Greetings! In this episode, Gary & Brian discuss our favorite compilation albums. What is a compilation album? It covers everything from a band/artist's greatest hits, tribute albums to a band/artist, movie soundtracks or compilations of a particular music genre from many band/artists.

Some of our favorites include the Singles movie soundtrack, Saturday Morning Cartoons, Bela Fleck's Bluegrass Sessions, Eight Miles High (The Byrds), Anthology of American Folk Music, the Big Chill movie soundtrack, Beat the Retreat (Richard Thompson) and The Jazz Album (Various Artists).

Our encores, sadly, continue to pay tribute to two more music legends that we lost recently: Eric Carmen and Dickey Betts. Take care, everyone, enjoy the summer!

Hello everybody! In our new episode, Gary & Brian embark on another album assignment mission. Like previous shows, we gave each other three new albums to listen to and review. It was a lot of fun.

Artists exchanged included Wondermints, Strangefolk, The Love Language, Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever and Phish.

Brian's encore was a review of a recent Black Pumas show he attended and Gary reviewed the 2014 move, Whiplash, that he finally saw on Netflix and tickled his loves of drumming and jazz. Enjoy!

Greetings everyone! Gary & Brian wrap up the great music year of 2023 by discussing our best album and new find picks along with many honorable mentions.

Some of the artists covered include Peter Gabriel, Haken, New Pornographers, Steven Sanchez, The Clientele, Agusa, Jenny Lewis, Jethro Tull, Sufjan Stevens and Squeaky Feet.

For our encores, we shared what music related things we are looking forward to in 2024. Enjoy!

Happy Holidays! Gary & Brian, celebrating the spirit of the season, discuss their Top 3 favorite Christmas albums. Like our previous Favorite Holiday Songs episode, we had a lot of fun discussing these and explaining why they are important to us.

Our choices included Charlie Brown Christmas, The DBs, Johnny Mathis, Beach Boys, The Philly Specials and John Denver & the Muppets.

Brian's encore was a review of an ensemble group called The Salt Collective and Gary reviewed a Netflix documentary on Hipgnosis, the famous 60's and 70's album cover artists, called Squaring the Circle. Highly recommend you check out both of these! Enjoy!

Hello everyone! Gary and Brian took on a new topic; selecting three of our favorite bands, reviewing each member's solo work and choosing the solo album we liked the most. In this episode, we deliberately chose a different band member's album to spark a lively discussion.

The three bands were Traffic, Yes and Pink Floyd. Members included Steve Winwood, Chris Squire, Roger Waters, Dave Mason, Steve Howe and David Gilmour.

For our encores, Brian reviewed the band, Glass Harp, whose music he recently discovered and Gary described a wonderful night seeing Pat Metheny live in a small local theater. Enjoy!

Hello everyone! Gary & Brian return to our singer/songwriter favorite album topic. Last time we covered The Boss, Dylan and Neil Young - this show discusses Lou Reed, Jackson Browne and Van Morrison.

Albums included Reed's New York & Transformer; Browne's Late for the Sky & Jackson Browne and Van the Man's Moondance & Saint Dominic's Preview.

Brian's encore is a review of book on the band, Whiskeytown and Gary pays tribute to Robbie Robertson who unfortunately passed last month. Enjoy!

Hello everybody! Gary & Brian return with another episode of the Name That Band Game. Only bands are covered, meaning no solo artists or their backing bands. Test your musical knowledge as you play along with us, post your score on our Facebook page and feel free to add clues of your own for others to guess!

We covered all new groups, ranging from Culture Club to Steppenwolf to Foreigner to Squeeze and many others.

Brian paid tribute to Randy Meisner, the legendary bass player for The Eagles and Poco; both of us paid tribute to Sinead O'Connor and Tony Bennett as well and Gary reviewed a fascinating documentary of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival called Jazz on a Summer's Day. Enjoy!

Hello everybody! Gary & Brian celebrate summer by putting together their favorite mix tape of songs that represent summer to them. Historically, one would use a cassette tape, but people still make compilations on CD, MP3 or digital playlists too. Choosing the songs and deciding in what order they flow always makes this extra fun.

Our choices are wide ranging, from artists including Don Henley, Katrina & the Waves, Beach Boys, The Lovin' Spoonful, Bryan Adams, Chicago, B-52's, Sheryl Crow, Beatles and Eddie Cochran amongst others.

For our encores, Brian reviewed a Peter & Jeremy show he saw recently and Gary discussed a new Netflix documentary on drumming called Count Me In. Enjoy!