Halloween 2023

Songs include: Songs include: Chattanooga Choo Choo by Glenn Miller, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by the Andrews Sisters, God Bless The Child by Billie Holiday, Take the A Train by Duke Ellington and Stardust by Artie Shaw. 

Songs include: Stars and Stripes Forever by John Phillip Sousa, Tail End Charlie by Glenn Miller, Take Me Out To the Ball Game by Frankie Masters, America by the Boston Pops Orchestra, Bugler's Holiday by Leroy Anderson and Mr. Touchdown USA by Hugo Winterhalter. 

Songs include: Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree by Glenn Miller, Chiquita Banana by Xavier Cugat, Blueberry Hill by Louis Armstrong, Beans and Cornbread by Louis Jordan and Huckleberry Duck by Raymond Scott. 

Today's episode is your gateway to creating the most shriek-worthy Halloween playlist in your neighborhood. We read multiple EEEEKmails from Lanterns who want to share their favorite Halloween songs and musical memories with you! Pump up the jams: October Movie Parties: Mid-Centu ... Show More

  Boo! Twelve years ago this month, I unleashed my very first podcast full of tacky Halloween humor, dumb audio clips and crazed ghoul-adjacent rock ‘n’ roll. The podcast quickly evolved into The Big Big Enchilada, and the Spooktacular became an annual monstrous tradition of terr ... Show More

There is no holiday more strongly associated with horror, with all things creepy, frightening, and supernatural, than Halloween. It's the time of year when creatures of legend come alive, on tv and movie screens, in kitschy decorations, as suffocating rubber masks in costume shop ... Show More

In our unsettled moment, people will find ways to mark an unusual Halloween this weekend. It's a time when music - scary music - comes to mind, as WNYC's Sara Fishko tells us in this episode of Fishko Files. Psycho is streaming on Amazon Prime, and Rosemary's Baby airs on Showtim ... Show More

Today we kick off Pride Month with a enchanting EEEEKmail about discovering oneself through a special Halloween celebration. We also take an off season call about spooky music for ANOTHER holiday and hear a story about one particuarly frightening Trick-or-Treat house.  Mentioned ... Show More

We pick our favorite music released in September 2020, featuring Cuban hip-hop artist La Dame Blanche, Masego's summer wanderlust, Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker and a reimagined mass. • Adrianne Lenker: "anything" from songs • Waylon Payne: "Old Blue Eyes" from Blue Eyes, The Harlo ... Show More

Bob Boilen shares new songs (in one case, a new recording) from a few of his favorite artists, plus discoveries from Montana and Alaska. Featured Artists And Songs: 1. Bob Dylan: "When I Paint My Masterpiece," from Shadow Kingdom 2. Annie Bartholomew: "All for the Klondike's Gold ... Show More