Radio Piper

Radio Piper keeps Italy's golden age of pop alive with surprising fidelity. You'll hear Adriano Celentano's rock 'n' roll swagger alongside Mina's husky ballads. The playlist draws from the late 1950s through the 1960s, mixing Italian crooners like Lucio Battisti with American icons like Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra. It's unapologetically nostalgic. No modern tracks intrude. The station feels like a perfectly preserved jukebox from a Roman bar in 1963. Some segments drag when they stack too many slow numbers, but the upbeat stretches, featuring twist and surf rock, more than redeem it. The…