101 Series Lesson 78.2: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Live ~ with special guest DJ Kat Jackson!

OK everyone. It’s time for the Petty party to continue as our three instructors (heroes) return to the classroom (studio) to listen to some “Live” music from Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. This is part 2 of Lesson 78 in the 101 Series and it’s 2 hrs of great performances throughout the career of this […]

101 Series Lesson 77: John Hiatt

What does John Hiatt have beneath that gruff exterior? We don’t know . . . a gigantic foldy brain, a house big heart, guts the size of boulders . . . the usual stuff unsung geniuses have. In Lesson 77 of the 101 Series we pull out some tunes by one of the best phrase […]

101 Series Lesson 75: Talking Heads

The name of this band? Talking Heads! In Lesson 75 of the 101 Series, the weird art kids are taking over. And we let them. We at The Balcony hate to admit it, but yeah, we stole all our dance moves from David Byrne. And our fashion sense. Join us as we play some jams […]

Blue Highway Ep 6 The Grand Ole Opry

There are few traditions left in radio these days. Some that began in the “early days” of radio remain intact – bad advertising, A Prairie Home Companion, and Saturday nights at The Grand Ole Opry. For Episode 6 of our country and folk music show Blue Highway, we listen to great performances from a Hall […]

101 Series Lesson 74: Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground

Andy Warhol gave us some important things: soup cans as art, 15 hour movies of a guy snoring and . . . the Velvet Underground. Two out of three of these things we at The Balcony are big fans of. In Lesson 74 of the 101 Series we take a look at the band that […]

X Chromosome Ep 5

Biologists say that at the moment of conception we are all born female. 53% remain that way. We at The Balcony are 47%ers. But we know how to admire a woman’s work. For Episode 5 of X-Chromosome, our show dedicated to songs sung by women, we jump the genres for a variety sounds emanating from the […]