This Sunday, February 26th, America's Sweetheart Irene Peña will welcome Dana & Carl as her live guests on her Twitch TV channel Irene Peña Music. The conversation commences at 7 pm Eastern, and we'll talk about...well, it's a live event, so I don't know yet what we'll talk about. Hey! That means you can tune in and find out at the same time WE find out! I think we're even taking questions from viewers, so ask us something interesting.
I imagine we'll chat a bit about the secret origin of Irene's billing as "America's Sweetheart." Yeah, that definitely started here on This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio. My archives surrendered these little blurbs about that:
"I don't remember when it was that we started referring to singer-songwriter Irene Peña as America's Sweetheart. We did call her a sweetie in this 2017 piece, which chronicled our path to discovering the sweet wonder of Irene's music. However the billing manifested, it's an ongoing testimony to the prevailing vibrance of the Irene Peña sound...."
"Attempts at branding are part and parcel of my silly ambition to pretend TIRnRR is a force in pop culture. Humor me; I'm harmless. So we become The Best Three Hours Of Radio On The Whole Friggin' Planet, preaching The Joy Of Radio, noting that Radio's Job Is To Sell Records. The Kinks become The House Band. The Ramones are The American Beatles, The Greatest American Rock 'n' Roll Band Of All Time. And Irene Peña is America's Sweetheart...."
"Is Irene Peña America's Sweetheart? She is if This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio says she is, and [ahem] This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio says she is. See, there it is in print and everything...."
"The good folks at Big Stir Records have taken a shine to our description of Irene Peña as 'America's Sweetheart,' and that's how ya start a movement, friends...."
I agree with me! Irene's work has enhanced the TIRnRR experience since our belated discovery of its beauty, splendor, and wonder a little over five years ago. Which brings up two more archival blurbs:
"One of the many greater goods understood on this little mutant radio show is that when Irene Peña puts out a song, we play it. Duh...."
"As much as I hate being late to a party, a great party can embrace the tardy and make us feel as welcome as its first revelers. It's been ten years since the release of Nothing To Do With You, the debut album from Irene Peña. We didn't hear about Irene until late 2016 (a story told here), and we've been playing catch-up ever since..."
But just because Dana & Carl were late to the party, that doesn't mean you should make the same mistake. And don't be late for Irene's Twitch TV party with Dana & Carl this Sunday, February 26th at 7 pm Eastern. She'll bring the sweet, we'll bring the curmudgeonly, and we'll have an event. A LIVE event! TWITCH AND SHOUT! Hope you can join us.
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