My new interview for New Books Network 📚 is out! Spoke w/ Mark Guarino about his stellar book COUNTRY AND MIDWESTERN (@UChicagoPress 2023) tracing Chicago's history as a country & folk music capital. Check it out here or on all major podcasting platforms newbooksnetwork.com/country-and-mi… 1/2

Many Caropop guests look back on amazing careers, but Niko Kapetan of Friko is on the cusp of one. As this rising Chicago band of Evanston high school grads wows audiences live and on record, Kapetan digs into where they've been and go from here. caropop.com/caropopcast/ep…

Don't miss the opportunity of a lifetime! Today's solar eclipse is the last one crossing the United States for decades. Visit some of our Chicago Public Library locations today to get eclipse glasses and watch a NASA livestream of people taking in the eclipse across the country.

Now you see it. Soon you won’t. You can hear it w/the WXRT Chicago Eclipse Set. Take the musical journey starting at 1:50 today! 😎

The Oakland AAAs, I guess

Toot-toot! Beep-beep!
On the new Caropop, Bruce Sudano tells great stories about his mentorship with Tommy James, his life with arguably the disco era’s greatest artist, Donna Summer (including his 'Bad Girls' co-write), and his own artistic rebirth. caropop.com/caropopcast/ep…

Aunt Terri in the house that is Yazies Bar. #Cubs #HomeOpener WXRT Chicago Johnny Mars Chris Cwiak

What did this young British woman do to win the 2023 Music Producers Guild Mastering Engineer of the Year Award? How has she become so skilled at mastering doom punk, Bowie and VMP hip-hop albums? Cicely Balston breaks it down on the new Caropop. caropop.com/caropopcast/ep…

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Waaaait a minute, I'm beginning to think the oppo mailers were just a scare tactic...

Greg Calbi mastered Born To Run, Damn the Torpedoes, Remain in Light, Murmur, Graceland, Is This It and more classic albums. How was Lennon to work with? Bowie did what in the studio? How does Calbi make great music sound better? On the new Caropop.
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What does cool-cat Slim Jim Phantom have to say about Stray Cats' and his Little Steven's Underground Garage gig? Why did the band have to move to the UK to hit in the US? How did they soar in the synthy 80s? Who's on his rockabilly Mt Rushmore? On the new Caropop. caropop.com/caropopcast/ep…