Save that term paper about Zora Neale Hurston and strap on your Docs, it’s time for Balcony Radio to load up the Volvo and take us to just past the Lilith Fair to the other stage. In episode 17 of Dusty Gems, our tribute to forgotten singer-songwriters of yesteryear, we go one step beyond the Lilith Fair and rock asses very hard as we stick it to the man with the best lady-centric tunes of the 90s. Cut your bangs and turn it up.
101 Series Lesson 150 – Crime Wave: Songs About Crime
Sirens are blaring and you need a soundtrack for stepping on the gas . . . why not Balcony Radio? In Lesson 150 of the 101 Series we do 99 to life with the best songs we could find about crime. We’ve got misdemeanors, felonies, sins, thievery, and dick moves covered. The rap sheet makes for a pretty good playlist.
BalconyRadio – Halloween In Quarantine II 2021
Hey all you groovy ghouls and ghoulettes, it’s time to rock the pumpkin patch with your spooky pals at BalconyRadio.com. Join hands around the table and connect with us to some of the best Halloween music we could dig out of the grave. We got all the tunes that will rattle your chains and have you howling at the moon. Scoot over on the broom, it’s time to go trick or treating. (Safely, from six feet away.)
Deez Rhymes Ep 17 – Beats From The 80s
Lace up the Converse, it’s time to go old school with the Balcony Radio crew. We gathered some of the oldest head nodding beats of the 80s from both coasts for episode 17 of our hip hop show Deez Rhymes. Records are getting scratched, the bass on your system is getting challenged, and fire is getting spit. Are you ready for this?
Blue Highway Ep 17 – New Country Sounds
Howdy, howdy, cowgirls and cowpokes! BalconyRadio is back for its 17th season!! Light ’em up, pour some drinks and snort whatever you got, BalconyRadio is ready to ride shotgun down the dusty paths of Americana. This time out on episode 17 of Blue Highway, we’re featuring the best and brightest of neo-traditional Country and Western music. Foot stompers, high lonesome twang, ladies done with your ass . . . the faces and voices are new, but the topics are old as rhinestone and nudie suits. Those new voices and faces also have plenty of merch to purch as evidenced by the play list below.
PLAYLIST:
HUNTER HICKS: HOUSE NEXT DOOR (DEAD BIRDS)
TYLER CHILDERS DEADMAN’S CURVE (LIVE ON RED BARN RADIO)
THE HIGHWOMEN: LOOSE CHANGE (SELF)
NICK SHOULDERS: SNAKES AND WATERFALLS (LONELY LIKE ME)
COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS: IT MUST BE SOMEONE ELSE’S FAULT (OLD FLOWERS)
STURGILL SIMPSON: YOU CAN HAVE THE CROWN (HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN)
SIERRA FERRELL: THE SEA (LONG TIME COMING)
THE LOSTINES: PLAYING THE FOOL (MASHED POTATO RECORDS VOL 1)
COLTER WALL: MOTORCYCLE (SELF)
MARGO PRICE: GONE TO STAY (THAT’S HOW RUMORS GET STARTED)
VINCENT NEIL EMERSON: 25 AND WASTIN’ TIME (FRIED CHICKEN AND EVIL WOMEN)
HANNAH JUANITA: TIME TO SAY GOODBYE (HARDLINER)
RIDDY ARMAN: TOO LATE TO WRITE A LOVE SONG (TITLE)
KASSI VELAZZA: VERDE RIVER (DEAR DEAD DAYS)
SHAWN HESS: TEARDROP ON THE FLOOR (WORLD AWAY)
ESTHER ROSS: WHEN YOU GO (HOW MANY TEARS)
SPLIT MY TOOTH: JADE BRODIE (TITLE)
WILLI CARLISLE: CHEAP COCAINE (TOO NICE TO MEAN MUCH)
GUS CLARK & THE LEAST OF HIS PROBLEMS: SICK, SOBER AND SORRY (A BIT OF COUNTRY MUSIC)
BELLA WHITE: JUST LIKE LEAVING (TITLE)
THE LOCAL HONEYS: CIGARETTE TREES (LITTLE GIRLS ACTIN’ LIKE MEN)
LUKE BELL: GLORY AND THE GRACE (SELF)
SARAH SHOOK & THE DISARMERS: YEARS
101 Series Lesson 149 – Music Lab: Songs About School
ANNNNND! we’re back!!! Hello students of music. Summer break is over and class is (virtually) in session. What better way to get back to the music than a show to get your school spirit going? We can’t think of one. Straighten out your pencils and your books, your classmates at Balcony Radio have Lesson 149 of the 101 Series on your schedule. For first period, we’re playing all the best songs about school we could find. Get ready for AP Music. Don’t be tardy.
