Rhythm on the Rocks

This week, Frizz finally gets her birthday wish as she and Bob raise a glass to the one and only Selena. Frizz is sipping Abasolo Mexican Whisky while Bob pours a Wilderness Trail Bourbon as they cumbia their way through Selena's incredible legacy- from doo-wop and disco to cumbia, cow print, and becoming a bona fide fashion icon. They climb aboard Big Bertha to celebrate the trailblazing artist w...

So there is definitely quite a few things the ol' USA is getting wrong these days. But, the international fans of the World Cup have reminded us that there are also some really great things here, like ranch, free refills, and good tunes. So today, Frizz and Bob share the music and stories behind some of the songs that truly represent some of the best of America. Cheers and happy 4th of July. 

Frizz and Bob celebrate Pride Month with The Runaways, the teenage girls who grabbed rock and roll by the balls and changed it forever. Frizz pours Kurayoshi, Bob cracks open Yamazaki, and together they dive into glam rock, punk rebellion, Beatlemania-level fame in Japan, Bowie, Suzi Quatro, and the complicated and fearless legacy of one of rock's fiercest and most important bands.

Today we honor a true great, Sonny Rollins, who passed away in late May. In his 95 years on Earth, Sonny earned the nickname of the Saxophone Colossus, and was considered by many to be jazz's greatest improviser. Join us as we dive into a few of his most important recordings and talk about the importance of some quality time spent on a bridge. Rest in Peace, Sonny. 

It's EUROVISION TIME! Join us as Frizz has vodka (gross) and Bob has Bowmore 15 Year Old (classy) and together we talk about the 2026 version of the Eurovision Song Contest. We'll give you a run down of some of the controversies facing this year's edition as well as our favorites from the competition. 

Frizz and Bob grab very different 10-year-old whiskies and jump into a perfect ten of a debut album, Pearl Jam's  Ten . Join us as we talk about the turbulent start of this band, songwriting while surfing, Pearl's peyote-laced jam, and fair warning... you'll hear a lot of bad Vedder impressions.                        

Frizz and Bob pull into Nazarth, feelin' bout half past dead - but then, the amazing debut album, Music from Big Pink , picks us right back up! Join us as Bob drinks Jack Daniel's and Frizz has Rhubarb York Gin while we learn about the long history of names for The Band , their groundbreaking time with Bob Dylan, the legacy of The Last Waltz, cocaine boogers, and what made them one of the most inf...

Frizz and Bob take on one of the greatest debut albums in rock history, Heart's  Dreamboat Annie . Frizz cracks open a Corona and lime and Bob pours E.H. Taylor Small Batch as we tell a tale of love, surviving the draft, finding your freedom, selling albums out of a car's trunk, and then making it BIG. Join us as we reveal the identity of the real Magic Mike, Frizz practices her German, we get a l...

Today, Frizz and Bob talk about one of the most underrated figures in music history - "the Lady Who Swings the Band" - Mary Lou Williams. Join us as Bob cracks open a Fat Pug and Frizz cracks open a bottle of 19 Crimes Malbec while we tell you about THE real matriarch of jazz, the light and darkness of the jazz world, her party house, the way she changed the world around her, and how she walked th...

Continuing Jazz Appreciation Month, Frizz and Bob go all in on one of the most important and complicated figures in music history - Charlie Parker , aka Bird. Bob pours a single barrel of EJ Curley and Frizz sips Glen Moray's Phoenix Rising as they unpack the genius and the chaos of the man who changed jazz forever and rewrote its language entirely. We get into Diz and Miles, contrafacts, the big...

For Bob's birthday, we're kicking off Jazz Appreciation Month with Frizz and Bob celebrating one of jazz's boldest, richest, and most emotionally alive albums: Charles Mingus' Mingus Ah Um . Frizz sips on Heaven's Door Bourbon , and Bob pours some Old Louisville Whiskey Company as they dig into Mingus' genius, temper, humor, protest, and obsession. From tributes to the Duke, more songs about more...

Frizz and Bob head back to the chaos of the 90s when hip hop was in the middle of its golden era. Frizz sips on gin and juice , Bob keeps guzzling rum , and together they unpack Tupac Shakur's All Eyez on Me - the first double rap album, a Death Row blockbuster, and a record made by a man fresh out of prison, feeling betrayed, hunted, untouchable, and louder than ever. Along the way they get into...

