RIP Paul Reubens. One of a series of ads included in Nancy Reagan's anti-drug campaign shown before films in theaters in the 80s.In the 1970s, Reubens began performing at local comedy clubs, and made four guest appearances on The Gong Show (out of a total of fourteen guest appearances) as part of a boy–girl act he had developed with Charlotte McGinnis, called The Hilarious Betty and Eddie. He soon joined the Los Angeles–based improvisational comedy team The Groundlings. The Pee Wee character originated with the group...the idea of a man who wanted to be a comic but was so inept at telling jokes that it was obvious to the audience that he would never make it. - wiki and other sources
Hailing from the 9th Ward in New Orleans, powerhouse singer, Chrishira Perrier, lives up to the reputation of one of the world’s great musical neighborhoods. With skills sharpened in the New Orleans gospel scene, her visceral lyrics, soulful voice, and commanding stage presence, combine to make her an unstoppable force in this new era of funk and soul music. - discogs
Amba, born in TN, now a _fixture_ in the NY avant garde jazz scene. She's 22, and studies Advaita Vedanta -- a form of Hindu philosophy. See link for more on the path that’s taken her from a troubled childhood in Tennessee to her current position.
"I recorded the sounds of a water pipe under the sidewalk in front of my room at the Trolley Stop Motel in Media, PA on Fri, 7/28/23 ust as a tremendous lightening storm broke. You can hear the thunder mixed into the water sounds"
Greco came to be one of the stars of the bohemian _in_ crowd of post-war France. She embodied the disenchantment and poverty of the French intellectuals following World War II. Greco dressed all in black and let her long, black hair hang free. A famous description of Greco is that her voice “encompasses millions of poems”. She was an inspiration to many of the writers and artists working in Saint-Germain-des-Pres, such as Jean-Paul Sartre and Boris Vian. Some of these artists would write songs for her to sing. - discogs
"Akchote is a French guitarist, violinist and producer, born December 7, 1968, in Paris, active in various experimental fields between drone, rock, jazz and contemporary classical music. Also music journalist and author as well as founder (together with Quentin Rollet) of the French avantgarde label Rectangle. C"
No info readily available on Adele & I misled listeners in my on-air introduction. I promised Dusty Springfield, but it turned out I preferred this version of the song….Brel first released the song in 1959 and released an album with the same title in 1972. The meaning of “Ne Me Quitte Pas” is “Don't leave me” or “Do not leave me”.
"Iqbal Jogi and Party are an outstanding group of folk musicians of the Sind region of Pakistan. They live in a small village Dhab Band Tari in the Khairpur district. Literally Jogi means an ascetic, a sorcerer and Iqbal means good fortune - discogs"
"This group is described on Boomkat as expressing an inventive and riveting take on Eastern and Western minimalist traditions, African rhythms, and early electronica._Mkwaju_ is derived from a Swahili word standing for _tamarind tree_ in English. Members are Junko Arase, Midori Takada, and Yoji Sadanari"
"Famed British actor Gielgud lived at Wotton House which, besides Gielgud has had a number of notable owners, and is now co-owned by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie, as well as David Gladstone, with Gladstone owning the main building and the former British Prime Minister owning the smaller house ..." Image & history, cllck link
"Members: Gabriel Levine, Jessica Moss, Scott Levine Gilmore, Thierry Amar... from Montreal, Canada who play European Jewish folk music. They formed in the summer of 2000 to explore their common Jewish heritage through music. The band's music is entirely acoustic; texts are sung in Yiddish."
Tanega is described as a folk and pop singer-songwriter, painter, and experimental musician, living in Greenwich Village during the heady folk days. She met Dusty Springfield in '66 and the two of them had a 5 year romantic relationship. She wrote for Dusty, and reportedly went uncredited for many of her collaborations with Springfield. Norma Cecilia Tanega (born 30 January 1939, Vallejo, California). She worked in a mental hospital, playing for the patience, and later as a camp counselor in the Catskills when she signed to New Voice Records in 1966. Her debut single, _Walkin' My Cat Named Dog_, hit #22 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. impetus for the song came from living in a New York City apartment building that did not allow dogs; instead she owned a cat which she named _Dog_ and took for walks. She came back to recent prominence after this song was picked up for the soundtrack of What We Do In The Shadows (which is where I first heard it, and learned of Norma). She wrote it as a sarcastic statement about her struggles in New York’s competitive music scene-- wiki and other sources
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Booker Ervin ["Sholom Secunda, Jacob Jacobs, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin)"]
"Booker Ervin (born October 31, 1930, Denison, Texas, USA - died July 31, 1970, New York City, New York, USA) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He died of kidney disease aged 39 . He is remembered for his association with bassist Charles Mingus. On this date: Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone; Jimmy Owens - trumpet;; Garnett Brown - trombone; Jaki Byard - piano; Richard Davis - bass; Alan Dawson - drums"
Originally released by The Meat Puppets as _Comin’ Down_). This was Branch's debut solo album, with Tomeka Reid, Jason Ajemian, Chad Taylor, Matt Schneider (guitar), Ben LaMar Gay, and Josh Berman (cornet).Fly or Die was chosen as one of NPR Music's Top 50 Albums of 2017. - wiki Branch studied at NEC as a teenager and was considered by some to be a prodigy. She died unexpectedly last Aug 22, age 39, in her apartment in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn. No cause of death was given.
"Little available on this group, but it appears to be a Japanese Pop Orchestra active in the 70s. Lara's Theme is the name given to a leitmotif written for the 1965 film Doctor Zhivago that eventually became the popular release that we recognize today."
Taken from a compilation of short samples by Vasco Trilla: drums and percussion and Rutger Zuydervelt: post production and electronics. Recorded in Barcelona
The group is a wide-ranging collective from Wellington, New Zealand whose distinctive music, crosses from disco and electro to kuduro and mbalax, from neo-psych to no wave, from kosmiche to prog, on instruments both formal and homemade, including…on this one...a biscuit tin guitar.
Smith remembers: “I was young, in my early twenties, with extreme amounts of agitated energy,” she said, before adding: “I wanted to perform my poetry in the way that I was learning from Jim Morrison, or Jimi Hendrix, or the great Beat poets. And also I liked to sing a little.” Smith knew she had to change it up just a little for it to be authentically Patti Smith—she needed to, in her words, “inject a little song into it”. So she invited Lenny Kaye and his electric guitar to perform an interpretive piece alongside a poem about a car crash, as she would do in clubs around New York following this performance. He came equipped with a small amp and his electric guitar and, unbeknownst to him and Smith would cause quite a stir. (Far Out Magazine....full article, click link)
"She's a Berlin based artists, student of Leon Fleisher, and acclaimed recitalist. This short piece was written by Stravinsky in 1940 and is one of his most recorded works. Backstory (wiki)...after settling in Hollywood, Stravinsky was unable to bring the money he earned from his royalties of his works in Europe to America, due to copyright issues and ambiguities. When he found himself with financial difficulties, he decided to write new compositions entirely in America in order to exploit them, with the exclusive intention of making money. Tango, which was the first work entirely written in America, is one of those works."
RIP, beautiful soul…. Sing to me softly your tales of woe, I'll cradle you closely, I won't let go, I'll speak to you gently of what I know, Don't you cry ... Lay your head down, darling, The moon is sailing by, The stars are softly shining,The tide is full and high ... We'll fly to the edge, not as distant as it seems, And maybe we'll find out the key to your dreams, So you just lay your head down, darling, Sleep now, la-la-la-la-la
