Tim Wyskida
Thursday, March 5th, Noon - 3pm
on
Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
Drummer for Blind Idiot God and Khanate, Tim will play some advance tracks of the upcoming Blind Idiot God release-"Before Ever After" their first in over 20 years! BIG will be performing on Saturday March 7th at Paper Box -17 Meadow St, Brooklyn, New York 11206, along with Gnaw, Rhyton and Oneirogen. Listeners can ask Tim questions via the live interactive playlist, as he will be live at 1pm.
British author Richard Balls -- who previously documented the life of Stiff star Ian Dury in a 1999 biography -- has put together a definitive history of the much-beloved label. Evan will be chatting with the author about his blow-by-blow account of The World's Most Flexible Record Label, and of course playing hit after hit from Stiff's glory days. Tune in to the Evan "Funk" Davies show Wednesday night at 9pm and find out why it took Balls to write about Stiff.
Mu Qian's Field Recordings: Music of Chinese Minorities Saturday, February 28th, 6pm - 9pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Mu Qian is an ethnomusicologist, arts journalist, concert producer and all-around champion of roots music. He's a major player in China's small but growing multi-culti music scene: He curates China's first world music festival, World Music Shanghai. And he's director of Pentatonic Workshop, a Beijing-based non-profit that promotes and presents traditional and roots-inspired music from Asia and the Asian Diaspora to Chinese audiences. Mu Qian has traveled across China exploring the music of the country's ethnic minorities, and he'll share his musical discoveries on WFMU tonight.
Nick Waterhouse
Saturday, February 28th, 3pm - 6pm
on
Todd-o-phonic Todd's show
Todd-O-Phonic Todd welcomes soul singer extraordinaire Nick Waterhouse to his action-packed show. Nick is putting on his judges robes later that evening for The Soul Clap competition at Brooklyn Bowl. Prior to that appearance enjoy listening to selections from Nick's great catalog on Innovative Leisure, amazing 45's from his fantastic collection and the usual witty banter between Todd and his guests.
Joan Shelley
Saturday, February 28th, 6am - 9am
on
Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison
Kentucky singer-songwriter Joan Shelley was in New York recently to do a show before heading out for a tour in Ireland and the UK. Her most recent album, “Electric Ursa” (No Quarter) finds her once again surrounded by the group of musicians she feels most comfortable with, and with stunning results. As fine a record as was issued in 2014, each of the seven songs refers in some way to a journey, and some are reminiscent of the “leave-taking” songs of the British Isles. With her deeply emotional but restrained manner of singing, she calls to mind earlier styles from the Southern Mountains and their antecedents in England, Scotland and Ireland. She was joined on guitar and vocals by Nathan Salsburg, as well as Glen Dentinger on vocals.
Brann Dailor - Part TWO!
Thursday, February 26th, Noon - 3pm
on
Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
Mastodon's amazing drummer was Diane's first guest of 2015, and his playlist got heavily edited. Diane welcomes him back to have another day of PEER PRESSURE, so we'll get another show full of selections from him! Brann will be live and listeners will be able to ask questions via our live interactive playlist!
Joe Frank - "The Road to Calvary"
Wednesday, February 25th, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irwin Chusid
One-hour dramas by Joe Frank air alternate Wednesdays at 4pm (Eastern) on Irwin's program. The episode "The Road to Calvary," from Joe's Somewhere Out There series, airs Weds. February 25th. Joe works at a slaughterhouse and a nuclear power plant before becoming the subject of a bizarre federal drug study. Hopes for a spiritual breakthrough with an Indian in the desert end in failure. Joe tells the story of Jesus’s spiritual struggle on the road to Calvary.
Emma Tricca Tuesday, February 24th, 9pm - Midnight
on
Irene Trudel's show
With an early push from the likes of John Renbourne and Odetta, Emma Tricca dove deeply into the pool of 70s folkies from Italy and England, where she was born and grew up. Tricca's pretty, unadorned music shows a reaction to all her travels and family life with scientists and artists. Emma Tricca's latest album is "Relic," and she drops by WFMU to play some of her beautiful tunes.
