From Doris Day to Mel Torme, we at the Balcony are familiar with the Swingin' side of life. Whether a well-sung melody, a jazzy orchestration or some serious be-boppin', with Episode 5 of Swingtime we prove again that Swing music has got your soul, rock a

One day in 1975 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band walked onto a stage and haven't left yet. They've been doing the same show at the same energy for 40 goddamn years. How is that possible? Is the Fountain of Youth off the New Jersey Turnpike near Exi

One day in 1975 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band walked onto a stage and haven't left yet. They've been doing the same show at the same energy for 40 goddamn years. How is that possible? Is the Fountain of Youth off the New Jersey Turnpike near Exi

We at the Balcony are pretty fond of three things: peace, love and soul. (Four if you count BLTs.) It's time for episode five of Soulville, our show dedicated to music of the heart and the spine and the guts. In this installment we prove that white peopl

Icons come and Icons go but The Boss goes on forever. And when he gets going it goes all night. For Lesson 71 of the 101 Series we take a 2-part listen to the music of Bruce Springsteen with and without the E Street Band - because that's the only thing th

Five hundred miles off the tip of the Florida Keys (on the other side of Cuba), is Jamaica, birthplace of a little something called reggae. Every once and a while we at The Balcony grab a trade wind and point our spliffs straight for Kingston. Join us for

Before the mp3, before the CD, before the cassette, before the 8-track, before reel-to-reel, before vinyl there was wax and shellac. Who put the wax and shellac on? Columbia Records did. The oldest record label in America deserves it's own show and you're

Do you ever get the urge to just go through your music collection and put together a mix tape of all the hardest rockin' songs you can think off? It doesn't matter how many time you've heard it you just want it in the mix again? That's what we usually do

The United States gave the Japanese many things: the bomb (and therefore, Godzilla), Tom Cruise as a samurai, the hamburger and rock music. The Japanese took to some of these things more than others, especially the rock. In Lesson 69 of the 101 Series, we

Time now to go back to our vinyl archives. This is Off The Wall Episode 5 our journey through the vast and myriad vinyl collection stored here in The BalconyRadio vaults and studio. We knew exactly what needed to be done to follow up the last episode dedi