Hi everyone,
Grouper is new to me, the project of a California artist named Liz Harris. But after my last two shows, I wanted to find something ambient & fresh to my ears, & I ran into her work. Her music is dreamy, & her voice is gorgeous. I talked management into letting me put on a 3-hour show of her work. So this is one where you get real comfy, shut the curtains, smoke em if you got em, & let Grouper be your guide. You'll enjoy the journey :)
PeaceNstarZ,
V
Friday, October 14, 2016
Friday, October 7, 2016
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys!
Hi everyone,
Bill Monroe was something pretty unique in music. He "invented" bluegrass music, which is a folk music involving improvising on a melody, each instrument taking a turn while the others accompany. Sounds all egghead there, but it's really just a good time acoustic dancing music that I would argue gets folks as crazy dancing as any good rave out there. That's why I like it.
Monroe pulled together this new style from older ones, and his Blue Grass Boys took it on the road for years and years in the years around and after WWII. An hour of these tunes, and you will be panting with glee!
Oh, and I think next time back to the electric stuff. But this show and the last one were totally worth the detour! :)
PeaceNstarZ,
V
Bill Monroe was something pretty unique in music. He "invented" bluegrass music, which is a folk music involving improvising on a melody, each instrument taking a turn while the others accompany. Sounds all egghead there, but it's really just a good time acoustic dancing music that I would argue gets folks as crazy dancing as any good rave out there. That's why I like it.
Monroe pulled together this new style from older ones, and his Blue Grass Boys took it on the road for years and years in the years around and after WWII. An hour of these tunes, and you will be panting with glee!
Oh, and I think next time back to the electric stuff. But this show and the last one were totally worth the detour! :)
PeaceNstarZ,
V
Friday, September 23, 2016
Show #100: Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys!!!
Hi everyone,
Wow, 100 shows in nearly 8 years on the air. Never woulda thunk it :)
This 100th episode is, I guess, for me, but to share too. When I was little, long before I knew about Boards of Canada or Shpongle or Orbital or John Zorn or ANYBODY, I found in the attic a record called For the Last Time by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (from 1974). I had a phonograph that nobody was using, and this was the first record I had for it.
I loved his yelps and yodels when he was excited. I loved his band. Happy songs, sad songs, all made to dance to. So I danced up in that attic a lot of days, by myself. Maybe people heard me and let me be. I don't know. But I think my love of music, like the kind of love that sticks deep and stays, began with Bob Wills.
It was his last record. He was old and sick, and he fell into a coma after the first day of recording with his old band that he had summoned for one more session. The next day, these old friends finished the record for him.
I didn't know any of this. I heard only love and happiness in it all. That's the part I think he wanted most to share.
For fun, I added some songs to fill out the hour from his glory days back in the '40s. Enjoy :) And thanks for listening. I feel so lucky to have a show!
PeaceNstarZ,
V
Wow, 100 shows in nearly 8 years on the air. Never woulda thunk it :)
This 100th episode is, I guess, for me, but to share too. When I was little, long before I knew about Boards of Canada or Shpongle or Orbital or John Zorn or ANYBODY, I found in the attic a record called For the Last Time by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (from 1974). I had a phonograph that nobody was using, and this was the first record I had for it.
I loved his yelps and yodels when he was excited. I loved his band. Happy songs, sad songs, all made to dance to. So I danced up in that attic a lot of days, by myself. Maybe people heard me and let me be. I don't know. But I think my love of music, like the kind of love that sticks deep and stays, began with Bob Wills.
It was his last record. He was old and sick, and he fell into a coma after the first day of recording with his old band that he had summoned for one more session. The next day, these old friends finished the record for him.
I didn't know any of this. I heard only love and happiness in it all. That's the part I think he wanted most to share.
For fun, I added some songs to fill out the hour from his glory days back in the '40s. Enjoy :) And thanks for listening. I feel so lucky to have a show!
PeaceNstarZ,
V
Friday, September 9, 2016
For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
Hi everyone,
Heurco S.'s new album is an ambient delight, swooping and floating dreamily along for nearly an hour. I did take the liberty is mixing the tracks deeper, but I think that was a good move, at least for this show. Enjoy!
PeaceNstarZ
Heurco S.'s new album is an ambient delight, swooping and floating dreamily along for nearly an hour. I did take the liberty is mixing the tracks deeper, but I think that was a good move, at least for this show. Enjoy!
PeaceNstarZ
Saturday, August 20, 2016
FatBoy Slim's You've Come a Long Way, Baby!
Hi everyone,
The title of this album is taken, I think, from the old Virginia Slims cigarette ad. Something about women's lib in the 1970s. Our right to get cancer with our own special cigarette, or something.
Anyway, this album just kind of defies description, save it will bounce into your heart and your dancing shoes and get you up and moving along! :)
PeaceNstarZ,
V
The title of this album is taken, I think, from the old Virginia Slims cigarette ad. Something about women's lib in the 1970s. Our right to get cancer with our own special cigarette, or something.
Anyway, this album just kind of defies description, save it will bounce into your heart and your dancing shoes and get you up and moving along! :)
PeaceNstarZ,
V
Friday, August 12, 2016
Ian William Craig - Meaning Turns To Whispers
Hi everyone,
Here's a good description from IWC's website of this great 2012 record: "Meaning Turns to Whispers is a combination of piano improvisations and FM feedback loops, recorded over various winters in the last three years or so, and edited down/manipulated/degraded to reveal some of their hidden spaces."
It's a dark, grainy, dreamy record, old and timeless in its feel. I found it somewhat randomly, and have been enjoying ever since. I hope you do too!
PeaceNstarZ,
V
Friday, July 29, 2016
Portishead Live!
Hi everyone,
As a follow up to my Portishead show from a couple of weeks ago, this show features them live back in 1997 and 1998. The album was called Roseland NYC Live, but some of the songs were also from San Francisco and Norway. They also have an orchestra with them. It's well done, great fun, and a good way to turn on someone new to their music. Give it a try! :)
PeaceNstarZ,
V
As a follow up to my Portishead show from a couple of weeks ago, this show features them live back in 1997 and 1998. The album was called Roseland NYC Live, but some of the songs were also from San Francisco and Norway. They also have an orchestra with them. It's well done, great fun, and a good way to turn on someone new to their music. Give it a try! :)
PeaceNstarZ,
V
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