The Lyons Den Radio Show

Step inside The Lyons Den with host George Lyons for a deep-listening journey through genre-defying music, legendary live performances, and timeless artists. Broadcasting from the campus of UNLV on 91.5 KUNV Las Vegas , this episode blends jazz fusion, classic rock, jam bands, blues, and experimental grooves—featuring iconic selections from Miles Davis, The Clash, Phish, Joe Bonamassa, Bob Dylan,...

Welcome to a special New Year’s edition of The Lyons Den , hosted by George Lyons , featuring a deep dive into one of the most legendary moments in live music history: the Grateful Dead’s New Year’s Eve 1985 concerts at the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Arena . This episode presents the complete concert experience from December 30 and December 31, 1985, capturing the spirit, community, and music...

On this week’s episode of The Lyons Den , host George Lyons delivers one of the most immersive listening sessions of the year — a four-hour blend of tech, organic grooves, deep cuts, and a historic live performance from the Grateful Dead that fans won’t want to miss. Broadcasting from 91.5 KUNV Las Vegas , George opens the show with his signature warmth before moving into a seamless sequence of tr...

This week on The Lyons Den with George Lyons , listeners are taken on a four-hour musical odyssey through groove, fusion, jazz, classic rock, and some of the most iconic recordings of the last fifty years. Broadcasting from UNLV’s Greenspun Hall, George delivers his signature blend of deep cuts, global influences, crate-digging rarities, and immersive late-night commentary — turning each episode i...

Step inside The Lyon’s Den , Las Vegas’ Sunday-night sanctuary for deep cuts, rare live recordings, eclectic classics, and George Lyon’s unmistakable storytelling. Broadcasting from UNLV’s Greenspun Hall , this episode unfolds like one of George’s legendary old-school mixtapes — a free-flowing, instinctive blend of rock, alternative, folk, trip-hop, new wave, holiday cuts, and timeless icons , gui...

This week inside The Lyon’s Den on 91.5 KUNV Las Vegas, George Lyon may have lost his voice — but the music does all the talking. Broadcasting from UNLV’s Greenspun Hall, George curates a four-hour journey of deep cuts, rare grooves, remixes, and legendary performances, delivering the unmistakable soundscape that makes The Lyon’s Den one of Las Vegas’ most distinctive late-night radio experiences....

This week’s episode of The Lyon’s Den brings some of the most candid, heartfelt, and thought-provoking conversation yet. George Lyons and the crew open the hour by diving straight into the events shaping our world — confronting global tensions, political polarization, and everyday struggles with honesty, emotion, and the signature Lions Den real-talk listeners count on. From personal reflections t...

George Lyons invites listeners into The Church of Music —a meditative late-night soundscape blending experimental electronica, jazz, and spoken-word philosophy. Between selections from Tori Amos, Fela Kuti, Portishead, and The Clash, Lyons weaves in the hypnotic monologues of Joe Frank, exploring power, corruption, and the contradictions of human nature. What begins as a sermon of rhythm evolves i...

This week on The Lion’s Den , host George Lyons welcomes back longtime collaborator DJ Steve Snookas for an electrifying two-hour Euro Den Mix , broadcast all the way from Luxembourg. A UNLV alum and global music curator, Snookas brings a seamless blend of international grooves—fusing jazz, rock, ambient, and experimental electronica into one hypnotic soundscape. The first hour dives into deep tex...

 In this week’s Lion’s Den , host George Lyons takes listeners on a four-hour odyssey through one of rock’s most transcendent moments—the Grateful Dead’s 1978 concerts beneath the Great Pyramid of Giza. Blending live cuts from Rockin’ the Cradle: Egypt 1978 with commentary, historical notes, and the signature Lion’s Den groove, George explores how this legendary performance bridged cultures, sound...

In this week’s powerful edition of The Lion’s Den , host George Lyons takes listeners on a deep musical and emotional journey through the life and legacy of Dennis Wilson , the often-overlooked genius of The Beach Boys . Featuring a special one-hour radio documentary from Sony BMG , the episode explores Wilson’s groundbreaking 1977 solo album Pacific Ocean Blue and the hauntingly unfinished follow...

George Lyons opens The Lion’s Den on KUNV 91.5 with a salute to the late, great George Carlin—dropping classic bits (“Wonderful Wino,” “Indian Sergeant,” selections from FM & AM and Occupation: Foole ) between deep-cut sequences of reggae, acid-jazz, downtempo, and alt favorites. Early sets flow from the Ethiopians’ vintage skank into Grace Jones’s “I’ve Seen That Face Before (Libertango),” Se...

Step inside The Lion’s Den with George Lyons for a four-hour journey that bridges the cosmic and the classic. This week’s broadcast opens in deep-space mode with God Is an Astronaut , The Mars Volta , Mercury Rev , and Blue States , then drifts through poetic word-jazz and the vintage haze of Donovan’s “Mellow Yellow.” The second act cranks up the amps as George spins Led Zeppelin , The Black Crow...

