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In celebration of the Carole King’s 73rd birthday, guest Matthew Lewis and I served up a tribute set consisting mainly of songs from her incredible songwriting catalog. Almost all the songs in the mix are written by Carole King with lyrics from her ex-husband Gerry Goffin (and some other lyricists, like Toni Stern or Howard […]

First-time guest Bryan Foreman joined me for a great night of tunes from the new wave era, with lots of Blondie, Bowie, Eno and much more. Check out the mix below! [display_podcast] Click for full playlist TUESDAY IN THE FOREST – FEBRUARY 3, 2015 Dave Lawson (D) and Bryan Foreman (B) Roxy Music – If […]

First-time guest Ray Straight joined me for a night of all female vocalists. Ray brought mainly new records, and I brought the dusty classics. The mix is all over the place, but it’s tied together by great female vocalists throughout. Check it out below! [display_podcast] Click for full playlist TUESDAY IN THE FOREST – JANUARY 27, 2015 Dave […]

A night of all R&B, soul and rock’n’roll records with frequent and always-welcome guest Ben Luckett. Enjoy the mix below! [display_podcast] Click for full playlist TUESDAY IN THE FOREST – JANUARY 13, 2015 Dave Lawson (D) and Ben Luckett (B) Les Brown Jr. – Drums Surfari (D) Jimmy McGriff – Satin Doll (B) Ray Charles […]

This week I was joined by old pal and longtime tastebreaker Ryan Cady. Ryan brought lots of hip and cool new records, and I mixed that in with raw and weird old records, which made for a fun schizo mix marked with surprise blasts of brilliance. Check it out below! [display_podcast] Click for full playlist TUESDAY […]

For the last Tuesday of 2014, I was joined by two special guests – the return of Detroit expat and now owner of Los Angeles’ finest used guitar shop, Caveman Vintage, Mr. Eric Stollsteimer, plus his longtime bandmate and friend Freddy Fortune. Between the two of them, the night was full of ultra rare 60s […]

Adam Stanfel returned to the forest, this time playing all 78s all night long for the first time! I played 78s with him at the beginning and end of the evening, switching to 45s for a portion in the middle. Since we only had one 78s player, there’s a brief pause between songs as we […]

This night was a two pronged party – WAB Brewmaster debuted a new beer for the winter, the Hibernator, and threw a Krampus party. Found Sound manager Chris Butterfield also celebrated the release of his band Pink Lightning’s new LP. Chris and I played records most of the night, playing rock’n’roll and soul records with […]

This week was the 71st birthday of one of the world’s greatest living songwriters – Randy Newman! To celebrate this underappreciated genius, Mike Dutkewych and I (Dave Lawson) played a night of all Randy Newman songs (the only exception being two early Goffin/King numbers, as Randy has referenced in several interviews how she was a […]