Another mixed bag of different noises for your listening pleasure. Rock, Pop, Jazz, Electronica, Contemporary Classical and Reggae are all in the mix.
SHOW AUDIO
PLAYLIST
Danny Short - Back To Love - It’s Got My Name On It So Give It Back
Andy James - Take Five - Let Me See Your Heart
Dave Graney Show - Speak To My Medium - The Dave Graney Show
Bill Leeb - Terror Forms - Model Kollapse
Eunmi Ko and Camp 06 - Untitled VI - 12 Views on Life
Excel - Unenslaved - Seeking Refuge
Mali Obomsawin, Magdalena Abrego, Allison Burik - Wawasint8da (Live) - Live Sketches
Cobuc Du Toit, Doreen Lee - From The Rooftop - From The Rooftop
Roman Angelos - Regretful Echoes - Tropical Nites
Ru Da Silva 7 Cosmic Bambino -Lost Civilization (Original Mix v3) - Lost Civilisation
The Armoires - Here Comes The Song - Single
Drunk At Your Wedding - An Unkindness of Ravens, a Murder of Crow - Ghost Gear
Richard Carr, Caleb Burhans - Circle of Mist
Mykal Rose, Subatomic Sound System, HollieCook - Happy Is The Man Who Finds Wisdom - Single
Amanda Martinez - Mi libertad - Recuerdo
Mark Haney - Placentia Bay: II — An ever rolling stream - Placentia Bay: Summer of 1941
Lenny Solomon - The Weird Funk - Single
Screaming Love Collective - High Times - Single
MØTHER - I'm A Ghost - WEEDIAN : Trip to California (Stoner Edition)
SHOW NOTES
Danny Short - Another track from Danny’s excellent new album which I am featuring in its entirety.
Andy James - The title of vocalist Andys’ latest album is stated as a request, but one listen to Let Me See Your Heart and it becomes clear that James is simply hoping that her audience will reciprocate what she’s already offered. On her most open and vulnerable recording to date, James reveals her heart and soul with each lyric. Released June 7 from Le Coq Records, the label that James co-founded with her husband, producer, and co-songwriter Piero Pata, Let Me See Your Heart is graced by the ever-expanding stable of stellar musicians that the imprint has become known for. The all-star ensemble for this date includes percussionist Alex Acuña, bassists John Patitucci, James Genus and Eric Wheeler, pianist Jon Cowherd, keyboardist John Beasley, organist Ronnie Foster, trumpeter Terell Stafford, saxophonists Joel Frahm and John Ellis, flutist Bob Sheppard, trombonist Michael Dease, guitarists Chico Pinheiro, Steve Cardenas, Larry Koonse and Paul Jackson Jr., and drummers Nate Smith, Clarence Penn, Rudy Royston and Johnathan Blake, with arrangements provided by Cowherd and Bill Cunliffe. The line-up of musicians who breathe life into this music – in the process, showing us their own individual and collective hearts – comprises a who’s who of modern jazz greats. They have also become near and dear to the hearts of James and Pata, and integral to the unified and brilliant sound of Le Coq Records.
Dave Graney Show - Dave says “Mark Fitzgibbon came out to play the extraordinary piano on this track. It was just a simple two chord drifting melody till he gave it a whole load of swelling , grand class. He was an old friend of ours from living in London during the eighties. He plays all the time in many situations in the tight Australian jazz scene. In a disconcerting way he sits at the keyboard and stares straight at you while he plays, his face blank but his arms and fingers flying. He listened to the track once, wrote down a whole lot of fly shit on his notation paper and put down what you hear on this cd. Lyrically I was referring to spirit mediums and seances. I was trying to suggest that making a cd is in many ways similar to talking to people through a gypsy woman who can just see you in the endless atmosphere of a crystal ball. She then translates what you are attempting to communicate through to the rest of the outside world”.
Bill Leeb - Metropolis Records have announced the signing of industrial-electronic Vancouver-based music legend Leeb for his debut solo effort 'Model Kollapse', which explores the intricacies of artificial intelligence and the survival of humanity itself. The first single featuring Shannon Hemmett, was released on July 9. Having got his start with Skinny Puppy, Bill Leeb branched off to form Front Line Assembly and later, Delerium.
Eunmi Ko - Pianist Ko’s latest double album, 12 Views on Life, offers a profound musical reflection on the tumultuous years of 2020 and 2021. Through two major projects, SPAM! for solo piano (and other objects she could find around her house) and Project GUT for ensemble, Ko, alongside the Contemporary Art Music Project [CAMP], delve deep into the existential questions posed by the global pandemic and personal struggles with identity and creativity. Conceived for livestreaming from home, SPAM!, embraces the ordinary noises of domestic life, transforming them into an eclectic musical experience that resonates with the extraordinary circumstances of the pandemic. Project GUT, inspired by the Korean traditional ritual ceremony GUT, explores themes of life, death, and the human experience through collaboration with four Korean composers.
