This week's RoasterBoy Playlist

• Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan (Tuesday, Mar 18 at 01:38 PM GMT)

  Back in the day, before iPods, I had small MP3 player that could hold four CDs. Most commonly, I'd put the playback on a loop and listen while trying sleep on the red-eye back from California. This was one of the albums, along with Jimi Hendrix's Blues, U2's Rattle and Hum, and Peter…

• WBCN-FM: March 15, 1968 - New England Music Scrapbook (Monday, Mar 17 at 08:00 PM GMT)

  Happy Belated Birthday, 'bcn. WBCN-FM: March 15, 1968 - New England Music Scrapbook I found the station late one night in April of '68. They played the long version of The Doors' Light My Fire, which caught my attention as I was spinning the FM dial. The next song, Paul Butterfield's…

• Van Morrison - Hymns to the Silence (Monday, Mar 17 at 10:24 AM GMT)

  Title track from one of The Belfast Cowboy's best albums.

• Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense (Tuesday, Mar 11 at 09:05 PM GMT)

  The sound track to their concert film is a great collection of music for walking or other exercise. The rhythms are strong and the musical and lyrical hooks are great. For example, here's Life During Wartime.