Wednesday afternoon, The AIR brings you new installments of Curtain Call and Beatles Blast, and they are both fine gems of expertly-crafted internet radio.  You can tune in at the website, or just stay right here and  listen to the convenient embedded radio player lurking elsewhere on this page.

At 2 PM (EDT) Beatles Blast brings you an hour of great Beatles music, with new  tracks from Paul and Ringo, solo rarities from George, John and the group, plus a mini-mixtape of great covers of Bealtes classics by some major artists.

Paul’s new song is the lead single from his upcoming album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, while Ringo graces us with a cut from his just-released new album, Long, Long Road.

From George we get the rare cut, “Going Down To Golder’s Green, while John gives us the demo recording of “Now and Then.”  We then reconvene the boys for the unedited version of “It’s All Too Much” before diving into the covers.

Just check out the playlist…

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Paul McCartney “Days We Left Behind”
Ringo Starr “My Baby Don’t Want Nothing”
George Harrison “Going Down To Golder’s Green”
John Lennon “Now And Then (demo)”
The Beatles “It’s All Too Much”
Bruce Springsteen and Axl Rose “Come Together”
Billy Preston “I’ve Got A Feeling”
Vanilla Fudge “Eleanor Rigby”
The Sunshine Company “Rain”
Ted Neely “Mother”
Peter Frampton “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
The Mirage “Tomorrow Never Knows”

Beatles Blast can be heard every Wednesday at 2 PM, with replays Thursday at 11 PM, Friday at 1 PM,  and Saturday afternoon. A two-hour mini-marathon of classic episodes runs every Monday evening, starting at 11 PM.

At 3 PM (EDT) on Curtain Call, Mel Larch celebrates Spring with a mixtape of showtunes devoted to the time after the Vernal Equinox.

This collection of tunes runs the gamut from obscure off-Broadway shows to timeless classics to ancient tunes from the last 100 years of musical theatre.

Just check out the playlist…

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“After All, It’s Spring” from Seventeen
“Spring” from Bare
“I Hate The Spring” from One For The Money
“True Spring” from Bonanza Bound
“I Feel So Much Spring” from A New Brain
“Younger Than Springtime” from South Pacific
“It Might As Well Be Spring” from State Fair
“Beer and Flowers” from Wildflowers
“Flowers” from Hadestown
“Six Months Out Of Every Year” from Damn Yankees
“Spring Is Here” from I Married An angel
“Spring, Spring, Spring: from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
“Spring In My Heart” from First Love
“Suddenly It’s Spring” from Lady In the Dark
“Spread A Little Sunshine” from Pippin
“Springtime For Hitler” from The Producers

Curtain Call can be heard on The AIR Wednesday at 3 PM, with replays Thursday at 8 AM, Friday at 10 AM, Saturday at 8 PM and Monday at 9 AM. A two-hour mini-marathon of classic episodes can be heard Monday evening starting at 9 PM, and an all-night marathon of Curtain Call episodes can be heard Wednesday nights, beginning at Midnight.