Dennis Young
Sunday, February 22nd, 7pm - 9pm
on
Daniel Blumin's show
In 1982, Dennis Young, marimba player/percussionist of legendary early 80's NYC band Liquid Liquid bought a 2 track reel-to-reel tape recorder and began experimenting on his own using effects boxes, voice, drums, analog synths, and guitars. "Reel to Real," released on Staubgold last month, is a selection of the previously unheard tremendousness recorded between 1982 and 1983. Tune in to hear Dennis discuss the making of the album, spin some tracks he was listening to at the time, and debut pieces not found on the album!
JD McPherson
Saturday, February 21st, 3pm - 6pm
on
Todd-o-phonic Todd's show
JD McPherson chats with Todd-O-Phonic Todd about his great new Rounder LP "Let The Good Times Roll," and life on the road with a straight-edge drummer (amongst other things). Be sure and catch JD on his current tour, which includes dates at The Bowery Ballroom on 2/25 and Music Hall of Williamsburg on 2/28.
Friendly Womack Jr.
Saturday, February 21st, 11am - 1pm
on
Michael Shelley's show
Michael chats with Friendly Womack Jr. who, with his four brothers, formed The Womack Brothers who after a few Gospel recordings switched to secular soul music at the urging of Sam Cooke - they then changed their name to The Valentinos and found success with hits like "Lookin' for a Love" and "It's All Over Now."
Pink Painful Tuesday, February 17th, 9pm - Midnight
on
Irene Trudel's show
Post-punk/shoegaze duo Pink Painful meld a bit of New Order with touches of Motorhead to create their slowdance sound. Monica Velasquez (Rexxy) and Ian Peksa (ex-Goodnight Darlings, Small Devices) blend bass with soaring, reverb-drenched vocals, meshed together with driving drums. Pink Painful calls Brooklyn their home, and they drive out to WFMU for a live performance.
Alfonso Vilallonga, composer of Spanish silent film "Blancanieves" (2012)
Tuesday, February 17th, 7pm - 8pm
on
Morricone Island with Devon E. Levins
Alfonso Vilallonga joins Morricone Island host Devon E. Levins to discuss the U.S. premiere of 2012 silent film "Blancanieves" (Snow White), written and directed by Spanish director Pablo Berger, on February 18th (with a second performance on February 20th) at the Brookfield Place Winter Garden in downtown Manhattan. Alfonso Vilallonga’s original soundtrack will be performed live by the composer himself along with the Wordless Music Orchestra and Julian Koster of Neutral Milk Hotel.
Westminster Kennel Club dog show special
Monday, February 16th, 6pm - 7pm
on
Sportsy Talk with Bronwyn C.& Jim
Sportsy Talk is going to the dogs on Presidents' Day! The Most Trusted Team in Sports Talk Radio Today™, Bronwyn C. and Jim the Poet, have somehow achieved Working Press designation at the 139th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, and will be conducting haiku-reading interviews from the benching area on Monday, Feb. 16. Hear the results on this Monday's show: Sportsy Talk, 6 PM, on WFMU.
Fire Retarded Monday, February 16th, Noon - 3pm
on
Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
Garage-punk from Madison, Wisconsin, with Bobby from The Hussy on lead guitar. Debut LP out now on Big Neck Records.
Pre–Mardi Gras NOLA Special
Sunday, February 15th, 6am - 9am
on
Burn It Down! with Nate K
So you won't be in the Crescent City this Tuesday? Well then tune in to Burn It Down! this Sunday, February 15, as host Nate K delves into the deep waters of New Orleans and Louisiana music for three solid hours of musical bons temps. Cajun, zydeco, soul, funk, and R&B; King Louie, Mr. Quintron, and, probably, Dr. John; big chiefs, wild men, and spy boys; bounce, both sissy and the regular kind. And, but of course, the "Emperor of the Universe," Ernie K-Doe. Burn It Down! on WFMU, always for pleasure.
Sidewalk Chalk & Sister Fa
Friday, February 13th, 7pm - 8pm
on
Put The Needle On The Record with Billy Jam
his week live in the studio with Billy Jam will be Sidewalk Chalk - the Chicago nine piece hip-hop, funk, jazz, and soul ensemble who are in town to play Bell House that night. There will also be an interview with Senegal rapper/singer/activist Sister Fa (founder of the grassroots campaign “Education Without Excision”) who is the subject of the documentary "Sarabah" that examines her musical life and activist work and how she melds the two together.
