Eclectic Hours Radio Show

04/11/2025

HEARD ON ECLECTIC HOURS - NOVEMBER 2nd, 2025 - (SOME) FAVORITES OF THE PAST TEN YEARS - PART ONE!

Starting off with sings from 2015 (Or that came to us in 2015)
Artist / Song / Release / Released
Will Pfrang / Best We Both Can Be / All Figured Out / 2015
Jack Tempchin / Jesus and Mohammed / Room to Run / 2015
Ellis Paul / Kick Out the Lights (Johnny Cash) / Chasing Beauty / 2014
Rachael Sage / It Would Be Enough / Choreographic / 2016

Back Announce, Weather, then songs from 2016 into 2017….

SHEL / Stronger Than My Fears / Just Crazy Enough / 2016
Cosy Sheridan / Napoleon - The Musical / Sometimes I Feel Too Much / 2016
Amilia K Spicer / Shake It Off / Wow and Flutter / 2017
Seth Glier / Water On Fire / Birds / 2017

Back Announce, the correcting a sin of omission over the past few years. Some how I left out Charlie Barnett’s song the past few years, but we fix that this year. (Unfortunately, put it in the wrong year order. We’ll at least I played it finally. And yes there are TWO by Susan Werner.)

Charlie Barnett / Hold Still / All by His Own Self / 2020
Deni Bonet / Frankenstein / Bright Shiny Objects / 2017
Randy Newman / It's a Jungle out There (V2) / Dark Matter / 2017
Susan Werner / 1955 Chevy Bel Air / An American in Havana / 2017
Susan Werner / What Did You Do to Your Face / Eight Unnecessary Songs / 2017

Back Announce, then perhaps the first time we were introduced to Tim Grimm with as a most timely song!

Tim Grimm / Gonna Be Great / A Stranger in This Time / 2021
Ryanhood / Alright Tonight / Yearbook / 2017
John Prine / When I Get to Heaven / The Tree of Forgiveness / 2018

Back Announce, then in 2017 and 2018 amazing Beatles 50th anniversary box sets were realized!

The Beatles / Honey Pie - Instrumental Backing Track / The Beatles - Study Songs Vol. 2 / 2018
The Beatles / Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Take 9 And Speech / Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Take 9 And Speech) / 2017
Moors & McCumber / Bigger Win / Acrobats / 2018
Peter Mulvey / Who's Gonna Love You Now? / There Is Another World / 2019
Rising Appalachia / Harmonize / Leylines / 2019

Back Announce, and wrapping up the day in 2019

Todd Snider / Talking Reality Television Blues / Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3 / 2019
Birdthrower / Let Me Drive / Birdthrower / 2019
Jud Caswell / Blackberry Time - Live / Live at the Seagull Shop / 2019

NEXT WEEK - TRACKS FROM 2020 TO 2024!!!!

02/11/2025

ECLECTIC HOURS (11/2/2025) IS UNDERWAY!! - (SOME) FAVORITES OF THE PAST TEN YEARS - PART ONE!

We're starting with Will Pfrang, Jack Tempchin, Ellis Paul, and Rachael Sage!! It’s that time of year again – time for our “(Some) Favorites of The Past Ten Years” shows! We’ve reviewed favorite songs culled from the playlists of our annual favorites shows from 2015 to 2024. It’s partially objective from counting the number of spins and partially subjective in considering does the song really still stick with me - is there still some emotional reaction to the song? With one or two exceptions I’ve avoided remakes unless it was really unique and/or impressive to me. I tried to avoid playing any artist twice but since all ground rules made to be broken there are a few exceptions. What I can promise is two weeks of some really great songs, IMHO. Hope you’ll tune in to hear how the list turned out!

Eclectic Hours is a weekly radio show hosted by Paul Porzio, every Sunday morning since 1995, featuring a wide musical bandwidth of Contemporary Singer-Songwriters, Contemporary Folk Artists and long-standing Folk and Rock artists. The show airs on Sunday's 10am to Noon ET on Radio Fairfax. Set your browser to www.fcac.org/radio-fairfax or www.radiofairfax.com.

