The Weekly List with Rich Larson and Daniel G. Moir

This week, celebrating the anniversary of the first Van Halen album, Rich kicks back and allows Danny a fair amount of hero worship, as they discuss one of Danny’s favorite bands.

Because it’s Dave Davies’ birthday – he’s the brother of Ray Davies, and they are in a band together called The Kinks – Rich and Dan explore the complexities of sibling relationships, and  talk about some of the most famous sibling rock stars out there. And, much to Rich’s surprise, they play some outstanding music

This week is a bit of a departure for The Weekly List. Rich and Dan are joined by Kristi Pursell of Clean River Partners, a non-profit organization that looks after the Cannon River Watershed in the Northfield area, and Dr. Matt Hillmann, the superintendent of Northfield Public Schools, to talk about making it through these hard times. “In days to come, when your heart feels undone, may you always...

Presenting, after some unfortunate delays, the 2021 edition of the Daniel G. Moir music awards. Danny shares his, er, unique perspective on the stat of music and the world over the last twelve months, and pretty much takes over the entire show.

This week, Rich and Danny honor Marvin Gaye by discussing divorce, Willie Nelson, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Also, they talk about the 50th anniversary of What’s Going On.

Joined by his sister-in-law, Jana Olson, Rich brings us music made by rock stars who are related to each other for a special Thanksgiving show.

This week Rich and Danny are joined by Northfield musician Ray Coudret, who is preparing to perform a show with several other local musicians featuring the music of Bruce Springsteen to benefit the local non-profit Healthfinders Collaborative. Rich, Danny and Ray just talk about Bruce Springsteen, the way Springsteen fans tend to do, passionately and effusively. They also play same hot damn good m...

It’s Joni Mitchell’s 78th birthday on Monday. Rich pretty much just kind of fanboys all over the place and Danny makes some interesting points about harmonics.

Commemorating the 92nd anniversary of the stock market crash that began The Great Depression, Rich and Danny bring you music about hard times and bad economies, and talk about what it’s like to be unemployed and lose your house and stuff. Super uplifting. Enjoy!

This week Rich and Dan go searching for the musical unicorn that is the rare cover that is better than the original version of the song. And Dan rips on the Grateful Dead. Rich tolerates it. It’s a good show.

On the 39th anniversary of Ronald Reagan declaring war on drugs, Rich and Dan take the opportunity to explore the long strange partnership between drugs and rock & roll.

Daryl Hall is going to turn 75 in a few days, which gives Rich & Danny the opportunity to talk about a couple of guys whose music they like a whole lot, although they can’t seem to agree on which songs are good and which ones aren’t. And hilarity ensued.

This week Rich is flying solo, so he belatedly takes the opportunity to celebrate what would have been BB King’s 96th birthday with a show devoted to the blues pioneers who inspired so many of the artists The Weekly List has featured.

On the 44th anniversary of their most successful album, Aja, Rich and Dan discuss Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, their meticulous attention to detail, Fagen’s not so great singing voice, and what actually constitutes a great groove.

Yes, they are following a Rolling Stones show with another Rolling Stones show, but our hosts will not ignore the passing of a legend. Charlie Watts, the drummer of the Rolling Stones passed away this week, and Rich and Dan do their best to show him a little respect.

This week, to commemorate the anniversary of the release of The Rolling Stones’ single, Angie, Rich and Dan focus on the years 1968-1975, which in their opinion (or at least Rich’s) was their best era.

This week, on the anniversary of the release of Metallica’s landmark “Black Album,” Rich and Dan discuss, debate and question the concept of compromising one’s artistic integrity to make money.

This week marks the 29th anniversary of the passing of drummer extraordinaire, Jeff Porcaro. Given that Rich and Dan have an established occasional series highlighting session players and side musicians, what better topic could there possibly be for this week?