Location:
United States
Genres:
Music Podcasts
Description:
An upbeat exploration of the music of the swinging 1960s: rock 'n' roll, soul, garage, psychedelia, girl groups, b-sides, album cuts, and more. Weekly program, 59:00. Originated on WNCW -FM Spindale/Asheville/Greenville. The years between the release of "Meet the Beatles" and "Abbey Road" were loaded with some of the most exhilarating music ever made, and today's hippest tunes continue to reflect the influence of that era. Dig! is a trip back at that magical time, with album cuts, obscure 45s, as well as songs from the icons of the decade. Context and back stories complete the "trip" back to the grooviest decade ever. Host Kim Clark is the former program director of WNCW-FM in Spindale, NC. For three consecutive years, she was voted one of western North Carolina's favorite radio personalities by the readers of Asheville's Mountain Xpress arts and entertainment weekly. "Dig" won a Zeitgeist Award from PRX (Public Radio Exchange) in 2015. The show is broadcast weekly on over a dozen terrestrial radio stations in the US and Britain. For more, visit digradio.org.
Language:
English
Contact:
828-287-8000
Website:
https://www.digradio.org/
Email:
info@wncw.org
Episodes
Dig #269
7/22/2019
James Brown and His Famous Flames, John's Children, Ian & Sylvia, latter-day Beatles, the Everly brothers, the Downliners Sect, Eyes of Blue, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Turquoise, garage band 45s, and much more.
Duration:00:58:59
Dig #268
7/14/2019
We listen to surprising covers of tunes written by Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa, and Janis Ian, a couple of husband-and-wife acts that were on the pop charts in the 60s; plus songs by Tim Buckley, Buffalo Springfield, Seatrain, the Chocolate Watch Band, the VIPs, the Hi Fis, and more.
Duration:00:58:59
Dig #267
7/7/2019
We listen to the 1968 top 10 UK hit for Manfred Mann (pictured) that later became an American country and bluegrass standard, Laura Nyro with her original version of a song that would later be top 10 hit for Three Dog Night, plus PF Sloan, the Spencer Davis Group, the Move, the Alan Bown Set, the Temptations, garage band 45s, and more.
Duration:00:58:59
Dig #266
6/30/2019
Rufus & Carla Thomas, the Blades of Grass, the Who, the Lemon Fog, the Ides of March, the Suburban 9 to 5, the Who, the Sparkles, Love (pictured), the Rationals, and more.
Duration:00:59:00
Dig #265
6/22/2019
Aretha Franklin takes a second look in 1969 at a song that she had originally turned down that then became a top 10 hit for another artist; a Moody Blues single-only release from the autumn of 67 that whetted our appetities for the Days of Future Passed album, some 1963 guitar work from Jimmy Page, a Yardbirds tune with Eric Clapton on lead guitar, plus the Oxford Circle, the Eyes, Bobbie Gentry, and lots more.
Duration:00:59:00
Dig #264
6/14/2019
A '69 cut by Christine Perfect, who became better known by her married name Christine McVie...of Fleetwood Mac fame, also a handful of 45s from New Zealand bands, some American garage band 45s, plus Edwin Starr, Soft machine, the Troggs, Joe South, the Koobas, and lots more.
Duration:00:59:00
Dig #263
6/6/2019
A handful of records out of the 1960s Dutch rock boom, a couple of cool covers of Chuck Berry tunes, the Staple Singers with a fantastic cover of an Otis Redding song, plus the Kinks, Jefferson Airplane, the Count Five (pictured), and more.
Duration:00:59:00
Dig #261
5/21/2019
Lined up this hour are records by Manfred Mann, the Easybeats, Love, the Zombies, and the 13th Floor Elevators; album cuts by Jeff Lynne's first band the Idle Race, Nancy Sinatra, and the Young Rascals; plus 45s by the Mourning Reign, the Purple Hearts, and the Roosters; and lots more music from the 1960s.
Duration:00:57:56
Dig #260
5/18/2019
In this show: records by the Remains, the Troggs, Grapefruit, the Who, the Sugar Shoppe, the Grateful Dead, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, and Question Mark & The Mysterians, garage bands the Choir, the Passing Fancy, the Shady Daze, and the Reasons Why; plus more gems from the 60s.
