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Friday, March 23

looking for new music?

Andy Narell's Tatoom:
This is a sound that is new to my ears, a steel orchestra. The tracks feel cool and smooth, and all are instrumentals. Like easy-listening jazz where steel drums take lead for the long haul.
#1. Med. Tempo, jubilant melodies.

Alain Perez is, En El Aire:
Modern Cuban jazz musician, Alain Perez’s musical life began, “singing at family parties and fiestas,” in his hometown. After studying classical guitar and piano, he transferred to a prestigious school in Havana. It was in Havana where he picked up the bass, which is the instrument he plays here, en el aire. Most tracks house a full sound with sharp brass accompaniment, and the congas assure that this is indeed modern Cuban jazz.
#5: vocals in beginning, noticeable tempo changes throughout
#6: vocals, piano, saxophone; simpler sounding ballet
#7: seemingly difficult rhythm changes
#8: “phone vocals” make for an interesting sound for this c.d.
#9: Rumba#11: bonus track dedicated to his grandfather (mostly guitar)

the Rough Guide releases, Bollywood Gold:
This is Bollywood music from the “twenty-two carat” period, when Bollywood films were becoming increasingly popular. The music provides a familiar music milieu for first generation immigrants in the U.K. and N. America. The tunes from this era have been shared through generations and at familial gatherings as a unique taste of the ‘Motherland,’ India. After 1951, actors began to lip-sync to a “playback singer,” and this album contains cherished singers like, Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, and Mohammed Rafi.
This is Bollywood music from the “twenty-two carat” period, when Bollywood films were becoming increasingly popular. The music provides a familiar music milieu for first generation immigrants in the U.K. and N. America. The tunes from this era have been shared through generations and at familial gatherings as a unique taste of the ‘Motherland,’ India. After 1951, actors began to lip-sync to a “playback singer,” and this album contains cherished singers like, Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, and Mohammed Rafi.

Rough Guide to, World Music Africa & Middle East:
Tuareg guitar bands, Ethiopian New Wave beats, Sudanese hip-hop and flamenco-Arabesque. This is some of the music featured here, by both familiar and unfamiliar names from the African & M. Eastern region. It is a vast compilation of innovative music. Check out the sleeve for interesting information about each artist.
#1: a radiating GIGI vibe (Ethiopia)
#4: a haunting melody from Baaba Mal & Mansour Seck (Senegal)
#5: “synchro system” modernized ancestral apala music (Nigeria)
#6: happy female vocals & kora adaptations (Guinea)
#9: vocals have the timbre of vibrations from the mimbira (Congo)
#10: fusion of drum machine and ancient devotional poetry (Israel)
#12: highly danceable, quite catchy (Morocco)
#13: a love & praise song~Tuareg style (Niger)
#14: hypnotic and funky w/ strong female vocals (W. Sahara)#15: African Club anthem

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Sunday, March 18

CD Reviews -- Cathi 3/18/07

Cashman – “Texassippi Stomp” (219 Records) C

George Thorogood wannabe with super distorto guitar and vocal. A bad day at Black Rock. Not recommended.

Catz in the Hatz, The – “Resilience” (Rhombus Records) A-

A surprise! Sinatra-like vocalist over slick jazz/swing instrumentalists. Fresh approach to old standards – I mean “My Funny Valentine” Geez…but it works! They even put “Fur Elise” into a jazz context. It’s a great record and the guitar player SMOKES. All cuts good for morning mix.

Detroit Women – “Sassitude” (Detroit Women Music) B-

Several women singers from Detroit get together and trade off singing lead with mega-chick backups. The backups are GREAT. The lead singers, not so much. Most voices sound like they’ve been singing in bars for quite a while. Gravely. Not bad though with a couple of standouts.

Franklin, Ron – “City Lights” (Memphis International Rec) C-

Yikes….mumbly, whispery vocals you can’t understand over kinda bad guitar – singer songwriter hades. Not recommended.

Lisi, John & Delta Funk – “Dead Cat Bounce” (219 Records) C

They shoulda let that dead cat lie. Whispery, indistinguishable vocal over rock-lite arrangements. Not recommended.

