Peppermint Presents...Rat Race!: A Journey Through Youngstown Music History

Casual Friday - Nicky Mouse Goes To Brier Hill

Dedicated listeners are familiar with Nicky Mouse (the Italian American mouse who lives at Peppermint and demands food from us in exchange for not chewing through the stu

Greg Yochman

Greg Yochman has played bass with Mom's Apple Pie, Tony Palkovic, and Tony Favazzo (whose catalog we've reissued).  From prog to fusion, he shares about his career in mus

Casual Friday - Digital Singles

We shine a light on some of the lesser know reissues we have released in the past few years.  Just because they're only available digitally, doesn't mean they don't have

Shedrick Hobbs

Every musician in Youngstown's favorite musician is Shedrick Hobbs.  His career began in the 1940's playing in jump blues bands and dance bands in many of the city's Blac

Sonny Hrehovcik

Call him Sonny...  Call him Sonny Needs Money...  Call him Sonny Boy Hopcheck...  However you know him, wether it's from Underdog Records, Sacksville Rhythm & Blues Band,

Bull Run

In 1971 Jim Connor and his trio, Bull Run recorded an album which would not be heard by anyone until 2024.  Jim had played in bands throughout the 60's, but after returni

Morly Grey

Mark and Tim Roller started Morly Grey not knowing that decades after releasing their only LP, "The Only Truth", original copies with sell for over a thousand dollars...e

Casual Friday - Simply Slavic

If you live in Youngstown, you know that Simply Slavic is the area's largest Slavic heritage festival.  We talk with John Slanina about how he's help build the festival,

Glass Harp

Glass Harp are one of the best know bands to come out of Youngstown.  We talk with Phil Keaggy and John Sferra about their early days playing together as teenagers, formi

Marjon - Josh Roman

Marjon International was a recording studio and label in Hermitage, PA founded by husband and wife duo Martha and Johnny Krizancic.  Though both have passed, we share an

Blue Ash

No other band recorded more at Peppermint than Blue Ash.  We chat with founding members Jim Kendzor and Frank Secich about the band's new compilation of unreleased materi

Casual Friday - WAM

Our first Casual Friday.  What's that?  It means we're kickin' back and mostly just playing records.  This show's loose theme is WAM records; Youngstown's first recording

Del Sinchak

Del Sinchak is Youngstown's polka king.  He has had a 70 year career playing music which started with polkas and quickly shifted to Rock 'n' Roll and back to polka.  Del

Gary Rhamy

Gary Rhamy is the founder of Peppermint Productions and the reason for this show...this label...  He has worked on over 50 Grammy award nominated and winning albums in th

Rat Race Pt. II

This week we flip the record and go track-by-track on side two of "Peppermint Presents...Rat Race!".  More archival music and interviews featuring The Roller Brothers, Th

Rat Race Pt. I

Dean and Anthony take you track-by-track through Peppermint's first compilation of never before released archival material.  Featuring Iron Knowledge, The Human Beinz, Gl