Rockcontinuum

Today's Rockcontinuum offers a tribute to innovative composer and arranger, Carla Bley, with selections from my 1976 interview with her, plus new music from Phil Manzanera & Andy Mackay, Sufjan Stevens, Teenage Fanclub and others, mingled with songs by the Move, Kinks, FOW, Jack Bruce, Beta Band, Beck, Talking Heads, Nick Drake, Elf Power, Dylan and more, with a tune for the current state of the House of Representatives. For your listening pleasure in our present state. Originally broadcast on WOWD 94.3fm, takomaradio.org on Monday 10/23.

The Rockcontinuum celebrates Lennon’s birthday, plus new music from Modern Nature, Gruff Rhys, Sufjan Stevens, Oneohtrix Point Never, Teenage Fanclub, Das Koolies, Matmos, Peter Gabriel, Sparkle Division & others, folded in with music by Kinks, Splitsville, Elliot Smith, Andy Partridge, Sylvian/Fripp, Neil Finn, Kraftwerk, Bonzos et al, plus a couple of songs with tigers. Originally broadcast on WOWD 94.3fm.

For your autumnal aural entertainment, this edition of the Rockcontinuum offers new music from Sparklehorse, Sufjan Stevens, Anthony Pirog, Abstract Concrete (Charles Hayward), Fenella (Jane Weaver), plus a mix of 'chunes from King Crimson, Lennon, Grizzly Bear, United States of America, Robyn Hitchcock, Zombies, Dukes of Stratosphear, Love, Jack Bruce, Rupert Hine, Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks, Eno and others, a 'Sons of Syd' section and mini tributes to Bryan Maclean (on his birthday) and John Marshall. For your listening pleasure in our present state. Originally broadcast on WOWD 94.3fm.

The latest Rockcontinuum Program brings a summer bounty of new music from the likes of the Grip Weeds, Woods, Thomas Walsh, Smoking Trees, Cleaners from Venus, Swell Brothers (Newhouse/Bass), Manzanera/Mackay, Das Koolies, Peter Gabriel and others, commingled with stalwarts like Bowie, Creation, Zappa/Mothers, Wondermints, Soft Machine, Magazine, Kinks, Cate le Bon and much more, plus a mini-salute to John Martyn on his birthday. Originally broadcast on WOWD 94.3fm.

The latest Rockcontinuum features new music from Black Market Karma, Thomas Walsh (Pugwash), the Smoking Trees, Grip Weeds and Sufjan Stevens commingled with White Fence, Fat White Family, Ceramic Dog, the Who, Chills, Clientele, Robert Wyatt, Pretenders, Orchestra of the Upper Atmosphere, Blur, Syd Barrett, Turtles, Triptides, Blind Faith and more, plus celebrates the Anniversary of the Beatles first meeting Dylan. For your listening pleasure in our present state. 

This Rockcontinuum Episode serves up a summertime treat of new music (including Sparkle Division, the Clientele, bar italia, Elephant Stone, Holy Family & Peter Gabriel) commingled with tunes by Chemistry Set, Blur, Yardbirds, Jellyfish, Neon Neon, Eric Burdon, Triptides, the Band, 3 Clubman, Love, Olivia Tremor Control, Byrds, Richard Thompson and much more, including a set where groups imitate other groups. Originally broadcast on WOWD 94.3fm.

High summer on this Rockcontinuum Episode with new music from the Clientele, Fred Frith Guitar Quartet, Cornelius and Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog, blended with tunes by Horse Lords, the Who, Wire, Triptides, Spirit, Divine Comedy, Doves, Neil Finn, Captain Beefheart, Fountains of Wayne, T-Bone Burnett, Sufjan and more, with seasonal themes and curiosities and some songs about tattoos . For your listening pleasure in our present state. Originally broadcast  WOWD 94.3fm.

A summer bumper crop of new music on this week's Rockcontinuum, with new tunes from Ceramic Dog, Clientele, Vivian Stanshall, Paint, Mike Bass & Dave Newhouse, Cornelius, Black Arts Lab, Peter Gabriel, Tony Buck and more, commingled in with stalwarts like Beta Band, Beatles, Fenella, Roxy Music, Vanity Mirror, Super Furry Animals, Blur, Bee Gees, Silver Synthetic, Milk and Honey Band, Dylan, Fountains of Wayne and so much more for your listening pleasure in our present state. Originally broadcast on WOWD-FM on July 17, 2023

The pre-4th edition of the Rockcontinuum features new music from Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog, Blur, the Smile, Green Pajamas, Grian Chatten and the 3 Clubmen mixed with music by artists such as (in anagrams); Icy Rum Sox (Roxy Music), Andrew Manny (Randy Newman), Avon Don (Donovan), CTX (you know), ABC by shoe (Beach Boys), Corporal Hum (Procol Harum), Fine Linn (Neil Finn) and much more, including a song about our hazy conditions and a weakened dictator. Originally broadcast on Monday, July 3rd WOWD 94.3fm, takomaradio.org. For your listening pleasure in our present state.

The Almost Solstice Edition of the Rockcontinuum celebrates the impending season with some songs about summer and strawberries and features new music from Ultramarine, Squid, Green Pajamas, the Clientele and Decisive Pink cavorting with tunes by the likes of the Fountains of Wayne, Zappa, Robert Wyatt, Monkees, Mystic Seers, Kinks, Robyn Hitchcock, Bill Orcutt, Paul Simon, Water From Your Eyes, John Martyn, Captain Beefheart, 3 Clubmen, Sufjan Stevens and others, with a birthday mini-tribute to Nick Drake. For your listening pleasure in our present state.