ROCKNA
Rockna (styled as ROCKNA) is a weekly radio show presented by Michael Bugeja every Friday on Radio 101. The show was first broadcast on 9 July 2010 and is primarily aimed at promoting the Maltese music scene through a combination of dedicated playlists, interviews and live radio sessions. To date, the show has hosted over 125 different bands and artists, with more than half of them having also performed one or more songs live and unplugged during the show.
During the November 2, 2012 show, a special edition focusing on the 20th anniversary of Watching The Music, a compilation CD featuring 5 Maltese bands that Radio 101 released in 1992, the ROCKNA Live & Unplugged compilation album was launched. The album is a 13-track collection of live tracks culled from the extensive archive of live sessions recorded during the ROCKNA radio show, and is available as a free download here.
2010 Programmes
01 Jul 9 Eve Ransom
02 Jul 16 Nomad Son
03 Jul 23 Fire & Explicit
04 Jul 30 The Rifffs
05 Aug 6 Bletchley Park & Acid
06 Aug 13 Memento Nostri & Red Electrick
07 Aug 20 Colourblind
08 Aug 27 Forsaken
09 Sep 3 Scream Daisy
10 Sep 10 Airport Impressions
-- Sep 17 No Programme
11 Sep 24 Jesper Ejrup, Rita Pace & M3P (Toni Sant)
12 Oct 01 Ailas & For Strings Inn
13 Oct 08 Tim Briffa (My Drug Hell) & Indigo
14 Oct 15 Stolen Creep & Skimmed
15 Oct 22 Cyanide & The Lesser Gods
16 Oct 29 Big Band Bros & Cable 35
17 Nov 05 Jesper Ejrup + Friends & Jewls Verse
18 Nov 12 Brikkuni, Xtruppaw & Demis
19 Nov 19 Mma 2010 & Chasing Pandora
20 Nov 26 Ivan Filletti
21 Dec 03 Tribali
22 Dec 10 Fraser Gregory
23 Dec 17 Instincts
24 Dec 24 Xmas Edition
25 Dec 31 2010 Round Up With Lito & Noel Mifsud
2011 Programmes
26 Jan 7 Plato's Dream Machine
27 Jan 14 Ivan Grech
28 Jan 21 William Mangion
29 Jan 28 Skimmed, Clandestines & Footprints
30 Feb 4 Daniel Genuis
31 Feb 11 Jon Lukas Woodenman
32 Feb 18 Beheaded & Friday PM
33 Feb 25 Claire Tonna
34 Mar 04 Joe S Grech (New Cuorey)
35 Mar 11 Shawn Mizzi (Angelcrypt) & Saving Alexis
36 Mar 18 Cindie Fest 2011 & The Sylvan Aaron Massacre
37 Mar 25 Xirka Rock & Martin McNeil & The Dissidents
38 Apr 01 Sounds United Malta & The Creepers
39 Apr 08 No Snow No Alps
40 Apr 15 Pupi Tal-Loghob & The Areola Treat
-- Apr 22 No Programme
41 Apr 29 Stalko
42 May 06 Monobrow Mp
43 May 13 Relikc
44 May 20 Cable 35
45 May 27 Kultural
46 Jun 03 Characters
47 Jun 10 Rock The Fest 2011, Marc Galea
48 Jun 17 Dusk & Three Stops To China
49 Jun 24 Mikaela & Yorika, Nicky Bomba
50 Jul 01 Mark Spiteri (The Granules)
51 Jul 08 Frenzy Mono
52 Jul 15 Risis
53 Jul 22 Reciprocal Records / V-Gen
54 Jul 29 Bark Bark Disco
55 Aug 05 Xma 2011 & Weeping Silence
