We Like Kids! - May 31, 2009

Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh -Allan Sherman
Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah (1964) - Allan Sherman
Habitat - Nancy Tucker
Watershed Song - Foster Brown
Going On An Adventure - Two of a Kind
My Blue Sailboat - Laurie Berkner Band
Sailing - Parachute Express
All The Way Around the World - Katherine Dines
Scince Fair - Trout Fishing in America
The Scientific Method - Lyrical Life Science
An Introduction to Geology - Lyrical Life Science
The Alaska Shore - The Earthworms
Family Vacation - Rosenshontz
Gobble Across the USA - Jim Cosgrove
Home - Dreyer Family Band
Jubilation - Cathy & Marcy
I'm Looking For a Rainbow - Nancy Hershatter

Jazz Beat May 30, 2009

MAY 30, 2009 JAZZ BEAT

#1.Sex Mob/Sex Mob Does Bond
"Dr. Yes."

#2. Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra/Far East Suite
"Isfan"

#3. Asian American Orchestra/Far East Suite
"Tourist Point of View"

#4 Spotlight/Night Drive
"Mediterranean Sea"

#5Yellowjackets/Time Squared
"Healing Waters"

#6 Yellowjackets/ Live Wires
"Revelation"

#7 The World Unity Jazz Ensemble/China Skies
"The Earth Is One Country"

#8 Here We Go Again/Glenn Miller Orchestra
"Rhapsody In Blue"

#9 Glenn Miller Orchestra/Here We Go Again
"Bugle Call Rag"

#10 Ah-Q Jazz Arkestra/Yi Nian
"On Ice"

#11 Ah-Q Jazz Arkestra/Yi Nian
"Yi Nian"


#12Choi Woo Joon/Saza's Groove
"Waltzfora"

#13 Kenji Omae/Here for Now
"Here For Now"

#14 David Boswell/Bridge of Art
"Bridge of Art"

#15 Anat Cohen/Notes from the Village
"After The Rain"

#16 John Stetch/Carpathian Blues
"Carpathian Blues"

#17 The Bad Plus/Give
"Street Woman"

#18 The Bad Plus/Give
"And Here We Test Our Powers of Observation"

#19 Bob Mintzer/Spectrum
"Solo Saxophone

#20 World Unity Jazz Ensemble/China Skies
"Kaela"

Saturday Sunrise 5/30/2009

Orlando Hadad & Patricia King - Poente (Sunset)
Quratet San Francisco - Tanquori
Bassoon in the Wild Quartet - Ocean Eyes
Bill Evans - You must believe in spring
Chet Baker - Lament
Joshua Redman - Summertime
MJQ - Blues in B flat
Benny Goodman - So rare
Frank Morgan - In a sentimental mood
Benny Goodman - Goodbye
Frank Sinatra - Put your dreams away
Ben Webster - Days of wine and roses
Sarah Vaughan - Misty
Desi Arnaz & Orchestra - Cuban cabby
Dizzy Gillespie - Tin tin deo
Sonny Rollins - Long ago and far away
Ray Charles - Funny but I still love you
Roy Hargrove - Ruby my dear
Carmen McRae - Dear Ruby
Benny Goodman - Smoke dreams
Louis Armstrong - After you've gone
Yusef Lateef - 1840 Twelth Street
Terrence Blanchard - Chinatown

Ambient Groove -- May 30, 2009

Playlist for May 30, 2009

Set 1:

Crossroads, Frank Smith
Air on G String, Andrei Krylov
Nocturne in E Major
Gnossiennes: No. 2, Anders Miolin
Fur Elise, Mark Bodino
The Spring Release 10,000 Butterflies, Ottmar Liebert
Pictures, Will Ackerman

Set 2:

The Road of Passage, Anuna
Agnus Dei, Paul Schwartz
Lament, Libera
Seuls, The Chorus (soundtrack)

Set 3:

Silver Ship, Suzanne Ciani
Allegreattango, Adiemus

Set 4:

Stardust, 2002
Salve Regina, Paul Schwartz
Ave Maria Op. 67, No. 2, King's College Choir

Set 5:

Satin Skies, Mars Lasar
Sacred Moment, Jana Dugal & Mike Rowland
1st Chakra Keynote, Steven Halpern
Star Dreams, Michael Stearns
Essence of Time, Mike Rowland

Set 6:

Awaken the Dawn, Stanton Lanier
Paris, Gary Rottger
Oasis, Paul Sauvanet
Drops of Starlight, David Arkenstone

Set 7:

Water Stones, Max Zaffiro
Mad About You, Hooverphonic

Afternoon Classics - Thursday, May 28, 2009

Thursday's show starts with Field, an Irishman, and ends with Hindemith, a German American. Somewhere in between falls the rest of the program.

