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
Heiskell | Still Life With Broken Heart | Emotional Terrorism
The Click Beetles | I Never Said Goodbye | Wake Up To Music!
Blake Jones & The Trike Shop | RedWhite&BlueSoBlue | Pop Songs & Kyries
Wilkerson | How She Lost My Heart | Wilkerson
Melissa Phillips | The Flame | Both Ways
Maxi Dunn | Always Be My Friend | Welcome To Soonville
Michot’s Melody Makers | Two-Step de Ste. Marie | Blood Moon
The Cherry Bluestorms | She Said She Said | Whirligig!
Steve Barton | Gimme Your Hand | Tall Tales & Alibis 3
The Imperial Sound | Yesterday | The New AM
The Ex Teens | I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better | Single release
Byron Isaacs | Disappearing Man | Disappearing Man
R. Stevie Moore/Jason Falkner | I Hate People | Make It Be
Dara Ackerman | Woodshed | Partially True Stories
The Bottle Kids | Her Heart Is Much Worse Than Her Bite | Let Me In On This Action
Gretchen’s Wheel | Imp | Black Box Theory
Sunshine Boys | Caroline Yes | Blue Music
Krista D. | Crazy Bitch | Single release
Addison Love | Anything’s Right | Thoughts On Lunch?
Lannie Flowers | Good | Single release
Pete’s Copter | Magic Circle | The Fowl Tone Sampler
Duncan Faure | In The Right Place | Anthology
Victor Sotelo | Hey Paul! | Homeland Insecurities
Elk City | My Manual | Everybody’s Insecure
Bill Lloyd | Merch Table | Working The Long Game
Rachel Taylor Brown | Little Gyre | Run Tiny Human
Gene Loves Jezebel | Charmed Life (Never Give In) | Dance Underwater
THIS WEEK’S INFO:
Here it is–the first of December already. The holidays are upon us, and the end of the year looms large. It looms especially large here at Twirl Radio, because there are only a couple more live shows to go, and then our Access Sacramento studios close down for the annual year end inventory and maintenance. So we need to make these last few shows pretty memorable, and close down 2018 with a bang. But not to worry–I’ll be doing some additional shows over at Woody Radio, so there’s still a lot of music discovery to come, before the month and year are over.
The musical guest we had scheduled for this show had a small family emergency, so we have rescheduled him for late January. That turned the episode into an all music show, and we were able to sneak in even more of the stellar releases from 2018 that keep coming in. Folks who are preparing and releasing their year end lists of top songs and albums need to hold off for another month. 2018 isn’t even close to over, musically speaking. My list isn’t even a glimmer until 11:59 p.m. on December 31st.
So let’s celebrate the holiday season by listening to the great music gifted to us by the year 2018. Enjoy the show!