Richey, Kelly – “Speechless” (Sweet Lucy) B

An all instrumental blues rock album from this heavy metal-like blues player. No vocals, lots of SRV/ZZ Top-like guitar licks over road-dawg rock. Pretty nice if this is your cup of tea. Nothing morning mixworthy here though.

Stevens, Corey – “Albertville” (Ruf Records) B

Medium record with fine guitar work. Vocals not inspired, but it’s a solid blues record. Drummer stands out as exceptional. Definitely club-worthy. Does much better when he can emote on a slow number and make that guitar sing.

Watkins, J.T. – “Why Not Tonight Girl?” (Arrow Heart Rec.) B

Soulful vocals over horns and girl backups – kind of B.B. King and Otis Redding-ish, though not quite that caliber. No players listed on the CD cover, but they are good. Mellow disc.

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Friday, March 16

latest listenings

Tinariwen's Aman Iman:
Spinning under the stars in the Sahara Desert, Touaregs from North-Eastern Mali plug finely polished electric guitars into African sounds with hypnoticly-blue sentiments. After being cut off from the ‘outside’ world by an oppressive government, Tinariwen (translating to empty spaces)’s music has been the voice of anti-violence and ethnic pride for the Tamashek people. Tinariwen are like an extended family. Everyone who chooses to participate becomes a musician whether be dancing, chanting, or playing a guitar. From the trance educing nature of this music or piercing spirit of shrills, you too may feel the haunting solitude of these desert herdsmen & women.

The Klezmatics' Wonder Wheel:
Revitalizing Jewish music, the Klezmatics add a modern sound to Woody Guthrie’s lyrical experiences as a resident in Coney Island. Woody’s daughter, Nora found some 3,000 of these lyrics hand written or typed on various papers and she remembered her father’s “yiddishisims.” This album won a Grammy in 2006 and Bloomington is home to Klezmatic, Matt Darriau…so there are many reasons to celebrate and play this music for the listeners! Look inside for a more detailed story about the Guthrie-Klezmatic connection.

Putumayo Presents, Women of the World Acoustic:
Like a gentle breeze pulled into shore from the ocean’s embrace, so is the attraction to these globally gathered women musicians. From Cape Verde, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, to the Czech Republic (and other countries not beginning with the letter C), diverse cultures have representation when Putumayo presents these women with acoustic guitars.

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Monday, March 12

Playlist-- 03.11.07 Sun 10pm-12midnight subbing Melody Unasked For

PLAYLIST 03.11.07: Melody Unasked For 10pm-12midnight

sitting in for the avant-garde show of WFHB.

Sun Ra – Twin Stars of Thence // Lanquidity (Philly Jazz) 1978
Tyondai Braxton – Disentegration Reels // Rise, Rise, Rise (Narnack) 2003

Animal Collective – Bat You’ll Fly // Spirit They’re Gone Spirit They’ve Vanished (Fatcat) 2000/2003
Greg Davis – Shoes and Socks // Curling Pond Woods (Carpark) 2004
DJ Shadow – Six Days // The Private Press (MCA) 2002

Olivia Tremor Control – Suite Two // John Peel Session 1997 (Elephant 6)
Magic Organ and the Adding Machine – Life Form (Transmission Received) // S/T (Orange Twin) 2001

The Fall – Wings // Totally Wired: The Rough Trade Anthology (Castle) 1981/2002
Sonny Sharrock -- Kula Mae // Guitar (Enemy) 1986
Neu! – Negativland // S/T (Hillingsgate/Astralwerks) 1973/2001

Hawk and a Hacksaw – Ein Habicht und Ein Metallsage // S/T (Cloud) 2002
Derek Bailey – JF Drums // Play Backs (Bingo) 1998
Vlor – Guilt Jersey // V/A: Silber Sampler (Silber) 2002

Gil Trythall – Ode to Billy Joe / Nashville Gold: Switched on Moog (Athena) 1970
Faust – It’s a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl // So Far (Polydor/Collector’s Choice) 1972/2000
Clubfoot — Untitled // V/A:Nine Underground (Perimeter) 1985?