Also, if you live in various parts of Northern Virginia Also if you live in various parts of Northern Virginia (Fairfax, Loudoun and Stafford Counties as well as the cities of Leesburg and Falls Church.) you can hear us on cable channel 37 or 27, depending on where you are in the area. A note for Eclectic Hours listeners who listen on the web - if you can't hear our stream and you're using the Chrome browser, try another browser such as Firefox!! Thanks! You can also hear Radio Fairfax at TuneIn.com , on your smartphone by downloading the TuneIn app.

Future Plans:
November 9th - The Annual Favorites of the Past 10 Years show PART 2!

Radio Fairfax is a free-form, non-commercial station playing a unique mix of genres & styles. The shows you hear are conceived, created, produced and broadcast by volunteer radio producers who want to share their love of music, talk or ideas with you. All the content is programmed by each individual...

31/10/2025

COMING UP ON THE NEXT EDITION OF ECLECTIC HOURS (11/2/2025) - (SOME) FAVORITES OF THE PAST TEN YEARS - PART ONE!

It’s that time of year again – time for our “(Some) Favorites of The Past Ten Years” shows! We’ve reviewed favorite songs culled from the playlists of our annual favorites shows from 2015 to 2024. It’s partially objective from counting the number of spins and partially subjective in considering does the song really still stick with me - is there still some emotional reaction to the song? With one or two exceptions I’ve avoided remakes unless it was really unique and/or impressive to me. I tried to avoid playing any artist twice but since all ground rules made to be broken there are a few exceptions. What I can promise is two weeks of some really great songs, IMHO. Hope you’ll tune in to hear how the list turned out!

Eclectic Hours is a weekly radio show hosted by Paul Porzio, every Sunday morning since 1995, featuring a wide musical bandwidth of Contemporary Singer-Songwriters, Contemporary Folk Artists and long-standing Folk and Rock artists. The show airs on Sunday's 10am to Noon ET on Radio Fairfax. Set your browser to www.fcac.org/radio-fairfax or www.radiofairfax.com.

Also, if you live in various parts of Northern Virginia Also if you live in various parts of Northern Virginia (Fairfax, Loudoun and Stafford Counties as well as the cities of Leesburg and Falls Church.) you can hear us on cable channel 37 or 27, depending on where you are in the area. A note for Eclectic Hours listeners who listen on the web - if you can't hear our stream and you're using the Chrome browser, try another browser such as Firefox!! Thanks! You can also hear Radio Fairfax at TuneIn.com , on your smartphone by downloading the TuneIn app.

Future Plans:
November 9th - The Annual Favorites of the Past 10 Years show PART 2!!

26/10/2025

ECLECTIC HOURS IS UNDERWAY!! (10/26/2025) THE HALLOWEEN SHOW!!

We're starting with Trout Fishing in America, Billy Joel, The Doors Loudon Wainwright III and John McCutcheon!! Since we didn’t have a Halloween show last year, this year we’ll really have fun with it! Today we have music that will cover many of the topics that you would expect to pop up on Halloween. Somewhere in the back of my brain I seem to be morphing the concepts of the new White House ballroom with the 50th Anniversary of The Rocky Horror Show, and that turned into something special or strange. (You Be the Judge). As always, we’ll be crossing a few genres and having fun. The real challenge may be for me to fight the urge to do my Sesame Street Count von Count impersonation. Tune in and see if I can control myself!!

Eclectic Hours is a weekly radio show hosted by Paul Porzio, every Sunday morning since 1995, featuring a wide musical bandwidth of Contemporary Singer-Songwriters, Contemporary Folk Artists and long-standing Folk and Rock artists. The show airs on Sunday's 10am to Noon ET on Radio Fairfax. Set your browser to www.fcac.org/radio-fairfax or www.radiofairfax.com.