Excel - From Los Angeles, Excel have been delivering maximum crossover since crossover first crossed over. Their classic albums Split Image (1987) and The Joke’s On You (1989) remain linchpins of the genre decades after their release. The band continues to pack venues across the globe and appear at European festivals. On 19th July, fans will have a chance to hear their long-lost album. Originally released in 1995 while grunge dominated airwaves and MTV, Seeking Refuge offers a glimpse at an aspect of the band that many have never heard before. Out of print for decades it’s a pungent and potent offering.
Mali Obomsawin, Magdalena Abrego, Allison Burik - This turned up on Bandcamp with very little information - I found it fascinating so I had to include it. What I can find on the trio is as follows……….
Mali is an award winning songwriter, bassist and composer from the Abenaki First Nation at Odanak. With an expansive background in American roots, jazz, and indie rock, Obomsawin carries several music traditions. Recorded at the Music Hall at CSU Monterey Bay. Mali’s sophomore album Greatest Hits by Deerlady, an Indigenous-gothic duo project with guitarist Magdalena Abrego, was released January 19, 2024.
Magdalena is a guitarist, composer, and teaching artist based in Hudson, New York. Influenced by free jazz and punk, Magdalena’s approach to her instrument playfully confronts tradition and embraces queer experimentalism. Her compositions have been described as an “unpredictable musical journey” (Boston Hassle), both “blissful and beautifully erratic” (Boston Compass), and NPR Music called her guitar tone “wooden, ancient and thick with mystic fuzz.” Magdalena presently serves as a faculty member in the Contemporary Musical Arts program at the New England Conservatory. Her expertise has garnered invitations to deliver guest lectures and provide guidance to ensembles at esteemed music institutions across the United States, including Berklee College of Music and Dartmouth College.
Allison is a saxophonist, clarinetist, improviser, and composer based in Tio’tia:ke/Montreal, Quebec. Their current collaborations include Montreal collective Bellbird, experimental duo Umbrella Pine, and the Mali Obomsawin Sextet. Their debut solo album (coming winter 2024) explores the sonic possibilities of the woodwinds through electronics and contact microphones, resulting in soundscapes that are both earthy and alien. They have performed in festivals, residencies, and concerts in places as far reaching as France, South Korea, Canada, and the U.S. Though originally from Kansas City, Burik moved to Boston to receive their Bachelors Degree in Performance (2016) at Berklee College of Music, and their Master’s degree in Contemporary Improvisation at the New England Conservatory (2020). Over the years Burik has worked with notable musicians including George Garzone, Joe Morris, Tyshawn Sorey, Ingrid Laubrock, Ran Blake, Carla Kilhstedt, Anthony Coleman, Frank Tiberi, Bobby Watson, Jaleel Shaw, Shannon LeClaire, and Tia Fuller.
Cobuc Du Toit - Ending violence through a program of virtuoso flute music is a tall order, but if anyone can do it, it might just be Cobus Du Toit. Pretoria News declared the South Africa native “... makes you believe the impossible. With du Toit in flight, one is never aware of technique alone. He is driven by purely musical inspiration.” Each of the works on this album brings a fresh perspective on beauty, joy, and our work yet to be done. From the Rooftop by Felipe Salles is derived from the translation of Cobus’ last name which is transformed into pitch material. Created in 2020, it symbolizes the connection and dialogue between Cobus and Salles during the pandemic.
Roman Angelos - he band includes composer Rich Bennett on guitar, Brittany Anjou on vibraphone, Ben Zwerin on bass, Spencer Cohen on drums, Dennis Boolyoins on percussion, Rose Rutledge on flute, Kai Sandoval on trumpet, Nadav Nirenberg on trombone, with Deidre Rodman-Struck on piano. Following up on the success of albums “Music for Underwater Supermarkets” and its full remix album sibling LP “Supermarkets, Underwater”, Roman Angelos takes us into the night with ‘Tropical Nites’. Written during a holiday in Key West, the themes of the record were all composed in a single sleepless night while sitting out on a hotel balcony. Produced by the prolific Shawn Lee (Young Gun Silver Fox, Ping Pong Orchestra), the music is a sonic meeting of Ennio Morricone and Antonio Carlos Jobim. The album, released on Music Factory Records evokes imagery of desolate streets and after hours in empty bars; a world of vacation and pleasure imbued with isolation and loneliness.
Ru Da Silva 7 & Cosmic Bambino - on “Infinity & Beyond Recordings”. Rich, Fat and percussive rhythms with a lot of dub references.
The Armoires - the Southern California indie rock quintet behind the recent singles “We Absolutely Mean It” and “Music & Animals” – return with a third track to preview their forthcoming album due this Autumn from Big Stir Records. A true change of pace: a lush, intense chamber-pop mini-symphony framing a surreal Faustian tale driven by the group's trademark harmonies and strings (expanded to a full quartet here) to eerily moving effect.
