After ten years at a National Public Radio station in Chicago, Mike Lidskin returned to California in 1997 and created Twirl Radio, a weekly two hour radio program which features the finest independent music and artists from the rock era. Mike’s on a mission to not “just spin rock music, but to educate listeners about this vital art form.” Indeed, he doesn’t just announce the songs, but gives histories about some of the artists, the albums, and the songs themselves.
You can catch Twirl live each Saturday afternoon, from 4:00 to 6:00 PM PST on Sacramento’s Voice, KUBU 96.5 FM, and archived right here, as well as at http://www.twirlradio.com. If you haven’t headed into your Saturday night with an earful of Twirl, you’re doing it wrong!
Artist | Track | Album
Don Hawkins | Demons | 4th Down
Bill Lloyd | Satellite | Working The Long Game
Crooked Flower | Dancing | Into The Light
Hot Nun | Livin A Dirty Mind | Born To Blaze
Michael Martin Murphey | LA Freeway | Austinology – Alleys Of Austin
Maxi Dunn | Make It Better | The Neglected Gambit
Steve Barton | The Day My Baby Went Blind | Tall Tale & Alibis 3
honeychain | Crushed | Crushed
Soriah | Trash | Single release
Lannie Flowers | Let It Go | Single release
Piramid Scheme | No More, Anymore | Get Rich Quick Too
Sunshine Boys | There Goes Another One | Blue Music
The Beat | Walking Out On Love | The Beat
Van Go | Live Through This | Everyone Loves You When You’re Gone
The Cherry Bluestorms | Purple Heart Magic | Whirligig!
Little Jimmy Giant | I Think You Think I Think So | The Fowl Tone Sampler
The Residents | This Is A Mans, Mans, Mans World | The Commercial Album
Palmyra Delran and the Doppel Gang | Come Spy With Me | Single release
THIS WEEK’S GUESTS:
Well, we weren’t going to let the 850th episode of Twirl Radio go unnoticed. And yet, I kind of did. But for good reason. It turned out to be such a big day, that I simply did not have time to mention that this was show #850.
My good friend, and sister in radio, Gidget Marusak, co-owner of Woody Radio (the other radio station I’m on), was visiting her home region of Northern California, from the Midwest. She’s had a standing invitation to come co-host Twirl Radio with me, live in the KUBU-FM studio in Sacramento. This was the day when it happened. And to round out the picture, I invited my other good friend, our fellow Woody Radio on-air personality Stephen “Spaz” Schnee, to meet up with us on the show.
So how did this visit from the home office go? It was amazing. Before Gidget and Spaz arrived, I snuck in five brand new 2018 tracks, from all over the musical spectrum. And once they got here, the conversation flowed. Freely. We talked and laughed about everything and anything that can be talked about on the air. Gidget brought in some great tracks from bands that she saw in San Jose the prior week, and Spaz brought in a couple of classic tracks to round out the show. The best way I can explain the show, is like this: three enthusiastic music supporters, sitting in a room, gabbing, and treating each other to music that they love. Isn’t that what you would do when you’re with your friends? Join me and my friends, and be part of the party. It was a really fun show–give a listen!