Friday the 13th Part You
Friday, February 13th, 3pm - 6pm
on
Miniature Minotaurs with Kurt Gottschalk
For the seventh Miniature Minotaurs Friday the 13th special, we're asking you to create your own score. No Jason Vorhees or Thelonious Monk, this time it's just your own, personal soundtrack to your own, personal Friday the 13th. Submissions should be sent as wav or mp3 files to miniature[dot]minotaurs[at]gmail[dot]com by Monday, February 9. All submissions will also be made available for listener remixes to be played on Friday, March 13.
Hallicrafters
Thursday, February 12th, 3pm - 6pm
on
Strength Through Failure with Fabio
Hallicrafters are a shortwave radio duet hailing from Brooklyn. For over 20 years Eric Hubel and Algis Kizys, Hallicrafters, have been performing and recording using live shortwave transmissions and test equipment in ways they were not meant and designed to be used, receiving realtime shortwave transmission to effectively create an atmosphere in an atmosphere. Hallicrafters on WFMU, radio on the radio.
Les Sans Culottes Wednesday, February 11th, 9pm - Midnight
on
The Evan "Funk" Davies Show
It's said that French is the language of love, so why not spend the Wednesday night before Valentine's Day with the plausibly French rock et rollers Les Sans Culottes? They'll be bringing their melange formidable of Dutronc, Duchamp and Dubonnet to the WFMU studios on Wednesday February 11 at 9pm, so be sure to tune in for some faux français fun with Brooklyn's enfants terrible de la musique! You can also catch them live at the Rock Shop in Brooklyn on Friday February 27 avec les Zambonis, and their latest album, The Gods Have Thirst, is out now on the band's own Disque Escargo-go label.
Put on your best beret, tear off a piece of baguette, and tune in to The Evan "Funk" Davies Show on WFMU Wednesday night, February 11 at 9pm for this très spécial soirée.
Joe Frank - "A Pact with God"
Wednesday, February 11th, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irwin Chusid
One-hour dramas by Joe Frank air alternate Wednesdays at 4pm (Eastern) on Irwin's program. The episode "A Pact With God," from Joe's Work in Progress series, airs Weds. February 11th. Joe chronicles his step-father Freddy's illness at The Fountains, a luxury compound where Joe’s parents live. He recounts Freddy’s obsessive frugality and the suffering it causes Joe’s mom; Freddy’s gaffes, like eating a fortune cookie with the fortune still in it; the brain shrinkage of Freddy’s admired friend, Conrad, which reduces him to incoherence; and the marathon Joe runs for Freddy’s life.
Chris Moore Tuesday, February 10th, 9pm - Midnight
on
Irene Trudel's show
After a punkier musical start as Negative Approach's drummer, Chris Moore settled into a gentler approach becoming a muti-instrumentalist, an award winning songwriter, collaborator and teacher. These days Chris fronts Moore and Sons, described as "rustic chamber folk" with his emotionally wry, conversational vocals up front. Moore just released "Harmless Blues" with another album, "Community Service," not far behind. Chris Moore plays some of these new tunes live for us on WFMU.
Topography of the Spleen
Tuesday, February 10th, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
Top form trio improvisation live on Brian's show today to celebrate legendary guitarist Henry Kaiser's residency at The Stone. Kaiser, who has been putting out a wildly diverse musical output since 1979, has played solo and with a stunning variety of musicians including Derek Bailey, Richard Thompson, David Lindley, Jim O'Rourke, John Oswald, and Fred Frith. In the last decade he's also dedicated a great amount of time deployed as a research diver in the Antarctic and has provided underwater camerawork to two Werner Herzog films to Oscar-nominated acclaim. Today on air, drummer Weasel Walter (Flying Luttenbachers/Cellular Chaos and currently of Lydia Lunch's Retrovirus) and saxophonist Chris Pitsiokos join in, playing as Topography of the Spleen; catch this lineup live also February 5th during Henry's Feb 3-8th Stone stint (located on Avenue C and 2nd Street).
The Church Bats Monday, February 9th, Noon - 3pm
on
Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
New to the NYC rock and roll scene, this wild garage-punk trio is led by Todd Colberg, veteran of such amazing outfits as the Spinns, the Gondoliers and the Siberians. Brand new 45 out on Windian!
