ROCKNA

The original ROCKNA logo

The new ROCKNA logo designed by Pierre Portelli

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

External Links

• ROCKNA on Facebook

• Rockna - Ir-Rock tagħna l-Maltin on Facebook

• ROCKNA Live & Unplugged compilation