Great songs may come and go, but sometimes the best songs are the ones that have fallen just off the radar. Welcome to episode 5 of Dusty Gems - the show that re-calibrates the radar for a more powerful search. We have a bevy of great bands playing some d

Webster's defines the word 'Eccentric' as "Having it's axis off center". BalconyRadio assumes this definition as its motto and defines 'Eccentric' as music worth exploring. In Lesson 58 of the 101 Series we turn to artists who may never have been played o

Neither the turntables or the mic are strictly a man's domain. Sometimes the soft, well-manicured hands of a female MC can grip it and rip it. In episode five of our hip hop series Deez Rhymes, we hand it over to the ladies. Join us for a couple of hours

In the new millennium there has been a rise in the number of coffee shops in America - most belonging to one or two companies. We at The Balcony think it's time to bring back the coffee shop as venue - the way it was in the days of Greenwich Village - wit

To be perfectly truthful about Lesson 56, it really is more rock than glam. But we still like silver pant suits, bright red rouge and 8-inch platform heels. It all comes together under the heading of Glam Rock. If glamour is a genre then the music can be

When the spurs are janglin' and the John Deere keys are jinglin' it's because dosey-do time at the Balcony has come again. Saddle up for the fifth episode in our toast to Americana: the Blue Highway. In this show we mosey into the studio for two hours of

There is only one person in charge. Her. She that rocks, raps and generally kicks the asses of all men and boys. This is episode 4 of our tribute to the chicks that rule, dominate and control - "X Chromosome". All the girrrls that are fit to riot step to

From 1964-1971, teenage girls on both sides of the Atlantic had a collective orgasm set to music you can dance to. We call it the British Invasion. Join us in Lesson 55 of the 101 Series where we listen to all the bands that followed the Beatles down the

Alright, we at the Balcony recommend that you synchronize your bongs to the music . . . right . . . . . . . now. Now. Here it is, presented to you in full quadraphonic stereo the band is inside your head psychedelic surround sound: This Pill Makes You Sma

Summer time means a lot of things: bar-b-que, sunshine, zinc on your nose, a good case of heat stroke, some potato salad bloat and the music of Charlie Manson's second favorite band (even he preferred The Beatles) . . . In Lesson 54 of the 101 Series we s