Fair and Yo La Tengo

Side B Puddles-Not for Radio Don't Know Why-smush Good Things Will Come-Sault As of Yet-Quiet Signals Femme Fatale-Mon Laferte Let Me Grow and You'll See the Fruit-Dry Cleaning Josh Tillman & the Accidental Dose-Father John Misty Love is All Around-Husker Du

This program airs on RadioRadioX on Thursdays at 7pm EST.