Milk D-K
Saturday, February 7th, 9pm - Midnight
on
Prove it All Night with Pat Byrne
Brooklyn's scuzz pop trio make their FMU debut with a live session. The band is just back from an east coast tour in support of their "Romantic Superstore" cassette and the "It Grows On You" EP. Rising from the ashes of the infamous Easter Vomit, Milk D-K carries the torch high and heavy with the hoard of angry villagers looking for Frankenstein. They are from the level above human, and you're gonna love them, damn it.
Midnight Matinee: "Groundhog Day"
Saturday, February 7th, Midnight - 3am
on
Inflatable Squirrel Carcass with Rich Hazelton
The Inflatable Squirrel Carcass is happy to announce that John Schnall’s Midnight Matinee will be returning to the WFMU airwaves on Saturday, February 7 at midnight to celebrate that greatest of American holidays, Groundhog Day. Join John, who will be live on the comments board, as the most midnight matinee-like movie every made, Harold Ramis’s Groundhog Day, receives the Midnight Matinee treatment.
Dunk Tank
Wednesday, February 4th, 8pm - 9pm
on
Infinite Distortion
More of a question than an answer, Western Massachusetts' DUNK TANK take public humiliation and the exploration of total ego death to unprecedented heights. A mixture of minimalist free jazz exploration, funk-punk explosion, and beyond no-wave psychedelia, DUNK TANK is like taking a resin hit in a dark basement during the apocalypse.
Mind Over Mirrors
Wednesday, February 4th, 6am - 9am
on
The John Allen Show
Mind Over Mirrors will provide an in studio performance this Weds morning during the 8 am hour. This evolving project of Jaime Fennelly deploys modest acoustic constituent materials—an Indian pedal harmonium and the human voice—to produce roiling, meditative music that conjures the ceaseless rhythms of tidal surges. The recent addition of vocalist Haley Fohr (Circuit des Yeux) adds a gorgeous textual dimension. You will not want to miss this. On The John Allen Show Weds 6-9 am.
NightBitch Wednesday, February 4th, Midnight - 3am
on
Wm. Berger presents My Castle of Quiet
If you were weaned on 70s-brand hard rock and 80s metal, you'll appreciate a great band like Night Bitch. From New Haven, CT, these guys render solid, bottom-heavy, testosterone-fueled metal, with outstanding original songs like "Chainmaker" and "Disrober," and choice covers like Deep Purple's "Into The Fire" and Blue Öyster Cult's "Cities on Flame." Their sound recalls everything from the aforementioned rock legends, to later bands like Danzig and Candlemass. With a brand new 10" about to drop on Ajna, NightBitch drive their muscle-car metal straight into the main courtyard at My Castle of Quiet. Turn left just past the dungeon stairs.
The Music of John Carpenter
Tuesday, February 3rd, 7pm - 8pm
on
Morricone Island with Devon E. Levins
In honor of John Carpenter's debut solo album "Lost Themes" out this Tuesday on Sacred Bones and his upcoming rare in-person appearance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music this Thursday to kick off a month-long film retrospective, host Devon E. Levins will be dedicating this week's show to the music of the Master of Fear.
Kerri LeBon
Tuesday, February 3rd, 3am - 6am
on
Ning Nong Radio
California-based DJ/producer Kerri LeBon has released music on Nation and a mix CD on Jealous God. Following a set recently aired on Knekelhuis's program on Intergalactic FM, she will be DJing a live one-hour session on Ning Nong Radio.
Post-Super Bowl Wrap-Up
Monday, February 2nd, 6pm - 7pm
on
Sportsy Talk with Bronwyn C.& Jim
The Super Bowl is over, and Jim the Poet is sad and Bronwyn C. is hopping around bragging about the time she almost lived in Seattle. So this week's Sportsy Talk features Special Guest Mike from #RedBullOut, who will discuss the Red Bull Out movement and the new activism of sports fans generally. Sportsy!
Special Pillow Monday, February 2nd, Noon - 3pm
on
Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
Hoboken-based psych-pop concern dedicated to serving up the inimitable songs of Dan Cuddy (ex-Hypnolovewheel) with a distinctive string-driven sound.