Also, if you live in various parts of Northern Virginia Also if you live in various parts of Northern Virginia (Fairfax, Loudoun and Stafford Counties as well as the cities of Leesburg and Falls Church.) you can hear us on cable channel 37 or 27, depending on where you are in the area. You can also hear Radio Fairfax at TuneIn.com , on your smartphone by downloading the TuneIn app.

Future Plans:
November 2nd and 9th - Parts 1 and 2 of our Annual “Favorites of the Past Ten Years” shows.
TBD – The Live Cuts Show

Radio Fairfax is a free-form, non-commercial station playing a unique mix of genres & styles. The shows you hear are conceived, created, produced and broadcast by volunteer radio producers who want to share their love of music, talk or ideas with you. All the content is programmed by each individual...

24/10/2025

COMING UP ON THE NEXT EDITION OF ECLECTIC HOURS (10/26/2025) THE HALLOWEEN SHOW!!

Since we didn’t have a Halloween show last year, this year we’ll really have fun with it! We’ll have music that will cover many of the topics that you would expect to pop up on Halloween. Somewhere in the back of my brain I seem to be morphing the concepts of the new White House ballroom with the 50th Anniversary of The Rocky Horror Show, but I can’t say yet what that will turn into. As always, we’ll be crossing a few genres and having fun. The real challenge may be for me to fight the urge to do my Sesame Street Count von Count impersonation. Tune in and see if I can control myself!!

Eclectic Hours is a weekly radio show hosted by Paul Porzio, every Sunday morning since 1995, featuring a wide musical bandwidth of Contemporary Singer-Songwriters, Contemporary Folk Artists and long-standing Folk and Rock artists. The show airs on Sunday's 10am to Noon ET on Radio Fairfax. Set your browser to www.fcac.org/radio-fairfax or www.radiofairfax.com.

Also, if you live in various parts of Northern Virginia Also if you live in various parts of Northern Virginia (Fairfax, Loudoun and Stafford Counties as well as the cities of Leesburg and Falls Church.) you can hear us on cable channel 37 or 27, depending on where you are in the area. You can also hear Radio Fairfax at TuneIn.com , on your smartphone by downloading the TuneIn app.

Future Plans:
November 2nd and 9th - Parts 1 and 2 of our Annual “Favorites of the Past Ten Years” shows.
TBD – The Live Cuts Show

19/10/2025

ECLECTIC HOURS CONCERT CALENDAR SCRIPT - 10/19/2025

ONLINE GIGS
- Vance’s Monday Night Acoustic Pajama Party #277 - MUSIC STUFF THINGS - 7:30PM ET – YT - vancegilbert.com

FOLK CLUB OF RESTON-HERNDON – folkclubofrestonherndon.org
Tuesday, October 21- Theme Night – Sing Along Songs!
Their Tuesday Showcases & Open Mic’s @ Amphora's Diner Deluxe, Herndon, VA. On They also hold a Virtual open mic on Zoom every other Monday. And tomorrow night will be a virtual open mic night.

FOCUS MUSIC - FOCUSMUSIC.ORG
- Sat Oct 25 - Halley Neal w Kipyn Martin @ the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Sterling (In Sterling & Virtual)
- Sat 11/1 - Muriel Anderson (Charlottesville) @ Unity of Charlottesville

Historic COOPER’S HOUSE - Columbia,MD - coopershouse1790.org/
Friday, November 14 - Will Kimbrough

THE STONEROOM - http://www.stoneroomconcerts.com
Sunday, October 26 @ 5:00 pm - Megan Burtt @ Hill Center

The Sevareid House (Alexandria) - sevareidhouseconcerts.com
Saturday October 25 - Kim Richey

UPTOWN CONCERTS (UPTOWNCONCERTS.COM)
Thursday, November 6th - CHRISTINE LAVIN & VANCE GILBERT together @ Temple Isaiah, Fulton, MD
Thursday December 11th - John Gorka

