Kensington's Premium Blend

Larry Kensington
  • 0.0 (0)
  • MUSIC COMMENTARY

Kensington's Premium Blend is a weekly eclectic music show. Each program is a carefully considered mix of popular music, Americana, jazz, rock, folk, Celtic, and whatever else adds flavor and spice.

  1. 2D AGO

    KPB Program 283

    KPB Program 283 Playlist -- 1st set: April, Come She Will (Karrin Allyson) - Talk to Me of Mendocino (Kate & Anna McGarrigle) - Blues in D (Kate & Anna McGarrigle) - That Old Feeling (Stan Getz & Gerry Mulligan) 2nd set: Mean to Me (Nellie McKay) - It'll Never Happen Again (Tim Hardin) - A Hazy Shade of Winter (Simon & Garfunkel) - Red Rubber Ball (Nellie McKay) 3rd set: Il Clan dei siciliani [Main Theme] (Enrico Pieranunzi) - Carol (Al Stewart) - Don't Make Promises (Tim Hardin) 4th set: Everybody's Talkin' (Tedeschi Trucks Band) - Reason to Believe (Tim Hardin) 5th set: The Shadow of Your Smile (Karrin Allyson)

    59 min

  2. JAN 31

    KPB Program 282

    KPB Program 282 Playlist -- 1st set: Fox Hunt (Sierra Ferrell) - Don't Let Your Deal Go Down (Sierra Ferrell) - Loser (Jerry Garcia) - Midwestern Expansion (Antoine Dufour & Brad Hoyt) 2nd set: Fortunate Son (Creedence Clearwater Revival) - Effigy (Creedence Clearwater Revival) - Mississippi (The Secret Sisters) 3rd set: 1922 Blues (Charlie Parr) - My Sweet Annette (Drive-By Truckers) - Walk the Walk (David Maxwell) 4th set: Honky Cat (Elton John) - Heliotrope Bouquet (Scott Kirby)

    58 min

  3. JAN 24

    KPB Program 281

    KPB Program 281 Playlist -- 1st set: Too Young to Go Steady (John Coltrane Quartet) - The Joker (Wes Montgomery) - The Joker (Sammy Davis, Jr.) - Lush Life (John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman) 2nd set: My Little Brown Book (Aretha Franklin) - See Saw (Aretha Franklin) - A Wonderful Day Like Today (Sammy Davis, Jr.) - Tones for Joan's Bones (Blue Mitchell w/Chick Corea) 3rd set: They Say It's Wonderful (John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman) - Hey, Jude (Wilson Pickett) - Cissy Strut (The Meters) 4th set: Blues to Bechet (John Coltrane)

    58 min

  4. JAN 17

    KPB Program 280

    KPB Program 280 Playlist -- 1st set: Black Flag (Andrea von Kampen) - One More Dance Around the Sun (Great Lake Swimmers) -Freedom Feeling (Laura Veirs) 2nd set: 9 to 5 (Wild Iris Brass Band) - Dardanella (Emmet Cohen) 3rd set: The Weekend (Dave Rawlings Machine) - She Loves Me (James McMurtry) - She's Got You (Rhiannon Giddens) 4th set: Lie to Me (John Mellencamp) - I Walked with You a-Ways (Plains) 5th set: Hello! How Are You? (Caity Gyorgy) - Some Folks' Lives Roll Easy (Paul Simon)

    59 min

  5. JAN 10

    KPB Program 279

    KPB Program 279 Playlist -- 1st set: Electromagnetic Sun-Powered Starship (Antoine Dufour) - Where No Mandolin Has Gone Before [Star Trek Theme] (Nashville Mandolin Ensemble) - Nostalgia (Fats Navarro) - Out of Nowhere (Rachael Price) 2nd set: Bad Self Portraits (Lake Street Dive) - Picture Book (The Kinks) - Sunset Road (Bela Fleck & the Flecktones) - The Rocky Road to Dublin (The High Kings) 3rd set: Celluloid Heroes (The Kinks) - The Bad and the Beautiful (Charlie Haden Quartet West) 4th set: Goodbye, Porkpie Hat (Nashville Mandolin Ensemble) - Be-Bop Romp (Fats Navarro) 5th set: I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (Sarah Vaughan & the Count Basie Orchestra)

    58 min

  6. JAN 3

    KPB Program 278

    KPB Program 278 Playlist -- 1st set: Dusty Boxcar Wall (Eilen Jewell) - Steel Rail Blues (Gordon Lightfoot) - The Newry Highwayman (Solas) 2nd set: House of Guinness Theme (Ilan Eshkeri) - Carolina Rua/The Ladies' Pantalettes [Reel] (The Chieftains w/Imelda May) - Wild Mountain Thyme (Greg Leisz) 3rd set: Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight (Eric Legnini Trio) - Cascade (Chet Atkins) - The Wayward Wind (Mary McCaslin) - Hurt (Johnny Cash) 4th set: I Won't Let You Down (Curtis Harding) - Santa Fe (Eilen Jewell) - El Paso (Marty Robbins)

    58 min

  7. 12/27/2025

    KPB Program 277 (last show of 2025)

    KPB Program 277 Playlist -- 1st set: Rose (Markus Stockhausen & Ferenc Snetberger) - Un sueño mas (Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson & Paul McCandless) 2nd set: Dream Baby [How Long Must I Dream?] (Roy Orbison) - #9 Dream (R.E.M.) - You Stepped Out of a Dream (Julie London) 3rd set: In Dreams (Roy Orbison) - Audrey's Dance [from Twin Peaks] (Angelo Badalamenti) - Can't Forget (Yo La Tengo) - End of the Line (The Traveling Wilburys) 4th set: I Me Mine (The Beatles) - En coeur (Markus Stockhausen) 5th set: Sunrise (Norah Jones) - Barnaby, Hardly Working (Yo La Tengo)

    58 min

  8. 12/20/2025

    KPB Program 276 -- A Holiday Blend

    KPB Program 276 Playlist -- Wexford Carol (Nightnoise) - Crow River Waltz/Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring/Jack Fig (Leo Kottke) - We Toast the Days (Choral Scholars of University College, Dublin, directed by Desmond Earley) - Good "Swing" Wenceslas (Count Basie Orchestra) 2nd set: What's This? [from The Nightmare Before Christmas] (Danny Elfman) - Unto Us a Child Is Born (California Guitar Trio) - Bluegrass, White Snow (Patty Loveless) - Sleigh Ride (Count Basie Orchestra) 3rd set: Gloucestershire Wassail (The Merry Wives of Windsor) - Pastime with Good Company (The Merry Wives of Windsor) - Greensleeves (John Coltrane Quartet) - Simple Gifts/Lovely Love (William Coulter & Barry Phillips) 4th set: Noel Nouvelet! (Loreena McKennitt)

    58 min
See All (47)

About

Kensington's Premium Blend is a weekly eclectic music show. Each program is a carefully considered mix of popular music, Americana, jazz, rock, folk, Celtic, and whatever else adds flavor and spice.

Information

  • Creator
    Larry Kensington
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    47
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Larry Kensington
  • Show Website
    Kensington's Premium Blend