Will Birch Saturday, January 31st, 11am - 1pm
on
Michael Shelley's show
Michael chats with Will Birch about the musician and author's book "No Sleep Till Canvey Island - The Great Pub Rock Revolution."
Mucca Pazza Wednesday, January 28th, 9pm - Midnight
on
The Evan "Funk" Davies Show
Mucca Pazza describe themselves as "a marching band that thinks it's a rock band," and that sums it up well. The Chicago outfit is making a return trip to WFMU (having successfully crammed all 30ish of its members inside our cozy Love Room back in 2009), and they'll be featuring songs from their latest album L.Y.A.! Their songs reflect a panoply of influences, from French yé-yé to Balkan brass bands to Henry Mancini, P.T. Barnum and The Stooges. Tune in Wednesday night, January 28, at 9pm and feast your ears AND eyes! That's right, you can watch a video simulcast of the performance at wfmu.org and in our free iOS and Android apps, so don't miss it!
Video Broadcast of The Naughty Kids Show
Wednesday, January 28th, 6pm - 7pm
on
Seven Second Delay with Ken and Andy
(on WFMU stream & FM radio & Video)
A video broadcast of the Seven Second Delay Naughty Naughty Kids Show, recorded live at WFMU's Monty Hall on January 16th 2015. Featuring a magician revealing his secrets, an Ex-Con scaring kids straight, an almost-Doctor's advice on playing hookie, jokes by 8-year-old Evan Breckman and more. When the video goes live at 6pm, it will appear on the WFMU homepage, the Seven Second Delay episode/chat page and the WFMU apps on iPhone / Android.
Joe Frank - "Obsessions"
Wednesday, January 28th, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irwin Chusid
One-hour dramas by Joe Frank air alternate Wednesdays at 4pm (Eastern) on Irwin's program. The episode "Obsessions," from Joe's Somewhere Out There series, airs Weds. January 28th. Joe becomes obsessed with women he meets at a party, in an elevator, at a diner. Joe describes an underwater hotel during a monsoon, a brothel where patrons are offered medical records of the prostitutes, and a woman who smears cake batter on her breasts and plays the piano. He also recounts how saying NO might be a more creative path than YES.
Sundance Edition: Bobby Johnston (City of Gold composer)
Tuesday, January 27th, 7pm - 8pm
on
Morricone Island with Devon E. Levins
Composer/multi-instrumentalist Bobby Johnston will be joining Morricone Island host Devon E. Levins this Tuesday, January 27th (7 pm ET) by phone from the Sundance Film Festival in Utah after the premiere of "City of Gold," the latest documentary directed by Laura Gabbert chronicling Pulitzer Prize-winning restaurant critic Jonathan Gold's relationship to his beloved Los Angeles. The film is the latest of over 25 films and documentaries Bobby has scored, including "Wristcutters: A Love Story," "No Impact Man," "Larry Clark's Marfa Girl," horror director Stuart Gordon's "King of the Ants," "Edmond and Stuck," and "Splat Pack" director Darren Lynn Bousman's "The Barrens" and "Mother's Day." Bobby's soundtracks have been released by Lakeshore, La-La Land, Citadel and Lionsgate Records and featured extensively in This American Life.
Golem's Cathartic Klezmer Rock Alchemy Saturday, January 24th, 6pm - 9pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Supercharged klezmer-rockers Golem have always pushed the traditions forward with their thrashy style and theatricality. But in the past their M.O. has mainly been to interpret classic Yiddish songs in their own style. That changes with the band's new release Tanz - produced by Tony Maimone of Pere Ubu fame - which features mostly original material. We think they do a great job of it and we hope you'll agree when Golem rocks WFMU's Studio B this Saturday on Transpacific Sound Paradise!
Put The Needle On The 3 Guest DJs: Part 5
Friday, January 23rd, 7pm - 8pm
on
Put The Needle On The Record with Billy Jam
For the first 2015 installment of his ongoing guest DJ quick-mix series Billy Jam has invited three stylistically different DJs to each contribute WFMU exclusive 20 minute mixes for "Put The Needle On The Three Guest DJs Pt. 5." Contributing for the first time will be SoCal turntablist DJ Anubus who throws down a funky disco themed set he's entitled "The Dude Mix," returning UK DJ Loop Skywalker who laces up a scratch-heavy, musically diverse set that incorporates 40 different records, and WFMU show regular DJ ALF who has put together his deepest mix yet - one that incorporates a wide variety of original beats and found sounds including one segment that samples and remixes WFMU's own Jim Price.
