Rockin' the Suburbs

Nov 21 2024 500 ep. 20 mins 303
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Patrick Foster and Jim Lenahan have a new podcast! Come join two (not so) ordinary family guys in the basement (or on the deck) as they talk about their lifelong obsessions with music. Now ... 5 days a week!

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1997: Rocktober New Music 4: Nadia Reid, Christy Moore, Billy Strings, Porridge Radio, Panda Bear

Nov 21 2024 16 mins  
It’s time for another multi-country journey for the Rocktober 2024 New Music Train, as it travels from Dublin to New York City. Liam McIndoe and Jason Goebel are at the controls and the duo discuss new music from Nadia Reid, Christy Moore, Billy Strings, Porridge Radio and Panda Bear. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, S

1996: Rocktober New Music 3: Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Brower, Abstract Crimewave, Isak Benjamin

Nov 20 2024 13 mins  
The Rocktober 2024 New Music Train is on a long distance journey today, chugging from Wisconsin to Sweden. Bob Peterson and Niklas Nygards are in control and they are talking up new tunes from Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Brower, Abstract Crimewave and Isak Benjamin. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Pod

1995: Rocktober New Music 2: Dream Theater, Sergeant Thunderhoof, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Body Metta, Christina Mantis

Nov 19 2024 17 mins  
All aboard the Rocktober 2024 New Music Train! We throw the horns up and crank it to 11 with Steven Routledge and Paul Hayden and new tunes from Dream Theater, Sergeant Thunderhoof, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Body Metta and Christina Mantis. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart

1994: October New Music - Superchunk, Baseball Project, Bartees Strange, Kathleen Edwards

Nov 18 2024 15 mins  
Jim kicks off the October New Music series with choice cuts by Superchunk, the Baseball Project and Bartees Strange. Plus, a Tom Petty cover from Kathleen Edwards. Get with Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, like audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show

1993: Bluegrass 4-Pack Part 4: Progressive Bluegrass AKA Newgrass

Nov 15 2024 24 mins  
It’s time to crack the final can of our Bluegrass 4-Pack! It contains the history of progressive bluegrass, when younger musicians began to expand and enhance the traditional sounds of Bill Monroe and Flatt and Scruggs. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or

1992: Bluegrass 4-Pack Part 3: The Festival Movement

Nov 14 2024 19 mins  
We’re onto part three of the Bluegrass 4-Pack today, in which we take a look at the birth of the bluegrass festival movement, which began with two seminal events in Virginia in the 1960s. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please

1991: Bluegrass 4-Pack Part 2: Flatt and Scruggs

Nov 13 2024 18 mins  
We open another can from the Bluegrass 4-Pack today, as Patrick outlines the remarkable career of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. They left Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys in 1948 and went on to take the music to a whole new audience and level of popularity. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amaz

1990: Bluegrass 4-Pack Part 1: Genre and History with Bill Monroe

Nov 12 2024 29 mins  
It’s time to crack into the Bluegrass 4-Pack! Patrick takes a trip back in musical history to the formation of the band that led to the genre of music known as Bluegrass. That trip begins with Bill Monroe and his brother Charlie in the mid-1930s and continues until Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs arrive in 1946. Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platfo

1989: Quincy Jones - Rest in Power

Nov 11 2024 44 mins  
We pay tribute to Quincy Jones, who died on Nov. 3, 2024, at age 91. The man was a legend in music and beyond. Edward Bowser of soulinstereo.com joins the conversation. Get with Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, like audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the

1988: Perfect Pop: AC Newman, The Breeders, The Cure

Nov 08 2024 18 mins  
We wrap up the week with a triple dose of Perfect Pop! Tim Hoffman picks AC Newman’s “Miracle Drug,” Mark Neese carefully considers “Cannonball” by the Breeders and Kevin Clement selects The Cure’s “A Forest.” Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn.