Music Blog

Your Thanksgiving travel just got a whole lot better. Free downloads of the late, great Joe Strummer's London Calling radio program(me) he hosted for the BBC from 1998 to 2001 have surfaced online, offering a treasure trove of musical nuggets on what was a weekly glimpse into into the passionate musical mind of one of the great frontmen rock & roll has ever known.

Obscure Motown soul to "Hang On Sloopy", Toots & the Maytals to some thick groove from Zaire, they're a fascinating 30 minutes each, as if someone's rolling the dial of the coolest radio ever. He just needs to play more Clash.

Stream or download the shows at Radio Clash Blog (hat tip to Aquarium Drunkard).

For more context and generally engrossing viewing, I highly recommend Julian Temple's Strummer documentary, The Future Is Unwritten.