It’s time to get bompin’ in the city of Compton. Light up in the back seat of our 6-4 and get ready to bounce to the best of West Coast hip hop. Balcony Radio is in the house with our testament to big beats called Deez Rhymes. We’re here to curate two dozen of the dopest tracks that will rattle the streets of L.A., the Bay, the beach, the house party next door, and your dome. Get your crew together, it’s time.
101 Series Lesson 145 – Woodstock 1994
It’s been 26 years since Woodstock ’94 and the mud has finally been completely washed off . . . time to celebrate a time when people could stand near each other. Jump the chain link with us for Lesson 145 (though your hosts misspeak and name it Lesson 144) of the 101 Series, covering one of the better sequels (don’t bother with part three) in music history. Join Balcony Radio and 1/2 million of your closest friends in the mud to hear two dozen of the best tracks over one long weekend upstate. Leave your car on the turnpike, it’ll still be there Monday.
Blue Highway Ep 16 – “Live” From The Honkey Tonk
Time to rev up the ol’ engine for a new season of Balcony Radio. As always, we start by traveling down the dustier roads of Americana with our country music show Blue Highway. Join us for a couple dozen of the best live performances we could find to fit your quarantine music needs. The guitars are tuned, the flannel is buttoned, joints are rolled, the tattoo ink is dry . . . get ready for the real music. The music for today’s show comes courtesy of YouTube. Check out the playlist below to search them out and purchase the products of these great artists at your local retailer.
PLAYLIST:
TYLER CHILDERS: COUNTRY SQUIRE
MAREN MORRIS: A SONG FOR EVERYTHING
JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT: CUMBERLAND GAP
RL BURNSIDE: SEE MY JUMPER HANGING ON THE LINE
NANCY GRIFFITH: LISTEN TO THE RADIO
PISTOL ANNIES: GOT MY NAME CHANGED BACK
STEVE EARLE & RODNEY CROWELL: STAY A LITTLE LONGER
SISTER ROSETTA THARPE: DIDN’T IT RAIN
ROBERT EARL KEEN: FEELIN’ GOOD AGAIN
KACEY MUSGRAVES: MERRY GO ‘ROUND
TOWNES VAN ZANDT: PANCHO & LEFTY
COLTER WALL: 13 SILVER DOLLARS
SIERRA FERREL: ROSEMARY
FRAZEY FORD: SEPTEMBER FIELDS
LEGENDARY SHACK SHAKERS: MUD
ALABAMA SHAKES: HOLD ON
HANK WILLIAMS & ANITA CARTER: I CAN’T HELP IT I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU
NIKKI LANE: RIGHT TIME
BRANDI CARLISLE: MURDER IN THE CITY
LITTLE DARLINS: AIN’T AFFRAID
STURGILL SIMPSON: OH SARAH
SARAH SHOOK & THE DISARMERS: YEARS
GARTH BROOKS: FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES
Labor Day – Songs About Work
Gather ’round all working people, it’s time to clock out for a well earned three day weekend. Let Balcony Radio soundtrack your days off with our Annual Labor Day Show. In this episode, we spin two dozen of the best rock, pop, country and soul songs about W-O-R-K. Stick it to The Man and play songs that keep workin’ long past 9 to 5.
PLAYLIST:
FINEST WORKSONG: REM (DOCUMENT)
9-5: DOLLY PARTON (9-5 AND ODD JOBS)
DON’T TALK TO ME ABOUT WORK: LOU REED (LEGENDARY HEARTS)
SOLIDARITY FOREVER: PETE SEEGER (IF I HAD A HAMMER)
THERE B POWER IN A UNION: BILLY BRAGG (TALKING WITH THE TAXMAN ABOUT POETRY)
WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK: LOUIS ARMSTRONG (DISNEY SONGS THE SATCHMO WAY)
WORKING GIRL: CHER (CHER)
CHAIN GANG: SAM COOKE (THE MAN WHO INVENTED SOUL)
FACTORY: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (DARKNESS AT THE EDGE OF TOWN)
GRAVEYARD SHIFT: STEVE EARLE/DEL MCCOURY BAND (THE MOUNTAIN)
16 TONS: STEVIE WONDER (DOWN TO EARTH)
5 O’CLOCK WORLD: THE VOGUES (26 GREATEST HITS)
PAY GAP: MARGO PRICE (ALL AMERICAN MADE)
WELCOME TO THE WORKING WEEK: ELVIS COSTELLO (MY AIM IS TRUE)
ALLENTOWN: BILLY JOEL (THE NYLON CURTAIN)
CLEANING WINDOWS: VAN MORRISON (BEAUTIFUL VISION)
COAL TATTOO: HAZEL DICKENS (A FEW OLD MEMORIES)
SUMMERIME BLUES: T.REX (ROCK N ROLL EP)
MORNING TRAIN: SHEENA EASTON (TAKE MY TIME)
FORTY HOUR WEEK: ALABAMA: (GREATEST HITS)
THIS FUCKING JOB: DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS (THE BIG TO-DO)
IT’S NOT MY PLACE: THE RAMONES (PLEASANT DREAMS)
WORKING MAN: RUSH (RUSH)
Deez Rhymes Ep 9 – Blunt-Friendly Jams
Alright alright alriiiiiiiiiiiiiight, you know what time it is. The mic is on, the turntable is spinning, the hype man has a towel on his shoulder and you just got handled a water bottle. It’s time for some serious fucking rhymes, son. In episode 9 of Deez Rhymes, we rock your dome with two dozen beats good enough to play during a blunt session that would make a Rasta blush. Pour one out and light one up, we got the party soundtracked.
