Composer's name is listed where notable (i.e. Classical Performance, Jazz Performance).
For more information on any of the rock, pop and Jazz music featured on this program, I frequently utilize AllMusic , an excellent free database holding a huge plethora of information about music and the artists that make it.
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Dokken |
Into The Fire |
Metal, '80s, 'hair' |
Elektra, 1984 |
One of the better metal/hard rock bands of the early-mid 80s. They put out some really good songs, a few of which are represented here. Alone Again is especially memorable - it caught my ear back in 1985, and remains a high point of the genre for the decade.. | |
Just Got Lucky |
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Alone Again |
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Breaking the Chains |
Elektra, 1983 |
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The Smiths |
How Soon Is Now |
Rock, Indie |
Rough Trade, 1984 |
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Shoplifters of the World |
Sire, 1987 |
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Theolonius Monk (piano), John Coltrane (tenor sax), Ahmed Abdul Malik (bass), Shadow Wilson (drums) |
Bye-ya |
jazz, post-bop |
Blue Note, 2005 |
Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, 11/29/57, not released until 2005. Coltrane was just at the point of really discovering himself as a saxophonist, and this recording captures some remarkable playing on his part, as well as possibly the best partner that Monk every had. | |
Sweet and Lovely |
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Blue Monk |
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City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Walter Weller, cond. |
Classical, Romantic era, symphonic |
Chandos, 1989 |
Composed in 1803, first performed on 4/7/1805, published in Vienna, 1806 | ||
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Interpol |
The Scale |
Rock |
Capitol, 2007 |
Great new album from Interpol. It's been on my heavy play list at home for weeks. | |
Pace Is The Trick |
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Rest My Chemistry |
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Portishead |
It Could be Sweet |
"Trip-hop" |
Go!Discs, 1994 |
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The Deftones |
U,U,D,D,L,R,L,R,A,B,SELECT,START |
Rock, Modern |
Maverick, 2006 |
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Dredg |
Jamais Vu |
Rock, Modern |
Interscope, 2005 |
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The Deftones |
When Girls Telephone Boys |
Metal |
Maverick, 2003 |
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Sun Ra |
Strange Strange |
Avant Guarde, '60s |
1966, Saturn; 2007, Altavistic |
The free jazz icon in a recording that goes beyong the strictures of jazz - this is completely experimental sound, pure and simple. I find the second track to possibly be even more interesting than the first, as Sun Ra and his Arkestra explore the musical possibilities of a squeaky door, with some stringed instruments and percussion added into the background. | |
Door Squeak |
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Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber |
Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys |
Gloryland |
Bluegrass, Gospel, Traditional |
Rebel, 1971 |
Same songwriting pair who wrote Silent Night. |
| The Mayflies |
Jerusalem Ridge |
Bluegrass, Contemporary |
Mayflies Music, 2007 |
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Del McCoury Band |
Get Down On Your Knees and Pray |
Ceili, 1999 |
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Norma Jean |
Blueprints for Future Homes |
Metal, Post-Hardcore |
Solid State, 2006 |
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The End of All Things Will Be Televised |
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Killswitch Engage
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For You |
Metal |
Roadrunner, 2006 |
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Breathe Life |
Roadrunner, 2004 |
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This Is Absolution |
Roadrunner, 2006 |
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Metalica |
....And Justice For All |
Elektra, 1988 |
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Avenged Sevenfold |
Beast and the Harlot |
Metal, Post-Hardcore |
Warner Bros., 2005 |
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