Broadway star Laura Benanti talks comedy, songwriting, recovering from being a people-pleaser, graduating from ingenue status, imitating Melania, working the stage or screen, and crafting her one-woman show, Nobody Cares, on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

Did P-Funk guitarist Michael Hampton know whether he was playing on a Parliament or Funkadelic session during those bands' concurrent classic runs? Was it as much of a party as it sounded like? Why "King Kong"? Hampton tells all on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

I'm so sad to learn that Glen Hansard has died. One of my favorite movie memories is seeing "Once" at Sundance followed by Hansard and Markéta Irglová performing the songs on stage. And one of my favorite workdays was watching Hansard arrange and record a John Martyn song in an Evanston studio.

Performing Bachelor No. 2 at the the Riv, @aimeemann.bsky.social is just the coolest and sounds like she recorded these songs yesterday. She also occupies my favorite genre: people who are naturally funny and can break your heart.

How did Urge Overkill get from the bright, shiny Saturation to the dark, slithery Exit the Dragon? Nash Kato and Eddie "King" Roeser tell Caropop about the tough circumstances and unhealthy habits that spurred the last Urge album featuring the original 3. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

Jason Ringenberg marks the 40th anniversary of Jason and the Scorchers' Still Standing by telling Caropop what got him and his fiery band up to that pivot-point album and the profound effect that the experience had on them. Bonus: There are baby chicks. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

On the new Caropop, Glenn Morrow reflects on his careers as a recently retired indie label owner (@barnonerecords.bsky.social, where he started by signing @tmbg.bsky.social), journalist (New York Rocker) and musician (Glenn Morrow's Cry for Help; the Individuals). www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

In Pt. 2 of Liberty DeVitto on Caropop, Billy Joel's longtime drummer revisits drumming in the '80s, the creation of “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” his irate fax that wound up on the River of Dreams control room wall and his split from and reconciliation with Joel. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

Producer Phil Ramone wanted him to play a disco beat on a certain Billy Joel song. Drummer Liberty DeVitto resisted. Who won this battle of wills? What was the song? How did it turn out? Find out as DeVitto tells tales on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

Liberty DeVitto was the "New York-style drummer" that Billy Joel needed before making Turnstiles, and DeVitto added indelible parts to Joel's music from then on. In Pt. 1 of this lively Caropop conversation, DeVitto takes us along for the ride through An Innocent Man. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

The multi-talented @rachellichtman.bsky.social takes Caropop listeners down a retro-futuristic wormhole and will be presenting her head-spinning Programme 4 to Seattle audiences tonight and in NYC next month. Blow your minds here: www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

The great Dexter Wansel left us early this month. He was a songwriter/producer for Philadelphia International Records, and his own Life on Mars is a landmark of spacey, dreamy soul and funk. I encourage you to check out his music and my Caropop conversation with him. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

Swamp Dogg is 24 days younger than Paul McCartney yet still on the rise with a new album, a documentary and an instant-classic cookbook. On the new Caropop he tells how he keeps his writing, singing and sense of humor sharp. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

Singer-songwriter-master storyteller Ike Reilly tells of making music his family business, singing with Springsteen, collaborating with fellow Libertyville native Tom Morello and approaching critical mass after all these years. On the new Caropop... www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

Why did the new DSS "Pet Sounds" One-Step use a 1972 version as the source instead of the original 1966 mono master? Is this the best-sounding "Pet Sounds" ever? Tom "Grover" Biery and I go down a Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" rabbit hole on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

As the Feelies mark their 50th anniversary with two (farewell?) shows this weekend in Jersey City, propulsive rhythm guitarist/songwriter Bill Million reflects on getting the right guitar tones and creating that thrilling Feelies sound on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

In this Caropop Pt. 2, XTC's Dave Gregory revisits the end of touring and the financial/musical impact. Was the studio or stage his happy place? Which songs did he most regret not playing live? Could he still play “Scissor Man”? What's the state of XTC grudge-holding? www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

XTC's Dave Gregory returns to Caropop to talk Live Boots, why the band played at such breakneck speed, what he thinks of the "bootleg" sound, which guitars he brought and whether XTC might have toured longer if Andy Partridge weren't so intense on stage. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

On the new Caropop, "Jazz Detective" Zev Feldman describes visiting Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase archive of 8-10,000 live recordings; choosing performances by Ahmad Jamal, Yusef Lateef and others; and preparing them to be among his 11 Record Store Day releases. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

Brendan Hunt, the laconic Coach Beard of Ted Lasso, opens up about the Beatles and his relationship with his mom in his @steppenwolfthtr.bsky.social one-man show, The Movement You Need. He opens up about doing all that plus the new Ted Lasso season on the new Caropop. caropop.com/caropopcast/...

Chef Rick Bayless reflects upon almost 40 years of his game-changing Frontera Grill, that "Top Chef Masters" victory, the White House state dinner he prepared, how he makes O’Hare’s best food, what happened to my favorite granola and more on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

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Gary Klebe tells the unlikely, inspiring story behind the classic power-pop band Shoes and describes what led him to release his first solo album in a half-century-long career--all on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

Ronnie Barnett takes us through the thrills and heartbreak of his life with Kim Shattuck and the Muffs—and offers some record-collecting notes because he’s that kind of guy—on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

On the new Caropop, Vince Wilburn Jr., Miles Davis' nephew and '80s drummer, takes us into the trumpeter's legendary Plugged Nickel sets, shares what it was like to be Davis’ nephew and tells what happened when Davis took a fall with Wilburn behind the drum kit. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

“Miss Miriam Chetwood, a young heiress who lives near Oaklawn, is forced by the conditions of her father’s will to be secluded from all male society until she comes of age...She is guarded by two maiden aunts, and...no man has ever been able to speak to her.” www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/15/v...

White Sox radio announcer Len Kasper explores his band, Sonic45, and the intersection between music and baseball broadcasting on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

Does receiving a rave P. 1 Sunday NYT Book Review cement an author's career? Does a writer need a so-called platform? Does one's sales track rule all? Author Christine Sneed shares publishing-world tales and hard-earned wisdom on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

I'm getting really tired of being bombarded with negative campaigning from the super PAC backing Laura Fine, including these two that came in the mail today. You're in the same party. Do better.

The great Graham Parker tells his fascinating origin story and conveys his current feelings about how the system is rigged against musicians trying to make a living, all on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...