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Liberty DeVitto (Billy Joel), Pt. 1
Jun 25, 2026
45m 09s
Rachel Lichtman
Jun 18, 2026
1h 13m 32s
Swamp Dogg
Jun 11, 2026
54m 59s
Ike Reilly
Jun 4, 2026
1h 12m 32s
Tom "Grover" Biery (Pet Sounds)
May 28, 2026
1h 02m 31s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/25/26 | ![]() Liberty DeVitto (Billy Joel), Pt. 1 | Hired when Billy Joel wanted “a New York-style drummer,” Liberty DeVitto laid down indelible parts for the singer-songwriter-pianist’s music from 1976’s Turnstiles onward. In part one of a lively two-part conversation, this big-talent, big-personality drummer takes us from his early years, when his and Joel’s teenage bands crossed paths, through their shared success with The Stranger, 52nd Street, Glass Houses, The Nylon Curtain and An Innocent Man. Which Joel song does DeVitto call “the hardest to play and be happy about it”? How did Joel introduce and develop songs with the band? What impact did producer Phil Ramone’s arrival have? On which song did Ramone and DeVitto butt heads over a disco beat? How did the band arrive at the jazz interludes on “Zanzibar”? How much were they listening to the punk/New Wave of the time? Which Nylon Curtain song may be DeVitto’s favorite by Joel? What circumstances drove Joel’s hit throwback album An Innocent Man? | 45m 09s | ||||||
| 6/18/26 | ![]() Rachel Lichtman | Rachel Lichtman grew up listening to 1970s AM radio and watching local TV—a world of soothing music, tacky ads, eye-grabbing graphics and reruns galore. A keen-eyed and -eared graphic artist, comedian and filmmaker, Lichtman evokes the humor and beauty of that era in Programme 4, her would-be-station-turned-film she is touring alongside live musical/comedy performances. Based in fictional Golden Sands, Programme 4 presents opening credit sequences for TV shows that should have been (The William Joel Show, A Man Named Brady, Brooker) plus ads, short films and killer jokes revolving around harpsichords, the Rhodes electric piano and steamy brown coffee. Aimee Mann, Ted Leo and Dag Juhlin are among an all-star cast that has contributed to the Easy AM 66 (“Your Beautiful Music Station”) playlists and performs at the variety shows. Where did Lichtman’s love for this vibe and aesthetic come from? How did she conjure up the vision and develop the skills to pull off this unique project? | 1h 13m 32s | ||||||
| 6/11/26 | ![]() Swamp Dogg✨ | music careerSwamp Dogg+5 | Swamp Dogg | Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool PaintedSwamp Dogg Contemplates the Afterlife+3 | — | Swamp DoggPaul McCartney+6 | — | 54m 59s | |
| 6/4/26 | ![]() Ike Reilly✨ | musicsongwriting+4 | Ike Reilly | SiriusXMDon’t Turn Your Back on Friday Night+1 | Libertyville, Ill. | Ike ReillyBruce Springsteen+5 | — | 1h 12m 32s | |
| 5/28/26 | ![]() Tom "Grover" Biery (Pet Sounds)✨ | Beach BoysPet Sounds+4 | Tom "Grover" Biery | Interscope-CapitolUniversal+1 | — | Beach BoysPet Sounds+5 | — | 1h 02m 31s | |
| 5/21/26 | ![]() Bill Million (The Feelies)✨ | The Feeliesmusic history+4 | Bill Million | The FeeliesCrazy Rhythms+1 | Jersey City, New Jersey | Bill MillionThe Feelies+5 | — | 1h 00m 02s | |
| 5/14/26 | ![]() Dave Gregory 2026, Pt. 2 (XTC)✨ | XTCmusic touring+4 | Dave Gregory | XTCTC&I+1 | — | XTCDave Gregory+7 | — | 51m 33s | |
| 5/7/26 | ![]() Dave Gregory 2026, Pt. 1 (XTC)✨ | XTClive performance+3 | Dave Gregory | XTCLive Boots: Emerald City+1 | Cherry Hill, New Jersey | XTCDave Gregory+5 | — | 55m 18s | |
| 4/30/26 | ![]() Zev Feldman/Jazz Showcase✨ | JazzMusic Archive+3 | Zev Feldman | Jazz Showcase | — | Joe SegalZev Feldman+5 | — | 1h 00m 18s | |
| 4/23/26 | ![]() Brendan Hunt (The Movement You Need, Ted Lasso)✨ | Brendan HuntTed Lasso+4 | Brendan Hunt | Steppenwolf TheatreThe Movement You Need+2 | Chicago | Brendan HuntTed Lasso+5 | — | 49m 52s | |