Field:  Nocturne No. 17 in E, John O'Conor at the piano.

Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No.2 in F, Op. 22; The Ying Quartet performing.

Delibes:  Act III of Coppelia, Antal Dorati and the Minneapolis Symphony.

Bizet: L'Arlesienne, Suite for orchestre, Michel Plasson and the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse

Waxman: "Carmen" Fantasie for trumpet and orchestra, Rodney Mack on the trumpet and Lawrence

Foster conducting the Orquestra Simfonica de Barcelona.

Mozart: Fantasy in C minor, K 475, John Kane performing.

Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps, Antal Dorati conducting the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Hindemith: Symphonie "Mathis der Mahler" Bernard Haitink conducting the San Francisco

Symphony Orchestra.

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 10 in A flat Major, Op. 118, The St. Petersburg Quartet.

Afternoon Classics - Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Today's program has as its highlight an interview with Todd Hunt, artistic director for Opera to Go and a discussion of the upcoming Spotlight program. Members of the "cast" were discussed as well as some of the pieces to be sung in the program. A few of those pieces were played on the air. To put one into the mindset of a vocal program the first hour featured some very wonderful vocal recordings. But first - 

Chopin:  Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise in E flat Op. 22, Jon Nakamatsu at the piano.

Ravel:  Sheherazade featuring Kiri Te Kanawa on the vocal and John Pritchard conducting the Orchestra of the Belgian National Opera.

Mozart:  Three arias featuring Cecilia Bartoli on the vocal and the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale de Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung conducting.

Tosti:  Three songs featuring Ben Heppner on the vocal and Members of the London Symphony.

During the interview an aria by Lalo was played as well as the last two arias and the duet from Act I of La Boheme.

Bolcom: Nine Bagatelles played by Jon Nakamatsu.

Dexter:  Siciliano performed by John Tomlinson and the RTE Concert Orchestra.

Durey:   Sonatine performed by Emily Beynon on the flute and Andrew West on the piano.

Raff: Romeo and Juliet - Overture, Francesco D;Avalos and the Philharmonia Orchestra.

Raff: Symphony No. 3 "Im Walde" performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra under the baton of

Francesco D'Avalos.

Raff: Abends-Rhapsodie, D'Avalos and the Philharmonia.

Wednesday Soundings 5-27-09 Jazz & Mie

Oh dear, in love again. That good kind of tired because you stayed up all night with him talking, loving, and making those cute little rituals that will become specially yours as a couple. Sigh, here's some songs to go with this feeling:

Ray Charles W/ Natalie Cole--Fever
Koko Taylor--Jump for Joy
John Hammond--Howlin For My Darlin
Joanna Connor--Rock Me Baby
Chet Baker--My One and Only Love

Freddy Cole--Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
Ruth Brown--Never Let Me Go
Johnny Winter--Good Time Woman
Shemikia Copeland--I Always Get My Man
Calvin Owens--Take Time To Love
Diana Krall--You're My Thrill

James Cotton--Hold Me Baby W/ Ronnie Hawkins, vocals; Jimmie Vaughn, guitar
Etta James--You Can Leave Your Hat On
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown--Here I Go Again
Vanessa Rubin--The Way He Makes Me Feel
Rod Piazza--Ko Ko Mo ( I Love You So)
Irma Thomas-Oh Me, Oh My, I'm A Fool For You

Charles Brown--Since I Fell For You
Diane Schuur--The Best Is Yet To Come
Freddy Cole--You're Sensational
Joanna Connor--You're So Fine
John Hammond--Who Do You Love
Ray Charles W/ Van Morrison--Crazy Love

/Cafe Ole with Conrad for Wed /

NPR NEWS

Colors in Motion - Pacific Hwy
David Benoit - Cast Your Fate to the Wind
George Benson - Just Give Me The Night

Acoustic Alchemy - Jamaica Heartbeat
Chase Sanborn - Did You Call Her Today?
Charlie Byrd - Norweigen Wood/Michelle

Lee Ritenour - Is It You
Quincy Jones Jook Joint - Slow Jams
Ricky Lee Jones - Danny's All Star Joint
Randy Crawford - Keep Me Loving You

