Todd is God

The first cut off the New Todd album is available on Soundcloud. It is a nice three minute ballad sung by Robyn. Todd vocally just hiding in the backing vox only.

"I flew all the way to Hawaii one time to write with Todd Rundgren and he had warned me that he wasn't much of a collaborator and he was right. We spent all day together and he never once sat down at the piano to try and collaborate. But we had a great time. We got nothing from it except that it was a great trip to Hawaii." - Kenny Loggins on trying to collaborate with Todd  [The Biloxi Sun Herald (Mississippi) 7 March 2017 ]

Join us as we race through : Elbow - Little Fictions Alllison Crutchfield - Tourist in this Town Brent Cash - The New High Sampha - Progress Horse Thief - Trials & Truth Big Wreck - Grace Street Added podcast noise and interference created by Pete as he plays with the cord of the mike.    Check out this episode!

Oh my god, you're still talking about David Bowie. Sorry, yes. Worse still Pete say's 'drop' meaning 'release' which is frankly unforgivable; as was my not picking him up for doing so. Welcome to 2017 Run the Jewels - RTJ3 You Me at Six - Night People Nine Inch Nails - Not the Actual Events EP David Bowie - No Plan EP BBC Sound of 2017: Ray BLK; Rag 'n' Bone Man; Raye; Jorja Smith; Nadia Rose. Check out this episode!

So another year begins and what do we have to look forward to in 2017 from Mr Rundgren? Well two major things: The Autobiography (first half 2017) New Album (first half 2017) The Autobiography has been in the works for a couple of decades, so it is good to know that it is almost a reality. As for the new album I'm expected a move away from the style of the last two albums and a return to a more soul / band feel, though I could be wrong.  

"Once upon a time, you would read about bands before you would hear them. You would then imagine what they sounded like. Sometimes, an artist would pretty much sound just like you thought they would-The Troggs are a good example. Other times, you were left thinking, wait, this is what they were getting so excited about? Todd Rundgren, for instance, is infinitely better described than heard." - Tim Sommer – " Your Facebook Teenage '10 Albums' Lists Matter More Than You Think" [New York Observer, 17 jan , 2017]

Discover our album of the year, song of the year, gig of the year and much more. Check out this episode!

erm, somewhat belated ...oh the weather outside ... Join us for some festive cheer as we take at listen to festive output from She & Him; Neil Diamond & Kacey Musgraves. And if that wasn't enough we look back on Bowie's Christmas album and another overlooked gem. Merry Christmas listener. Check out this episode!

Boston Globe has an article (A must-see Donald Glover experience – 11 December) on Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino's latest album, "Awaken My Love!" The paper describes it as is a "throwback tour de force to the funk 'n' soul sounds of the 1970s. To be precise, the thing plays like it's August 1974 on your midnight radio. There are elements of Philly Soul, Parliament-Funkadelic and Bootsy Collins, Rick James, and Rare Earth; echoes of Stevie Wonder and Kiss, smatterings of Todd Rundgren and even Frank Zappa (the George Duke era); look-aheads to Prince on the horizon. I'm just scratching the surface here."

'The Music Of Aretha Franklin', 14th annual Michael Dorf Carnegie Hall 'music of' tribute concert benefiting music education non-profit organizations, this year celebrating 18-time GRAMMY-winner and Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame-inductee Aretha Franklin. Performers include Antibalas, Melissa Etheridge, Kenny Loggins, Ann Wilson, Todd Rundgren, Sarah Dash, Glen Hansard, Rhiannon Giddens, Taj Mahal, Living Colour, Allen Stone And Bettye Lavette. 100% of net proceeds given to music education organizations for underprivileged youth

A Folkie take on Todd's Honest Work

Little Mix take on Metallica when nothing else matters in podcast 11. Sting - 57th and 9th Robbie Williams - The Heavy Entertainment Show Simple Minds - Acoustic Honeyblood - Babes Never Die Little Mix - Glory Days Metallica - Hardwired ... to Self Destruct Check out this episode!

We talk death, fannies, and acid. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree The Divine Comedy - Foreverland Teenage Fanclub - Here Regina Spektor - Remember Us to Life Angel Olson - My Woman Bon Iver - 22, A Million Check out this episode!

...Rundgren is preparing his next record for release by the end of the year, but since he moved to Hawaii around 20 years ago, he's found it difficult to put a band together. "I live so far away from all of the players that I am used to," he says. "I can't just call a session anytime I want. The end result has been that I wind up singing and writing and playing everything on the records. I've decided that I want to make something that is more collaborative, that includes other influences, that doesn't just sound like all me again, so I will be working with a whole bunch of other artists on this record." [ South Bend Tribune, 29 Sept, 2016] This sounds more like 'end of 2017' than 2016 for the new album to me going by the use of 'I want' and 'I will', but still, nice to know there is another in the works. Still looking out for that collaboration with The Roots to see the light of day too.

Country, pop, grime, rap, indie ... yes, it's another podcast. Dolly Parton - Pure & Simple Britney - Glory Ryley Walker - Golden Sings that have Been Sung John Paul White - Beulah Giggs - Landlord Viola Beach - Viola Beach Check out this episode!

Frank Ocean has published a list of songs that mean a lot to him, and it is interesting to see the Todd song Flamingo amongst them. This is nice as Todd has praised Ocean in the past and his writing and singer skills: "That's what I like about Frank Ocean or Bon Iver - they try to capture a feeling in the most sincere way."

Biffy Clyro - Ellipsis Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate Blood Orange - Freetown Sound Mitski - Puberty 2 Bat for Lashes - The Bride Steven Tyler - We're All Somebody from Somewhere   Check out this episode!

We move into part II of 2016, with an album that is a part II and more. We'd also like to dedicate this particular episode to the memory of Chris Crowley.  ABC - The Lexicon of Love II Garbage - Strange Little Birds Brandy Clark - Big Day in a Small Town Colvin & Earle - Colvin & Earle Lacuna Coil - Delirium Rick Astley - 50 Check out this episode!

The one where Scott really takes against one of the albums  ... PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project Mary Chapin Carpenter - The Things That We Are Made Of Santana - IV Misty Miller - The Whole Family is Worried Drake - Views Foy Vance - Wild Swans   Check out this episode!

As another musical great is snatched from us, we remember Prince Rogers Nelson and review the following: PSB - Super Yeasayer - Amen & Goodbye Deftones - Gore Bob Mould - Patch the Sky Parquet Courts - Human Performance The Last Shadow Puppets - Everything You've Come to Expect Check out this episode!