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Here's what's coming up on SONGS FROM HERE AND THERE, THEN AND NOW on Friday, August 14. This week's show will begin, as usual, with the Mutant Pop Obituaries, our weekly nod to those celebrities and artists who have shuffled off this mortal coil during the past few weeks.  This week, we will pay tribute to (in no particular order): Les Paul, guitar god and recording pioneer Indian actor Murali Baatin, rapper with Detroit hip-hop act Slum Village Billy Lee Riley, rockabilly great Mike Seeger,banjoist and musical folklorist Indonesian ... Read More

Here's what's coming up on SONGS FROM HERE AND THERE, THEN AND NOW on Friday, July 24. This week's show will begin, as usual, with the Mutant Pop Obituaries, our weekly nod to those celebrities and artists who have shuffled off this mortal coil during the past few weeks.  This week, we will pay tribute to (in no particular order): Walter Cronkite, famed American newscaster Hard-rocking Swedish bassist Marcel Jacob of Talisman Jerry Holland, Celtic fiddler extraordinaire Gordon Waller of Peter and Gordon fame Ria Brieffies of the ... Read More

Here's what's coming up on SONGS FROM HERE AND THERE, THEN AND NOW on Friday, July 17. This week's show will begin, as usual, with the Mutant Pop Obituaries, our weekly nod to those celebrities and artists who have shuffled off this mortal coil during the past few weeks.  Death has been unusually inactive this week (at least as it pertains to celebrities), but still, we will be paying tribute to (in no particular order): Jim Reid, Scottish folk musician Dallas R. McKennon, who ... Read More

Here's what's coming up on SONGS FROM HERE AND THERE, THEN AND NOW on Friday, July 10. This week's show will begin, as usual, with the Mutant Pop Obituaries, our weekly nod to those celebrities and artists who have shuffled off this mortal coil during the past few weeks. This week, we will be paying tribute to (in no particular order): Harve Presnell, musical theatre baritone and foul-mouthed FARGO father-in-law Karl Malden, Oscar-winning character actor Blues musician Jackie Washington Gale Storm, singer and actress Irish folk singer ... Read More

Here's what's coming up on SONGS FROM HERE AND THERE, THEN AND NOW on Friday, July 3. It's time for the 10th Annual Surfing & Spying Special! Every year, sometime around the 4th of July, Craven continues a tradition originated in 1982 by radio programmer Todd Rutt, by presenting three hours of surf rock and spy soundtrack music! This year, we'll be hearing some timeless surf classics mixed in with more obscure reverb rockers and music to kill S.M.E.R.S.H. agents by. That's ... Read More

Here's what's coming up on SONGS FROM HERE AND THERE, THEN AND NOW on Friday, June 26. This week's show will begin, as usual, with the Mutant Pop Obituaries, our weekly nod to those celebrities and artists who have shuffled off this mortal coil during the past few weeks. This week, we will be paying tribute to (in no particular order): Michael Jackson, king of pop Ed McMahon, second banana extraordinaire Farrah Fawcett, actress and pinup model Sky Saxon, garage rocker Singer/songwriter Tim Krekel Steve Race, British composer ... Read More

Here's what's coming up on SONGS FROM HERE AND THERE, THEN AND NOW on Friday, June 19. This week's show will begin, as usual, with the Mutant Pop Obituaries, our weekly nod to those celebrities and artists who have shuffled off this mortal coil during the past few weeks. This week, we will be paying tribute to (in no particular order): Bob Bogle, guitarist/bassist/founding member of the Ventures Jesús Alfonso Miró, Cuban musical director of Los Muñequitos de Matanzas Techno producer Ian Loveday, a.k.a. ... Read More

Starting this week, Craven will endeavor to preview his Friday morning radio show, SONGS FROM HERE AND THERE, THEN AND NOW every week on this site. This week's show will begin, as usual, with the Mutant Pop Obituaries, our weekly nod to those celebrities and artists who have shuffled off this mortal coil during the past few weeks. This week, we will be paying tribute to (in no particular order): Hugh Hopper, bassist for Soft Machine Huey Long, guitarist for the Ink Spots Singer-songwriter ... Read More