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If you’ve never experienced the voice and poetry of Shane MacGowan of the Pogues, you’ve missed so much. Even if you’ve only heard the Pogues’ Christmas song “Fairytale of New York,” that’s just not enough to really appreciate what MacGowan brought to the musical world. Take, for example, this track. The Pogues song “A Rainy…

How could anyone not love the Carpenters? Karen and Richard Carpenter were all over pop radio in the 1970’s, and their music is still a main ingredient in oldies radio today. Fantastic harmonies, incredible orchestrations, and Karen Carpenter’s solo voice that just warmed your heart and broke it at the same time. But what if…

You saw this morning’s blog post headline, and I bet you automatically thought, “Oh yeah, when a Deep Purple falls over sleepy garden walls …” Yeah, totally understandable. But what if I told you that the LoTiempo siblings – Nino Tempo and April Stevens – had a very long recording career, with many different radio…

Rob Hirst, the powerful drummer for the legendary Australian socially conscious band Midnight Oil, passed away from pancreatic cancer. He was 70 at the time of his last day. Hirst was a founding member of Midnight Oil, and was part of the group’s songwriting and percussion. He was the heartbeat of Midnight Oil, and he…

It’s December 25, and I’m positive there’s Christmas music playing in the background as you open up your gifts. Probably the usual songs – probably the usual artists … Let me introduce you to a new Christmas song. This is Paul Kelly, an accomplished Australian singer-songwriter with many hits to his credit Down Under. And…

September 21 is officially Earth, Wind & Fire day, as it was declared in their classic song. This song, to be precise. Yep. “Do you remember … the 21st night of September…” So on today’s K-Chuck Radio post, I want to share the major influence Earth, Wind & Fire spread upon our musical culture. Because…

I recently watched the Billy Joel five-hour HBO documentary “And So It Goes,” and found it tremendously fascinating. Yeah, it kinda bordered on hagiography at some points, but the early moments of Billy Joel’s career – his involvement with the Long Island band The Hassles, his attempts at hard rock with Attila – were intriguing.…

On today’s edition of K-Chuck Radio, we have some recordings that, for one reason or another, sound WAY different than how you would remember them. These are called “out of phase stereo” recordings, and they were once created by flipping a couple of wires on the stylus pickup. Essentially, whatever was heard in the left…