Duration:00:58:57
Dig #259
5/10/2019
Album tracks by the Electric Prunes, the Hollies, Thomas Edisun's Electric Light Bulb Band, and the Kinks; one from Dusty Springfield's good friend and backing vocalist Madeline Bell; 45s by the Zakary Thaks, the Charms, and Surprise Package; plus the Turtles, the Barry Goldberg Blues Band, and more.
Duration:00:58:57
Dig #258
5/1/2019
In this show: Early Beatles, a live 1967 BBC performance by Jeff Beck, a Monkees album track, one by the San Francisco band Notes From the Underground, plus the Mamas & The Papas, Laura Nyro, the Jelly Bean Bandits, Buffalo Springfield, garage band 45s, and many others.
Duration:00:58:57
Dig #257
4/25/2019
Singles by garage band the Bram Rigg Set, the Headlyters, Harbinger Complex, and the Trees; album cuts by the Doors, the Left Banke, the Buckinghams, and the Stooges; plus Procol Harum, William Bell, Paul Revere & The Raiders, the Standells, and more musical nuggets from the 60s.
Duration:00:58:57
Dig #256
4/15/2019
An alternate version of Nazz's biggest hit; album cuts by Jefferson Airplane, It's A Beautiful Day, and Sly & The Family Stone; 45s by garage bands Randy & the Radiants, the Different Parts, and the Outcasts; plus records by the Rainy Daze (pictured), Turquoise, the Beatles, Sandy Denny & the Strawbs; and more music from the swinging 60s.
Duration:00:58:57
Dig #254
4/3/2019
Records by Timebox, Small Faces, the Seeds, and the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, a track from Them's first album, a smokin' cut by Aretha Franklin's big sister Erma; plus 45s by garage band the Muffets, David Clayton Thomas, Simple Simon & The Piemen,.... and more gems from the 60s.
Duration:00:58:57
Dig #253
3/26/2019
Includes a track from the Strawberry Alarm Clock's first album; a Monkees song that was meant to be the first single on which they played all the instruments but was hung up in a publishing snafu until 1987; also, one by the San Francisco band the Charlatans which featured Dan Hicks; plus records by Quicksilver Messenger Service, the 13th Floor Elevators, Jimmy Hughes, and more gems from the 60s.
Duration:00:58:57
Dig #252
3/19/2019
Lined up for you this hour: an early one by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; album cuts by the Byrds, Tim Buckley, HP Lovecraft, Clear Light, and Jimi Hendrix; plus the Kinks, Neil Diamond, Orpheus, and more.
Duration:00:58:57
Dig #249
2/26/2019
The psychedelic quotient is pretty high this hour with tracks by Moby Grape, Jefferson Airplane, Orphan Egg (pictured), the Action, and the Evil I; the garage band sound is represented by the Gray Things, the Ides, and the Split Ends; plus you'll hear records by Bobbie Gentry, the Lovin' Spoonful, the Kelly Brothers, Marmalade, unreleased Simon & Garfunkel, and lots more.
Duration:00:58:56
Dig #248
2/19/2019
Album cuts by the Hollies, the Rascals, the Beatles, and the Dave Clark Five; 45s by the Dovers, the Four More, and the Basement Wall; the original single version of “Time Has Come Today” by the Chambers Brothers; psychedelia from Tomorrow, the Bonniwell Music Machine, and the New Mix; and more cool sounds from the 1960s.
Duration:00:58:56
Dig #245
2/3/2019
We've got lesser-known songs by some of the biggest artists of the decade: Big Brother & the Holding Company, the Moody Blues, the Electric Prunes, the Yardbirds, and the Monkees; a mid-60s cut by the Rising Sons, a band that included Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder in its members; some sweet soul from Baby Washington and Salena Jones; garage band 45s and more.
Duration:00:58:57
Dig #243
1/16/2019
On deck: the Doors live at the Hollywood Bowl in 1968, a 1965 single by the Who that became an anthem for the Mods; album cuts by Simon & Garfunkel, Orphan Egg, and Strawbs; a Spencer Davis Group b-side, plus records by Delaney & Bonnie, the Easybeats, garage bands, and others.
Duration:00:57:54