NPR NEWS - LOCAL HEADLINES - PSA

Cassandra Wilson - Lover Come Back To Me
Brian Krinek - Amor Mio

Michael Franks - Sometimes I Just Forget To Smile
Boz Scaggs - Harbor Lights
Neena Freelon - Creepin

Kenny G - G Bop
John Legend - Save Room For Me
Tom Scott - Just Takin A Walk
Wham - Careless Whisper

Afternoon Classics - Tuesday, May 26, 2009

With the return of the rain it seems more like our rainforest once again. I hope the tourists are able to appreciate that. Anyway here is the music for today:

Mozart:  Overture to "The Abduction from the Seraglio" Bruno Weil  conducting Tafelmusik.

Mozart:  Fantasy in C minor, K 475, John Kane at the piano.

Brahms: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 101, Vladimir Ashkenazy - piano, Itzhak Perlman - violin;

Lynn Harrell - cello.

Delibes: Act 1 of Coppelia, Antal Dorati conducting the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra.

Gilbert & Sullivan: Excerpts from "The H.M.S. Penafore, Simon Phipps conducting cast and the

chorus and Orchestra of the New Sadler Wells Opera.

Grieg: Norwegian Dance No 1, Op. 35, Raymond Leppard and the English Chamber Orchestra.

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 in D major, Andre Previn conducting the Symphony

Orchestra of the Curtis Institute of Music.

Grieg: Norwegian Dance No. 4, Op. 35, Raymond Leppard and the English Chamber Orchestra.

Stravinsky: The Song of the Nightingale, Pierre Boulez and the Orchestre National de France.

Previn: Reflections for Cello, English Horn and Orchestra, Previn conducting the Symphony

Orchestra of the Curtis Institute of Music.

Elgar: Serenade in E minor for Strings, Op. 20, David Zinman and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Andre Previn and the Symphony Orchestra

of the Curtis Institute of Music.

Tues CC with Katie B 5-26-09

Shawn Mullins
Blue as You
9th Ward Pickin Parlor
2006

Guggenheim Grotto
Philosophia
Waltzing Alone
2007

The Cranberries
Dreams

The Weepies
All Good Things
Hideaway
2008

Great Lake Swimmers
Pulling on a Line
Lost Channels
2009

Duffy
Rockferry
Rockferry
2008

Bell X1
The Great Defector
Blue Lights on the Runway
2009

Roman Candle
Eden Was A Garden
Oh Tall Tree in the Ear
2009

Bruce Springsteen
Working on a Dream
Working on a Dream
2009

Todd Rundgren
It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference
Almost Famous Soundtrack

Booker T. Jones
Native New Yorker
Potato Hole
2009

Neil Young
Helpless
Greatest Hits

Neil Young
Unknown Legend
Harvest Moon
1992

Gomez
See the World

Steve Miller
Jet Airliner

Soul 2 Soul
Move Me No Mountain

David Bowie
Golden Years
Station to Station
Released 1999

Falling Up
Caleb
Paint the Sky
Quest University Canada
2009
www.questu.ca

Anais Mitchell
Your Fonder Heart
The Brightness
2007

Cabineers
Blue Water Highway
Songs from Alaska
1999

Winters
Caroline
Paint the Sky
Quest University Canada
2009
www.questu.ca

The Monkess
Heart and Soul
Greatest Hits
1995 Release

Neil Nathan
California Run
The Distance Calls
2009

Death Cab for Cutie
Bixby Canyon Bridge
Narrow Stairs
2008

Bell X1
How Your Heart is Wired
Blue Lights on the Runway
2009

Regina Spektor
On The Radio
Begin to Hope
2006

Cafe Au Lait, Ole' with Conrad for Tues. 5-26-2009

Larry Carlton - Nitecrawler
Earl Klugh - Movin On
Randy Crawford - Im Glad There Is You
Madeleine Peyroux - Instead

Chuck Loeb - Blue Moon
Diana Krall - Popsicle Toes
Ken Navarro - So Fine
Lee Ritenour - Mr. Briefcase

Nelson Rangel - All in All
Dancing Fantasy - Seasons
Hiroshima - Mix Plate

NPR NEWS

Earth Wind & Fire - Way of the World
Joe Pass - Allison II
Chriss Issac - Wicked Game

Dan Colvin Band - The Beat Goes On
The Crusaders - Little Things mean a Lot
Randy Crawford - Don't Say It's Over
George Benson - Valdez in the Country

