Listen to
Irene Trudel on WFMU in real time,
Mondays from 3 to 6pm (eastern standard/daylight time)
Upcoming Live Performances:
Monday July 28th: Curtis Eller, followed by Benjamin Wetherill - New York City's angriest yodelling banjo player, Curtis Eller sings about pigeon racing, performing elephants and Jesus, all of which he has seen with his own eyes. He started his show-business career at the age of seven as a juggler and acrobat in the Hiller Olde Tyme Circus in Detroit, but has since turned to the banjo because that's where the money is. His biggest musical influences are Buster Keaton, Elvis Presley and Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Eller and his band, The American Circus, have staggered their way into the hearts of audiences from funerals, horse races, burlesque revues and punk rock dumps. Curtis Eller appears, sans band, to cheer the WFMU audience with tunes about John Wilkes Booth, Joe Louis, Fidel Castro, Jack Ruby and Richard Nixon (as well as the usual tales of Civil War generals and Elvis Presley).
Then Benjamin Wetherill, who calls himself the"Cliff Richard of Folk," brings us beautiful folk tales from the other side of the pond. On his debut album, Laura, echoes of old-world charm are liberally sprinkled throughout the tunes, which were recorded in a castle in Budapest. With a gentle nod to the music of Nick Drake and John Fahey, Benjamin Wetherill visits from the UK to play live on WFMU.
Monday August 18th: Hiss Golden Messenger - Splitting away from SF's Court and Spark, frontman Mike Taylor and bassist Scott Hirsch scattered to Chapel Hill and Brooklyn respectively. The two have now started a new musical venture, Hiss Golden Messenger, which they describe this way: "We came around a bend in the road and we saw a golden lake. So we jumped in." They play a live set for WFMU drenched in loping tempos and lots of space.
Monday August 25th: Matt Baldwin - Fingerstyle guitar aficionado Matt Baldwin last appeared on WFMU following the release of The Berkely Guitar trio album on Tompkins Square. Baldwin is now stepping into his own, stretching out at a Prog angle from his Fahey-esque roots. Matt builds a wall of guitars on his debut album, "Paths of Ignition," and is described as "...the visionary wildcard of today’s solo guitar music, the ambitious fever dreamer, the serpent in the grass." Matt Baldwin drops by WFMU for a solo set.
If you missed a program, or just want to hear one over again, Irene's archived shows
are available through her
playlist pages.
It's radio to make your mind purr.
If you missed a program, or just want to hear one over again, Irene's archived shows are available through her playlist pages.
It's radio to make your mind purr.
Recommended Listening: Some of my favorite
artists/records.
WJSV, my humble origin.
Happy Day: A picture of Irene Trudel for the curious
and her favorite links.
Feline Overindulgence Page: Strictly
for the cat people who walk among us.
back to WFMU's Homepage
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Recommended Listening: Some of my favorite
artists/records.
WJSV, my humble origin.
Happy Day: A picture of Irene Trudel for the curious and her favorite links.
Feline Overindulgence Page: Strictly
for the cat people who walk among us.
back to WFMU's Homepage
Back to top
Back to top