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This year’s St. Patrick’s Day show is chock full of blistering & boisterous numbers as well as a good few ballads, too.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone! ENJOY!

• Afro Celt Sound System
• Paddy Kiloran
• Tommy Healy
• Afro Celt Sound System
• The Corrs
• Bill Whelan
• The Chieftains
• The Dubliners
• Luke Kelly & Al O’Donnell
• The Chieftains
• Celia Ní Fhátharta
• Johnny Mháirtín
• The Chieftains
• Seamus Begley & Mary Black
• Mary Black
• Kate Bush
• Colm Mac Con Iomaire
• Megon McDonough
• Davy Spillane & Sinéad O’Connor
• Davy Spillane
• Clannad
• Bing Crosby
• Imelda May
• Emma Langford
• Colm Mac Con Iomaire
• Iarla Ó Lionáird
• Gearóidín Breathnach
• The Gloaming
• Stephen James Smith
• The Gloaming
• Billy Clifford
• Terry Teahan
• Seosamh Mac An Iomaire
• Fiachna Ó Branonain
• The Bothy Band
• The Pogues
• Lankum
• The Lost Brothers
• Joe Chester
• One Morning In August
• Jon Blek
• Emma Langford
• Villagers
• Robert John Ardiff
• Gerr Walsh
• Bell X1 w/ Dowry Strings
• The Waterboys
• Hothouse Flowers
• Clare Ó Riordan
• Ash
• Fontaines D.C.
• U2
• Rory Gallagher
• Niall Connolly
• Arrivalists
• Myles O’Reilly
• Glen Hansard
• Eileen Ivers
• The Bothy Band
• Glen Hansard & Friends
• Liam Neeson
• Paul Brady
• The Bothy Band
• Ed Sheeran
• Alana Henderson
• Declan O’Rourke

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This week’s show is dedicated to small worlds & a need to believe that hope springs eternal!

ENJOY!

• Tierney Sutton
• Liv Monaghan
• Abbey Lincoln
• John Coltrane
• John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
• Mel Tormé
• Kenny Dorham
• Nat “King” Cole
• Sam Cooke
• Frank Sinatra & Sammy Davis, Jr.
• Sammy Davis, Jr.
• George Winston

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This year’s Christmas episode is the longest show I think I’ve ever done…clocking in at 6 & a half hours. It’s intended to be enjoyed as you cook, bake, wrap presents, shop for presents or whatever it is you love to do during the holiday season!

• Perry Como
• Bing Crosby
• Perry Como
• Nat “King” Cole
• Billy Porter
• Andy Williams
• Doris Day
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Alvin Stoller
• Jimmy McGriff
• Ray Anthony
• Otis Redding
• Pearl Bailey
• Capital Studio Orchestra
• Les Brown & His Band of Renown
• Lou Rawls
• Luther Vandross
• Olivia Olson
• Bessie Smith
• Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
• John Lee Hooker
• Nancy Lamott
• Tierney Sutton
• George Winston
• Andy Williams
• Frank Wallace
• U2
• Ashley MacIssac
• Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops
• Mel Tormé
• Tony Bennett
• Bobby Darin
• Frank Wallace
• Donal Lunney, Zoe Conway & Mairtin O’Connor
• Altan
• Loreena McKennitt
• Eimear Quinn
• Walking On Cars
• Mick Flannery
• The Hedge Schools
• Judy Collins
• Lisa Hannigan
• Mannheim Steamroller
• John Lennon
• Dean Martin
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Vince Guaraldi
• Elvis Presley
• Bill Monroe
• Burl Ives
• Gene Autry
• Roy Orbison
• Lyle Lovett
• Sufjan Stevens
• Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison
• Chris Rea
• James Taylor
• Charlie Parker
• Tony Bennett
• Lena Horne
• Vic Damone
• Jack Jones
• Frank Sinatra
• Judy Garland
• Harry Connick, Jr.
• Luciano Pavarotti
• Mario Lanza
• Julie Andrews
• The Philadelphia Orchestra
• Leontyne Price
• Bobby Darin
• Guy Lombardo
• Nancy Wilson

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This week’s show is an upright – not uptight – touch of summer into autumn! Crisp, feel-good tunes that are even better for the soul! ENJOY!

• Nat King Cole
• Nancy Wilson
• Tierney Sutton
• Clifford Brown
• Max Roach
• Sonny Rollins
• Coleman Hawkins
• Ben Webster Quintet
• Lester Young
• Count Basie
• Count Basie & Joe Williams
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Johnny Hartman
• Big John Patton
• Grant Green
• John Coltrane
• Bruce Cockburn

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This week’s show is mostly a tribute to my grandmother…who loved all these artists! Particularly Sinatra, Ellington & Oscar Peterson! Marge would have been 110 today – 8/24/24!