Next show tomorrow at 3pm on WFHB, 91.3 FM.

short clip of Tyondai Braxton

Labels: Community Radio, Independent Music, Music, Playlists, Radio, WFHB

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Friday, March 9

in-turn-ational

Nanny Assis
Double Rainbow
Singer and percussionist, Nanny Assis was (in 1990), the head musician in Banda Fuzue, one of the many groups performing in Bahia’s Carnival. Since then, he has toured around the world as a jazz percussionist and now releases his first c.d. in the form of a Double Rainbow. It’s double because one bow consists of colors of originality, the other…colors of covers. Some are more recognizable than others, (i.e. Seal’s Kiss From a Rose). The sound maintains a steady softness.

Rough Guide to Salsa Dura, NYC
Know how to salsa? If not, you’ll want to learn after listening to this album. Salsa Dura translates to “real hard Salsa.” Inspired by the chaos and bustle of NYC, Salsa Dura was born in the Bronx, el barrio, mid-town Manhattan, and Brooklyn. Lyrically confronting political themes of racism, anglo-power structure, and injustices, vocalists also sing of love both won and lost, social issues and ethnic pride. The Salsa Dura sound is created by horns, piano, & percussion and was produced in NYC after the Cuban revolution. “This is a tribute to the musicians who are keeping the sound alive. Now it’s time to dance, “!Porque lo que traigo es sabroso!”

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Wednesday, March 7

afternoon music 3-5 march 6

2007 Keller Williams Dream "Life"

Rosie Thomas These Friends ofMine "Say Hello"

Snow Patrol Eyes Open (2006) "The Finish Line"

2007 The Shins Wincing the Night Away "Split Needles"

M. Ward To Go Home EP "Cosmopolitan Pap

Gentleman Caller Until We Are Missing "Jamie All My Days"

Spoon Stranger than Fiction Soundtrack "The Book I Write"

2006 Yo La Tengo I am Not Afraid of you and I will beat your ass "The Race is On Again"

2007 Andrew Bird Armchair Apocrypha "Cataracts"

2005 Hammock Raising Your Voice, Trying To Stop An Echo "Shipwrecked (flat on your back)

2007 The Arcade Fire Neon Bible "Ocean of Noise"

2006 Paul Brill Harpooner "Paris is ON"

2007 The Moaners Black Yalobusha "Foxy Brown"

2005 Jets Overhead Bridges "Killing Time"

The Bird and the Bee "birds and the bees"

2006 Beck The Information Think I'm In Love

2007 My Brightest Diamond Tear it Down "We Were Sparkling--remix w/ Haruki)

2007 Ono w/ Apples in Stereo Yes, I am a Witch "Nobody Sees Me Like You Do"

2007 !!! (chk-chk-chk) Myth Takes "All My Heroes Are Weirdos"

2006 Ricky Lee Jones 3-disc box set "Chuckie's In Love"

2007 JJ Grey and Mofro Country Ghetto "A Woman"

2005 The Impossible Shapes Horus "Survival"

2006 Gnarles Barkley St. Elsewhere "Crazy"

2006 Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 Ole! Tarantula Underground Sun

Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter Like, Love, Lust and The Open Halls of the Soul "Hard Not To Believe"

2004 Kaki King Legs to Make Us Stronger "Frame"

2003 M. Ward Transformation of Vincent "Outta my Head"

2006 The Blow Paper Television "Parentheses"

back in 2 weeks.....

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Friday, March 2

shins article and yo la tengo

If you have a chance to read it, there is a great article about The Shins in the February 2007 PASTE MAGAZINE among other great featured artists.

Also, Yo La Tengo will be at The Vogue Friday, April 13. I got my ticket, do you?

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international ins

Pablo Aslan recent album...
Buenos Aires Tango Standards

Aslan’s standard of tango is that it be braided with jazz. Pablo Alsan features various artists on these tracks while playing the bass, and at times a tango rhythm. From a broad perspective, the jazz elements cast a large shadow over tango rhythms. You may have to be an expert at the dance of tango or listen to this album a few times to find the rhythmical movement here.

Putumayo groovily presents, “A New Groove”

Putumayo people grabbed up d.j.s , producers, and musicians who started their work out of bedrooms and spread their music through digital radio, internet, & around the world. Some artists featured are already swimming their way into WFHB’s pond like, Alice Russell (Boozoo Bajou’s Juke Joint II), and the Cat Empire. None-the-less, here we have a groovy schemer of sounds.
I may suggest these tracks, yet I always encourage you to find your own groove!(1,2,5,6, or 10).

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