MOORE MUSIC - www. mooremusic.org – Rockville, MD
Saturday, Nov. 15 - Grace Morrison and Erin Ash Sullivan

STRATHMORE MUSIC CENTER
Fri, October 24, 2025 - Patty Griffin & Rickie Lee Jones

WOLF TRAP - THE BARNS
Wed Nov 5th & Thurs Nov 6th - Jim Brickman
Sat November 8th - North Mississippi Allstars
Thurs - November 20th - Natalie Merchant

Warner Theatre
Sun Oct 26 - Steve Hackett
Tue Oct 28 - Bachman-Turner Overdrive

JAMMIN JAVA - www.jamminjava.com
- TONIGHT - Jason Eady, Gabe Lee
- Friday, Oct 24 – Henrik w/ Harrison Boe
- Sunday, Oct 26 Drew Gibson, Juliet Lloyd, Seth Flynn
- Thursday, Oct 30 - Richard Shindell

THE BIRCHMERE
TONIGHT - THE STEELDRIVERS
- Tuesday, October 21 - SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS “Jazz From The Back O’ Town” A Musical Journey to the Birthplace of Jazz
- Thu. Oct. 23: THOMAS DOLBY The Iconic 80’s, My Personal Recollections Tour, with Gail Ann Dorsey
- Thu. Oct. 30: KATHY MATTEA
- Fri. Oct. 31: TOM PAXTON with The DonJuans & Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer

JVs - jvsrestaurant.com
- TODAY - ACCIDENTAL CHARM then WOLF'S BLUES OPEN JAM
(Late Show)
- Wednesday, October 22ND - KATIE AND LOGAN DUO
- Thursday, October 23RD - TOMMY LEPSON AND THE BAD DAWGS
- FRIDAY October 24TH - PECK AND PARTLOW BAND then CACTUS LIQUORS (Late Show)
- SATURDAY October 25th the H***Y TONK CASSANOVAS
then the YOUNG RELICS (Late Show)

19/10/2025

HEARD ON ECLECTIC HOURS - OCTOBER 19th, 2025

Noting I met Regina 54 years ago as of yesterday. Yes how terribly strange to be 70. (Read the lyrics) Ending with a song that Autumn brings to mind just because that’s when I first heard it.
Artist / Song / Release / Released
Simon & Garfunkel / Old Friends / Bookends / 1968
Cyndi Lauper featuring Sarah McLachlan / Time After Time (feat. Sarah McLachlan) / The Body Acoustic / 2005
Kipyn Martin / A Case of You / Joan & Joni - EP / 2015
Todd Rundgren / Dust in the Wind / Something/Anything? / 1972

Back announce, weather report, then the first set of new music.

John Flynn / The Victim Tree / Kindred Spirits / 2025
Cosy Sheridan / The Breathing Room / The Breathing Room / 2025
SELKEN / The Winds / The Winds / 2025
Leslie Jordan / Athensville / The Agonist / 2025

Back announce, then more new music.

Reggie Garrett & Cristine Gunn / A Place in This World / The Road Taken / 2025
Simone Keane / Come Back / Come Back - Single /
The Whispering Tree / Bleeding Out in Hollywood / Bones of Better Days / 2025

Back announce, then, yes, my addiction for remakes reemerges, followed by two for Paul Simon’s birthday. (October 13, 1941)

The Brothers Comatose / Harvest Moon (feat. AJ Lee & Blue Summit) / Harvest Moon (feat. AJ Lee & Blue Summit) - Single / 2022
Paul Simon / Something So Right / There Goes Rhymin' Simon (Bonus Tracks Edition) / 1973
Paul Simon / Train in the Distance / Hearts and Bones / 1983

Back Announce, Concert Calendar 1, then music from folks coming to town!

