Alternative

Very few people today know about a remarkably talented and idiosyncratic band called "The Blue Nile." While eschewing the spot light they gained the admiration and support of Peter Gabriel and Rickie Lee Jones. Today we offer tracks from "Hats", an album that earned the highest accolades from Mojo, NME, Pitchfork, Q and many other musical/cultural magazines. If you look for hidden gems to impress your audiophile friends . . . . consider this a lucky day.

Classic Black Voices Matter Forever: Diana Ross and the Supremes - "Keep Me Hanging On", James Brown - "The Payback", The Jones Girls - "You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else", Sly and the Family Stone - "If You Want Me To Stay", TLC - "Digg'n on You", Stevie Wonder - "As"

Music by . . . The Cowsills (Hair), Fleetwood Mac (Tusk), Haddaway (What Is Love), Madness (Our House), Madonna (Holiday), ABC (The Look of Love), Electric Light Orchestra (Mr Blue Sky, Turn to Stone, 10538 Overture), Eagle Eye Cherry (Save Tonight), Edwyn Collins (A Girl Like You) and Eric Clapton (Layla). Guilty Pleasures? Hells Yeah . . For The Love of God . . . Get these songs . . . OUT OF MY HEAD . . . ! ! !

Velvet Underground Alumni John Cale dazzles with this requiem for the dead of the Falklands War. Alternative Classical with a Dylan Thomas Libretto ? Yeah. Got it here. "Words for the Dying" is de rigueur for the Living.

There are many great bands from the 1970's. Unfortunately a lot of their songs are over played. Check out lesser known but sensation tracks from Graham Nash & David Crosby, T Rex, The Rolling Stones, Brian Ferry, Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens, The Clash, The Dead Boys, David Bowie, Dolly Parton, Brian Eno and Blue Oyster Cult.

Composer and Producer Linda Perry presents original tracks from her 2005 album entitled "In Flight."

Melancholy alternative songs for a cold & snowy Ohio Sunday. Go back to bed with some hot chocolate and this podcast. Stay there till spring. Pearl Jam - Jeremy (Live Version), Lana Del Ray - Music to Watch Boys By, Layla - Smokestack, LimpBizKit - Home Sweet Home / Bittersweet Symphony, Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell, Lissie - Bad Romance, MGMT - Electric Feel, Michael Andrews and Gary Jules - Mad World, New Order - Age of Consent, Nick Cave - Jubilee Street, Paul Cole - Where have all the Cowboys gone ?

The Outlaws "Green Grass and High Tides", Dixie Chicks "Wide open spaces", 38 Special "Caught up in you and "Hold on loosely", Dolly Parton "Jolene", Allman Brothers Band "Whipping Post", Carrie Underwood "Before he Cheats", Robbie Fulks "I’ll trade you money for wine" Neil Young "Cowgirl Jams and Ohio."

K pop, aka Korean Pop, encompasses many genres including, Pop music, Asian Alternative, Reggae, Electronica and Rap. Download this show and check out some of the biggest K Pop acts of 2018 . . . most of whom are known throughout the world . . . but not in the USA. Today's bands include: Girls Day, AOA (Ace of Angels), ChoA, Jimin, Girls Generation, Jeon So Yeon, Superbee and AKDong. What does the world know . . . that we don't ? . . . Actually a hell of a lot . . . including the inherent coolness of K Pop.

Claire Elise Boucher is the EDM musician, composer and producer also known as Grimes. Art Angels is perhaps her most impressive effort making many top 5 lists for Album of the year in 2015. Electric Dance Music . . . kinda infects your soul . . . and is definitely contagious . . .