Chase Sanborn- Sweet N Low
Steely Dan - Hey 19
Brian Krinek - Got Somewhere To Go

Saturday Sunrise - 5/23/2009

Dengue Fever - Sleepwalking through the Mekong
Subdudes - Push & shove; Cold nights; Light in your eyes
Pearl Django - Warm Valley; Nuages
Anat Cohen - Jitterbug waltz
Benny Goodman - Goodbye
Manhatten brass - Currents
Stan Getz Quartet - Blood count
Giles Apap - Hora romanesca
Nina Simone - Love's been good to me
Elvis Costello - All grown up
Peter Gabrielle/Ray Charles - Summertime (Larry Addler- harmonica)
Milt Jackson - Send in the clowns
Kate Bush - The man I love
La Snonora Carruseles - Vitamina - on Salsa Colombia
Skatalites - Skamania
Ska Cubano - Cachita
Stan Getz - I've grown accustomed to her face
Diana Krall - Only trust your heart
Catherine Russell - South to a warmer place





Giles Apap - Melodie

Ambient Groove -- May 23, 2009

Playlist for May 23, 2009

Set 1:

Masterpiece, Joseph Akins
Sunlight Through Trees, Ken Elkinson
Teardrop, Massive Attack
Hide and Seek, Imogen Heap
Until the Morning, Thievery Corporation

Set 2:

Italian Cafe, Ruben Garcia
The Butterfly, Aesh
Devotion No. 1, Loop Guru
Body & Soul, Shahin & Sepehr
Light, Talvin Singh
Overcome, Tricky

Set 3:

Only You, Portishead
Gravity of Love, Enigma
Faith in Me, Pole Folder
All I Need, Air

Set 4:

Sleepsong, Secret Garden
Melody of Life, Lynn Hilary
Walking in the Air, Chloe Agnew
Come My Sweet, Mediaeval Babes

Set: 5

Down in the Rainbow Road, Space Gang & Carla Friedmann
The Eternal Cycle, The Green Fields
The Cross, Hypnomusic
Green Fields, Polly Thompson

Set 6:

Prelude for Time Feelers, Eluvium

CrossCurrents - 5/22/09

Poi Dog Pondering
Sapporo & Friday Night in America, Newgrass Revival
Morning Sun & Motorhome, Jesse Colin Young
Tryng to Get To You and Today I started Loving You Again, Gregson & Collister
I Could Have Danced All Night & Do Smoething Different, Brave Combo
Your Smiling Face & Mexico, James Taylor

Cafe Ole with Conrad for Friday 5-22-2009

Marvin Gaye - Whats Going On
Larry Carlton - Midnite Parade
Kohala - Night Marchers

Dan Colvin Band - Be Thankful for What You've Got
Dexter Gordon - Three O'Clock in the Morning
Diana Krall - East of the Sun, West of the Moon
Chase Sanborn - I'm Through with Love

Al Green - Let's Stay Together
Hiroshima - Joe Jazz
Tania Libertad - Anda Mariado

NPR NEWS

Frank Sinatra - You Make Me Feel So Young
David Sanborn - Hideaway
Al Jarreau - Closer to Your Love

Fleetwood Mac - Landslide
Freddie Hubbard - Up Jumped Spring
Dee Daniels - A Song For My Father
Matt Finley - Fathers Day

Afternoon Classics - Thursday, May 21, 2009

The idea of theme and variations is carried a bit further today with a whole list of them:

Bach:  Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, I - IV, Simone Dinnerstein at the piano.

Brahms:  Variations on a theme of Haydn (St. Anthony Chorale), Op. 56a, Yoel Levi and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

Chopin:  Variations on "La ci darem la mano" for  piano and orchestra, Op. 2, Emmanuel Ax at the keyboard and Sir Charle!s Mackerras conducting the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Britten:  The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34, Paavo Jarvi and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

Brubeck: (The whole reason for all of this!) Pange Lingua Variations (1983), Russell Gloyd conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Voices and the Dave Brubeck Quartet.

Field: Nocturne No. 3 in A flat major, John O'Conor at the piano.

Elgar: The Enigma Variations, David Zinman and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

Chopin: Grande Valse Brillante, in A minor, Op. 34, No. 2, Emmanuel Ax with Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin.

Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat, Op. 44, Martha Agerich and friends.

Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin, Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.

Dvorak: Capriccio performed by Bohuslav Matousek - violin; Petr Ademec - piano.

