Rockin' the Suburbs

We continue with Patrick’s Old-Time Music Week and in this episode, he discusses Samuel B. Charters’ landmark 1959 book “The Country Blues,” which was the first study of the incredible sound of the country blues.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com ....

It’s more from Patrick’s Old-Time Music Week (he’s silly with it) and today he relates the story of Ralph Peer, who was instrumental in shaping the modern music business as a talent scout, engineer, manager and music publisher.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at S...

Part two of Patrick’s Old-Time Music Week is here and on this episode he discusses jug band music with a spotlight on two groups from Memphis, Cannon’s Jug Stompers and the Memphis Jug Band.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com . Please rate/review th...

Get ready for Patrick’s Old-Time Music Week, kids! He will be discussing music from the 1920s, 30s and 40s this week and starts with a Perfect Pop tune from the Bentley Boys recorded in 1929, “Down on Penny’s Farm.”  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.co...

We pay tribute to the rock and roller (and radio DJ and author) Greg Kihn, who passed on August 13, 2024. Rest in Power, Greg.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com . Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends. Visit o...

On what would have been his 103rd birthday, we examine the impact that Billy Ward and his Dominoes had on the history of music.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com . Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends. Visit...

The August 2024 New Music train makes its final trip of the month before getting tuned up for September’s journeys. We let Sunny Varney take it home, with rockin’ new music from Blues Pills, Grace Bowers & The Hodge Podge and Creeping Jean.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneI...

We have a solo conductor on the August 2024 New Music train today and Scot Isom is more than up to the challenge, giving us many new music tips that he discovered last month, with a focus on tunes from The The and Jesse Welles.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at S...

The August 2024 New Music train is steaming into a new week and today, Harris King and Jason Goebel are on board to clue you in to new music from Mystery Waitress, RVG, Common and Pete Rock, Brigitte Calls Me Baby and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitche...

It’s a cross-continental August 2024 New Music train today, with Bob Peterson starting the journey from Wisconsin and Roger Grace (with some help from his wife Hilary!) tearing up the tracks from Scotland. They will give you plenty to listen to in the form of new music from Futurebirds feat. Waxahatchee, X, Say She She, Hamish Hawk, The Last Dinner Party, Scarlet Rebels and David Coverdale. Rockin...

Kevin Porter and Paul Hayden are piloting the August 2024 New Music train today and that is good news for you, listener. Lots of gleaming guitars and soaring melodies are on tap as they discuss new songs from Starflyer 59, New Starts, Chime School and Goodnight Sunrise.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon,...

The August New Music train has been turned over to the listeners and Chief Engineer Steven Routledge takes us through new music from Oceanator and Futurebirds feat. Waxahatchee. We also hear his thoughts on our recent Book Nook on Creation Records.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and T...

The August New Music train is gathering steam and Patrick is on board today to talk about the return of one of his favorites, Japanese noise duo Melt-Banana, who have released their first album since 2013 (“3+5”).  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com...

Jim kicks off August 2024 new music with rockin' tracks from Dive Time, Wishy and the Hard Quartet. Plus, an Elvis Costello cover from Margo Price. Get with Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, like audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com . Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts and share it wi...

We wrap up our Rockin' the Suburbs Live! episodes, recorded in August at Jammin' Java in Vienna VA. Today's special guest: Bar/None recording artists The Paranoid Style. Songs: 1. Beyond Petition 2. Murder: The Experience 3. Are You Loathsome Tonight? 4. Print the Legend 5. Turpitude Buy the Paranoid Style's music at bar-none.com/store or theparanoidstyle.bandcamp.com Get with Rockin' the Suburbs...

The third episode from our Rockin' the Suburbs Live! night, recorded in August at Jammin' Java in Vienna VA. Today's special guest: Americana singer-songwriter Justin Trawick. Songs: 1. Back of the Line 2. Five and Dime 3. Life in the Middle 4. All the Places That I’ve Been Buy Justin Trawick's music on Bandcamp at justintrawick.bandcamp.com . Learn more about Justin Trawick and the Common Good at...

The second episode from our Rockin' the Suburbs Live! night, recorded in August at Jammin Java in Vienna VA. Today's special guest: rock band Shallow Planet. Songs: 1.       Subconscious Queen 2.       In the Know 3.       Fire in the Sky 4.       Strike a Match Stream Shallow Planet's music on Spotify or other major platforms. Get with Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast...

It's a week of Rockin' the Suburbs Live! episodes, recorded in August at Jammin Java in Vienna VA. First up is singer-songwriter Billy Coulter. Songs: 1.      Haven’t You Fallen in Love With Me Yet?  2.      Lighthouse Keeper  3.      Station Wagon Learn more about Billy Coulter at billycoulter.com Get with Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, like audioBoom, Sp...

Book Nook week comes to a close with a look at a detailed book about Chris Bell, the enigmatic “other half” of Big Star.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com . Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends. Visit our web...

Patrick continues his dive into Memphis music by discussing a unique 1995 book written by Robert Gordon, “It Came From Memphis.”  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com . Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends. Visit...

Patrick and Vasant Ramamurthy are back to conclude their conversation on the history of Creation Records written by David Cavanaugh, “The Creation Records Story: My Magpie Eyes are Hungry for the Prize.”  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com . Please r...

Patrick is joined today by Vasant Ramamurthy to discuss the incredible history of Creation Records written by David Cavanaugh, “The Creation Records Story: My Magpie Eyes are Hungry for the Prize.”  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com . Please rate/re...

Patrick recently rediscovered a fantastic book by Holly George-Warren about Alex Chilton. “A Man Called Destruction” takes you beyond Big Star and the Box Tops and puts you inside Alex’s world.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com . Please rate/review...

Today’s episode is very simple: “Indianapolis” by the Bottle Rockets is a perfect pop song.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com . Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends. Visit our website at SuburbsPod.com Email...

The July 2024 New Music train takes its final trip today (before resting and fueling up for next month), so it’s appropriate that we have a special episode. Highland Park Harry, Echo Park Jimmy and David Lynch all make appearances, discussing new music from Enumclaw, Fontaines D.C., Cardinals and Billie Joe Armstrong’s Jesse Malin tribute. And David was in a J. Geils Band mood.  Rockin' the Suburb...