The rum guzzlin' continues as Frizz and Bob tackle one of the greatest musical accidents ever, the Buena Vista Social Club. Join us for a tale about how passport issues led to Ry Cooder finding some of the greatest musicians from the golden age of Cuban music, and together recorded an album that is a brilliant time capsule of that country. We talk about a ton of traditional Cuban musical styles an...

Today we celebrate a belated Valentine's Day by diving into our favorite singles with a theme of love. Join Frizz and Bob as they chat about Factory Records, the Titanic, friend of the show Seal, the Skatt Bros, and more! 

Today we bring you a comeback album for the ages: 1984's Private Dancer by Tina Turner. Join Frizz and Bob to hear the story of how a daughter of a sharecropper from Nutbush (heh) became one of the world's biggest stars in her 40s. Along the way, learn about Bob's habit of rum guzzlin', Frizz's secret love of Michael Bolton, and both of our love of Tim Capello.

This week, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life. Frizz and Bob take on Prince's Purple Rain. Join us as we tell the tale of a kid from Minneapolis who made it big. We talk about his musician parents, early mentors and projects, and then tell the tale of one of the biggest albums of the 80s. In addition, we talk about Tipper Gore, parental advisory labels, basketball pla...

Today, it is finally happening - Frizz and Bob tackle one of the greatest genre bending albums of all time. Frizz pours a genre bending scotch finished in a bourbon barrel. Bob pours a genre bending bourbon finished in a scotch barrel. Things go crazy while we talk about the history of race records, a man named Fathead, Diet Pepsi, country classics, smarketing, and uncover yet another tie to yacht...

Frizz and Bob dive headfirst into one of the most important and controversial metal albums of all time: Iron Maiden's The Number of the Beast . Bob pours Ardbeg Ardcore , Frizz reaches for Cardhu Gold Reserve , and together they trace Iron Maiden's scrappy rise from Christmas Day to cult favorites and lineup changes. Track by track, they explore Viking invasions, twin-leads, psychic children, exis...

We're back and diving straight into one of the best albums of 2025: Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party . Bob pours Los Dos Amigos Reposado tequila, Frizz grabs the Cairngorm Reindeer Gin, and together we break down Hayley Williams at her rawest and sharpest, touching on relationships, mental health, Nashville politics, Parahoy! lore, Strange Fruit, and a well-earned dunk on racist country stars. It...

Happy Holidays! This week, we bring you our BIGGEST episode to date - the 12(ish) Guests of Christmas! Join us as some of our best friends and favorite guests from the last few years join us to uncover some of the most obscure holiday songs, share some of our wildest holiday memories, eat puppy chow, laugh about the weirdest nativity set, and find out what the definitive WORST Christmas song of al...

Frizz and Bob clink a Coors Banquet and a bottle of Orange Groove Wine as they host the most prestigious, unserious award ceremony in music - the 3rd Annual Rhythm on the Rocks Annual Awards Show . Part celebration, part chaos, part Slim Jim fever dream - together, they hand out honors like Hidden Banger of the Year ,  Most Disappointing Album , and the coveted Ballbag of the Year ,  while revisit...

Frizz and Bob take a big-picture dive into Pop: Then and Now . Naturally, Bob pours some Old Grand-Dad Bonded, and Frizz downs a new glass of Johnnie Walker Black Ruby , as they unfold how we got from troubadours and Tin Pan Alley to MTV idols, Max Martin machines, and TikTok-engineered hooks for the FYP. They trace pop's constant reinvention through technology, Black innovation, and generational...

Frizz and Bob raise a mug of coffee and sit down with Nashville duo Friendship Commanders, a band that makes heaviness sing and melody hit like a hammer. Buick Audra and Jerry Roe join in to talk about their new album BEAR (out NOW on Magnetic Eye Records) - a powerful, soul-baring journey through belonging, identity, and resilience that bridges hyper-melodic light and crushing weight. We dive int...

Frizz and Bob raise a glass as they take on the impossible beauty and chaos of  Grace — the only album Jeff Buckley ever released, and one of the most beloved cult records of the last 30 years. Frizz is sipping Talisker Distiller's Edition, Bob's pouring Mellow Corn, and together they trace Buckley's story from café corners and strange gigs to record deals, mythmaking, and tragedy. It's a journey...

This week, we reunite with our good friends and favorite riff-summoning adventurers, Howling Giant- the Nashville-based doom lords blending sludge, prog, psych, and sci-fi into some of the most mind-melting metal you'll ever hear. They're back on the show and ready to unleash their most massive and mind-bending record yet - available October 31st! With Frizz sipping a special-edition bottle of Woo...