Afternoon Classics b- Thursday, May 20, 2009

On a casual Wednesday there is no theme - unless there are variations.

Boccherini:  String Quartet in G minor, Op. 24, No. 6 - Europa Galante performing.

Brahms:  Variations on a theme of Handel, Op. 24 - Awadagin Pratt at the piano.

Moussorgsky:  Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) - Valery Gergiev conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

Rachmaninov:  Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Arthur Rubenstein at the piano, Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Martinu:  Symphony No. 4 - Arthur Fagen conducting the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine.

Martinu:  Sonata for 2 violins and piano (1932) - The Martinu Quartet.

Hindemith:  Kammermusik No. 3, Op. 36, No. 2 - Lynn Harrell on the cello and Riccardo Chailly conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Bax:  Piano Trio in B flat - the Borodin Trio.

Still:  Lyric Quartet - the Oregon String Quartet.

Wednesday Soundings 5-20-09 Jazz & Mie

Good Morning :) I want someone to love. Ready for it NOW! So here's the most beautiful vocal stylings for falling in love:

Ella Fitzgerald--The Man I Love
Harry Connick Jr.--With Imagination (I'll Get There)
Nina Simone--I want a Little Sugar in My Bowl
The Subdues--Let's Play
Diana Krall--All Night Long

Tony Bennet--Trouble is a Bubble
Jane Monheit--Dancing in the Dark
Nat King Cole--Let's Fall In Love
Bobby Short--I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Etta James--Cry Me a River
Chet Baker--With a Song in My Heart

The Persuasions--Change In My Life
Bobby McFerrin--Moondance
Nina Freelon--Never Let Me Go
Harry Connick Sr.--If I Had You
Bing Crosby--Swinging on a Star
Diana Krall--Pick Yourself Up
Frank & Nancy Sinatra--Somethin' Stupid
Ella Fitzgerald--Just a Sittin' and a Rockin'

Tony Bennett--I'm Just a Lucky So and So
Carmen McRae--The Music That Makes Me Dance
Billie Holiday--Them There Eyes
Dr. John--Since I Fell For You
Nina Simone--I Put a Spell On You
Frank Sinatra & Luther Vandross--The Lady is a Tramp
Diane Schuur--Toodle Loo on Down

Cafe Ole w/ Conrad for Wed 5-20-09

Ellis & Wynton Marsalis - Linus & Lucy
Colors in Motion - Northern Lights
Chase Sanborn - Sweet and Low

Nora Jones - Sunrise
Grover Washington Jr. - I Miss You
John Mayer - 1983 (83)
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Baja

Earl Klugh - Tropical Legs
Earth Wind & Fire - Can't Hide Love
Dancing Fantaxy - Feeling of Flight
America - A Horse With No Name

Donald Fagan - I.G.Y.
Chuck Mangione - Bellavia
Dave Brubeck - Kathy's Waltz

Jay D'Amico

Afternoon Classics - Tuesday, May 19, 2009

This afternoon's program leads off with a conversation with John D'Armand, Music Professor at UAS. His forthcoming Music 123 a "music appreciation" course was the subject along with various composers and conductors. 

Mozart:  Overture to the Marriage of Figaro, Bruno Weil conducting Tafelmusik.

Dvorak:  String Quintet in G, Op. 77, the Stamitz Quartet with Jiri Hudec.

Dukas:   The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Michel Plasson and the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse.

Mozart: Fantasy in C minor, K 475, John Kane - piano.

Glinka:  Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla, David Zinman and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

Keuris:  Symphony in D (1995), Jaap van Zweden conducting the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic.

Ippolitov-Ivanov: Two pieces from Causasian Sketches, Op. 10, David Zinman and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D, Maxim Vengerev on the violin, Mstislav Rostropovich conducting the London Symphony.

D'Indy:   Symphony on a French Mountain Air, Op. 25, Aldo Ciccolini at the piano, Michel Plasson

conducting the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse.

Dvorak: Drobnosti for 2 violins & viola, Op. 75a, Howard Davis & Peter Pople - violins, Roger Best - viola.

