Floyd Dakil Saturday, May 10th, 10am - 1pm
on
Michael Shelley's show
Michael chats with Texas musician Floyd Dakil, who recorded the #1
hit "Dance, Franny Dance" in 1964 and went on to record several more
classic singles before joining the ledgendary Louis Prima's band! We'll also get the low down on recently deceased musicians when obituary writer Phast Phreddie Patterson checks in, and we'll find out what #1 hit song Trent has left in Michael's Mailbox!
Debashish Bhattacharya, Indian slide guitar visionary Saturday, May 10th, 6pm - 9pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Slide guitar has been a part of Indian music since the 1930s when Hawaiian player Tau Moe took the country by storm. But North Indian classical slide guitarist extraordinaire Debashish Bhattacharya, considered one of the country's foremost instrumentalists of any kind, has taken the music to new levels. He has invented his own instruments - what he calls the "Guitar
Trinity" - to realize his musical visions: The Chaturangui, a 24-string hollow neck guitar, the 14-string Gandharvi, and the Anandi, a 4-string slide Ukulele. He's extended the musical language by collaborating with a range of fellow global guitar renegades from Okinawa to Hawaii. And he shares the love: Bhattacharya wrote the first-ever guide to Indian classical
guitar technique and runs a music school in Calcutta, his home town.
Debashish will visit FMU on his way to join several other Indian classical luminaries who will perform at New York's annual All-night concert of Indian Classical Music. This marathon of art-music bliss runs starts at 9pm on Saturday May 10 and continues until 8am Sunday May 11, at Synod Hall at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan. Debashish also has a brilliant new CD, Calcutta Chronicles on Riverboat records.
So Cow Monday, May 12th, 9am - Noon
on
Liz Berg's show
From South Korea by way of Galway, one-man-band So Cow (aka Brian Kelly) drops by to serve up some sweet sweet pop candy. These melodic indie jams will cause a severe '90s flashback in the best ways: your old 'zine collection and geeky suburban 7"s. Conjuring up memories of Sacramento bands like the Bananas and Four Eyes, So Cow completes the California connection with a Deerhoof cover.
Students of F.K. Lane and Wingate High Schools Monday, May 12th, Noon - 3pm
on
Woody's show
Artist Paul Rubenstein has been teaching high school students at F.K. Lane and Wingate High Schools in Brooklyn how to design and build microtonal electric guitars (set to a scale with seven equal intervals per octave) and amplifiers. The students will be dropping by Woody's show to perform on these unique instruments and talk about their creations.
The Snow Monday, May 12th, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
Blend a bit of post-apocalyptic French cabaret and
Americana heard at a possessed carnival and you get The Snow, a
folk-pop band with elements of classical, punk, and rock. The
overall mood of The Snow's tunes is of a sweet serenade taking
occasional turns into a hall of mirrors, and they have been likened
to Fleetwood Mac sitting around the pool trading songs with M. Ward,
Cat Power, and Iron and Wine.
People Like Us Thursday, May 15th, 6pm - 7pm
on
Phuj Phactory with Ergo Phizmiz
Lady Vicki of Bennett drops into the Phuj Phactory for a little chat
and trip down the memory lane of her past music and sound-collages
across seventeen years. This program corresponds with the launch of the "We Edit Life" People Like Us retrospective exhibition at alt.gallery, Newcastle, UK.
Tonight's players included a couple of Frenchmen: Yan Yalego, representing the Gallic wing of the global ukelele movement; and veteran pop crooner Thierry Stremler, who among his many musical undertakings recently contributed songwriting to an album by the iconic Francoise Hardy. To
confuse things a bit, Minnesota guitarist Reynold Phillipsek will play a couple of pieces in the French jazz manouche style. Then things take an Eastern European turn with Metrofolk, local purveyors of traditional Hungarian tanchaz (dance-house) music. Finally it's back to this side of the Atlantic with Pistolera, the charismatic femme-centric Nuyo-Mexican conjunto who will close the broadcast with feisty cumbias, rancheras and other good things from south of the border via NYC.
Bonde Do Role Monday, May 19th, 9am - Noon
on
Liz Berg's show
Get your party started with Brazilian pop stars Bonde Do Role, live on WFMU! Combining baile funk with Miami bass, hip-hop, heavy sampling, and bratty, sex-driven beats, you'll need some serious uppers to stay on top of their game. Catch them on tour with The Death Set: Europa in Brooklyn on 5/14 and Bowery Ballroom on 5/15.
Kim Fowley Interview Saturday, May 24th, 10am - 1pm
on
Michael Shelley's show
Michael chats with music industry veteran Kim Fowley whose career includes writing/producing/performing for the likes of The Hollywood Argyles, The Byrds, Jonathan Richman, Kiss & scores more. We'll also get the dirt on recently deceased musicians when obituary writer Phast Phreddie Patterson checks in, and we'll find out what #1 hit song Gaylord Fields has left in Michael's Mailbox!
Interview with Richard Gottehrer Saturday, May 31st, 10am - 1pm
on
Michael Shelley's show
Michael chats with veteran songwriter/producer Richard Gottehrer whose hits include "My Boyfriend's Back" & "I Want Candy" and albums by Blondie, The Go Gos, Robert Gordon and many others. We'll also get the low down on recently deceased musicians when obituary writer Phast Phreddie Patterson checks in, and we'll find out what #1 hit song has been left in Michael's Mailbox!
Blanketship Monday, June 2nd, 9am - Noon
on
Liz Berg's show
West Coast sound collage artist Blanketship (aka Jared Blum) returns to WFMU, hot on the heels of his "Motown Meltdown" collaboration with Qulfus, an album full of delectably weird, warped remixes of Motown classics. Expect a maelstrom of beats, samples, and sonic wizardry, with a healthy dose of People Like Us-ian surrealism.
Interview with Sal Valentino of The Beau Brummels Saturday, June 7th, 10am - 1pm
on
Michael Shelley's show
Michael chats with Sal Valentino, singer of the Beau Brummels whose Sly Stone-produced 'Laugh, Laugh' was a top ten hit for the Bay Area band in 1965. We'll also get the dirt on recently deceased musicians when obituary writer Phast Phreddie Patterson checks in, and we'll find out what #1 hit song has been left in Michael's Mailbox!
Interview with Kris Ife Saturday, June 14th, 10am - 1pm
on
Michael Shelley's show
Michael chats with 60's UK Pop star Kris Ife, most known for recording the version of "Hush" that inspired Deep Purple's hit. We'll also get the low down on recently deceased musicians when obituary writer Phast Phreddie Patterson checks in, and we'll find out what #1 hit song has been left in Michael's Mailbox!
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