56 Aug 12 Iskay & Red Electrick
57 Aug 19 Joe Mizzi
58 Aug 26 Andre Darmanin & Nosnow/Noalps
59 Sep 02 The Myth
60 Sep 09 Twotimeshooter
-- Sep 16 No Programme
61 Sep 23 Big Band Brothers & For Strings Inn
62 Sep 30 Funk Initiative
63 Oct 07 Scarlet Drop
64 Oct 14 Malta Doom Festival & Norm Rejection
65 Oct 21 Beangrowers
66 Oct 28 Lumiere
67 Nov 04 Dolls For Idols
68 Nov 11 Teatru Unplugged 14 & Different Strings
69 Nov 18 Nil By Mouth & Cruz
70 Nov 25 Oblique Visions & Weeping Silence & Fellowfish
71 Dec 02 Bridget Bone & Malcolm Callus
72 Dec 09 Koi
73 Dec 16 Kizum Klof & The Crowns
74 Dec 23 Ronnie Busuttil
75 Dec 30 2011 Round-Up With Lito And Noel Mifsud
2012 Programmes
76 Jan 06 Purple Haze
77 Jan 13 Simon Sammut
77 Jan 13 Rise
78 Jan 20 Rock Vs Martial Arts 2012
78 Jan 20 Angelcrypt
78 Jan 20 Alternative Obsessions
79 Jan 27 Ivan Filletti
80 Feb 03 Brikkuni
81 Feb 10 Violent Violets
82 Feb 17 Negative Spaces
83 Feb 24 Jon Lukas Woodenman
83 Feb 24 Aces Shade
84 Mar 02 Hard Rock Rising 2012
84 Mar 02 The Sylvan Aaron Massacre
85 Mar 09 Stolen Creep
86 Mar 16 For Strings Inn
86 Mar 16 Alex Alden
87 Mar 23 Rising Sunset
88 Mar 30 A Day Too Late
-- Apr 06 No Programme
89 Apr 13 Hard Rock Rising 2012 featuring Colourblind
89 Apr 13 Clandestines & Hey Sus
89 Apr 13 The Common Talk
90 Apr 20 Mystic Rain
91 Apr 27 Errormantics
92 May 04 Red Electrick
93 May 11 Alternative Obsessions featuring Josh Bevan & Leetabix
93 May 11 Mistura
94 May 18 Divine Sinners
95 May 25 Simon Vella & Mark Rapa
95 May 25 Plan Zero
96 Jun 01 Monobrow Musical Produce
96 Jun 01 Duo Blank
97 Jun 08 Jacinta Caruana
97 Jun 08 Cinnamon War
98 Jun 15 Tribali
99 Jun 22 X-Treme Metal Assault 2012
99 Jun 22 Mikaela
100 Jun 29 Xirka Rock 5
100 Jun 29 Lito & Noel Mifsud
100 Jun 29 Three Stops To China
100 Jun 29 Unexpected
101 Jul 06 3Artists
101 Jul 06 Troffahamra
101 Jul 06 Bletchley Park
102 Jul 13 Wyrd Animals
102 Jul 13 The Shh
103 Jul 20 Nicky Bomba
104 Jul 27 Plato's Dream Machine
105 Aug 03 Canvas Wall
105 Aug 03 Explicit
106 Aug 10 Oliver Degabriele
107 Aug 17 Robert Galea
107 Aug 17 ThingyBob
108 Aug 24 Dana McKeon
109 Aug 31 Niche' Flare
109 Aug 31 Martin McNeil & The Dissidents
110 Sep 07 Strummin' Home
110 Sep 07 Għanja Fuq Il-Barakka
110 Sep 07 Lissen Festival
111 Sep 14 Nil By Mouth Sessions 2012
111 Sep 14 Toby
111 Sep 14 Claire Tonna
112 Sep 21 MsLeads
112 Sep 21 Clayton Micallef
113 Sep 28 Weeping Silence
113 Sep 28 Big Band Brothers
114 Oct 05 Lyndsay
114 Oct 05 Elderwater
115 Oct 12 The Sylvan Aaron Massacre
115 Oct 12 Joseph Portelli
116 Oct 19 Aces Shade
116 Oct 19 Kantilena
117 Oct 26 Malta Doom Metal Festival 2012
117 Oct 26 Andre Camilleri