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| 4/16/26 | ![]() Tim Peterson/Squeezebox (Record Store Day)✨ | Record Store Dayrecord store perspective+4 | Tim Peterson | Squeezebox Books & MusicGrateful Dead box | Evanston, Ill. | Record Store Dayvinyl+4 | — | 1h 10m 49s | |
| 4/9/26 | ![]() Rick Bayless (Frontera Grill, Topolobampo)✨ | Mexican cuisinefine dining+4 | Rick Bayless | Frontera GrillTopolobampo+1 | Oklahoma CityChicago+1 | Rick BaylessFrontera Grill+7 | — | 1h 11m 24s | |
| 4/2/26 | ![]() Gary Klebe (Shoes)✨ | power-popmusic career+4 | Gary Klebe | ShoesOut Loud+1 | Zion, Ill. | Gary KlebeShoes+5 | — | 1h 12m 08s | |
| 3/26/26 | ![]() Ronnie Barnett (The Muffs)✨ | rock musicpop-punk+3 | Ronnie Barnett | the MuffsWarner Bros.+2 | — | Ronnie BarnettKim Shattuck+5 | — | 1h 23m 20s | |
| 3/19/26 | ![]() Vince Wilburn Jr. (Miles Davis)✨ | Miles Davismusic legacy+3 | Vince Wilburn Jr. | Miles Electric BandDavis' estate+1 | ChicagoPlugged Nickel | Vince Wilburn Jr.Miles Davis+5 | — | 44m 49s | |
| 3/12/26 | ![]() Len Kasper✨ | baseballmusic+4 | Len Kasper | Chicago White SoxCubs+3 | — | Len KasperSonic45+5 | — | 1h 09m 15s | |
| 3/5/26 | ![]() Christine Sneed✨ | publishingwriting+3 | Christine Sneed | New York Times Book ReviewSubstack+1 | — | Christine Sneedpublishing challenges+3 | — | 1h 17m 24s | |
| 2/26/26 | ![]() Graham Parker (Howlin' Wind)✨ | Graham Parkermusic history+3 | Graham Parker | RumourHowlin’ Wind+1 | — | Graham ParkerHowlin’ Wind+5 | — | 1h 09m 58s | |
| 2/19/26 | ![]() Michael Blair✨ | percussionmusic production+3 | Michael Blair | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignSteppenwolf Theatre+5 | — | Michael BlairTom Waits+7 | — | 1h 32m 00s | |
| 2/12/26 | ![]() Victor Krummenacher 2026 | I saw bassist Victor Krummenacher, one of my favorite music people, perform twice within three weeks last fall: with Camper Van Beethoven to end perhaps their last-ever tour in Washington, D.C.; and with the Third Mind, the improvisatory band also featuring Dave Alvin, in Milwaukee. Both shows were fantastic. Now Krummenacher has a new album, the cinematic Block Out the Sun, and is reflecting on the inevitable artistic collision between one’s personal life and what’s happening in the outside world. He also discusses an upcoming album collaboration between most of the Third Mind and former Fairport Convention singer (and Caropop guest) Iain Matthews; the recently announced Record Store Day release of Camper Van Beethoven’s version of Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk; Krummenacher’s vision of a possible Camper future; and that David Lowery song that quotes something hostile that Krummenacher allegedly said to the Camper frontman when the band was first breaking up. (Photo by Jesse Sykes.) | 1h 22m 28s | ||||||
| 2/5/26 | ![]() Dag Juhlin | I first saw and interviewed Dag Juhlin more than 30 years ago when he was singing, writing and playing guitar with the power-pop trio the Slugs. He’s had many musical lives since then, including playing in Poi Dog Pondering’s expansive Chicago lineup, performing deep-cut covers in Expo’76 and Courtesy Patrol, supporting Len Kasper’s songwriting in Sonic45 and singing and writing songs with his latest trio, Sunshine Boys. He’s also about to hit the road with Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and Friends to mark the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.’s Lifes Rich Pageant. He talks about all that here, including the striking popularity of the R.E.M. project, whether it’s a tribute band or something else, and how that amazing photo of Juhlin with Michael Stipe came to be. He also tells the Sunshine Boys origin story and explains how that band “unquit the music business.” (Photo by David Kindler.) | 1h 12m 25s | ||||||
