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When Was America Great Before?

I was thinking about “MAGA”—Make America Great Again. There’s a lot in those four little words. “Make”—to compel, to force.

2024-08-13 16:16 No Comments

RIP 2024-06-14 Mark James; Rose-Marie; Françoise Hardy

This week, our headliner is someone you’ve never heard of who wrote hits you’ve definitely heard of, Mark James. We’ll take you to the Amphitheater for some experimental music from India and Germany. We’ve got some Texas pop-punk and California stoner rock in the Mosh Pit. We dedicate a new stage for Opera, featuring tenors from Peru and Czech Republic. We’ll open up the Country Bunker for some traditional Irish fiddle. We’ve got traditional French chant and French torch song in Le Cabaret. We’ll close up shop this week at the Festival Stage in Brazil.

2024-06-19 17:47 No Comments

RIP 2024-06-07 Ed Mann; Brother Marquis; Rodger Fox

The Grim Reaper is taking us all over the planet this week—especially Sweden—for an hour featuring our headliner, one of Frank Zappa’s incredible percussionists, Ed Mann. We’ve got pop-rock from Holland, Serbia, and Britain. We’ve got a rap pioneer from Miami along with a young rapper from Sweden. We’ll bring you Festival music from Uruguay and Brazil. We’ll go fully International with artists from Indonesia and Malaysia. We’ll head to the Amphitheater for a pair of pianists from Poland and Japan by way of Sweden, then wind things up in the Jazz Cellar once again in Sweden and then New Zealand.

2024-06-07 11:23 No Comments

RIP 2024-05-31 Doug Ingle; Richard M. Sherman; Cayouche

Thanks for joining us for this week’s Reaper’s Rotation, featuring our headliner, the man whose song gave us one of the longest drum solos in rock history, Doug Ingle. We’ve got one half of the songwriting duo who penned beloved movie songs from the 1960s and two men who were pioneers in American punk and Brazilian rock, respectively. We’ll jet set to Italy to visit Locale Musicale, then to the Country Bunker with artists from Canada and Ireland. In the House of Blues, you’ll meet two Americans who were each a part of longtime collaborations, then to our newest stage, Samförstånd, for the unexpected arrival of a formerly married Finnish couple. We’ll conclude at Utendaji for some music from Senegal and Algeria.

2024-05-31 19:44 No Comments

RIP 2024-05-24 Charlie Colin; Jon Wysocki; Frank Ifield

This week, The Reaper has claimed a couple of names you don’t know from a couple of bands you do know, one of whom is our headliner, drummer Charlie Colin from the band Train. Our Main Stage features an Australian crooner and an American Idol vocal coach, and our Festival Stage features artists from Brazil and Peru. We visit the French-speaking countries of Belgium and Canada in Le Cabaret, then we introduce our two newest stages, featuring music from Eastern Europe in Solidarność, and music from Africa in Utendaji.

2024-05-23 12:52 No Comments

RIP 2024-05-17 David Sanborn; John Barbata; Jimmy James

This week we feature two recording artists who played on just about every record with everybody, starring our headliner, saxophonist David Sanborn. We head back to the islands with two Jamaican Brits at the Beach Party. Then we go full English with an early rockabilly act and a new wave act in the British Invasion. We debut our new stage for playback and all Indian subcontinent music in Bollywood. Then it’s back to the Jazz Cellar for some European artists before we close Down Under with some rockers in the Mosh Pit.

2024-05-17 14:13 No Comments

RIP 2024-05-10 Steve Albini; Dennis Thompson; Willie Hona

This week, the Reaper and I premiere some new changes for the show. Our Headliner, Steve Albini, becomes the first producer to make our stage. We’ll open with a track from the last surviving member of a rock group that’s being inducted to the Hall of Fame this October. We’ve got double-shots all the way down, heading Down Under for our Main Stage, then debuting our Beach Party stage in Jamaica, followed by a trip to our Festival Stage in Brazil, back home to America for the Country Bunker and Jazz Cellar, then to Italy for our other new stage, Locale Musicale.

2024-05-10 13:05 No Comments

RIP 2024-05-03 Duane Eddy; Richard Tandy; Robin George

Our headliner this week takes back to the era of James Dean, leather jackets, and drive-ins—rock and roll guitar legend Duane Eddy. For the second week in a row, a pioneer in prog rock keyboards joins us from England, and then a British glam rocker and American alt rocker hit the Main Stage. We’ve got American bluegrass and folk in the Country Bunker, followed by the debut of our newest stage, Le Cabaret, for music from the French-speaking countries. We’ve got some traditional Scottish music in the British Invasion, then some tuba and clarinet in the Amphitheater. We’ll close things up with some American punk and metal in the Mosh Pit.

2024-05-03 20:03 No Comments

RIP 2024-04-26 Mike Pinder; Eugene Wolfgramm; Chan Romero

This week we welcome another Rock and Roll Hall of Famer to the eternal stage, our headliner, Mike Pinder of the Moody Blues. Then it’s off to the Main Stage for some American rockabilly. We debut our new stage, The Streets, with rap from Britain and Norway, before heading to the Amphitheater for a double shot of organ recitals. We’ll also visit the House of Blues with a couple Americans, closing out the show in the Jazz Cellar in the USA and Germany.

2024-04-26 16:25 No Comments

RIP 2024-04-19 Dickey Betts; Pooch Tavares; O.J. Simpson

We lost a giant in the world of Southern Rock this week in our Headliner, Dickey Betts. The Allman Brothers will be bookending this week’s Reaper’s Rotation, in which you may notice we’ve tidied things up a bit here. Spring cleaning, you know? You’ll get more variety as we bring you a double shot from our Main Stage, Country Bunker, International Stage, Mosh Pit, and visit to The Church. We’ll take you to Norway, South Korea, Indonesia, Canada, and Japan, along with plenty of American artists, too.

2024-04-19 14:09 No Comments

RIP 2024-04-12 John Sinclair; Michael Ward; C.J. Snare

This week we’ve got an international trio of rock from America, Holland, and Canada on our Main Stage, as well as some American Ska to open up the show before we bring on our headliner, Michigan poet, activist, and musician John Sinclair. We’ve also got a show full of American musicians in the Jazz Cellar, and an International Stage featuring artists from England, The Netherlands, and New Zealand.

2024-04-12 09:04 No Comments

RIP 2024-03-29 Vincent Bonham; Gene Elders; Sandra Crouch

It’s Good Friday and we’ve got a special new stage debuting gospel performers who’ve recently met St. Peter. We’ll start you off with an Ace in the Hole fiddler before we showcase our Headliner, Raydio singer Vincent Bonham. We’ve got rap and pop on the Main Stage, a visit to the International Stage, and a trio of pianists in the Amphitheater. Then we close the shop by waking you up with some hard rock and industrial in The Mosh Pit.

2024-03-29 20:32 No Comments

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