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Gather Ye Hippies! Join Hands, Flower Children! The Summer of Love is Alive Once Again on Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio It’s a lovefest of epic proportions: 20 musical merrymakers, gathered together on the stage of the Count Basie Center for the Arts, sending good musical vibes out to an all-ages audience thirsty for the sumptuous sounds of the Summer of Love and Woodstock eras. It’s a gathering of… Continue reading
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Reviews: 2.15.19: Friday (on My Mind) Special: The Weeklings Rock Out at High Noone
By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio The Weeklings featuring Peter Noone“Friday on My Mind” (Jem, 2019) It’s Friday, it’s special, and it’s time for this important question: What happens when a quartet of old pros meet up with an old pro from the 1960s, get amped-up, plugged in and blast out, in smashing fashion,… Continue reading
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Here Come the Bayonets! Brian Ray Visits Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation Tomorrow Night
* Brian Ray sits in with Alan Haber on Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation tomorrow night, Tuesday, May 9, at 9 pm ET Fans of Sir Paul–Paul McCartney, of course–will be familiar with Brian Ray’s work in Paul’s band, a position he’s held for the past 15 years. A pretty good gig, we would say!… Continue reading
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Stop Your Running Around! We’ve Got Winners!
Our 11-day-long Eight Days a Weekling marathon, celebrating the release (today!) of Studio 2, the latest beat-o-riffic album from New Jersey’s fabulous foursome, the Weeklings, has come to a close. But we’re still celebrating! Every track from both Studio 2 and the Weeklings’ first fab album, lovingly called Monophonic, and select solo tracks from Glen… Continue reading
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“Just say you believe in me and send me all your love…”
The Weeklings ‘ Studio 2 captivates with Beatlesque charm The Weeklings | Studio 2 | 2016 (Jem Records) A review/essay by Alan Haber Who would ever have thought, who would ever have dreamt that, in the 60 minutes that passed between eight and nine o’clock on Sunday, February 9, 1964, everything, every single hope and… Continue reading
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Pure Pop Radio’s Eight Days a Weekling Marathon Starts Keeping the Beat this Monday, November 7 at 6 am ET!
Keep in touch with fellow Weeklings fans by joining our Facebook event page by clicking here! It’s the biggest promotion Pure Pop Radio has ever done because, well, The Weeklings! The Weeklings, New Jersey’s Beatlesque big-beat combo playing original songs that echo the sweet sounds of the Fab Four’s recordings and rare Lennon and McCartney… Continue reading
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Get Ready, Steady and Go: It’s Eight Days a Weekling as Lefty, Zeek, Rocky and Smokestack–The Weeklings–Take Over the Airwaves at Pure Pop Radio
Pure Pop Radio’s Eight Days a Weekling marathon, beginning Monday, November 7, features: * Weeklings Double Shots; * An in-depth review of The Weeklings’ upcoming album, Studio 2; * A repeat of Lefty and Zeek’s recent appearance on Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation on Thursday, November 10 at 8 pm ET; * An in-studio live performance… Continue reading
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Lefty and Zeek Weekling’s Beatlesque Backbeat Powers this Week’s Lineup of Pure Pop Radio Specialty Shows
This week’s lineup of Pure Pop Radio specialty shows provides the swinging backbeat for your evening entertainment. What’s shaking? Lefty and Zeek Weekling provide the Beatlesque backbeat for this week’s all-new edition of Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation, Scott McPherson spins some underappreciated sides on the latest edition of his lunchtime smash, The Weird and… Continue reading
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Pop’s Hot Artist of the Moment is on In Conversation Tonight at 8 pm ET
Nick Piunti, pop music’s hot artist of the moment, is on Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation tonight at 8 pm ET. No surprise really–he’s top of the pops here at Pure Pop Radio; tracks from his new album, Trust Your Instincts, are playing in hot rotation. And no surprise number two: Nick is blazing a hooky… Continue reading
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Lots of Guitars, Bass, and Drums
And 10 pretty great songs. Nick Piunti’s latest has it all. Nick Piunti | Trust Your Instincts (2016) A review by Alan Haber (Win one of two copies of Nick Piunti’s Trust Your Instincts by entering our latest contest. Click here.) The black-and-white collage that sits underneath the plastic CD tray depicts a bespectacled… Continue reading
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