Decade of Difference: Fleet Foxes
A high school friendship in Seattle between Robin Pecknold and Skyler Skjelset grew over a shared appreciation for the music of Bob Dylan and Neil Young and eventually resulted in the formation of Fleet Foxes [...]
Decade of Difference: New Order
Rising from the remains of the UK post-punk band Joy Division, New Order successfully embraced music from the underground club culture years before it’s mainstream acceptance. When Joy Divisions’ vocalist Ian Curtis hung himself in [...]
Decade of Difference: Paquito D’Riveria
Cuban Paquito D’Rivera was born into a music loving family. His father a musical instrument salesman, exposed him to classical music and the jazz of Duke Ellington at an early age. He also took Paquito [...]
Decade of Difference: Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield’s career spanned chart topping soul music with the Impressions in the 60s to his leading role in adding urban commentary to R&B in the 70’s and on through his continuation of a career [...]
Decade of Difference: Charlie Watts
Happy Birthday to Charlie Watts who turns 80 today. He is the oldest member of the Rolling Stones and their first octogenarian. As a child growing up in London, Watts developed an interest in jazz [...]
Decade of Difference: Alanis Morissette
Canadian born Alanis Morissette started quickly in her music career. Her first album Alanis was released in Canada only, but the dance-pop album went platinum with three singles reaching the top 40. The followup Now [...]
Decade of Difference: Johnny Paycheck
Despite a long successful career in country music, Johnny Paycheck is best remembered for two things: A novelty country song in 1977 and his arrest for shooting a mand in an Ohio bar in 1985. [...]
Decade of Difference: Bob Dylan (Day 5 of 5)
A 58 year old Bob Dylan greeted the 21st century with the 2001 album Love and Theft, and in the song Mississippi he summed up his plans pretty well - “Things should start to get [...]
Decade of Difference: Bob Dylan (Day 4 of 5)
Bob Dylan’s focus on religious oriented music ended with the release of 1983’s Infidels, which returned to his familiar rock roots. Mark Knopfler was recruited to produce the album and he also played on the [...]
Catch Phish Every Friday at 4pm
It's Phish Friday on WNRN every Friday at 4pm! Tune in as we highlight a track from a different Phish concert each week. Phish Friday is made possible with support from Surfside Sustainable Seafood, [...]
Decade of Difference: Bob Dylan (Day 3 of 5)
By 1966 Bob Dylan was firmly established as a star. Including the Blonde on Blonde release, Dylan has sold over 10 million records worldwide. His reorientation from folk to rock was well underway with his [...]
Decade of Difference: Bob Dylan (Day 2 of 5)
In the early 1960s Dylan solidified his position in the folk world with albums of original compositions. His management kept him from including a rock song on those early albums, preferring to present him as [...]