This Music Hour: Recent Episodes
John Raso
Songs about judges, the law, and jail. Nuff said.
Originally aired live March 25, 2019 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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Just back from Austin, TX and I have a lot of great music discoveries to share. Hard to fit within the limits of an hour.
Originally aired live March 18, 2019 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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Pushed myself too hard this week and boy is my back hurting. Every song this week won't let me forget it.
Originally aired live March 4, 2019 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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The wind storm today couldn't be ignored so out of respect for it's awesomeness, here's an hour of windy music.
Originally aired live February 25, 2019 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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Another holiday Monday and another holiday theme...songs about US Presidents, past and present.
Originally aired live February 18, 2019 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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This Music Hour is all about snail mail.
Originally aired live February 11, 2019 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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Who may I ask is calling? This Music Hour is all songs about the telephone.
Originally aired live February 4, 2019 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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An hour of music for your NYE pre-game. Take public transit please.
Originally aired live December 31, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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This Music Hour 2018 falls right on Christmas Eve so of course it's all holiday tunes. Enjoy!
Originally aired live December 24, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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Inspired but The Beatles "white album" turning 50 years old, here's an alternative take on that collection of songs.
Originally aired live December 17, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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It's Cyber Monday so today's theme is computers. It's your soundtrack to online shopping.
Originally aired live November 26, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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We have cooked up a special episode for Thanksgiving - turkey, mashed potatoes, peas and gravy. Come and get it!
Originally aired live November 19, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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Ugh - we're not feeling too great today but the show must go on. Don't worry, this episode is not contagious.
Originally aired live November 12, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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It's election day 2018 tomorrow - go out and vote! Here's an hour of songs to get you motivated to make a difference.
Originally aired live November 5, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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An hour of goofy and spooky songs to get you ready for Halloween.
Originally aired live October 29, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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This week we try to get it all out of our system with songs about stress, pressure and panic.
Originally aired live October22, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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This week's show features songs about trash, garbage men and clean up women.
Originally aired live October 15, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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It's Columbus Day so let's celebrate the Italians who rock. This Music Hour offers up a playlist from Dino to Danzig.
Originally aired live October 8, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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Lots of songs have been written about man's best friend. Here's a whole hour of 'em.
Originally aired live October 1, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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This Music Hour is all songs written in response to other songs. If you're not familiar with the concept, it will all makes sense shortly.
Originally aired live September 24, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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Last week Sisters so this week Brothers. He ain't heavy.
Originally aired live September 17, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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This was originally going to be Brothers & Sisters but we found so many we split it into two hours. This week it's Sisters - next week it's Brothers.
Originally aired live September 10, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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It's Labor Day Monday - we celebrate the worker with songs about work.
Originally aired live September 3, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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This Music Hour takes to the air with this week's AIRPLANE theme. Sit back, fasten your seatbelt and extinguish all cigarettes for this first class trip.
Originally aired live August 27, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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The boys of summer are in full swing! Grab a beer, some peanuts and a hot dog for this week's hour of baseball songs.
Originally aired live August 20, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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It's miserable out there! Stay inside and stay dry with This Music Hour of stormy music.
Originally aired live August 13, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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We need a drink. This Music Hour brings you an hour of songs about BOOZE. Drink up in this toast to alcohol!
Originally aired live August 6, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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We're going extraterrestrial this episode with nothing but songs about outer space. Look up at the sky and listen as we leave the earth (for an hour at least).
Originally aired live July 30, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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This Music Hour is still thinking about food this week so you're getting a whole hour of songs about FISH. There's more than you might think.
Originally aired live July 23, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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Yes this week's theme is really FRUIT. Apples, Peaches, Pears, and even Kiwis get the musical treatment. Enjoy!
Originally aired live July 16, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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Almost from it's inception, rock and roll was self-referential and it has never stopped. This week it's an hour of rock and roll songs about rock and roll
Originally aired live July 9, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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The Beatles wrote many songs that they weren't the first to record (or didn't record at all) and they also participated individually in recordings of others. This Music Hour you'll hear many of them.