75 Dollar Bill Thursday, January 22nd, 6am - 9am
on
The Long Rally with Scott McDowell
75 Dollar Bill, the guitar/percussion duo of Rick Brown (Run On) & Che Chen, stops by the WFMU studio with their loping repetitive psychedelia. Evoking hill country blues, Henry Flynt's rural minimalism, Saharan desert blues, Indian ragas, and pure American psychedelia, we're betting 75 Dollar Bill's searching jams sound mighty sweet on the radio. Be sure to check out their debut LP, Wooden Bag, on the Other Music Recording Co. label.
Couch Slut Wednesday, January 21st, Midnight - 3am
on
Wm. Berger presents My Castle of Quiet
Couch Slut are nothing if not the perfect band at the perfect time. In a world where sex slavery is at some insane height of prevalence, rapists routinely escape indictment, and women commonly carry weapons on first dates, the world needs a great band to unflinchingly show us what's often not easy or comfortable to see. Their ferocious, mid-tempo songs, many of them concocted of a series of interlocking, maddeningly anthemic riffs, take you on an ever-arcing if disquieting ride, and leave you drained but wanting more. Megan O.'s screams ride atop the glorious din, the icing on the best-of-all-possible cakes. Their debut album, My Life As A Woman, has been out digitally for a while, but delayed in hard copy for some time due to its provocative cover, an image some people would look at on their computer every day, but one that becomes a "problem" when shoved out into the public marketplace, which only serves to show that free speech is VERY conditional, not only here but the world over. This is simply fantastic rock / punk music, that will move you physically and emotionally, as all the best music should. After roughing up audiences around the country, Couch Slut bring their unflinching force to WFMU's My Castle of Quiet.
Don Bikoff Tuesday, January 20th, 9pm - Midnight
on
Irene Trudel's show
Popping in to play a few tunes for a wintery night, Don Bikoff is a fingerstyle guitarist who has had a resurgence thanks to the reissue of his debut "Celestial Explosion." Bikoff returned to the studio after that long break to put out last year's "Hallowed Ground." To shake things up a little for this show, Don Bikoff is dipping into his collection of records to co-DJ with Irene.
Glass & Blood: Concert Works from the Bloodiest Film Scores by Philip Glass
Tuesday, January 20th, 7pm - 8pm
on
Morricone Island with Devon E. Levins
Composer/pianist Michael Riesman and violinist Chase Spruill join Morricone Island host Devon E. Levins this Tuesday, January 20th (7 pm ET) to discuss their upcoming NY premiere on Monday, January 26th at Le Poisson Rouge of "Glass & Blood" with new suites from Dracula, Candyman and The Hours for violin and piano. Michael Riesman has been the keyboardist and musical director of the Philip Glass Ensemble since the mid 1970's as well as conductor to Glass' scores including Notes On A Scandal, The Truman Show, Kundun, Hamburger Hill, Koyaanisqatsi, Mishima, The Thin Blue Line and A Brief History of Time and (non-films) Einstein on the Beach and Music in 12 Parts. His own film scores include Enormous Changes at the Last Minute, Pleasantville and Signed: Lino Brocka. Chase Spruill serves as a core faculty member of Community MusicWorks in Providence, RI and has collaborated with Steven Mackey, Alexandra Gardner, Johnny Gandelsman, Yo-Yo Ma, Michael Nyman and Kronos Quartet. The two have upcoming plans of newly commissioned works by Michael Nyman and Nico Muhly.
Live from Golden Fest - Brooklyn's Spectacular Balkan Bacchanal Saturday, January 17th, 6pm - 9pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
It's our seventh annual live broadcast from Brooklyn's legendary Balkan and East European music and dance blowout! Golden Fest is a massive two night gathering of musicians, folk dance enthusiasts and fans held at the spectacular Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn's South Slope. The festival kicks off with a multi-band dance party on Friday night January 16th. Then for the big event on Saturday night January 17th, some seventy bands will perform on four stages from 6 pm until the wee hours. We'll bring you Saturday night's early action live from the Grand Ballroom, center stage of this fabulous Balkan bacchanal.
