Thursday, May 26, 2016

Today is the Thursday before Memorial Day Weekend the unofficial opening weekend of Summer. As usual, for the past 25 years, Rock N Soul Gospel will be giving away tickets for Splish Splash Water Park in Riverhead Long Island. A few months ago I found out that, apparently, Rock N Soul Gospel is the world's oldest rock n roll radio show. It is my firm intention to make it the best show on the air. While I am aware that sounds very cocky I can't see doing anything less. Looking back over some of the music that I have been exposed to over the last year or so I am just so very stoked every time I sit down in the studio of 88.1fm & WCWP.org . After doing this show for almost 35 years, the music just keeps getting better and better no doubt about it. After seeing clips from the Billboard Music Awards and the I Heart Radio Awards I am so very glad that I have concentrated on playing independent artists. These bands and solo artists may never make the cover of  Relix or No Depression Magazines, none the less they are putting out some of the finest music that I have ever heard. And that is after playing rock n roll on the radio for over 48 years. No brag, just fact!!!

Let me take a moment and turn you on to some of the album highlights of the past year or so. I won't go into a review of each album, I'll just give you the title and artist and let you judge for yourselves.
"Dreams And Visions" by Dennis Dean Hendricksen
"The Wayside" by Kelley McRae
"Magnetic" by Rachel Taylor
"VA" by The Last Bison
"East" by Sils Maria
"20 Years Gone" by 77's
"Double Live" by Glass Hammer
"Kairos" by Jae Jin
"The Remembering" by Dave Bainbridge
"Based On A True Story" by Dave Brons

The list could go on and on but that is just a short sample of what is out there. There is just so much to discover.