• Tony Bennett
• Frank Sinatra
• Dean Martin
• Nat King Cole
• Duke Ellington
• Louis Armstrong
• Miles Davis
• Sarah Vaughan
• Dinah Washington
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Johnny Hartman
• Thelonious Monk
• Bud Powell
• Oscar Peterson & Nelson Riddle
• Lester Young & Oscar Peterson
• Frank Sinatra

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This episode is a mix of a tribute to a friend as well as a tribute to summertime…here in NYC or wherever you may be!

ENJOY!

• Johnny Nash
• George Winston
• Johnny Hartman
• Duke Ellington
• Count Basie
• Nat “King” Cole
• Ella Fitzgerald
• John Coltrane
• Grant Green
• Errol Garner
• Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto
• Quincy Jones
• The Roots & Bobby Womack
• Lou Bega
• Len
• Hothouse Flowers
• Lara Downes
• Declan O’Rourke

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This year’s episode is the longest show I’ve ever produced in twelve years of producing this show.

6 hours & 45 minutes of seasonal & holiday favorites! ENJOY!

• Arthur Fiedler & the Boston Pops
• Mel Tormé
• Perry Como
• Bing Crosby
• Perry Como
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Doris Day
• Andy Williams
• Dean MArtin
• Tony Bennett
• George Winston
• Alvin Stoller
• Jimmy McGriff
• Ray Anthony
• Pearl Bailey
• Capitol Studio Orchestra
• Nat “King” Cole
• Otis Redding
• Les Brown
• Lou Rawls
• Luther Vandross
• Olivia Olson
• Bessie Smith
• John Lee Hooker
• Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
• Nancy Lamott
• Tierney Sutton
• Andy Williams
• The Pogues
• Sinéad O’Connor
• Loreena McKennitt
• Ashley MacIsaac
• Dónal Lunny, Zoe Conway & Máirtín O’Connor
• U2
• Mick Flannery
• Walking On Cars
• Lisa Hannigan
• The Hedge Schools
• Frank Wallace
• Mannheim Steamroller
• Vince Guaraldi
• Burl Ives
• Roy Orbison
• Lyle Lovett
• Bill Monroe
• The Oh Hellos
• Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison
• Chris Rea
• James Taylor
• John Gorka
• Charlie Parker
• Lena Horne
• Vic Damone
• Jack Jones
• Diana Krall
• Frank Sinatra
• Judy Garland
• Harry Connick, Jr.
• John Lennon & Yoko Ono
• Judy Collins
• Enya
• Luciano Pavarotti
• Julie Andrews
• Leontyne Price
• Philadelphia Orchestra
• Nancy Wilson
• Bobby Darin
• Guy Lombardo

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With the passing of Tony Bennett, I couldn’t not bring some attention to the man’s music. There were few like him & one of the last of his kind at the same time!

ENJOY!

• “Capital City”
• “The Boulevard of Broken Dreams”
• “Rags To Riches”
• “The Lady Is A Tramp”
• “I See Your Face Before Me”
• “Sweet Lorraine”
• “All Of Me”
• “Willow Weep For Me”
• “These Fooling Things”
• “God Bless The Child”
• “The Moment Of Truth”
• “This Could Be The Start Of Something Big”
• “It’s A Sin To Tell A Lie”
• “Ain’t Misbehavin'”
• Parody: “Rags To Riches”
• “Keep Smiling At Trouble”
• “Time After Time”
• “One For My Baby”
• “From This Moment On”
• Comedy Routine
• “Lullaby Of Broadway”
• “Chicago”
• “I Left My Heart In San Francisco”
• I Wanna Be Around”
• “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” Reprise
• Finale “The Moment of Truth”
• “I Do Not Know A Day I Did Not Love You”
• “I’ll Be Seeing You”

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This week’s episode is all hot to trot tunes that will keep you attuned to the summertime blues! ENJOY!

• Bobby Darin
• Frank Sinatra
• George Winston
• Johnny Hartman
• Count Basie
• Duke Ellington
• Booker T & The MG’s
• The Beach Boys
• Sly & The Family Stone
• The Isley Brothers
• Frank Sinatra
• John Coltrane
• Ciara Sidine
• The Alarm
• The Divine Comedy
• Van Morrison
• Bruce Springsteen
• Anohni & The Johnsons
• Sidney Bechet
• Count Basie
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Chris Whitley
• The Decemberists
• Buddy Guy
• Freddie King
• Donna Summer
• Tina Turner
• Len
• Marvin Gaye
• Nat “King” Cole

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This week’s show is a tip of the cap to Spring…may it finally come to the northeast in terms of weather & into all of our lives in terms of life & love & happiness.

ENJOY!

• Bobby Darin
• Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Tierney Sutton
• Willie “The Lion” Smith
• Kenny Dorham
• Ella Fitzgerald
• David Allyn
• Art Tatum
• George Winston
• Oscar Peterson
• Johnny Hartman
• Quincy Jones
• Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto
• Clockhammer
• June Christy
• Michael Feinstein
• Tony Bennett
• Bruce Springsteen
• Gordon Lightfoot