Cafe Ole' with Conrad for Tue. 5-19-2009

Ray Brown w/ Jon Faddis - I Thought About You
Frank Sinatra - I Thought About You
Al Jarreau - Teach Me Tonight
Lee Ritenour - Is It You

Hugh Masekela - Grazin in the Grass
Chris Botti w/ Renee Olsted - Pennies From Heaven
Chase Sanborn - Sweet N Low

Edie Brickell - What I Am
Jerry Goldsmith - Russia House
Spyro Gyra - Song for Lorraine
Max Groove - Gato Gordo

Seal - Don't Cry
Dancing Fantasy - Say You Will

Don Fagan - Trans Island Skyway
Boz Scaggs - Lowdown
Michael Franks - Popsicle Toes

Larry Carlton - Minute By Minute
Freddie Hubbard - Up Jumped Spring
Sade - No Ordinary Love

Jazz Tonight with Conrad for Monday Night 5-18-09

Oscar Peterson/Michel LeGrande - Open Spaces (Trail of Dreams)
Oscar Peterson w/Neils Henning Orsted Pederson (Live in Paris) - Kelly's Blues & Sushi
Oscar Peterson Trio w/Ray Brown (Live at the Blue Note) - March Past & Blues Etude

Ray Brown w/ Ahmad Jamal - Some of My best friends are Piano Players - Bags Groove
Ray Brown w/Herb Ellis/Harry Sweets Edison/George Duke- Soft Shoe
Ray Brown (Live at Strbucks) - When I fall in Love
Ray Brown (Walk on) - America

Herb Ellis Live at Montreux - Love Walked In & Georgia On My Mind
Herb Ellis & Freddie Green - (Rhythm Willie) Gee Baby Aint I good To You

Bill Evans - Comrade Conrad
Duke Ellington - Prelude to a Kiss
Carol Sloane - Sweet and Slow
Karyn Allyson - How Long Has This Been Going On

A Little Bit of Broadway

Sunday, May 17, 2009

NEXT TO NORMAL
The Tony Awards countdown continues!

We continue our listen to the Tony nominated shows this week with Next to Normal. Called a rock musical, this is the story of a woman who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and explores the effect not only herself but her family. As part of that effect, the show also touches on grieving, suicide, drug abuse, and ethics in modern psychiatry.

This musical (which at times sounds very much like The Who’s Tommy) has gotten consistently good reviews and has been nominated for 11 Tonys. It seems to inhabit the same sort of dark place that Spring Awakening did 2 years ago – good music and great performances in a very dark and disturbing story. I expect this is one of those musicals you need to see, not just listen to.

Act I
• Prelude
• Just Another Day – Diana, Natalie, Gabe, Dan
• Everything Else – Natalie
• Who's Crazy/My Psychopharmacologist and I – Dan, Doctor Fine, Diana, Ensemble
• Perfect for You – Henry, Natalie
• I Miss the Mountains – Diana
• It's Gonna Be Good – Dan, Natalie, Gabe, Henry, Ensemble
• He's Not Here – Dan
• You Don't Know – Diana
• I Am the One – Dan, Gabe, Diana
• Superboy and the Invisible Girl – Natalie, Diana, Gabe
• I'm Alive – Gabe
• Make Up Your Mind/Catch Me I'm Falling – Doctor Madden, Diana, Dan, Natalie, Gabe
• I Dreamed a Dance – Diana, Gabe
• There's a World – Gabe
• I've Been – Dan
• Didn't I See This Movie? – Diana
• A Light in the Dark – Dan, Diana
Act II
• Wish I Were Here – Diana, Natalie
• Song of Forgetting – Dan, Diana, Natalie
• Hey #1 – Henry, Natalie
• Seconds and Years – Doctor Madden, Dan, Diana
• Better Than Before – Doctor Madden, Dan, Natalie, Diana
• Aftershocks – Gabe
• Hey #2 – Henry, Natalie
• You Don't Know (Reprise) – Diana, Doctor Madden
• How Could I Ever Forget? – Diana, Dan
• It's Gonna Be Good (Reprise) – Dan, Diana
• Why Stay?/A Promise – Diana, Natalie, Dan, Henry
• I'm Alive (Reprise) – Gabe
• The Break – Diana
• Make Up Your Mind/Catch Me I'm Falling (Reprise) – Doctor Madden, Diana, Gabe
• Maybe (Next to Normal) – Diana, Natalie
• Hey #3/Perfect for You (Reprise) – Henry, Natalie
• So Anyway – Diana
• I Am the One (Reprise) – Dan, Gabe
• Light – Diana, Dan, Natalie, Gabe, Henry, Doctor Madden

Music Tom Kitt
Lyrics Brian Yorkey
Book Brian Yorkey

Diana Goodman Alice Ripley
Dan Goodman J. Robert Spencer
Gabriel Goodman Aaron Tveit
Natalie Goodman Jennifer Damiano
Henry Adam Chanler-Berat
Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine Louis Hobson