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X-Chromosome Ep 15 – All-Time Greats
Gather ’round for another quarantinecast as we end season 15 of Balcony Radio. This week, it’s time for the ladies to take over with the X Chromosome show. In this episode, we bounce around time and space with a genreless program featuring some of the coolest women of the last century. Strap in, even though you’ll never be ready for all this. You can be well-prepared for the shock, however, by purchasing some of these tunes from the playlist below.
PLAYLIST:
ADVENTURES IN PARADISE: MINNIE RIPPERTON (TITLE)
STONEY END: LAURA NYRO (FIRST SONGS)
THE STORY: BRADI CARLISLE: (THE STORY & COVER STORIES)
LADY-O: JUDEE SILL (SELF)
PAPER MACHE: DIONNE WARWICK (I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN)
MONDAY: CECILLE MCLORIN SALVANT (FOR ONE TO LOVE)
I KNOW YOU KNOW: ESPERANZA SPALDING (ESPERANZA)
AGUA DE BEBER: ASTRUD GILBERTO (THE ASTRUD GILBERTO ALBUM)
ME & MY CHAUFFER BLIES: MEMPHIS MINNIE (VOL 5 1940-41)
AFRO BLUE: ABBEY LINCOLN (ABBEY IS BLUE)
WHEN YOU SMILE: ROBERTA FLACK (KILLING ME SOFTLY)
SPARINED ANKLE: JULIEN BAKER (TITLE)
GARDEN SONG: PHOEBE BRIDGERS (PUNISHER)
HIT THE GROUND: LIZZ WRIGHT (DREAMING WIDE AWAKE)
AL OESTE: JUANA MOLINA (HALO)
MORNIN’ GLORY: BOBBIE GENTRY (THE DELTA SWEETE)
BATHTUB: WAXAHATCHIE (AMERICAN WEEKEND)
BABY I’M BURNIN’: DOLLY PARTON (HEARTBREAKER)
PYNK: JANELLE MONAE, GRIMES (DIRTY COMPUTER)
YOUR BEST AMERICAN GIRL: MITSKI (PUBERTY 2)
THE BATTLE IS OVER: JENNY HVAL (APOCALYPSE, GIRL)
MAKE YOUR OWN KIND OF MUSIC: CASS ELLIOTT (MAMA’S BIG ONES)
100 DAYS, 100 NIGHTS: SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS (TITLE)
Time For Bob Ep. 15 – Duets “Live”
The great thing about being the greatest songwriter ever is that your friends want to sing along. The second best thing: all your friends are super famous and awesome. In this week’s episode of Time For Bob, we let Mr. Dylan share the stage with some of your favorites. Everyone here is on a first name basis: Bob, Joan, Tom, Bruuuuuuuce, Van, Willie, Johnny. You know, the crew too cool for you.
101 Series Lesson 144 – The Music from Laurel Canyon
Certain places where time, energy and good drugs meet are magical. One of those spots was a certain zip code in the hills above Hollywood from 1965-1975. In Lesson ??? of the infinite 101 Series, we take a geography lesson with the best music of Laurel Canyon. Harmonize with the wind and the trees and the bees landing on the flowers. (And don’t pay attention to the scruffy hippies coming up the driveway . . .)
The Free Space Ep 15
Hey there . . . why don’t you lie back and let Balcony Radio take the wheel for a couple hours. It’s time for another episode of The FreeSpace, our anti-genre show where the DJ’s pick the songs. We’ve got rock, pop, soul, r&b, country and everything high and inbetween to fill up your ear holes. Let us plug you up good. (Hey-o.)
This Pill Makes You Small Ep. 15
It is once again time to take a trip full of trips . . . Follow Balcony Radio as we hopscotch from the cerebellum to the pineal gland in episode 15 of This Pill Makes You Small. Pull up a flower petal to sit on and let the best music from the Summer of Love float you away into the ether. The hippies have take over the radio. Eat the brown acid. Let it happen.
