BumbleBee Radio Holiday Hundred: 12/31/2021 & 1/1/2022
Updated: Jan 4

The second-ever BumbleBee Radio New Year's celebration is in the books and I have to say that was tremendously FUN to share the airwaves with my Boston radio friends Jim Ryan, D-Tension, Anngelle Wood, Michael Marotta, and Julie Kramer! The idea popped-into my head back in August and for awhile I wasn't sure I could ever make it happen. As we go forward in 2022, my advice to anyone with a dream they may think is unattainable is GO FOR IT! Never say something is impossible.
There were SO MANY great songs that came out in 2021... Choosing 100 favorites was excruciatingly difficult and putting them in-order was well... impossible. There was also a ton of great memories from getting to go out and see LIVE music again as the vaccines arrived and venues started to reopen. Thank you to all the bands and artists who created music in 2021. Without your creativity & perseverance in the face of all the challenges we have faced since the pandemic struck, BumbleBee Radio wouldn't even exist!
When I created BumbleBee Radio in April of 2020, I decided to go-for-it on a lifelong dream of owning and running a radio station my way. That means MUSIC comes first, second, and last. That means homegrown local music gets played side-by-side with major label artists. Most importantly, my vision for what BumbleBee Radio should be is based around a group of talented insightful radio professionals who excel at telling stories and connecting with listeners on an individual level. That's why I fell-in-love with radio at age-four in 1974. The voices that came out of my little AM transistor radio were my friends and companions. Going forward I want to find a way to FILL this radio station with people you'll come to know as YOUR friends. I can't think of a better time to start than right here... Right now in 2022! Thank you so much for listening to BumbleBee Radio in 2021... I am honored to have YOU as a friend and listener! -Kristen
9:00 AM: Show begins...
Announcer: Kristen Eck
The Sorels - She's In The Gang
The Tear Downs - Open Air Cellars
Ringtail - Drug Pudding
Fable - Orbiting
Cold Expectations - In The Padlocked Night
Robotic Hawks - Ansonia
Nate Leavitt - I Hope You're Doing Well The Jacklights - Monster Love
Church & Puppets - Games We Play Ishmael Ensemble - Wax Werk Paper Tigers - Ursa Minor Announcer: Jim Ryan Ruin The Nite - Sound The Alarm
Jane Weaver - Solarised
Self Esteem - I Do This All The Time
Bobby Gillespie & Jehnny Beth - Chase It Down Pinegrove - Morning Time
Tears For Fears - The Tipping Point
Evil Felipe - 50's Love Song Announcer: Kristen Eck Erica Mantone - Undone
The Chelsea Curve - A Better Way
Ex-Hyena - Motorfreaks Batons - Imposter Syndrome The Tapples - Suddenly Blind Earthmark - Indigo Eye Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection - Imminent Shadow Oldjack - Take A Picture Announcer: D-Tension
Arlo Parks - Hope
The Shang Hi Los - Plymouth Rock
London Grammar - Californian Soil Hero The Emcee & Wax100 - None Other Than (Ft. Phonetix)
Pillbook PLBK - Daydream Theme
Senseless Optimism - Lonely Daze Greentea Peng - Satta
Aunty Social - Unsmiling Announcer: Kristen Eck Violet Nox - Cosmic Bits (J. Bagist Remix) Samantha Farrell -- Used To Think I Loved You Beck Black - Puppet Show
Sky & Korn - Pulse
Charring Cross - Man On The Moon Anjimile - In Your Eyes (Reflection) Devil Love - Gold Currency Lainey Dionne - Senti(mental) Future Teens - Guest Room Lucinda Chua - Until I Fall Smitt E. Smitty & The Feztones - The Ballad Of Roger The Rare Occasions - Stay Announcer: Anngelle Wood Honest Mechanik - Under The Weight
Watts - Loud & Fast Tim Kile Wasteland RoseR - Song 2. A Bunch Of Jerks - (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear
Spoon - The Hardest Cut Linnea's Garden - Non-Dramatic Break Up Song Weakened Friends - Quitter Announcer: Kristen Eck
Boketto The Wolf - Mad Gretchen Shae & The Middle Eight - Un-Natural Love
Idler Wheel - Half Life Holly Brewer - Street Theater Constellation Myths - Suffer Molly Burch - Emotion (Ft. Wild Nothing) Dutch Tulips - EMDR The Accidentals - Slow And Steady Announcer: Michael Marotta Bastille - Distorted Light Beam
The Peppermint Kicks - Roxetta Jones
The Chemical Brothers - The Darkness That You Fear Andrea Gillis - Leave The Light On
Abbie Barrett - Blood & Bone If We Go At All - Up Before Down The War On Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore The Dents - Homeless Announcer: Kristen Eck J. Faith - Nothing (Ft. Kemic & Aristotle Jones) Little Fuss - Watch Out Kid Gulliver - Boy In A Bubble JATK - Conscious Wonder
The Staves - Satisfied Little Simz - Introvert Carissa Johnson - Running Uphill (Ft. Cliff Notez) Maris - Rewind Jennifer Tefft - Better Days Announcer: Julie Kramer Sasha & The Valentines - Don't You Love Me
Sunshine Riot - Fast Train
Chvrches - How Not To Drown (Ft. Robert Smith)
Jerry Lehane - Drinking Life (Ft. Dicky Barrett)
Wolf Alice - How Can I Make It Okay? St. Vincent - Down Garbage - No Gods No Masters
Liz Phair - In There
Announcer: Kristen Eck Senseless Optimism - Why?
Kristian Montgomery & The Winterkill Band - Soul For Soul War On Alexandria - California
Alu - Alu's Not Dead Gustaf - Book D-Tension - Kenmore Square
Little Billy Lost - Dancing With The Devil You Know Bent Knee - Not This Time Gene Dante & The Future Starlets - High Time The Chelsea Curve - Drag Adi Sun - Twin Flame Little Fuss - Human Of The Century The Shang Hi Los - Stay
Flashback to BumbleBee Radio Favorite-50 of 2020: Kerrin Connolly - Thanks For Playing Show ends around 4:30 PM...
Don't forget that the BumbleBee Radio APP for Android is now available for FREE in the Google Play Store! An iPhone APP will be available in the Apple Store soon. As always thank you for listening! -Kristen
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