Vance Gilbert / Simple Things / The Mother of Trouble / 2023
Kim Richey / Chapel Avenue / Every New Beginning / 2024
Richard Shindell / Next Best Western / Courier / 2002

Back Announce, Concert Calendar 2, then two songs from Bruce Cockburn that have been stucki in my head this past week, a song from thinking about the new Springsteen biopic (but it probably won’t be in the movie) and finally a song for Ms. Nyro’s birthday. (October 18, 1947)

Bruce Cockburn / Pacing The Cage / Slice O' Life - Solo Live / 2009
Bruce Cockburn / If I Had A Rocket Launcher / Slice O' Life - Solo Live / 2009
Bruce Springsteen / Blinded By the Light / Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. / 1973
Laura Nyro / Save the Country (live from The Bottom Line) / Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro / 1997

19/10/2025

ECLECTIC HOURS (10/19/2025) IS UNDERWAY!!
We're starting with Simon and Garfunkel, Cyndi Lauper with Sarah Sarah McLachlan, Kipyn Martin, and Todd Rundgren. The first set has ended up being driven by the combination of realizing starting with some musical musings on the thought that you’ve known someone for 54 years as of yesterday. (Met Regina about this time in 1971!) Add to that the memories of Autumn being when I first heard some songs. After that there is also something about this time of year that always brings in so much great new music, so the new music sets are sounding really choice! There will be the Concert Calendar and music from folks coming to town, as you’d expect. Please note – next week will be the Halloween Show!! We really didn’t have one last year so this year we’re going to do it up big!! (I always have so much fun with the Halloween Show!) Hope you’ll be with us.

Eclectic Hours is a weekly radio show hosted by Paul Porzio, every Sunday morning since 1995, featuring a wide musical bandwidth of Contemporary Singer-Songwriters, Contemporary Folk Artists and long-standing Folk and Rock artists. The show airs on Sunday's 10am to Noon ET on Radio Fairfax.
Set your browser to www.fcac.org/radio-fairfax or www.radiofairfax.com.

Also, if you live in various parts of Northern Virginia Also if you live in various parts of Northern Virginia (Fairfax, Loudoun and Stafford Counties as well as the cities of Leesburg and Falls Church.) you can hear us on cable channel 37 or 27, depending on where you are in the area. You can also hear Radio Fairfax at TuneIn.com , on your smartphone by downloading the TuneIn app.

Future Plans:
October 26th - The Halloween Show
November 2nd and 9th - Parts 1 and 2 of our Annual “Favorites of the Past Ten Years” shows.
TBD – The Live Cuts Show

Radio Fairfax is a free-form, non-commercial station playing a unique mix of genres & styles. The shows you hear are conceived, created, produced and broadcast by volunteer radio producers who want to share their love of music, talk or ideas with you. All the content is programmed by each individual...

18/10/2025

COMING UP ON THE NEXT EDITION OF ECLECTIC HOURS (10/19/2025)

We’ll be starting with some musical musings on the thought that you’ve known someone for 54 years, (Met Regina about this time in 1971!) along with all these feelings that Autumn creates are really setting in. After that there is also something about this time of year that always brings in so much great new music, so the new music sets are sounding really choice! There will be the Concert Calendar and music from folks coming to town, as you’d expect. Please note – next week will be the Halloween Show!! We really didn’t have one last year so this year we’re going to do it up big!! (I always have so much fun with the Halloween Show!) Hope you’ll be with us.

Eclectic Hours is a weekly radio show hosted by Paul Porzio, every Sunday morning since 1995, featuring a wide musical bandwidth of Contemporary Singer-Songwriters, Contemporary Folk Artists and long-standing Folk and Rock artists. The show airs on Sunday's 10am to Noon ET on Radio Fairfax.
Set your browser to www.fcac.org/radio-fairfax or www.radiofairfax.com.

Also, if you live in various parts of Northern Virginia Also if you live in various parts of Northern Virginia (Fairfax, Loudoun and Stafford Counties as well as the cities of Leesburg and Falls Church.) you can hear us on cable channel 37 or 27, depending on where you are in the area. You can also hear Radio Fairfax at TuneIn.com , on your smartphone by downloading the TuneIn app.

