Saturday, May 18, 2024

Music

Bill Leverty of Firehouse talks about life after Hammerjacks

Guitarist Bill Leverty of Firehouse talks about life after Hammerjacks and being a musician with a song that means a lot to folks.

Guitarist Mark Bryan tells Nestor about Hootie And The Blowfish hiatus in 2015

Over the years, the local sports and rock and roll connection of Nestor and Hootie And The Blowfish has led to several visits from the boys from South Carolina via the D.C. burbs. It gives him a chance to crush them about the Redskins.

George Thorogood moves it on over to chat bourbon, scotch, beer and baseball with Nestor

Lonesome George was a regular on the I-95 circuit even before Nestor chatted with him as a music critic in the 1980s. This one is more modern. A 2015 visit with the leader of the Delaware Destroyers coming to Pier Six.

Baltimore resident Thomas Dolby blinds Nestor with the science of Light City at its dawn

Did you know that 80s pop star Thomas Dolby has been a professor at Johns Hopkins teaching music for several years? It was poetry in motion when he was an ambassador and performer at the inaugural Light City when Nestor first got to say hello in 2016.

Steve Gorman of The Black Crowes comes home to Baltimore for first chat with Nestor

It wasn't until The Black Crowes broke up that Nestor first had drummer and Severna Park grad Gorman on the radio show. They made up for lost time with the gospel of how much he loved the band.

James Young allows Nestor to get his Styx fan boy out before Pier Six in August 2013

Ever since he saw them at the Baltimore Civic Center in February 1980, former music critic Nestor Aparicio has been chasing Styx around the country. JY has been a recurring character on his radio show for three decades. This one was a "mirror, mirror on the wall" segment...

With every nerve aware, here are my Top 50 Rush songs of all time

3. Cold Fire – Relationships. Everybody’s got them, now what do we do with them? 2. Marathon – “Got to pick up the pace, if you want to stay in the race.” 1. Red Barchetta – The story about a car, a boy and a vision of a summer drive in the country on the lam.

Joan Jett talks Orioles Magic before July 4th Heritage Fair Dundalk show in 2012

Everyone knows the leader of the Blackhearts loves rock and roll – and the Baltimore Orioles. Nestor got some old Jim Palmer tales from the former Runaway and Hall of Famer.

In honor of Bruce Springsteen Week at WNST…

When The Boss writes and sings, we listen. Here's my Top 51 Springsteen songs...feel free to argue amongst yourselves!

Even Better Than The Real Thing: My Top 30 U2 Songs in order

As in previous rock and roll entires with Bruce Springsteen and Rush, when the legends come through Baltimore I'm always inspired to write about my love of music and my many, many rich experiences traveling the world and watching...
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The promise and Orioles Magic of Adley Rutschman

After yet another walk-off home run win, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the special magic and growth mindset brewing on a team when every night produces a different star for the first-place – and still not swept – Baltimore Orioles, who welcome the Seattle Mariners to Camden Yards this weekend.

Twelve Orioles Thoughts following series split with Toronto

On Wednesday, Adley Rutschman reminded everyone why his arrival two years ago changed everything.

Straining to get to the Northern Lights and needing some Move relief

Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness gets a Move testimonial from Nestor for topical pain relief after Northern Lights adventure

The magic of Kentucky Derby, presence of Baffert and Preakness 149 preview with Donna Brothers

Donna Brothers of NBC Sports makes her annual visit to Baltimore Positive, discussing at length the Baffert and Churchill drama and previewing all of the connections and stories of Preakness 149 at Pimlico with Nestor.

Calling all of the big ones calls Collmus back home to West Baltimore for Preakness 149

If you love old Pimlico or know anything about Maryland horse racing, you know that legendary track announcer Larry Collmus is a Mount St. Joe boy. But, Nestor needed to know the rest of the story and further extended the legend of the great Clem Florio, who rides every race with the Triple Crown voice of the racing gods.

Why don’t we vote in primary elections?

With an emphasis on freedom, money and the American way of life on the line with every election, Leonard Raskin joins Nestor to talk about the real result of this week's election – the incredibly poor turnout of Marylanders at the polls when their uniquely earned right to vote wasn't exercised.

Ravens to play on Christmas again, scheduled for five prime-time games in 2024

Lamar Jackson and Baltimore will remain under the spotlight with seven games set to be nationally televised.

Author Dan Schlossberg tells Nestor about the Hank Aaron he knew and writes about in Home Run King

Author Dan Schlossberg tells Nestor about the Hank Aaron he knew and writes about in Home Run King
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