Category: Headliners

The second hour of our look back at the music and life of Harry Nilsson with special guests Jimmy Webb, Curtis Armstrong, David Leaf, Van Dyke Parks, Al Kooper, Alyn Shipton, Micky Dolenz, and Harry’s son, Kief.  

Downtown remembers the music and life of singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson with special guests Micky Dolenz, Jimmy Webb, Van Dyke Parks, Al Kooper, David Lead, Alyn Shipton, Curtis Armstrong, and Kief Nilsson.  

Kristy Kimball and Melissa Craig joined us to discuss the upcoming Bangor Area Challenge for Charities, an event where you can walk, run or ride to raise money for area non-profits.

Writer Dan Epstein talks with us about his recent Rolling Stone piece on the fortieth anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s “Darkness On The Edge Of Town”, and also shares his thoughts on the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ “White Album” and the Elvis Presley comeback special.

Kyle Draper of NBC Sports Boston previews the NBA Draft and discusses the Celtics options.

Bruce Pratt joined us from the Sports Literature Association conference in Kansas for this week’s Sports Lit 101 discussion.

http://www.downtownwithrichkimball.com.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/16094353/Downtown-the-Podcast-008.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Play | RSS David Leaf, the producer of the documentaries “Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile” and “Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin’ About Him?)”, as well as “The U.S. vs. John Lennon” and “The Night […]

Writer Colin Fleming with some advice on how to become a more evolved human being.

Eric Mihan of Bangor Wine & Cheese Company has this week’s Message In The Bottle.

John Karalis of RedsArmy.com and the Locked On Celtics Podcast previews the upcoming NBA Draft.

Former NFL executive, broadcaster, and author Upton Bell joined us to talk Patriots and more.

Allen Adams of The Maine Edge joined us to review “Incredibles 2” and “SuperFly”.

Marc Calnan of Eastern Maine Sports reviews this past weekend’s state championship high school baseball and softball games.

Bob Lucy joined us to take a look at Maine Black Bear football’s 2018 schedule.

This week’s Best of Downtown features actor-director Lea Thompson, writers Colin Fleming and Elise Juska, and Chris Hatfield of SoxProspects.com