
Host Geoff Hanson calls his musical stylings the Rootsy Groove. The groove in a vinyl record is where the magic happens. The musical alchemy begins the moment when the needle hits the groove. When The Needle Hits The Groove airs every Saturday on 98.3 The Penguin in Wilmington, NC.
Host Geoff Hanson calls his musical stylings the Rootsy Groove. The groove in a vinyl record is where the magic happens. The musical alchemy begins the moment when the needle hits the groove. When The Needle Hits The Groove airs every Saturday on 98.3 The Penguin in Wilmington, NC.
Episodes

May 13, 2020
Throttle Episode 4 Turn up the Stoke
May 13, 2020
May 13, 2020
1hr 2 min
Turn up the stoke with Throttle Episode 4 from When the Needle hits the Groove.
1. New Bohemians Dandy Warhols 2. Superstition with Jeff Beck 3. I like I love it Lyrics Born 4. Save Tonight Cherry 5. Synchrocity 6. Can you see the real me The Who 9. Body Rock Moby 10. Hot in here 11. Save it for Later Genreral Public 12. Where the devil don’t stay 13. Funk Town Lipps 14. Sweet Emotion Aerosmith 15. Hey Baby what you gonna do>Shake rattle and Roll Widespread Panic 16. Rock Steady Aretha Franklin 17. Emily Los Lobos

May 13, 2020
Throttle Episode 4 Turn up the Stoke
May 13, 2020
May 13, 2020
1hr 2 min
Turn up the stoke with Throttle Episode 4 from When the Needle hits the Groove.
1. New Bohemians Dandy Warhols 2. Superstition with Jeff Beck 3. I like I love it Lyrics Born 4. Save Tonight Cherry 5. Synchrocity 6. Can you see the real me The Who 9. Body Rock Moby 10. Hot in here 11. Save it for Later Genreral Public 12. Where the devil don’t stay 13. Funk Town Lipps 14. Sweet Emotion Aerosmith 15. Hey Baby what you gonna do>Shake rattle and Roll Widespread Panic 16. Rock Steady Aretha Franklin 17. Emily Los Lobos

Apr 22, 2020
Throttle Vol 3
Apr 22, 2020
Apr 22, 2020
1hr 1 min
Pump up the volume, dance dance. The Intro to When The Needle Hits the Groove has nver been more apt than for the Throttle series, a mix of roots oriented music intended to raise your heartbeat. This is Volume three in the series. Setlist:
1. Let The Good Times Roll 2. Snake drive NMAS 3. Modern love David Bowie 4 . One more time Joe Jackson 5. Pump up the Jam 6. Jumpin Jack Flash Rolling Stones 7. Rocking the Casbah The Clash 8. Dyin Man Widespread Panic 9. Big Railroad Blues Leftover Salmon 10. Walk this Way Run DMC 11. Immigrant Song Led Zeppelin 12. Shakedown Beasris Wick It the Instigator 13. Thank you for letting me be myself -- Sly and the Family Stone 14. Driver 8 R.E.M 15. Soul Massaka 16. Back in the USSR The Beatles

Apr 21, 2020
Throttle Vol. 2
Apr 21, 2020
Apr 21, 2020
1hr 2 min
Whether you run, bike, hike, lift, ski, blade, rock out in the car or at home Throttle will be your friend as you push up the heartbeat This is Vol. 2.

Apr 20, 2020
Throttle: Volume 1
Apr 20, 2020
Apr 20, 2020
59 min
Exercise is keeping people sane, so host Geoff Hanson is putting out a series of roots music workout songs. Taj Mahal, The Stones, The Meters, Widespread Panic, sprinkled with some Beastie Boys and Naughty By Nature all get after it on this first volume of Throttle tunes.

Apr 9, 2020
Tribute to John Prine
Apr 9, 2020
Apr 9, 2020
1hr 37 min
in this edition of When the Needle Hits the Groove, host Geoff Hanson pays tribute to the late John Prine with a set of mostly live versions of some of John Prine's greatest songs. Hanson used the song "Fish and Whistle" in the soundtrack of his 1996 film "Scrapple." "Fish and Whistle" is a classic John Prine song," Hanson said. " It has a playful, jangly feel yet it is really a song about forgiveness. Consider "In spite of Ourselves," a song about a couple tolerating one another's peculiar habits but it is one of the most beautiful love songs ever written. The loss of John Prine leaves a crater in the canon of American music that can never be filled.

Apr 5, 2020
Apr 5, 2020
57 min
In this episode, When The Needle Hits the Groove host Geoff Hanson curates a mix of music from the Grateful Dead shows from the August 15 and 16 shows in 1987. This is Set 1 of 2.

Apr 3, 2020
Apr 3, 2020
58 min
In this edition of When The Needle Hits The Groove curates a mix of songs for KOTO Radio from the August 15 and 16 1987 Grateful Dead shows.

Mar 20, 2020
Hey 19 Vol. 1
Mar 20, 2020
Mar 20, 2020
1hr 32 min
In this edition of When the Needle Hits the Groove host Geoff Hanson plays music related to and inspired by the Corona Virus. The music is meant to amuse, inspire and elevate in a time of uncertainty. This is the first in a series.

Feb 25, 2020
Feb 25, 2020
2hr 21 min
In Episode 5, The Needle Hits The Groove takes listeners to New Orleans at the corner of Saint Claude and Dumaine for over 2 hours of music dedicated to Fat Tuesday, Brass Bands,Mardi Gras Indians and more. Artists include The Wild Magnolias, Rebirth Brass Band, The Meters, Professor Longhair and more.
