In today's episode the Mixtape Diaries crew calls out some of their favorite songs by female solo artists.  Join us as we work through our feelings about folk rock, the 90s vs. the 70s, and fake American accents.

Today we welcome Nina, Chaka, Donna, Courtney, Dusty, Maya, Kay, Björk, Sharleen, Holly, Cat, and Ani into The Mix.  No one on the corner has swag like us.

As always, find the Playlist on Spotify + Apple Music and your Extras on Twitter.

Credits: Intro/ Outro — the Februarys, "Does Your Father Know"/ "... In a Letter." 

Wait — what?  Two episodes in two weeks?!?  It's a CHRISTMAS MIRACLE, with your Festive Foursome back in a hurry to talk about some of their favorite (and not-so-favorite) Christmas songs.

Joining us on The Nice List are the Pogues, Bowie and Bing, Weezer, Ella, Jose Feliciano, She & Him, the Kinks, the Vince Guaraldi Trio, John and Yoko, Darlene Love, the Waitresses, Elvis and more!

Dim the lights, stoke the fire, egg the nog, and Yule it up with the Mixtape Diaries.  Your heart will grow three sizes this day.

Credits: Intro — the Februarys, "Does Your Father Know"/ Outro — Cocteau Twins, "Frosty the Snowman."

Big changes happening here, as we add a *fourth* Diarist (!) and spin *twelve* classic tunes into the mix.

In this episode we reach back before 1975 for our selections, and we find Billy Preston, Elton John, David Bowie, Blue Cheer, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jesus Christ Superstar, Led Zeppelin, Rod Stewart, Van Morrison, Fela Kuti, the MC5, and the 5th Dimension.

As always, find the Playlist on Spotify + Apple Music and your Extras on Twitter.

Credits: Intro/ Outro — the Februarys, "Does Your Father Know"/ "... In a Letter." 

The Mixtape Diaries kicks off Season 2 with a "scenes" episode, wherein each of your three hosts calls out a particular rock scene for discussion, then selects three songs from that scene.

Join us as we explore grunge (Mark), shoegaze (Bob), and the New Romantics (Brad)!

Tracked in this episode: Mother Love Bone, Temple of the Dog, Mad Season, Catherine Wheel, Velocity Girl, Curve, Adam and the Ants, Bow Wow Wow, and Duran Duran.

As always, find the Playlist on Spotify + Apple Music and your Extras on Twitter.

Credits: Intro/ Outro — the Februarys, "Does Your Father Know"/ "... In a Letter." 

As promised, here's the remainder of our looooooooong-running episode name-checking Nine Great Albums.

Side B features INXS's Kick, Between You and Me by San Cisco, REM's Murmur, Everyone Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? by the Cranberries, and Radiohead's In Rainbows.

Playlist on Spotify + Apple Music/ Extras on Twitter.

Credits: Intro/ Outro — the Februarys, "Does Your Father Know"/ "... In a Letter." 

The Mixtape Diaries is back from hiatus with a double-length episode ... and here's the first installment.  We went long for this one, because we're talking about some of our favorite LPs, and once we get going, time gets away from us.

On this Side A we talk about Dazzle Ships by Orchestral ... [Brad pauses to check spelling] Manoeuvres in the Dark, Giant Steps by the Boo Radleys, the Long Blondes' Someone To Drive You Home, and Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here.

More to come shortly, when Side B posts.

Playlist on Spotify + Apple Music/ Extras on Twitter.

Credits: Intro/ Outro — the Februarys, "Does Your Father Know"/ "... In a Letter." 

We were told we needed help, and we went out and got it. 

This podcast's first ever guest is Nashville tastemaker and longtime friend Carla.  Think Indiana Jones, but for music.  Today Carla challenges us to get with the times: the theme is "new" (that is, post-2006) music.

Joining the Playlist are Maggie Rogers, Sylvan Esso, the War on Drugs, Beach House, Titus Andronicus, Goat, Wooden Shjips, Chicano Batman, and Bully.   THANK YOU for hanging with us, Carla!

Playlist on Spotify + (new!) Apple Music/ Extras on Twitter.

Credits: Intro/ Outro — the Februarys, "Does Your Father Know"/ "... In a Letter." 

Covers, this time.  It should have been easy.  But now Mark gets squirrely, Brad chokes on ice, and Bob wants it made clear that he's just fine with Black Sabbath ... they're just not a favorite.

Crisis averted?  For now, maybe ...

Our Ep 8 adds are Sinead O'Connor, Amy Winehouse, Club Nouveau, Patti Smith, Devo, Manic Street Preachers, Charles Bradley, the Sundays, and Talking Heads.

Playlist on Spotify + (new!) Apple Music/ Extras on Twitter.

Credits: Intro/ Outro — the Februarys, "Does Your Father Know"/ "... In a Letter."

Your Three Hosts have been homebodies lately — let's hope that changes soon.  In the meantime, we thought we'd look to local growers for our playlist produce.  That means Ohio artists for Bob, the SoCal market for Mark, and the Boston scene for Brad.

In this episode's harvest: the Breeders, the Pretenders, Tracy Chapman, Pinback, Slightly Stoopid, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Johnny Cash, the Modern Lovers, the Cars, and Throwing Muses.  (Yeah: that's 10 songs.  One of us got greedy ...)

Playlist on Spotify + (new!) Apple Music/ Extras on Twitter.

Credits: Intro/ Outro — the Februarys, "Does Your Father Know"/ "... In a Letter."

The King in the North (i.e., Mark) takes charge of this one, and his edict is that the Yanks join him in raising a glass to Canadian musicians.  So over the border we happily go.

We'd like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Saga, Broken Social Scene, the New Pornographers, Men Without Hats, Alanis Morissette, the Cowboy Junkies, the Tragically Hip, Gordon Lightfoot, and Jean Leloup for their hospitality.  As it turns out, good songs make good neighbors.

Playlist on Spotify + (new!) Apple Music/ Extras on Twitter.

Credits: Intro/ Outro — the Februarys, "Does Your Father Know"/ "... In a Letter."