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krj
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Internet Radio Listeners' Notebook
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Nov 9 05:34 UTC 2005 |
This item is for talking about interesting things heard on the
Internet radio. Back in 2002 I discovered the BBC's offerings
on the net, and for over three years they have dominated my
radio listening. I take occasional side trips to KUT,
a music-dominated NPR station in Austin, and to a student radio
station in the UK which hosts a folk music show "Cool As Folk"
and also some interesting rock programming.
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krj
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Nov 9 05:37 UTC 2005 |
Jerry Douglas was featured in a live studio session on two of
the Late Junction programmes from last week, on BBC Radio 3.
Douglas is a star player on the dobro, aka the resonator guitar,
which my carpooler had not encountered before.
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mcnally
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response 2 of 39:
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Nov 9 05:52 UTC 2005 |
I can attest to Ken's serious BBC addiction and I fear for
his continued mental health if the Beeb changes its internet
streaming policies..
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krj
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Nov 9 23:14 UTC 2005 |
Today's listening was the Late Junction programme from Monday.
Blues guy Otis Taylor had a song which was one of those whack-you-on
the-head, go buy it now experiences. I haven't fully picked out what
is going on here, even though I replayed the track a few times.
Amazon says that Taylor is "bonding acoustic Delta blues with
Appalachian country blues." Might be just a trace of 60s psychedelia
in there, too, with the organ sound, and then there's the bits that
remind me of Czech folk/experimentalist Iva Bittova.
I'm trying to resist impulse purchases these days -- my house is
too full of impulse purchases. I'll let you know how it works out.
In the ordinary old Late Junction wonderfulness that was the rest
of the programme, DJ Verity Sharp opened with Bob Dylan, went on
to cover some African tracks which had my butt wiggling in my
office chair, followed by a singer/songwriter named Laura Viers
and then Alfred Brendel with a Beethoven piano sonata.
Somewhere in there was a lengthy Steve Reich composition, and then
the show closed out with a folk accordion tune from a new album
by Brian Peters, a fave of mine, from a new album that I haven't
got yet.
Life is good.
Here's the playlist, for those who like things to click on:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/latejunction/pip/9ku4p/
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krj
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Nov 10 01:56 UTC 2005 |
I was weak, and I had to drive right by the Arborland Borders anyway.
The Otis Taylor album starts with a banjo and electric guitar
riff, and then adds a fiddle.... more to come!
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krj
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Nov 22 17:18 UTC 2005 |
Er, um.. Right now I'm running last week's Mike Harding folk show
from BBC Radio 2, and it starts with a rather appealing tune, sort of
old-timey with a female singer.
I look at the playlist: it's from Tara Nevins' album MULE TO RIDE, which
I got years ago, I think, and tossed into a box as uninteresting a long
time ago. Sigh. Time to go digging for it.
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scott
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Nov 26 00:48 UTC 2005 |
I did sound for Otis Taylor at the Ark a few weeks ago - actually he was the
opening act for another blues performer. But Otis was definitely more
interesting... that stuff is really hypnotic when you see it live.
Oh, and you can add the word "modal" to the list of things said about
Taylor's recent stuff.
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tsty
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Dec 4 06:29 UTC 2005 |
unfortunately ....
http://www.annarboralive.com/arlo/index.html
didn;t deliver
suposed to be forem the ark, live. but it wasn't.
i lkie arlo guthrie and his dad woody. i met woody once. (in a sam hill dream)
but that's another story....
supposedly, the tape will be broadcast.
wth total recorder and winamp i get teh best of the best.
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tpryan
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Dec 25 18:38 UTC 2005 |
You can now hear Dr. Demento on-line, direct from the source.
http://drdemento.net/online.html
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mcnally
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Feb 10 17:54 UTC 2006 |
Lately I've been occasionally listening to a music streaming service
called Pandora ( http://www.pandora.com ) [requires Flash.]
The way the site works is you type in the name of an artist, album
or song that you like and that you wish to hear music similar to.
The site then tries to match the properties of that song or artist
with other music in its database, which it streams to your computer.
As each song is played you can fine-tune the process by telling the
Pandora Flash applet that you like the song it's playing, that you
don't like the song it's playing, and/or to skip to the next song.
The idea is that with enough fine tuning it will help you find music
that you will like but that you didn't know about. So far I've found
the quality of the recommendations has been mixed but it's definitely
introducing me to artists I didn't know about previously.
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krj
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Feb 17 22:59 UTC 2006 |
Genevieve Tudor's "Sunday Folk" was fairly dull this week, except
for another song by Suntrap, but Genevieve did mention that Andy
Kershaw's show had a live profile of The Eighteenth Day of May,
a band Kershaw has been hyping for weeks. The band is channeling
early Fairport Convention, with an American female singer from
New Orleans who used to hang out in Athens GA, and a
two electric guitarists and a violinist. So far I've liked everything
I've heard and I should order a copy of the disc.
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krj
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Mar 3 04:05 UTC 2006 |
Had an entertaining listen and chat this afternoon with Fee and Chris,
the hosts of the "Cool As Folk" radio show from Reading University.
(http://www.1287am.com, and they have a IRC chat so you can talk
with the DJs and maybe other listeners.)
Unfortunately they are closing the programme after another two
installments. Highlight of the show for me was a track from
"Okavango", the new album collaboration from a Belgian band, Fluxus,
and a Welsh band, Hoover the Dog. Lots of reed sounds -- accordions
and pipes. They also played some Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson,
Oysterband: it's a fairly English emphasis.
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krj
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Mar 30 21:05 UTC 2006 |
News Allan might have missed: BBC Radio Scotland is ending the
"Celtic Connections" show. The installment which is currently in the
BBC Radio replay system, from last Tuesday, is the final one.
This may not be much of a change, except for the loss of a rather good
name. The replacement show, also to be hosted by Mary Ann Kennedy,
will be "Global Gathering." Celtic Connections had been my favorite
BBC Radio show when I started listening four years ago, but in the
last year or two the steady influx of rap-influenced African music,
and more Latin music than I cared for, meant that I listened to the
show less and less often, and made the name "Celtic Connections" seem
like more and more of an in-joke. My carpooler said that the "Celtic
Connection" appeared to be that everyone who performed on the show had
DNA.
I just heard them announce that another Radio Scotland show, "BeBop to
HipHop", is ending. Looks like it's time for their annual spring
redecorating.
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