Rules Free Radio Dec 30

Happy New Year, from Rules Free Radio with Steve Caplan! Since we’re at that time when the calendar changes, we’ll spotlight some 2025 releases mixed in with all kinds of other music. From this past year, we’ll hear Midlife Crisis, Dreamcoaster, Cloakz, doing their contribution to a 2025 tribute to David Bowie, Matt Berry, Nourished by Time, Mourning A BLKstar, Khrungbin, Skullcrusher, Melody’s Echo Chamber, Finding Ways, and Natalie Bergman. Classics and in-betweens by Status Quo, The Chocolate Watchband, The Fuzztones, Vivian Girls, Richard Ashcroft, Flaming Lips, Avengers, Mazzy Starr, Haley Heynderickx, Annette Peacock, and plenty more.

In the third hour, we’ll remember Alt Country, Roots, Americana singer-songwriter, producer, Joe Ely, with his music, Waylon Jennings, Bruce Springsteen, Willie DeVille, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and others.

Matt Berry – Why on Fire

Flaming Lips – Handsome Johnny

Midlife Crisis – I Need Nothing

The Fuzztones – My Flash On You

The Avengers – The American In Me

Status Quo – Down Down

Vivian Girls – Lonely Girl

The Chocolate Watchband – I’m Not Like Everybody Else

Dreamcoaster – Promise You’ll Be There

Cloakz – Heroes

Nourished by Time – It’s Time

Mourning [A] BLKstar – Flowers for the Living –

Khruangbin – People Everywhere II

Finding Ways – ComMUnity

Melody’s Echo Chamber – The House That Doesn’t Exist

Richard Ashcroft – Bittersweet Symphony

Death & Vanilla – California Owls

Mazzy Star – Into Dust

Skullcrusher – Living

Blunt Chunks – Every Day

Haley Heynderickx – Seed of a Seed

Annette Peacock – Survival

Natalie Bergman – Lonely Roady)

Procol Harum – Homburg

Joe Ely – The Road Goes on Forever

Bob Dylan – Tangled Up in Blue

Bruce Springsteen – Thunder Road

Buzzin’ Cousins – Sweet Suzanne

Steve Earle – Pancho and Lefty

Joe Ely – She Never Spoke Spanish to Me

Willy DeVille – Bamboo Road

Jimmie Dale Gilmore – Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely – I’ll Be Your Fool

The Blue Shadows – The Fool Is The Last One To Know

Waylon Jennings – Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down

The Byrds – You’re Still On My Mind

Joe Ely – Boxcars

Tom Waits – Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard