Past  Episodes

Ian Cheney of Gales Ferry, Connecticut’s Top 5 Dylan Songs With The Word Baby In The Title was featured in episode 154, how many can you name? The rest of the show was filled with some excellent covers of Bob Dylan songs and some Dylan like singer/songwriters that included Lori McKenna, Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, Mary Gaucher and Johnny Cash to name a few. Also featured was a wonderful story about how Ian’s son came to be named after Bob Dylan

The cover set for Episode 153 was three tracks from albums that were covers of another artist’s entire album including a track from Macy Gray’s cover of Stevie Wonder’s Talking Book, The Smithereen’s cover of The Who’s Tommy and Matt Nathanson’s cover of U2’s Achtung Baby. Other artists featured were The Bottle Rockets, Weathers, Beastie Boys and The Uninvited.

For Episode 152 Amber of Clarksville, Tennessee submitted her Top 5 Most Therapeutic Songs but the list of artists will surprise you. They may not be who you tend to think of when you think of therapeutic music. The artists were Radio Company, Taylor Swift, Metallica, Insane Clown Posse and Tom Jones. Other artists featured are Paramore, The Dresden Dolls, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kings of Leon and more.

Episodes 151 continued our two show series of The Best New Music of 2026 (so far). And for the first time in a while we had a cover set that was, naturally, made up of all covers released in 2026. We also continued to include clips of the artist themselves talking about their careers and their music wherever possible. Artists featured include Casey Musgrave, the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Fancy Hagood, Mitski, Aldous Harding O.A.R. and more!

So here’s something I never thought would happen on the show. We’re more than halfway through 2026 and I have yet to play a single song that was released this year. So in Episodes 78 & 79 episodes I intend to make up for it. I went on an intensive search of new music and put together a couple of shows of some things out there that are brand new that I thought are worth putting on the air. Artists featured include Olivia Rodrigo, Casey Musgrave, Allison Russell, Raye, Rodney Crowell, and more!

Episode 149 is Part 2 of a 2 part Top 5 Show that featured Chuck Levin of Wayland, Massachusetts’ Top 5 Songs That He Wished Would Continue Much Longer. In keeping with the theme of song length all the songs last week, before Chuck’s Top 5, were all two minutes or less and all the songs this week are all eight minutes or more. Artists featured included Diablo Swing Orchestra, Genesis, James McMurtry, 10cc, Elbow, Dire Straits and more!

Episode 148 is Part 1 of a 2 part Top 5 Show that featured Chuck Levin of Wayland, Massachusetts’ Top 5 Songs That He Wished Would Continue Much Longer. His Top 5 included songs by Blind Faith, The VooDoo Dolls, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Family. In keeping with the theme of song length all the other songs on the show were two minutes or less. The Beatles were featured in the cover set. Other artists featured are Todd Snider, Roger Miller, BR5-49, The Jam, Janelle Monáe and more!

Episode 148 is Part 1 of a 2 part Top 5 Show that featured Chuck Levin of Wayland, Massachusetts’ Top 5 Songs That He Wished Would Continue Much Longer. His Top 5 included songs by Blind Faith, The VooDoo Dolls, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Family. In keeping with the theme of song length all the other songs on the show were two minutes or less. The Beatles were featured in the cover set. Other artists featured are Todd Snider, Roger Miller, BR5-49, The Jam, Janelle Monáe and more!

After attending a fantastic concert put on by Billy Strings in Lexington, Kentucky I was inspired to do an entire show on progressive Bluegrass featuring music from it’s beginning to present day. Artists featured were Sierra Hull, Newgrass Revival, Béla Flack, Ganstagrass, Alison Krauss, Sam Bush, Carolina Chocolate Drops and of course Billy Strings!

The 146th episode featured new music from Mother, Mother and Khruangbin. Other artists featured were Albert Lee, Dallas Wayne, Dada, David Gilmore, Little Richard, Deer Tick, The 1975, Darrell Scott and more!

With episode 145 we finished up our three episode series on the music of 1975 that was based on Asa Hardcastle of Sheffield, Massachusetts’ list of his top five songs from his top five albums of 1975. In the third installment of the series we continue to focus on the year in music from the standpoint of albums. We featured the three leading albums from 1975, the three middle albums from 1975 and the future of rock ‘n’ roll going forward.

Episode 144 began with three sets of minimalist rock which I soon abandoned as my tongue grew fatigued repeatedly saying "minimalist". The cover set featured covers I like of songs that I don't. Among the artists featured were Paramore, Joe Jackson, Amy Winehouse, Morphine, The Shins, The Meters, Say She She and Etta James to name a few.

After skipping a week Episode 143 resumes counting down Asa Hardcastle of Sheffield, Massachusetts’ Top 5 Songs From His Top 5 Albums From 1975. In episode 141 we focused on Asa’s Top 5 songs and in this episode we focused on the albums. We also dug deep into the making of “Bohemian Rhapsody” and looked at whether or not a similar three part song by 10cc served as any type of inspiration for Freddie Mercury when he wrote “BR”.

Episode 142 starts out with country and goes on to feature sets of blue collar rock 'n' roll, my favorite top 40 songs of the week as well as a homemade mash up that combines the Avalanche's "Because I'm Me" and Honeycone's 70s soul hit "Want Ads”. Featured artists included BR5-49, Garth Brooks, The Kinks, Soon E Mc, The Roots, Hope TD Janelle Monáe and Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels.

Episode 141 features life long Berkshire native Asa Hardcastle’s Top 5 songs from his Top 5 from the year of his birth: 1975. About the task of assembling the list Asa said, “This was WAY harder than I thought. 1975 seems to have a ton of great albums. I am still second guessing some of my choices here. I was also surprised how few female artists I had to choose from. These are all from albums that I own.”

It was a relaxed night of music with no particular theme on Episode 139. It included new music by Caroline Polachek, St. Vincent and Childish Gambino. Three Jesse Winchester songs were featured in the cover set. Other artists heard from were Wilco, William Bell, Charlotte Day Wilson, Taylor Swift, Buddy and Julie Miller, The Sad Bastards Of Brooklyn and Maktub to name but a few.

Episode is an archival show featuring the first artist spotlight segment since The Can You Feel It Radio Show returned to the air in May 2023. Sadie Fine, an exciting young alt-pop singer/songwriter based in Clarksville, Tennessee was featured in interview and music. Also featured were sets of great, instantly lovable pop songs from every decade from the 1960s to present day as well as a set of music by three seminal alt-pop female singers from the 1990s.

We featured a listener submitted Top 5 from Jack Fortune Royce of Louisville, Kentucky in Episode 137. Jack submitted his Top 5 Love Songs. Jack’s selections included songs by Tower Of Power, Orleans, The Beatles, Earth, Wind and Fire and Al Green. The show also featured a special 36 minute documentary on Leonid and friends, a really awesome Russian Chicago tribute band.

Episode 136 featured some Louvin Brothers sounding music and a set of Louvin Brothers covers as well as tracks by Albert Lee, My Morning Jacket, David Byrne, Thomas Dolby, Jason Isbell, Angaleena Presley, The White Stripes, The Handsome Family and The Louvin Brothers themselves.

The theme for episode 135 was spoken word music. It began as kind of a lark, just sort of looking for some kind of a theme and the production and songs that I found turned out to be as interesting as any show I’ve worked on yet. Artists featured include: Rodney Crowell, James Brown, Gorillaz, the doors, MC 900 ft. Jesus, John Prine, R.E.M., The Shangri-Las, Tom Waits and more!