Originally aired live June 25, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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This Music Hour was inspired by the little guy standing on everyone's left shoulder. Don't worry, we will not be traveling down to Georgia for this one.
Originally aired live June 11, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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This Music Hour has a bit of weather obsession so any excuse to give you an hour of music about the sun is a good one. And what's a better excuse than the beginning of summer?
Originally aired live June 4, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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This Music Hour skipped lunch today and by the time this 5pm broadcast rolled around our stomach was growling. That's how we ended up with a playlist of music about being hungry.
Originally aired live May 21, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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This is our second episode broadcast live from Nashville. We go a little deeper this time with some more obscure music made in Nashville.
Originally aired live May 14, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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There have been songs about cars since not long after a musician first saw one. They have been so inspirational that they are practically a genre unto themselves. This Music Hour features songs all written from the point of view from inside of a car.
Originally aired live May 7, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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This week's theme is about time. Different times of the day are create evocative context for many songs. Here's an hour's worth of our favorites.
Originally aired live April 30, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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Civic pride and their emotive settlings have resulted in countless songs about nearly every city in the US. Here's an hour of them to take you from coast to coast.
Originally aired live April 23, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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Being young and getting old...hopefully it will happen to all of us. This Music Hour provides prospectives from both sides.
Originally aired live April 16, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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This Music Hour is a run through new releases in the first 3 months of 2018. Let your curiosity be fulfilled.
Originally aired live April 9, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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This Music Hour has many mood swings - a playlist of happy to sad and anger to joy. We feel you.
Originally aired live April 2, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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This Music Hour is about kids and what's been on their minds for the last 50 years (and a bit of what parents think about it).
Originally aired live March 26, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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This Music Hour was in Austin again this year for the annual SXSW music festival. Here's an hour of some of the acts we saw. Lots of bands new and old from around the world.
Originally aired live March 19, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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This Music Hour we are live from Austin, TX so naturally it's nothing but music about Texas and by Texans. So give me a "T!"
Originally aired live March 12, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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Inspired by a recent day at the Met on a cold, rainy day, This Music Hour is all songs about art and artists - it's a masterpiece of a show.
Originally aired live February 26, 2018 on www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
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It's Presidents Day so This Music Hour features the best songs about presidents. Not just about George and Abe.
Originally aired on February 19, 2018
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In attempt to brighten the mood and counter so glass-half-empty recent hours, here's a Music Hour of nothing but positivity - Oh, Yeah!
Originally aired on February 12, 2018
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Another crazy week of events you could imagine let alone actually experience...when will it end? This Music Hour could have easily been an hour of screaming.
Originally aired on February 5, 2018
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It's end of January so time for my annual check ups. I have 3 lined up this week so doctors are on my mind. This Music Hour is all about them. Relax, this isn't going to hurt at all.
Originally aired on January 29, 2018
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Inspired by today's government shut down, here's an hour of music about the government, Washington, DC and getting shut down. Enjoy!
Originally aired on January 22, 2018
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I'm so completely exhausted today...arrived on a red eye flight at 7am. This Music Hour is all about sleep...
Originally aired on January 15, 2018
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It's cold out there...and you're not getting any relief with This Music Hour...all songs about cold things, cold people and Funky Cold Medina.
Originally aired on January 8, 2018
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It's the first Music Hour on the first day of the new year so here's an hour of first songs from the first side of great albums.
Originally aired on January 1, 2018
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It's Christmas day. The year is almost over. You made it, congratulations. You deserve to "Relax" and "Take It Easy" - for this music hour at least.
Originally aired on December 25, 2017
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Here's an hour of holiday music we love - and hope you do too. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Kwanzaa to all our listeners (FYI - music starts at 1:40 if you want to skip the promos).
Originally aired on December 11, 2017
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It's the season of lights so this episode is all songs about lights - literally and metaphorically. Enjoy.
