WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with drummer Jeff Plate of Trans-Siberian Orchestra, which rocks Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. on Dec. 23. They discussed the band’s biggest holiday hits, from the guitar-shredding “Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24” to the melodic “Christmas Canon,” staples of the season.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with drummer Don Brewer of Grand Funk Railroad, which plays at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in West Virginia this Friday night. They discuss the band’s biggest hits, including “We’re an American Band,” “The Loco-Motion” and “Some Kind of Wonderful.”
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with rap legend Kurtis Blow, who brings “The Hip-Hop Nutcracker” to Strathmore in North Bethesda, Maryland on Dec. 20-22. He also discusses pioneering the hip-hop genre with “Christmas Rappin'” and “The Breaks,” as well as being sampled by Next and Nas.
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with actor Michael Urie, who stars in the new Netflix holiday film “Single All the Way.” They spoke in 2018 when Urie starred in “Hamlet” at Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington D.C.
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with keyboardist Jeff Kazee of Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, which performs tonight at The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia. They spoke in 2015 for the Rock & Roll for Children benefit concert in Bethesda, Maryland. He also describes playing for Bon Jovi’s band.
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Tharaha Thavakumar of Pittsford, NY spoke out after a white high school student posted a video, showing a gun that he said he carried to kill (the N-word plural). After raising concerns, she was ignored, told to keep quiet, even body-shamed. The surprising thing is, this treatment allegedly came from some of the town’s leaders.
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Oscar-winning film composer Justin Hurwitz to mark the 5th anniversary of “La La Land.” Hurwitz even sits behind his piano during the interview and plays snippets from his Oscar-winning score.
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Blondie, which released its self-titles debut album 45 years ago today. Lead singer Debbie Harry called in to discuss her 2019 memoir “Face It” ahead of her book signing at Sixth & I in Washington D.C.
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley marks the release of the new film “Being the Ricardos” by chatting with Lucie Arnaz, daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. They spoke in 2019 when Fathom Events screened five classic, colorized episodes of “I Love Lucy” in movie theaters nationwide. (Theme Music: Scott Buckley’s “Clarion”)
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Chris Jericho, who 20 years ago became the first undisputed champion of WWF and WCW by beating both The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin on the same night. Jason spoke to Y2J in 2015 as Jericho prepared to host WWE’s reality competition “Tough Enough.”
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