Today we bring you the new music from King Khan and Detroit band Tin Foil. Speaking of Detroit, Danny Kroha is back with his second strictly acoustic blues album. Billy Childish has been active recently with several releases and the latest one is with his William Loveday Intention under the title Blud Under The Bridge. David Nance is also super active recently, with two new digital releases, one being a live show and the other one being a tribute to Devo. We also check out Dirtiest, punks from Italy. Towards the end of the show we pay respect to fallen heros, Hilton Valentine of Animals and Sean Tyla of Ducks Deluxe.
Little Bob Story – Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood;
King Khan Unlimited – Magpie Eyes;
The William Loveday Intention – Exuberant Me;
CTFM – Pretend;
Tin Foil – Give A Try;
Tin Foil – Wax and Hash;
The Dirtiest – Ti Piscio Sul Presepe;
Fixed Up – Things Get Better;
Demolition Doll Rods – We Are One;
Danny Kroha – Leavin’ Blues;
David Nance – The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize;
David Nance Group – Down Where The Drunkards Roll;
David Nance – This Side Of The Moon;
Animals – House of the Rising Sun;
Animals – Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood;
Animals – We Gotta Get Out of This Place;
Ducks Deluxe – Fireball;
Ducks Deluxe – Paris 9;
King Khan And The Shrines – I See Lights.
Today we have new music from Danny Kroha and his Darleans and the new record for Terry Malts. We also introduce Wesley Fuller from Australia and French Boutik from Paris France – all of them showcasing their upbeat feel-good style. We also have a block in which we say goodbye to the legendary founder of Chess Records, Phil Chess, who passed away recently at the age of 95. Lil’ Ed and his Blues Imperials continue traditions of Chess Records out in Chicago.
Today’s show is an episode in our Rock’n’roll Anthems series. Previously we featured Louie Louie, I Fought The Law, Tobacco Road, Train Kept A-Rollin’, Money (That’s What I Want). Today we go the way back to the late nineteenth century when a railroad worker John Hardy committed a murder and got hanged afterwards. The story and the event went into a legend and into a song. The song eventually made it to the records in the twenties and quite a few rock musicians found the story exciting enough to include it into their repertoire. Most notably, my favorite version of Gun Club. As it usually happens in folk traditions, they are not always historically accurate. There was also another character John Henry, who was a a steel driver who apparently defeated a steam powered hammer. For whatever reason, musically and lyrically, some musicians of the past mixed the two different characters and song and elements of one went into another. So, today, we explore these two stories and the impact they had on rock’n’roll. Most recently, Danny Kroha recorded the legend of John Henry on his new lp, so the two characters still continue to keep our attention.
We start off today with a tribute to Husker Du. Two Canadian bands, Red Arms and Wasted Potential put their resources together and made a coll tribute to Husker Du. The whole thing is on their 
Low Cut Connie new album Hi Honey is out as of yesterday and we check out the new track that closes the album. Jimbo Mathus is back with the new record called Blue Healer. Amy Lavere has an album with Will Sexton where she goes back to her previous songs looking for a more intimate atmosphere. Boz Scaggs is back also with a really cool new record which mixes various musical genres into an entertaining blend. Mikal Cronin has returned with his 3rd solo record. We also introduce Ethan Daniel Davidson from Detroit with a recording that he made together with Danny Kroha. And finally, we sadly report that Percy Sledge has passed away.
Matthew Smith is a long time fixture on Detrot rock’n’roll scene. For years, his music is very well informed with all those genres that make rock music so exciting for all of us. His band with a revolving membership, Outrageous Cherry has been proving that for the past 20 years with some 15 odd albums. This year’s album Digital Age is in many ways a special one.