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Where does John Wesley Harding stop and Wesley Stace begin (or vice versa)? On the new Caropop, the English singer-songwriter-turned-U.S. citizen discusses his dual identities, his Frank Capra title-mining and his reaction to Elvis Costello snark. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
December 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Where does John Wesley Harding stop and Wesley Stace begin (or vice versa)? On the new Caropop, the English singer-songwriter-turned-U.S. citizen discusses his dual identities, his Frank Capra title-mining and his reaction to Elvis Costello snark. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
Where does John Wesley Harding stop and Wesley Stace begin (or vice versa)? On the new Caropop, the English singer-songwriter-turned-U.S. citizen discusses his dual identities, his Frank Capra title-mining and his reaction to Elvis Costello snark. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
December 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Where does John Wesley Harding stop and Wesley Stace begin (or vice versa)? On the new Caropop, the English singer-songwriter-turned-U.S. citizen discusses his dual identities, his Frank Capra title-mining and his reaction to Elvis Costello snark. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
It's time to Guess Tomorrow's Caropop Guest!
Hint #1: He has done work under a pseudonym and his own name.
Hint #1: He has done work under a pseudonym and his own name.
December 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It's time to Guess Tomorrow's Caropop Guest!
Hint #1: He has done work under a pseudonym and his own name.
Hint #1: He has done work under a pseudonym and his own name.
I'm so glad I was able to get guitarist Jimmy James together with one of his idols, Steve Cropper, on Caropop. This was a great conversation. As it happens, James' band Parlor Greens is playing tonight at Garcia's in Chicago--check 'em out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4DZ...
Caropop Ep145-Jimmy James & Steve Cropper chat about playing guitar in organ-led rock bands
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December 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I'm so glad I was able to get guitarist Jimmy James together with one of his idols, Steve Cropper, on Caropop. This was a great conversation. As it happens, James' band Parlor Greens is playing tonight at Garcia's in Chicago--check 'em out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4DZ...
Dave Specter was Son Seals’ rhythm guitarist for two years before becoming a bandleader himself. I love hearing Specter play as well as chatting with him at his club @evanstonspace.bsky.social, but I’d never gone in depth with him like we do on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
December 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Dave Specter was Son Seals’ rhythm guitarist for two years before becoming a bandleader himself. I love hearing Specter play as well as chatting with him at his club @evanstonspace.bsky.social, but I’d never gone in depth with him like we do on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
It's time to Guess Tomorrow's Caropop Guest!
Hint #1: He plays blues guitar.
Hint #1: He plays blues guitar.
December 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
It's time to Guess Tomorrow's Caropop Guest!
Hint #1: He plays blues guitar.
Hint #1: He plays blues guitar.
Some friends and I were batting this around the other day: Best bands or artists with a maximum of three studio albums.
I'll get you started: Television, Nirvana, Nick Drake, Big Star (if you don't count "In Space")...
I'll get you started: Television, Nirvana, Nick Drake, Big Star (if you don't count "In Space")...
December 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Some friends and I were batting this around the other day: Best bands or artists with a maximum of three studio albums.
I'll get you started: Television, Nirvana, Nick Drake, Big Star (if you don't count "In Space")...
I'll get you started: Television, Nirvana, Nick Drake, Big Star (if you don't count "In Space")...
The Steve Cropper Caropop conversation is now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=04Lt...
Caropop Ep93-The late legend Steve Cropper on his time with Otis Redding, Blues Bros & the MGs.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The Steve Cropper Caropop conversation is now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=04Lt...
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Running an audiophile label is not easy, as Shane Buettner has learned in the 10 years since he founded Intervention Records. Has licensing recordings become harder? What dictates pricing? How did he land Sun Records? Buettner tells all on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
December 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Running an audiophile label is not easy, as Shane Buettner has learned in the 10 years since he founded Intervention Records. Has licensing recordings become harder? What dictates pricing? How did he land Sun Records? Buettner tells all on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
Running an audiophile label is not easy, as Shane Buettner has learned in the 10 years since he founded Intervention Records. Has licensing recordings become harder? What dictates pricing? How did he land Sun Records? Buettner tells all on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
December 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Running an audiophile label is not easy, as Shane Buettner has learned in the 10 years since he founded Intervention Records. Has licensing recordings become harder? What dictates pricing? How did he land Sun Records? Buettner tells all on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
RIP to one of the greatest guitarists ever, Steve Cropper, who always played exactly what the song called for and nothing more. He was a two-time Caropop guest, first on his own www.caropop.com/caropopcast/... and then with guitarist Jimmy James interviewing his hero: www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
RIP to one of the greatest guitarists ever, Steve Cropper, who always played exactly what the song called for and nothing more. He was a two-time Caropop guest, first on his own www.caropop.com/caropopcast/... and then with guitarist Jimmy James interviewing his hero: www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
Happy Thanksgiving from Caropop! www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
November 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from Caropop! www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
My new Caropop episode is with one of my favorite songwriters, Louie Perez of Los Lobos. He's as insightful and open-hearted as you'd expect. Please listen here: youtu.be/RWLpofDGxJg
Caropop Ep203-Los Lobos' Louie Perez on his recent health scare & their 50+ years of music
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November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
My new Caropop episode is with one of my favorite songwriters, Louie Perez of Los Lobos. He's as insightful and open-hearted as you'd expect. Please listen here: youtu.be/RWLpofDGxJg
It's time to Guess Tomorrow's Caropop Guest!
Hint #1: He's part of a great songwriting duo.
Hint #1: He's part of a great songwriting duo.
November 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It's time to Guess Tomorrow's Caropop Guest!
Hint #1: He's part of a great songwriting duo.