Read more about the show here

Cafe Ole' with Conrad for Monday May 18, 2009

Nelson Rangell - All in All
Earl Klugh - The Traveler
Donald Fagan - Teahouse on the Tracks
Dancing Fantasy - Seasons

George Benson - Valdez in the Country
David Benoit - 96-132
Corinne Bailey Raye - Put Your Record On

Jay D'Amico Jazz QTT - Alfreda (Ponte Novello)
Chris Issacs - Wicked Game
Big Hands Dan Colvin Band - The Beat Goes On
Michale Buble - Home

Chicago - Beginnings
Chase Sanborn - Funk in Deep Freeze
Dee Daniels - Love Is Here To Stay
Seal - Free

Hiroshima - Circle of Friends
Johnny Mathis - 99 Miles From L.A.
The Fantasy Band - The Kiss
Sade' - Smooth Operator

Nora Jones - Sunrise
Grover Washington Jr. - I Miss Home

Have yourselves a fine today... With the Sun shining and the clear skies before you, It's a Nice Day to go F I S H I N G !!!

global edge may 17

1. Omar - gypsy caravan
2. carry me through - yat kha
3. aoulidi - cheikha rimitti
4. nga ni boed pai bu yin - kharang penpa
5. farkhar: badakhshani folk song - afghanistan folk music
6. dervish fusion/ earth prayer - jehan goddessdance soundtrack
7. rshte bante hain - asha bhosle
8. awara hoon - 3 mustaphas
9. inn lamhon ke daaman mein - jodhaa akbar soundtrack
10. Saptak- dj cheb i sabbah/solace
11. dust storm - gypsy caravan
12. aijo - varttina
13. dhoom taana - om shanti om soundtrack
14. dastaan -e-om shanti om - om shanti om soundtrack
15. mi ma'amakim - the idan raichel project
16. an undoing world - klezmatics
17. boaimmas (rough legged buzzard)- wimme
18. shopetzki kopanitsa - boiled in lead
19. two lands, one tribe - ondar
20. clementina (no terreiro) - nana vasconcelos
21. simdi halay zamani - yurtseven kardesler
22. the righteous path - natacha atlas

JAZZ BEAT MAY 16, 2009

JAZZ BEAT MAY 16, 2009

#1 Terrance Blanchard/Jazz Goes To The Movies
"Chinatown"

#2 Earl Klug/ Sounds & Visions
"His Eyes, Her Eyes" from The Thomas Crown Affair.

#3 Gary Bartz/ The Red and Orange Poems
"By Myself"

#4 Earl Klug/Sounds & Visions
"Jo Ann's Song" from "Tequila Sunrise"

#5 Bucky Pizzarelli/ Solos & Duets
"Spring can really hang you up the most"

#6 Count Bassie/Jazzfest Masters
"April in Paris"

#7 Michel Petrucciani/Date with Time
"Round Midnight"

#8 Pat Metheny/Trio 99-00
"Giant Steps"

#9 Toots Thielman/Chez Toots
"Moulon Roughe"

8P.M. STATION BREAK

#10 Duke Ellington/Happy Reunion
"Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue"

#11 Art Blakey Quinted/A Night at Birdland Vol. I
"Blues"

#12 Bill Frisell/Quartet
"Tales from the Far Side"

#13 Joe Pass/ Resonance
"Corcovado"

#14 Joe Pass/ Resonance
"How deep is the Ocean?"

#15 Calvin Owens/The House is Burnin'
"Ladies Please Touch Me"

#16 Wynton Marsallis/Standard Time
"Ballad of the Sad Young Men

#17 Max Roach && Dizzy Gillespie/Paris 1989
"Place de la Concorde"

#18 Al Di Meola/Orange & Blue
"Paradiso"

#19 Luminescent Orchestrii/Neptune's Daughter
"Nasty, Tasty"

We Like Kids 5-17-09

Hey there kids, I've been more and more excited about the beautiful Spring we are having. And one of my favorite things to do is walk my dog around the block. Funny thing is that my cat likes to join us too! So I decided tpday would be all about dogs and cats. Here is the list of all the artists and song titles:

Rufus Thomas--Walking the Dog
Dan Crow--Dogs
Jessica Haper--A Little Brown Dog Named Joe
Peggy Lee--He's a Tramp (From Lady and the Tramp)
Eric Stoltz--Snuggle Puppy
Black Lodge--Scooby Doo

