Past  Episodes

Another installment of Can You Steal It made it’s appearance on Episode 82 where Parker Millsap’s single “So Far Apart” stood accused of taking too much from Wilco’s “Spiders (Kidsmoke)”. Other featured artists included The Devlins, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Australian Crawl, The Beatles, Ren and Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs

Episode 81 began with a strong dose of country music that included Angaleena Presley, Rodney Crowell, Marty Robbins, the Louvin Brothers and Kelly Willis. We also heard from The War and Treaty, Khrungbin feat. Leon Bridges, Del Amitri, Todd Rundgren and NRBQ Our cover set featured Al Green songs which included an excerpt from an interview I did with Tommy Malone of The Subdudes where he talked about how daunting a task it is to cover an Al Green song.

Episode eighty 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.

Episode 79 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.

In episode 78 we heard songs from every decade from the 1950s right through to the 2020s. We had a set of modern day Southern rock, a set of Elvis covers and two jazz guitarist who sing along with their picking. Some of the artists featured were Teresa Brewer, Betty Wright, Level 42, The Jam, The Beatles, Eric B & Rakim and Sonny Landreth

Episode number 77 ran the gamut from George and Tammy to Public Enemy. Aerosmith got the cover set and there seem to be a strong presence of Stax Records artists. Just some of the artists featured were John Cowan, Willie Dixon, Sam and Dave, Southern Avenue, 7Horse, Big Head Todd and the Monsters and Alt-J

In episode 76 we talked about how Don Was and came to produce Bonnie Raitt’s best-selling, Grammy winning album “Nick of Time”, our cover set featured white artists covering Motown songs. Among the artists featured are Mary J Blige, Was (Not Was), Little Feat, Weezer, Radiohead, and Gorillaz just to name a few.

Episode 75 featured the recurring segment “Can You Steal it”. We compared the Mavericks song “Born to be Blue” with Nat King Cole’s “L-O-V-E” to see if the Mavericks might have taken a bit too much from Nat King Cole when they wrote their song. Steve Earle was featured in tonight’s cover set. Among the artists played were Patty Smyth, Crowded House, Joan As Police Woman, L Wilson, Marcia Ball and Smooth Hound Smith to name a few.

Amber Steady of Waterford, Connecticut’s Top 5 Songs That Inspire Me To Write Book One Of My Book Series was the centerpiece of Episode 74.  Amber is presently writing a fantasy book series and her song selections were all related to fantasy books of related to her book and it’s characters in some way. The rest of the show was all songs relating to literature, books or reading.  Even the cover set! Among the artists featured were Coheed & Cambria, Imagine Dragons, Radiohead, Nick Lowe and Jill Tracy

We featured a listener submitted Top 5 from Jack Fortune Royce of Louisville, Kentucky in Episode 73. 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 rather remarkable Russian Chicago tribute band.

It was a relaxed night of music with no particular theme on Episode 72. 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 71 featured a couple of brand new releases, songs from seven different decades, four different countries and 10 different states and the cover set featured covers of REM songs. Artists included Hem, The Refreshments, The Chi-Lites, Both Girls, Old 97s, Annie Lennox, Mall Girl, Elbow, U2 and more.

Episode 70 featured 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.

My initial idea for the 69th episode was too work all five versions of the Tom Waits song “Way Down In The Hole” that had served as the theme song for all five seasons of the HBO crime drama The Wire into the show and it evolved into a tribute to the songs of Tom Waits and it became an entire show of covers of his songs performed by over 20 artists that included Rosanne Cash, The Ramones, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and three foreign language covers.

We began episode 68 with two sets of country music duos who are/were couples in real life. This week set featuring miscellaneous covers of plastic soul songs. Artist featured include Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, Dan Auerback, Jack White, Arctic Monkeys, The Wrights, The Gregg Allman Band, Dori Freeman and others.

David Watson of Clarksville, Tennessee’s Top 5 Songs That Feel Like A Hug When You Need It Most was the centerpiece of episode 67. David’s Top 5 included songs by Tame Impala, Mac DeMarco, Billy Joel, Mac Miller and Billy Idol. We also featured two songs and an interview snippet from a new, up-and-coming Clarksville artist, Sadie Fine, a set of three covers from the year 2002 and two sets of music by artists from Murray, Kentucky and Murray State University.

Episode 66 featured a set of artists whose sound resembles The Black Keys and they cover set of rock versions of songs written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Other artists featured included The Heavy, Elle King, Bruce Springsteen, Willis Alan Ramsey, Jon Batiste and The Wailin Jennys.

It was another Top 5 night on Episode 44. Henry Hegemann of Lexington, KY submitted his Top 5 Long Songs that close out albums. His 5 artists were Stone Temple Pilots, Metallica, Led Zepplin, Greta Van Fleet and The Who. And just for fun the whole show, while not all long songs, were all the last song on the album. Other artists featured were John Prine, Nirvana, Jann Arden, Public Enemy, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers & The Beatles

CYFI Listener Silvio’s Top 5 songs were featured on episode 34. Silvio is a native of Argentina who now splits his time between New York City and Sandisfield, Massachusetts and submitted a list of international music from Argentina, France, Great Britain, Mali and Sweden. We also featured some early and present day Argentine rock ‘n’ roll and the Talking Heads were the artist featured in episode 34’s cover set.

Episode 63 featured Susan Steady of Waterford, Connecticut’s Top 5 Songs That Remind Her Of Her Father. Because Susan’s father was a first generation Italian American the entire show was Italian American artists, Italian artists and Italian songs performed by English-speaking artists. The show featured songs by Connie Francis, Elvis Presley, Tony Bennett and Italian artists Marlene Kuntz, Adriana Celentano, Luciano Pavarotti and Negrita just to name a few.