 George Lyons welcomes listeners into The Lion’s Den for an unforgettable four-hour journey of deep grooves, rare gems, and a full-length radio special honoring the Man in Black himself. This episode blends George’s signature eclectic opening set with a one-hour feature, Johnny Cash – The Greatest , exploring Cash’s music, spirit, and cultural legacy. Hear iconic tracks like “Ring of Fire,” “Folso...

 George Lyons takes you deep into The Lion’s Den for an epic night of music, stories, and live history. Broadcasting from UNLV’s Greenspun Hall, George spins an eclectic opening mix before diving into a rare treat—a complete Grateful Dead concert from March 22, 1990, recorded live at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. This limited-edition box set gem features both sets in full, including standou...

George Lyons takes listeners on an eclectic musical journey in this edition of The Lyons Den on 91.5 KUNV Las Vegas. The show opens with deep acid jazz grooves from Saint Germain, MC Solaar, and DJ Cam, moving seamlessly into nu-jazz, lounge, and funk from Cal Tjader, The Dining Rooms, and Booker T. Jones. Midway through, George shifts gears with a four-song Bee Gees set, a blast of Brit-rock from...

In this week’s Lyons Den , George Lyons stitches together a four-hour broadcast that feels like a dream you don’t want to wake up from—layered with cosmic jazz, rebel soul, fractured funk, and grainy field recordings that drift in like smoke. From the gut-punch lyricism of Gil Scott-Heron to swirling psych from The Velvet Underground, George builds a sonic sanctuary for the disillusioned and the d...

In this immersive four-hour broadcast, George Lyons conjures a twilight zone of sound—where spoken word, psych rock, jazz-fusion, and underground soul pulse through static and memory. From Lenny Bruce’s chaotic truths to Pink Floyd’s cinematic dreamscapes, The Lyons Den becomes a sacred space for deep listening and cultural reflection. This week’s setlist includes global echoes from Fela Kuti, son...

George Lyons cracks open another dimension of sound in this week’s Lyons Den —a four-hour immersion into static-laced transmissions, borderless grooves, and music that stirs the soul. From Curtis Mayfield to Kraftwerk, Nina Simone to Radiohead, it’s a fluid journey through the political, the poetic, and the psychedelic. With rare vinyl sides, global soundscapes, and spoken-word reflections woven b...

George Lyons is back with another four-hour expedition through the outer edges of music, memory, and meaning. This week’s Lyons Den weaves together smoky trip-hop, underground jazz, Afrobeat, dub poetry, and protest soul to form a mosaic of rhythm and resistance. From the magnetic grooves of Massive Attack and Tricky to spiritual cuts from Pharoah Sanders and ritualistic chants that shake the bone...

This week in The Lyons Den , George Lyons digs deep into sonic resistance and poetic unrest, spinning four hours of truth-telling music, radical grooves, and revolutionary sound collage. From the raw funk of Sly Stone to the avant-garde pulses of Laurie Anderson and the protest jazz of Archie Shepp, the episode moves like a fever dream—full of vinyl ghosts, whispered reflections, and rhythmic revo...

On this electrifying episode of The Lyons Den , George Lyons broadcasts four hours of audio defiance and transcendence—from rare live recordings and cosmic jazz to protest soul and deep psychedelic excursions. Featuring deep cuts from Gil Scott-Heron, Nina Simone, Zappa, and Björk, alongside experimental transmissions from Can, Sun Ra, and Alice Coltrane, this week’s show is a sacred spiral of rhy...

This week on The Lyons Den , George Lyons dials in a raw, radiant mix of sound and subversion. From the hypnotic haze of Portishead and Dead Can Dance to protest funk, spoken word, and vinyl unearthed from the counterculture crypts, every track tells a story—and every story challenges the norm. Tune in for sonic detours with Prince, Patti Smith, and Public Image Ltd., plus experimental sound colla...

George Lyons returns with four hours of deep grooves, revolutionary riffs, and vinyl-born prophecy. On this episode of The Lyons Den , the turntables become time machines—looping listeners through spoken word, soul classics, psych rock, and jazz that bends the rules. With appearances by Allen Ginsberg, Gil Scott-Heron, and The Doors, plus global sounds from Fela Kuti and Caetano Veloso, George cra...

In this week’s Lyons Den , George Lyons spins a defiant, genre-bending blend of rebel anthems, haunted ballads, and wild sonic wanderings. From The Doors to Curtis Mayfield, Joni Mitchell to Jane’s Addiction, it’s a four-hour odyssey of stories, spirits, and subversion. George pays homage to musical outlaws and truth-tellers—threading in tributes to lost legends, live rarities, and gritty undergro...