Originally aired on December 4, 2017
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Black Friday, Shop Local Saturday, Cyber Monday...here's your playlist for the high holy days of shopping.
Originally aired on November 27, 2017
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It's that time of year where we all get together and to share in a communal meal and be thankful for what we have. Here's an hour of music it inspires. (sorry for the odd reverb that makes me sound like a 60's AM radio DJ).
Originally aired on November 20, 2017
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Fall finally made it to Brooklyn...and the weather inspired a playlist to accompany it. So here you have songs about sweaters, leaves, and a chill in the air.
Originally aired on November 13, 2017
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In celebration of the NYC Marathon 2017, this hour is all songs about running.
Originally aired on November 6, 2017
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It's Mischief Night 2017 so here's an hour of creepy, spooky, garage rocking fun to egg houses by.
Originally aired on October 30, 2017
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A rundown of some of the more interesting new releases for the past few weeks. It's mostly indie rock 'cause that's what we like.
Originally aired on October 23, 2017
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Yeah, I was surprised too that there are so many songs about famous NYC landmarks. Take an hour tour of NYC without having to sit on the top of an open air bus.
Originally aired on October 16, 2017
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Songs written about other musicians. Frequently artists write songs about other artists that inspire them. Here's an hour of some of my favorites.
Originally aired on October 9, 2017
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This episode is wall to wall songs about those super fans who help musicians reach their full potential.
This episode originally aired on Oct 2, 2017
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The oddly warm September weather inspired this playlist of songs about Indian Summer and just heat in general.
This episode originally aired on Sept 25, 2017
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Old and new - quite a mixed bag of music this week
This episode originally aired on Sept 18, 2017
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What do Led Zeppelin and The Jackson 5 have in common?
This episode originally aired on Sept 11, 2017
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Hit play and you'll hear Neu!, ESG, Elvis, Young-Holt, Issac Hayes...really!
This episode originally aired on Aug 28, 2017
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Don't look straight at this one! A show to make you move...The Staple Singers, LCD Soundsystem, QOTSA, Screaming Jay Hawkins and more.
This originally aired on August 21, 2017
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The eclectic episode! "Power Pop", "Americana", "Pop Rock", "New Wave", "Indie Rock" and more genres critics have made up names for...this ones a bit all over the place. Enjoy!
This originally aired on August 14, 2017
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Mondays, Mondays, Mondays...we all have them chronologically but we also all have them emotionally. Here's your soundtrack...The Fall, Black Sabbath, Low Cut Connie, The Jayhawks and more.
This episode originally aired on August 7, 2017
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This hour includes The Ramones, Sparks, Heaters, Cramps, Sharkmuffin, and Metz. (file now corrected)
Originally aired on August 4, 2017 (yes, that date is a Friday, not Monday...listen to find out why).
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The gremlins are still around but the show survived...new music from Washer, Lemon Twigs, Omni and Sunseeker and Hurray For The Riff Raff.
Originally aired on July 24, 2017
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Picking up where we left off after digital gremlins ate the July 10th show, TMH gets back on track with Al Green, QOTSA, Prince, Kero Kero Bonito, Can and Yoko...plus a trip back to July 10, 1976.
Originally aired on July 17, 2017
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Independence Day show (and a shout out to Canada Day 150)! Who is America's greatest rock band ever? Discuss...
Originally aired on July 3, 2017
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Lots of music from new releases by Diet Cig, Sheer Mag, Dead Heavens, Preists, Spoon, Phoenix, and Benjamin Bookers + some older favorites.
Originally aired on June 26, 2017
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Music from Broncho, Downtown Boys, Sonny & Cher, Royal Blood and Steely Dan - yeah, it's an eclectic one.
Originally aired on June 19, 2017
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In an attempt to overcome the still cool weather in NYC even though it was June, This Music Hour plays songs with a summer theme. Originally aired live on www.radiofreebrooklyn on June 5, 2017
The debut episode originally broadcast live from Nashville, May 15, 2017 Featuring great artists old and new with a Nashville connection.