| 1/29/26 | ![]() Marc Ribot | I first noticed Marc Ribot’s slinky, spiky guitar playing as “Jockey Full of Bourbon,” from Tom Waits’ Rain Dogs, slithered over the opening of Jim Jarmusch’s Down By Law. Rain Dogs was a breakthrough for Ribot, who previously had played in Brother Jack McDuff’s soul-jazz band, backed Wilson Pickett and Solomon Burke, and been a member of the Lounge Lizards. More Waits collaborations followed, as did work with Elvis Costello, Sam Phillips, McCoy Tyner, Yoko Ono, Robert Plant and Allison Krauss, Elton John and Leon Russell, and many others. Here Ribot reflects on his robust studio-musician and solo career; his love of Latin American music; the creative leeway that Waits, Costello and others gave him; the impact of producers such as T Bone Burnett and Hal Willner; his decision to sing lead for the first time on his long-gestating 2025 album, Map of a Blue City; and his fight for indie musicians’ rights with the Music Workers Alliance. (Photo by Eric van den Brulle.) | 1h 04m 35s | ||||||
| 1/22/26 | ![]() Kevin Gray 2026 | In our annual check-in with renowned mastering engineer Kevin Gray, he reflects on a very busy 2025 that included his Rhino High Fidelity versions of Fleetwood Mac and Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks’ long-out-of-print Buckingham Nicks. How did Gray and fellow mastering engineer Chris Bellman feel about Rhino releasing separate versions of Buckingham Nicks mastered by each of them? Gray also discusses the Rhino High Fidelity John Coltrane: 1960-1964 Mono box, for which he revisited some albums he’d previously mastered in stereo. Gray's RHF version of T. Rex’s Electric Warrior followed the label’s reel-to-reel tape release of that album—which should sound better? Of course, we had to address the hullabaloo sparked by Gray’s comments on Caropop a year ago criticizing the One Step pressing process. Was he surprised? Does he feel vindicated? Other topics covered: Gray’s Blue Note Tone Poet work with producer Joe Harley; the jazz albums Gray is recording and releasing on his Cohearent Records label. What’s in store for 2026? | 51m 21s | ||||||
| 1/15/26 | ![]() Mitch Easter & Don Dixon (R.E.M.'s Murmur) | Mitch Easter and Don Dixon, accomplished producers and performers on their own, came together to produce one of rock’s greatest debut albums, R.E.M.’s Murmur. That 1983 classic plus the preceding, Easter-produced EP, Chronic Town, have gotten the all-analog, One Step treatment in a numbered, limited-edition vinyl release from Interscope-Capitol’s Definitive Sound Series. We reunited Easter and Dixon to discuss the making of Murmur plus the follow-up they produced, Reckoning. What did they each bring to the process? Why does one of them consider Murmur to be the Dark Side of the Moon of the New Wave era? What had changed by the time they recorded Reckoning? Easter also talks about working again with R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck and bassist Mike Mills on the latest Baseball Project album, and Easter and Dixon offer details about Murmur that even this longtime R.E.M. fanatic found revelatory. (You’ll never hear “Radio Free Europe” or “Perfect Circle” in the same way.) | 1h 04m 39s | ||||||
| 1/8/26 | ![]() Robyn Hitchcock, 1967 | Robyn Hitchcock turned 14 in 1967, the year that blew his musical mind open. This English boarding school student and future singer-songwriter-musician already looked to Bob Dylan for the meaning of life when along came the psychedelic train powered by the Beatles, the Syd Barrett-led Pink Floyd, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the Kinks, the Incredible String Band and much more. Hitchcock reflects on his awakening with a vivid memoir, 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left, and a mostly acoustic, mostly covers album, 1967: Vacations in the Past. Here we bat around perhaps the most creatively explosive year in the rock era, and he applies his whirligig mind to such questions as whether the music of 1967 would have had such an outsized impact on his own music if not for where, how and at what age he experienced it. He also discusses the newly remixed, remastered version of his 1988 album Globe of Frogs. | 50m 04s | ||||||
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