Future Plans:
October 26th - The Halloween Show
November 2nd and 9th - Parts 1 and 2 of our Annual “Favorites of the Past Ten Years” shows.
TBD – The Live Cuts Show

13/10/2025

ECLECTIC HOURS CONCERT CALENDAR SCRIPT - 10/12/2025

ONLINE GIGS
- Vance’s Monday Night Acoustic Pajama Party #276 - BIRTHDAY WEEKEND MASH-UPS - 7:30PM ET – YT - vancegilbert.com
- Saturday, October 18th @ 9:30am - Jillian Matundan “Matundan in the Morning: Transition Season” - with special guest Eryn Michel sreaming on jillianmatundan.com

FOLK CLUB OF RESTON-HERNDON – folkclubofrestonherndon.org
Tuesday, October 14th - October Showcase with John Cantrell
Their Tuesday Showcases & Open Mic’s @ Amphora's Diner Deluxe, Herndon, VA. On They also hold a Virtual open mic on Zoom every other Monday. And tomorrow night will be a virtual open mic night.

FOCUS MUSIC - FOCUSMUSIC.ORG
- Sat, Oct 18 - Scottish guitarist and singer Ali Tod @ Saint Aidan's Episcopal Church in Alexandria, VA (In Alexandria & Virtual)
- Sat Oct 25 - Halley Neal w Kipyn Martin @ the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Sterling (In Sterling & Virtual)

The Historic COOPER’S HOUSE - Columbia, MD - oopershouse1790.org/
Saturday, October 18th - Rebecca Folsom

THE STONEROOM - http://www.stoneroomconcerts.com
Sunday, October 26 @ 5:00 pm - Megan Burtt @ Hill Center

The Sevareid House (Alexandria) - sevareidhouseconcerts.com
Saturday October 25 - Kim Richey

UPTOWN CONCERTS (UPTOWNCONCERTS.COM)
Thursday, November 6th - CHRISTINE LAVIN & VANCE GILBERT together @ Temple Isaiah, Fulton, MD

MOORE MUSIC - www. mooremusic.org – Rockville, MD
Saturday, Nov. 15 - Grace Morrison and Erin Ash Sullivan

STRATHMORE MUSIC CENTER
Fri, October 24, 2025 - Patty Griffin & Rickie Lee Jones
WOLF TRAP - THE BARNS
Thursday 10/16 - Noel Paul Stookey
Saturday 10/18 - Pat McGee Band

Warner Theatre
Tuesday, Oct 14 - YES: The Fragile 2025 Tour (Fragile in its entirety)

JAMMIN JAVA - www.jamminjava.com
- Monday, Oct 13 - Jesse Roper
- Wednesday, - Oct 15 - Jamie McLean Band
- Thursday, Oct 16 - Madison McFerrin w/ High Tea
- Sunday, Oct 19 - Jason Eady, Gabe Lee
- Thursday, Oct 30 - Richard Shindell

THE BIRCHMERE
- Tue. Oct. 14: YÄCHTLEY CRËW – The Nations #1 Yacht Rock Band
- Sun. Oct. 19: THE STEELDRIVERS
- Tuesday, October 21 - SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS “Jazz From The Back O’ Town” A Musical Journey to the Birthplace of Jazz
- Thu. Oct. 23: THOMAS DOLBY The Iconic 80’s, My Personal Recollections Tour, with Gail Ann Dorsey

JVs - jvsrestaurant.com
- TODAY - HARD CORE TRUBADORES then LEROY BURKS VOODOO WHISKEY BAND (Late Show)
- Wednesday, October 15th - RICK LANDERS & HEARTLAND
- Thursday, October 16th - then TOMMY LEPSON AND THE BAD DAWGS (Late Show)
- FRIDAY October 17th - SHARTEL AND HUME Band then KARL STOLL AND THE DANGER ZONE (Late Show)
- SATURDAY October 11th the MAC & CHEESE BAND then THE ROCKITS (Late Show)