Drunk At Your Wedding - Ghost Gear is a term used for discarded or lost fishing gear haunting the seas. It no longer serves a purpose, but continues its destructive underwater mission anyway. Thus, “You’re not hunting, you’re haunting” is the central line in the title track of this third album. Nina Töllner’s Berlin-based electric folk/indie rock project delivers an album which is louder, more experimental and extravagant than its predecessors. Originally planned as an EP and recorded/mixed at Reflex Magnet Studio by “KB” Cabala (mastermind of Chilean psychedelic rock band Chicos de Nazca) in Berlin-Lichtenberg, it ended up consisting of eight tracks. Not an epic work. But many of the songs twist and turn. It almost feels like there are more of them.
Richard Carr - Recorded at Dreamland, a historic church converted into a studio just a few miles from Woodstock, NY, August Light captures the organic and spiritual essence of its unique setting. Owned by acclaimed drummer Jerry Marrota, Dreamland’s sensational acoustics and vibrant wood surfaces provided the perfect backdrop for Richard Carr’s collaborative explorations. Joining him on this musical outing are cellist Clarice Jensen and violist Caleb Burhans, both shining lights of the new music scene. Together, they engage in interactive improvisation, creating a lyrical musical conversation that transcends known boundaries, along with sly nods to Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Charles Ives. Carr has been some kind of musician for last forty-some-odd years. This included work with big orchestras, and small ensembles. He played classical with the Boston Philharmonic, jazz with everyone from Milt Hinton, to Bucky Pizzarelli, to Karl Berger, and Fred Frith. He has recorded dozens of albums starting way back in the golden age of vinyl. He studied composition with Donald Martino, Jonathan Kramer and many others.
Mykal Rose, Subatomic Sound System, HollieCook - Reggae superstar Mykal Rose, original voice of the Grammy Award-winning Jamaican group Black Uhuru, steps into the future with Lee "Scratch" Perry's former band, NYC dub specialists Subatomic Sound System and London lover's rock queen Hollie Cook on the brand new single “Happy is the Man Who Finds Wisdom,” serving up a more meditative vibe on this third single from the trio's upcoming collaborative full-length album,
Amanda Martinez - Described by World Music Central as "one of the great new voices in Spanish language Latin music," Amanda Martinez has been embraced by audiences all over the world. With Recuerdo, her adventurous fifth album, Martinez begins a new musical chapter. Produced by her long-time guitarist and co- writer Kevin Laliberté and her husband, bassist Drew Birston, it is a daring and adventurous recording that incorporates elements of world music, jazz fusion, Latin rhythms, and with an injection of pop. It is her most personal album to date. Recuerdo – which can be translated as "I Remember" in English – is Martinez’s response to the recent passing of her father Gustavo, from whom she inherited her love of music and zest for life. Gustavo arrived in Canada in 1956, riding his bicycle all the way to Toronto from Mexico City in 83 days. He landed in Canada speaking no English, but still managed to graduate at the top of his engineering class at the University of Toronto at age 30. Despite being an artist at heart, he still encouraged his daughter to pursue a more practical path: Martinez studied biology as an undergraduate and completed her masters in international business, which eventually lead her to a job as Associate Director for Trade Finance for Latin America at TD. Despite her success, Martinez knew this wasn’t the path for her. Taking inspiration from her father’s leap of faith years before, she decided to change directions at age 30, pursuing music full time. His inspiration doesn’t stop there: The song Todavía is penned with her father’s words in mind.
Mark Haney - Placentia Bay: Summer of 1941 is the final instalment of what Vancouver-based composer and double bassist Mark Haney regards as his "storytelling trilogy," which began with his acclaimed 2010 album Aim For The Roses. Haney's penchant for unique stories is a theme throughout his entire opus, though. And while many embed narratives into their music, what's striking about his approach is the myriad ways that he does.
Lenny Solomon - The Weird Funk is a collection of tunes mostly written by Lenny over the years with a few covers. Some tunes have been released by Lenny on previous recordings. Some are new compositions released here for the first time such as The Weird Funk and some are covers of tunes by great composers such as Gershwin, Schifrin, Charles Strouse and Lee Adams. Some of Canada’s greatest musicians have performed on this release such as Bernie Senensky, Phil Dwyer and the late Guido Basso.
Screaming Love Collective - the first release of the upcoming Self Portraits album due to be released later this year. This track is a bit of change of style for SLC having a more electronic tribal sound to it.
MØTHER - 3 piece experimental doom band from Joshua Tree, California. Both hauntingly beautiful and menacingly brutal. The band is E. Ray Béchard (This Lonesome Paradise, blódHEX, and The Former), Christopher Wilson (SANDEATER and Sanesun Martyrs) and Harout Gulesserian (Mojave Ghost and The Former) - track taken from a recent WEEDIAN compilation : Trip to California (Stoner Edition)