In this New Music Friday episode, we speak with Jim, Marc, and Justin of The DelCobras, one of Philadelphia's hottest power pop bands! We discuss the band's musical journey, songwriting process, and their latest single, Get Closer!

In this episode, we are joined by The Mighty Manfred to discuss his great band, The Woggles. Signed to Little Steven's Wicked Cool Records, The Woggles have been making infectious garage-rock since 1987!

In this bonus episode, I recap the recent Dead Daisies/Glenn Hughes concert at The Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, IL! It was a one-off, once-in-a-lifetime concert where legendary Deep Purple vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes joined The Dead Daisies for a night of Dead Daisies hits and a set of Deep Purple classics.

In this Chicago Scene episode, we speak with Chris Neville, vocalist and keyboard player for The Meadowlark Lemons. This great Rock/Jazz/Soul band plays infectious songs with a stellar lineup! We discuss the band's formation and their self-titled debut album!

Why was Paul McCartney's 1986 album Press To Play such a critical and commercial failure? Mike and special guest Michael Bagford give us their thoughts on this Much Maligned Album!!

In this episode, we Zoom all the way to the country of Malta to talk with Joseph Azzopardi from Upper Lip - an amazing hard rock band that has just released a great new album, Devil's Ride. We discuss the band's musical journey and deep-dive into Devil's Ride.

In this Chicago Scene episode, we speak with John Fournier, leader of the Chicago Soul Jazz Collective. We talk about the formation of the band and their groundbreaking new album, No Wind & No Rain.

In this episode, The Dead Daisies guitarist, Doug Aldrich returns to the Retro Rock Roundup studio to discuss the bands One Night Only show at The Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, IL, where they will be joined by legendary vocalist, Glenn Hughes! They will be playing great Dead Daisies classics as well as a set of Deep Purple classics!

In this episode Mike welcomes special guest and friend Austin Hough to talk all things Graham Parker! We discuss how we first discovered his music and deep dive into our favorite Graham Parker albums and songs.

In episode 2 of our "Cover Me" Week - we speak with Doug Platt and Chris Sulcer, founding members of Small Town - A John Mellenamp Experience. We discuss the bands formation, Doug and Chris' favorite Mellencamp albums and we recap their recent show at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, IL