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The Weeklings’ Second Album Spins Gold on Next Week’s All-New Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation
A preview by Alan Haber Roll over, Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news: The world’s most popular Beatlesque foursome, slinging their guitars over their Merseybeat shoulders and bringing the swinging backbeat to the front lines of today’s melodic pop universe, will be spinning and talking about tracks from their forthcoming new album, Studio 2, next… Continue reading
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David Myhr Channels ELO in Soundtrack Smash
Spins and Reviews | 10.11.16 | by Alan Haber David Myhr | “Spellbound” (From the upcoming film Flykten till Framtiden (My Future Love)) Update (10.14.16): “Spellbound” can be purchased at iTunes and Amazon, and heard on Spotify. David Myhr and Jimmy Lagnefors, whose soundtrack graces the time travel-themed film Flykten till Framtiden, co-wrote this rather authentic sounding and eminently… Continue reading
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Paul McCartney Startles Desert Trip Crowd with First-Ever Live Performance of “Why Don’t We Do It In the Road?”. I Think I Know Why!
Paul McCartney stunned and delighted the crowd at this past weekend’s Desert Trip classic rock festival in California by playing live, for the first time, the Beatles’ legendary track “Why Don’t We Do it in the Road?” Aiding and abetting Paul was classic rocker Neil Young, who seemed to be overjoyed at essaying this beloved… Continue reading
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Delight Your Senses with This Week’s Pure Pop Radio Specialty Shows
All-new episodes of Jammin’ James Riley’s Catching a Wave, Scott McPherson’s The Weird and the Wonderful, and the weekly Beatles roundtable, Things We Said Today, will delight your senses this week on Pure Pop Radio. You’d better wax your surfboard in anticipation of tonight’s hour in the surf and sun with Jammin’ James Riley’s Catching… Continue reading
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All Sorts of Stuff on the Horizon, You Betcha!
And real soon, too. Like a week from this coming Tuesday. Tuesday, October 18 to be exact, at 8 pm ET. An all-new episode of Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation that’s going to knock your socks off–the ones with guitars and drumsticks and slabs of vinyl free-falling. The ones you like to wear because it’s… Continue reading
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“…and the Human Voice”
The Legal Matters set a new standard for vocal harmonies in melodic pop music. Spins and Reviews | 10.4.16 | by Alan Haber The Legal Matters | Conrad (Omnivore, 2016) On the inside left panel of the gatefold sleeve of The Association’s 1970 double album “Live”, a list of the band members, titled The Players,… Continue reading
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Dial into a Weird and Wonderful Week of Specialty Shows on Pure Pop Radio
This first full week of October brings to you a full slate of weird and wonderful specialty shows on Pure Pop Radio. What’s in store? This week’s big event is the premiere of the new show hosted by Pop 4 and Tiny Volcano’s melody maker, Scott McPherson. Scott’s The Weird and the Wonderful debuts this… Continue reading
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It’s Weird and Altogether Wonderful! Pop 4’s Scott McPherson Chows Down with You Beginning Next Wednesday, October 5
Pop 4 and Tiny Volcano’s musical ringmaster, Scott McPherson, weaves a tantalizing web of hooks and harmony, punctuated by the occasional making of a mirthful aside or two, on his new Pure Pop Radio lunchtime show, The Weird and the Wonderful, debuting next Wednesday afternoon, October 5, at 1 pm ET here on Pure Pop… Continue reading
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A Monkey, a Horn Section, and a Temper Tantrum Walk Into a Bar…
Spins and Reviews | 9.27.16 | by Alan Haber Vanilla | “Don’t Lose Your Temper” A Pure Pop Radio Exclusive Through 9/29 A monkey, a horn section, and a temper tantrum waiting to happen walk into a bar… It sounds like the start of one of those stale jokes that pours through a drinking… Continue reading
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We’ve Got Something Special for You this Week!
We’re back, and we’ve got something special for you. Actually, we’ve got a bunch of something specials for your ears. We’re practically bursting with all you need to know about this week’s nighttime broadcasts. Plus, and this is a big plus, we’ve got a new show debuting next week that is like nothing we’ve ever… Continue reading
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