500 Gigabytes is a musical variety show that seeks thematic connections between songs from different genres throughout the 20th Century and beyond.
Get ready for a buffet of new music from the end of May to mid-July 2024! Featuring songs by The Decemberists, MONO, Maya Hawke, Charli XCX, Cigarettes After Sex, Matthew Bourne, Lake Street Dive, Childish Gambino, Eels, Imagine Dragons, Lindsey Stirling, Megan Thee Stallion, Bilal, Aurora, Lilacs & Champagne, and Camila Cabello.
Part 3 of my 50-year musical retrospective: the songs that I loved and influenced me and the life I lived. Featuring songs by AD, Michael Card, Steve Green, GLAD, Phil Keaggy, Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Petra, Tom Petty, R.E.M., Billy Joel, Milli Vanilli, Yello, and Banjo Dan.
Part 2 of a series exploring the songs that shaped me over the course of my 50 years on this planet. This episode covers my life from around age 4 to around age 10.
Includes tracks by Kermit the Frog, John Williams, J. Geils Band, The Kinks, Juice Newton, 2nd Chapter of Acts, Toto, Duran Duran, Men Without Hats, Glen Larson/Stu Phillips, The Pointer Sisters, Cyndi Lauper, and Weird Al Yankovic.
Part two of a series exploring the songs that have influenced me over the course of my five decades on this planet. This show covers the time period from around age 4 to around age 10.
Featuring tracks by Kermit the Frog, John Williams, J. Geils Band, The Kinks, Juice Newton, 2nd Chapter of Acts, Toto, Duran Duran, Men Without Hats, Glen Larson/Stu Phillips, The pointer Sisters, Cyndi Lauper, and Weird Al Yankovic.
Part two of a series exploring the songs that have influenced me over the course of my five decades on this planet. This show covers the time period from around age 4 to around age 10.
Featuring tracks by Kermit the Frog, John Williams, J. Geils Band, The Kinks, Juice Newton, 2nd Chapter of Acts, Toto, Duran Duran, Men Without Hats, Glen Larson/Stu Phillips, The pointer Sisters, Cyndi Lauper, and Weird Al Yankovic.
The first in a series of shows exploring the music that influenced me over the course of my lifetime in celebration of my 50th birthday. This one covers the first 4 1/2 years of my life.
Featuring songs from Sesame Street, Land of the Lost, Watership Down, Superman (the Movie), and The Lord of the Rings (animated version) as tracks by Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Keith Green, 2nd Chapter of Acts, The Talbot Brothers, Kansas, ELO, and Billy Joel.
In today's show, I play songs I remember hearing on the radio and tell stories of when I was a young man in the mid-nineties, tasting the beginning of adulthood and the freedom and responsibility that comes with it.
Featuring tracks by No Doubt, The Wallflowers, Oasis, Jewel, Collective Soul, Deep Blue Something, Bush, Spin Doctors, Gin Blossoms, Alanis Morrissette, and Blind Melon--plus instrumental covers by Rockabye Baby of songs by The Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Radiohead.
Songs about the month of July, a short set of "eat, drink, and be merry" songs, and songs with PINK in them!
Featuring tracks from Dan & Claudia Zanes, Mussies, The Decemberists, Dakota Moon, Fredrika Stahl, Ennio Morricone, Weird Al Yankovic, The Real McKenzies, Kate Nash, Aesop Rock, Charli XCX, Chappell Roan, Ben Harper, and CAKE.
Every April the National Recording Registry selects up to 25 recordings (singles and full albums) that have significant cultural and historical value to be preserved in the Library of Congress. I'll be talking a bit about the origin of the registry and playing a selection of songs from the 2024 list that span nearly every decade of the 20th century.
More new music from an exciting array of artists all over the world! Featuring music by Dua Lipa, The HU, Future & Metro Boomin, Lorde, Lizzy McAlpine, YIN YIN, Noga Erez, Childish Gambino, serpentwithfeet, Nate Borofsky, Duo Stiehier/Lucaciu, Chance the Rapper, Waxahatchee, Madi Diaz, Otyken, Bellegarde, and Joeboy
