A new Beatles song! Yay! Apparently axed from the Anthology sessions which brought us "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love", this new tune, "Now and Then", like the other two has as its basis a John Lennon voice-and-piano demo given to the other three Beatles by Yoko. Work on the 'Beatles' version was never completed (though there is talk that McCartney may yet finish and release it) but it's well worth hearing as it is. I'll be airing both the demo and work-in-progress versions somewhere around 10:30 PM Monday, 1/28.
Ryan Shaw is a young singer who has that raw, 60's-style soul music sound down like you wouldn't believe. Think Sam & Dave, Junior Walker (especially "Shotgun"--Shaw does an update called "Do the 45"), and early Temptations. A good chunk of Shaw's first album "This is Ryan Shaw" will be featured during the show.
Forget about Harry and the Potters; they were first but--let's face it--they're pretty bad. When it comes to 'Wizard Rock' the new champs are The Ministry of Magic. Their "Triwizard LP" features well-composed, well-performed and well-produced pop songs for the Hogwarts crowd, like "Accio Love", "Snape vs. Snape" "Pensieve Diggory" and "Marauder's Map". A trip to Diagon Alley a little later in the show is definitely called for.