The Loudini Rock and Roll Circus

In addition to playing some killer hard rocking bands, this week Lou and Kevin go on a little off topic rant about Hollywood's compulsion to remake classic films. The boys talk about the good the bad and the ugly in the remake world and also give a sneak peak at what classic films are slated for the remake process. Featured Artists Ash Grunwald, Blameshift, Dirty Streets

Lou and Katie take you all the way back to 1980 for the release AC/DC's tour de'force; Back In Black. With 6 of the 10 tracks in heavy radio rotation, AC/DC demonstrated to the world that heavy rock is alive and well and here to stay.

Gene the Werewolf has never paid attention to trends. Nor has the Pittsburgh- based quintet been part of a scene or the hipster's band of choice. They are iconoclasts by virtue of their music, rock 'n' roll survivors in thrall to the genre's power and energy. And they're damn good at it, even if they are a dying breed.

This week on their 3rd Halloween Spooktacular, Lou and guest host Kevin discuss the classic album Moving Picture's by Rush. The boys play excerpts from this iconic disc and discuss some little know facts about it's creation and impact.

Since picking up the guitar at age thirteen, Corey Congilio has been steadily forming a solid musical foundation built upon honesty, integrity and respect for his art form. Born and raised in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, Corey was exposed to music from his father, mother and guitar playing uncles. This exposure to music of all types at an early age, helped to lay a foundation of passion, versatility and appreciation of what music is, where it comes from, and what it should be.

Phoenix-based singer-songwriter and pop performer Jonathan Cavier is no stranger to writing catchy tunes that blend wide-ranging influences into a multi-faceted yet cohesive sound.

Is sexism a problem in rock and roll? Unbelievably... it is! Katie and Lou discuss this VERY hot topic.

First opening our doors in 2008, we have called Long Island City our home for the past six years. We are proud to be part of Long Island City vibrant artistic community, and celebrate the exciting cultural diversity that New York City embodies. Continental Recording Studio is fully independent and rooted in DIY ethos.

Brett Staggs is a songwriter based in Pittsburgh, PA. His music is a mix between Tom Petty and Paul Westerberg with poetic lyrics and melodic hooks of the americana genre. He has had many songs placed in films and is currently working on releasing his first album.

Steve's extraordinary voice has electrified audiences in venues from the Detroit Jazz Festival to the McCallum Performing Arts Center in Palm Desert, CA to the Smith Center in Las Vegas, and worldwide from London to Japan, Australia to Brazil and Canada.

As one of the pioneers of jazz-rock -- perhaps the pioneer in the ears of some -- Larry Coryell deserves a special place in the history books. He brought what amounted to a nearly alien sensibility to jazz electric guitar playing in the 1960s, a hard-edged, cutting tone, phrasing and note-bending that owed as much to blues, rock and even country as it did to earlier, smoother bop influences.

This week Lou has a special guest... Kevin returns to the Loudini Rock and Roll Circus filling in for Katie! Lou and Kevin talk about the now classic album from Nirvana that launched the grunge and post grunge movement. The kids play some highlights and reveal some little know facts about Nirvana and the making of Nevermind. It's hard to believe that this piece of the revolution is 25 years old this year! Featured Loudini Artists: Gov't Mule, Alabama Thunderpussy, Mississippi Bones

Born in Mangalore, Vijay's talent was imminent at an early age having won several local guitar and singing competitions. Music, though took a back seat for six years due to the pressure of academics. But destiny had other plans and brought him back to where he belonged - playing music. The journey from an acoustic folk guitarist to an accomplished Rock Lead/Rhythm guitarist has brought with it experience in Rock & Soul bands to which he blends in pop and ethnic sensibilities. Some of his guitar heroes and influences are Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore and Angus Young. "The journey to musical fulfillment is endless " he says.

Tracked in an illegal Brooklyn apartment over a two year jaunt, the burnished urban organic art-rock of MXB, transmutes the listener's reality to madcap flights through a cosmic metropolis. Sounding like a glowing multi-colored back room of a dive bar, and you sitting there having imbibed some firey distillate, Diamond Hits mixes up a stylistic cocktail of back beat drum licks, distortion guitar groove, well turned lyrics and layered leather coat vocals.

Singer, songwriter, musician, and touring artist Cody Webb has played hundreds of dates across the East Coast, Midwest and beyond, earning thousands of fans with his expressive tenor and deft guitar work. Recently relocated to Nashville from his native South Carolina, hes finishing work on his debut EP and has assembled a team of top music business pros for his first push onto the national scene.