SCHOOL DAYS: CHUCK BERRY (GREATEST HITS)
(REMEMBER THE DAYS OF THE) OLD SCHOOLYARD: CAT STEVENS (VERY BEST OF)
EDUCATION: FREDDY GIBBS & MADLIB (FEAT. YASIIN & BLACK THOUGHT) (BANDANA)
SCHOOL SPIRIT: KANYE WEST (THE COLLEGE DROPOUT)
SCHOOL DAYS: THE KINKS (SCHOOLBOYS IN DISGRACE)
HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL: JERRY LEE LEWIS (LIVE AT THE STAR CLUB, HAMBURG)
SCHOOL DAYS: THE RUNAWAYS (WAITIN’ FOR THE NIGHT)
MY OLD SCHOOL: STEELY DAN (COUNTDOWN TO ECSTASY)
WHAR DID YOU LEARN IN SCHOOL TODAY?: PETE SEEGER (A LINK IN THE CHAIN)
TEACHER: JETHRO TULL (THE ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION)
PRINCIPLE’S OFFICE: YOUNG MC (STONE COLD RHYMIN’)
WE’RE GOING TO BE FRIENDS: THE WHITE STRIPES (WHITE BLOOD CELLS)
F*CK SCHOOL: THE REPLACEMENTS (STINK)
EVERYONE I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH IS DEAD: MR. BUNGLE (DISCO VOLANTE)
HIGH SCHOOL NIGHTS: DAVE EDMONDS (PORKY’S REVENGE: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK)
PLAY IT COOL, STAY IN SCHOOL: BRENDA HOLLOWAY (COMPLETE MOTOWN SINGLES, VOL. 6 1966)
DON’T BE A DROUPOUT: JAMES BROWN (JAMES BROWN SINGS RAW)
SCHOOL IS OUT: GARY U.S. BONDS (THE BEST OF)
GRADUATION DAY: THE BEACH BOYS (BEACH BOYS CONCERT – LIVE)
STILL IN SCHOOL: NRBQ (ALL HOPPED UP)
WE’LL ALL REMEMBER GRADUATION: STARK WHITEMAN (NEW ORLEANS SENIOR PROM)
X-Chromosome Ep 16 – Ladies Past & Present
Balcony Radio is wrapping up another programming season in the best way possible: by playing music—a lot of music. Join us for episode ??? of X-Chromosome, our show dedicated to the women of rock/pop/soul/country and all genres between. This week, as in every time out, we focus on songs by women too cool for you, us, and anyone else in the room. You can be too cool as well by purchasing some of the music below in your favorite format.
NEW WAYS TO FAIL: SARAH SHOOK & THE DISARMERS (YEARS)
BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN: HURRAY FOR THE RIFFF RAFF (SMALL TOWN HEROES)
THE BOY: SHANNON & THE CLAMS (ONION)
INSPIRATION INFORMATION: SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS (SOUL TIME!)
I’M NOT RUNNING AWAY: FEIST (PLEASURE)
THE MOON IS MADE OF GOLD: RICKIE LEE JONES (BALM IN GILEAD)
SHORT AND SWEET: BRITTANY HOWARD (JAIME)
MAKE ME YOURS: BETTYE SWANN (THE MONEY RECORDINGS)
A FINE, FINE BOY: DARLENE LOVE (WALL OF SOUND: THE BEST OF PHIL SPECTOR 1961-1966)
LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME: NINA SIMONE (LET IT ALL OUT)
YOU YOU: ODETTA HARTMAN (OLD ROCKHOUNDS NEVER DIE)
WITH YOU: VALERIE JUNE (DEMO)
HEART’S CONTENT: BRANDI CARLISLE (BEAR CREEK)
LEAVE THE LIGHT ON: MARISSA NADLER (BEFORE JULY: DEMOS & AND UNRELEASED SONGS)
BETTER THAN: LAKE STREET DRIVE (BAD SELF PORTRAITS)
FOR THE FIRST TIME: BEST COAST (ALWAYS TOMORROW)
FAITH HEALER: JULIEN BAKER (LITTLE OBLISVIONS)
NEVER BE MINE: ANGEL OLSEN (MY WOMAN)
THE MELTING OF THE SUN: ST. VINCENT (THE MELTING OF THE SUN)
MAKE IT RIGHT: THE COATHANGERS (NOSEBLEED WEEKEND)
OO LA LA: BETH DITTO (FAKE SUGAR)
I SWEAR: SALLIE FORD & THE SOUND OUTSIDE (DIRTY RADIO)
MASTER OF NONE: BEACH HOUSE (BEACH HOUSE)
Time For Bob Ep 16 – Bob on The Boob Tube
Plug in your T.V. and fix the tracking, a guy named Bob is on the screen tonight. Tune in for episode 16 of Time for Bob, our tribute to the words and music of a man named Mr. Dylan. This time out, we feature performances from a half-century of showing up on the tube. Straighten out the bunny ears, put down the remote and don’t burn the mashed potatoes, it’s time for the show.
This Pill Makes You Small Ep 16
The one thing we’ve learned during quarantine . . . you can tune in, turn on, and drop out anywhere. Hippie drug music sounds good in every room in the house! Enjoy tab #16 of This Pill Makes You Small, our tribute to the Summer of Love. In this episode, your hosts socially distance themselves by hovering six feet off the ground. Fill whatever you got with whatever you got, it’s time to bail on this dimension.
101 Series Lesson 148 – The Year 1991
Time to get in the ol’ way back machine with your pals at Balcony Radio. This time out, we set our sights on 1991 . . .the year of Nirvana, Using Your Illusion, and heading out in the great wide open. Join us for Lesson 148 of the 101 Series, as we sample tunes turning 30(!) this year. Thirty! Man . . .
