Whether you’re a fan of The Beatles or not, this week’s feature is sure to intrigue & fascinate, with a yellow submarine’s worth of strange, unique and bizarre cover versions of Beatles tunes!
In this episode of PTR the feature is entitled Songs From Jimmy’s Wall, in which we listen to music freshly picked from the FB wall (Youtube videos) of the one & only Jimmy Griffin, a true Birmingham treasure who has immaculate taste in music, from Blues to R&B to Soul to Funk to Cajun & Jazz!!!
On this week's episode of PTR, we have a very timely show full of powerful songs about social and racial injustice, black pride, police brutality, the list goes on ... Our feature further emphasizes these themes. It was curated by author John S. Wendel and is titled This Is No Time.
On this episode of PTR, our feature is a focal point on the pioneers of industrial music, the excellently experimental Throbbing Gristle! Thanks a billion to Ryan Hora for curating this feature!
This week on PTR, our end-of-the-month Locals Only feature is full of down-home historic Alabama gems, thanks to the curation of Burgin Mathews who is the mastermind behind The Lost Child
radio show!
Every Saturday from 9 to 10 a.m. (Alabama-time/Central), THE LOST CHILD brings you one jam-packed hour of downhome American music: honky-tonk country, blues, gospel, old-time fiddle and banjo, Western swing, jazz, soul, Cajun gold, rock and roll, boogie-woogie, zydeco, bluegrass, high lonesome hokum and more. Whenever possible, artists, traditions, songs, and sounds from Alabama and in particular Birmingham will receive special spotlight. Hosted by Burgin Mathews and available only at Birmingham Mountain Radio: listen online locally at 107.3, or stream it--wherever you are--at www.bhammountainradio.com. Each Saturday's show is rebroadcast Tuesday nights, 11 to midnight.
Thanks, Burgin for creating such a uniquely wonderful feature!