Steve Boone from The Lovin’ Spoonful Saturday, January 17th, 11am - 1pm
on
Michael Shelley's show
Michael welcomes bassist of The Lovin’ Spoonful Steve Boone who has written a new memoir "Hotter Than A Match Head, Life on the run with The Lovin' Spoonful."
Caitlin Canty
Saturday, January 17th, 6am - 9am
on
Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison
Vermont native Caitlin Canty has been quietly garnering attention the last few years, as a solo artist and as half of the duo Down Like Silver with Peter Bradley Adams. Her voice and delivery will bring to mind earlier styles of country and folk music, though her songs mark her as a close observer of life and the world around her. Her most recent album, Golden Hour, is a collection of darkly beautiful songs. This month her latest release, Reckless Skyline, while a more electrified, full-band outing than Golden Hour, moves easily between the quieter songs and bluesy rockers. She recently treated us to a solo set at the WFMU studios, using both her 1930s acoustic as well as electric guitar. The release of Reckless Skyline brings her to Rockwood Music Hall on Wednesday, January 21st.
Joe Frank - "He Hesitated"
Wednesday, January 14th, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irwin Chusid
One-hour dramas by Joe Frank air alternate Wednesdays at 4pm (Eastern) on Irwin's program. The episode "He Hesitated," from Joe's Work in Progress series, airs Weds. January 14th. Joe is disgusted by the amount of maintenance required to keep his apartment clean. Later he visits his mother at a Florida retirement community, analyzes the film "The Incredible Shrinking Man," and examines the flawed concept of "Progress."
Samuel Vas-Y Tuesday, January 13th, 9pm - Midnight
on
Irene Trudel's show
Self-described Singer Song Scribbler Samuel Vas-Y (pronounced vazz-EE) began life in France but uses Dublin as his homebase, picking up influences from both and a lot in between. On his most recent album, "Tickly Teeth," Samuel (who also uses the surname Arnold) presents a playful blend of familiar and foreign, with little touches of Serge Gainsbourg and Jeff Buckley popping out of the mix. Samuel Vas-Y is working on a new album and will play a few tunes for Irene.
Nathan Larson (soundtrack composer/Shudder to Think guitarist)
Tuesday, January 13th, 7pm - 8pm
on
Morricone Island with Devon E. Levins
Composer Nathan Larson joins MORRICONE ISLAND host Devon E. Levins in the studio this Tuesday, January 13th (7-8 pm ET) to discuss his transition from guitarist of Washington D.C.'s post-hardcore, prog/glam-informed Shudder to Think to composing music for over 50 films, television series and documentaries, including Boys Don't Cry, The Woodsman, Skeleton Twins, Todd Solondz' Storytelling and Palindromes, Joel Schumacher's Tigerland and Phone Booth, and Jesse Peretz' First Love, Last Rites and Our Idiot Brother. Nathan is also a frequent collaborator with his wife Nina Persson of Sweden's The Cardigans, who contributes her vocal talents to many of his soundtracks.
Chicano Batman Sunday, January 11th, 5pm - 7pm
on
Gaylord Fields's show
¡Son locos por ti, América! This Los Angeles–based quartet interrupts an East Coast tour to make a beeline to WFMU's studios to regale listeners with a bewitching blend of East L.A. soul & Brazilian tropicália & North American prog-psych & South American cumbia & Afro-Cuban jazz mixed with heaps of other sonic ingredients. Chicano Batman's ruffled tuxedo shirts may accurately denote a retro-Seventies vibe, but their total sonic presentation pinpoints a musical Latinization reflective of current and future cultural changes in el norte.
Mr. Airplane Man
Sunday, January 11th, 6am - 9am
on
Burn It Down! with Nate K
One of the first outfits to attempt the whole blues-punk-garage sound as a duo, Boston's Mr. Airplane Man were also certainly one of the finest. The combo of Margaret Garrett and Tara McManus formed the band in the late '90s and released a string of albums in the early 2000s that matched the drone of the Mississippi Hill Country with the noise of the Velvets at the Tea Party. Following a near decade-long hiatus, Mr. Airplane Man reunited for a brief tour in late 2014 and were kind enough to drop by Burn It Down! with Nate K to record a searing live set. This one isn't to be missed folks!
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