Hint #1: He's part of a great songwriting duo.
Bob Merlis ran Warner Bros. label publicity for many years, and on the new Caropop, he tells tales about the Carpenters, Little Richard, Dion DiMucci, ZZ Top, Debbie Gibson, Talking Heads, Devo, the B-52’s, the BoDeans, Madonna, R.E.M. and many more. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Bob Merlis ran Warner Bros. label publicity for many years, and on the new Caropop, he tells tales about the Carpenters, Little Richard, Dion DiMucci, ZZ Top, Debbie Gibson, Talking Heads, Devo, the B-52’s, the BoDeans, Madonna, R.E.M. and many more. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
I'm so sad to see that wonderful Squeeze/Jools Holland drummer Gilson Lavis has died. He propelled so much great music in such a distinct, powerful way (and was a talented artist to boot). He also was a kind, thoughtful Caropop guest in 2022. RIP. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
November 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I'm so sad to see that wonderful Squeeze/Jools Holland drummer Gilson Lavis has died. He propelled so much great music in such a distinct, powerful way (and was a talented artist to boot). He also was a kind, thoughtful Caropop guest in 2022. RIP. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
On the new Caropop, Paul Kelly reflects on his life as a musician in Australia, his evolution as a songwriter, his song sequel, his years of being “a recreational heroin user” and what he has learned. Is songwriting his way to make sense out of being human? www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
On the new Caropop, Paul Kelly reflects on his life as a musician in Australia, his evolution as a songwriter, his song sequel, his years of being “a recreational heroin user” and what he has learned. Is songwriting his way to make sense out of being human? www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
It's time to Guess Tomorrow's Caropop Guest!
Hint #1: He's Australian.
Hint #1: He's Australian.
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
It's time to Guess Tomorrow's Caropop Guest!
Hint #1: He's Australian.
Hint #1: He's Australian.
To mark Caropop Ep. 200, we've got Paul Myers @pulmyears.bsky.social, who recently posted the 200th episode of his Record Store Day Podcast and has written a funny, heartbreaking new book about John Candy. This is a fun chat about Candy, creativity and doing it all. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
October 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
To mark Caropop Ep. 200, we've got Paul Myers @pulmyears.bsky.social, who recently posted the 200th episode of his Record Store Day Podcast and has written a funny, heartbreaking new book about John Candy. This is a fun chat about Candy, creativity and doing it all. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
The great Peter Holsapple @halfpear.bsky.social is at @evanstonspace.bsky.social tonight, touring with Steve Forbert. Some tix still available. Will I see you there? Here's his latest Caropop conversation: www.caropop.com/caropopcast/... And here's the tix link: www.ticketweb.com/event/steve-...
October 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The great Peter Holsapple @halfpear.bsky.social is at @evanstonspace.bsky.social tonight, touring with Steve Forbert. Some tix still available. Will I see you there? Here's his latest Caropop conversation: www.caropop.com/caropopcast/... And here's the tix link: www.ticketweb.com/event/steve-...
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We keep adding new episodes to the Caropop YouTube channel, including the latest ones (Tom Morello, Peter Guralnick...) and "classics" including Steve Albini, Bettye LaVette, Sam Phillips and the three non-Partridge guys in XTC. Please check it out and subscribe. www.youtube.com/results?sear...
October 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
We keep adding new episodes to the Caropop YouTube channel, including the latest ones (Tom Morello, Peter Guralnick...) and "classics" including Steve Albini, Bettye LaVette, Sam Phillips and the three non-Partridge guys in XTC. Please check it out and subscribe. www.youtube.com/results?sear...
On the new Caropop @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social reflects on writing political music, including for the new Goodman Theatre show Revolution(s), and weighs its impact. He also talks Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Springsteen, that last Sabbath show & the Cubs. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
October 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
On the new Caropop @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social reflects on writing political music, including for the new Goodman Theatre show Revolution(s), and weighs its impact. He also talks Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Springsteen, that last Sabbath show & the Cubs. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
It's time to Guess Tomorrow's Caropop Guest:
Hint #1: He was in two bands with identical personnel except for the lead singer.
Hint #1: He was in two bands with identical personnel except for the lead singer.
October 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
It's time to Guess Tomorrow's Caropop Guest:
Hint #1: He was in two bands with identical personnel except for the lead singer.
Hint #1: He was in two bands with identical personnel except for the lead singer.
Wait, Colonel Tom Parker wasn't like the all-controlling, constipated-looking manager played by Tom Hanks in "Elvis"? Author Peter Guralnick offers a much more complex portrait and bats around various theories about Colonel and Elvis in the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
October 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Wait, Colonel Tom Parker wasn't like the all-controlling, constipated-looking manager played by Tom Hanks in "Elvis"? Author Peter Guralnick offers a much more complex portrait and bats around various theories about Colonel and Elvis in the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
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Blurbed as "one of the most Chicago novels I've ever read" by someone from here, Orner's take on provincialism in writing is, for my money, spot-on.
Hear all about it, and subscribe for free to @caropopcast.bsky.social!
Hear all about it, and subscribe for free to @caropopcast.bsky.social!
As he does in The Gossip Columnist's Daughter, his acclaimed new novel blurring fiction and fact around the 1963 death of Chicago Sun-Times columnist Kup's daughter, author Peter Orner makes every word count in this lively Caropop conversation. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
October 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Blurbed as "one of the most Chicago novels I've ever read" by someone from here, Orner's take on provincialism in writing is, for my money, spot-on.
Hear all about it, and subscribe for free to @caropopcast.bsky.social!
Hear all about it, and subscribe for free to @caropopcast.bsky.social!