Dog on Fleas--Plenty of Cats
The Cat's Pajamas--Senor Don Gato
Fred Penner--The Cat Came Back
Sandra Beech--Moe the Hound Dog
Bill Harley--My Dog Sam
Big Mama Thorton--Hound Dog

Lady & the Tramp--The Siamese Cat Song
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer--Ten Cats Down
Parachute Express--Great Big Cat
Norman Foote--My Neighbor's Dog
Al Simmons--The Dog That Went to Yale
Judy Leonard--Jenny Got a Puppy

O.K. folks that's it for today. Go have fun with your dog or cat. Love Ya, Miss Mie.

Mudlark Sampler 5/16/09 Host: Jack Fontanella

Glory in the Meeting House, The Macrae Sisters, Old Sledge

Today Has Been a Lonesome Day, The Macrae Sisters, Old Sledge

Road to Malvern, Light and Hitch, Light and Hitch

No Letter in the Mail Today, The Mercury Dimes, Dime-O-Myte

Molly Put the Kettle On, Light and Hitch, Light and Hitch

Sal's Gone to the Cider Mill, The Mercury Dimes, Dime-O-Myte

Dance All Night with a Bottle in Your Hand,Chance McCoy and the Appalachian Stringband, Debut

Laurel, Clack Mt. Stringband, Sorrows End

Twin Sisters, Chance McCoy and the Appalachian Stringband, Debut

Sin and Rue, Clack Mt. Stringband, Sorrows End

Cold Icy Mountain, Brett Ratliff, Cold Icy Mountain

Mike in the Widerness, Red State Ramblers, Commonwealth

Up in the Cool, The Macrae Sisters, Old Sledge

On the Mountainside, Clack Mt. Stringband, Sorrows End

Johnson Boys, Dan Gellert and Brad Leftwich, A Moment in Time

Eight of January, John Hoffman and Mac Benford, It's About Time

Russian Rabbit, Wandering Ramblers, Wandering and Rambling

Old Bangum, Red State Ramblers, Commonwealth

Girl from Jericho, Carol Elizabeth Jones and Laurel Bliss, Girl from Jericho

Who Shot the Rooster, The Macrae Sisters, Old Sledge

Facing the Rain, Polecat Creek, Ordinary Seasons

Come by Here, Polecat Creek, Leaving Eden

Buckets of Blue, Polecat Creek, Ordinary Season

Old Melinda, The Macrae Sisters, Old Sledge

Yew Piney Mountain, Chance McCoy and the Appalachian Stringband, Debut

44 Gun, Wandering Ramblers, Wandering and Rambling

Leaning on a Wall, Dirk Powell, Hand Me Down

Arkansas Hoosier, The Cliffhangers, On the Edge

Blackberry Blossum, Red State Ramblers, Commonwealth

Muddy Creek, Foghorn Stringband, Boombox Square Dance

Balck Mountain Rag, Killer Grits, Midnight on the Run

Saturday Sunrise - 5/16/2009

Roger Espinoza - from Cafe Fuego CD
Rubalcada - Suave Murmullo
Lazaro Rosabal - Que Mala Corriente
Arte Mixto - Ahi-Nama entrada
Azucar - Oh no
Felix Baloy and Juan de Marcos - Son de baloy
Hilton Ruiz - Stolen Moments
Celia Cruz - Esperare
Don Azpiazu and his Havana Casino Orchestra - El Manicer (The peanut vendor)
Maraca - Descarga Total
Chano Pozo and Dizzy Gillespie Big band- Manteca
Celia Cruz - Bravo
Ibrahim Ferer - Ay candela
Orchestra Cumbre - Eres picara para amar
Ska Cubano - Soy campesino
Veja Trova Santiaguera - Guajira Guantanamera
Nina Simone - Nobody's fault but mine & Papa, can you hear me
Lauri Bono - I have the right
Kal David - While my guitar gently weeps
Anat Cohen Quartet - Lulaby for the Naive ones
Subdudes - Keep my feet upon the ground
Giles Apap - Praeludium and Allegro by Fritz Kreisler

Ambient Groove -- May 16, 2009

Playlist for May 16, 2009


Set 1:


The Nature of Things, Steve Roach
a little yoga instruction from Ariel
Secret Walk, Caparina
Floating, Dave Eggar
Spring Morning, Glen Tarachow
Peace Through Kindness, Nawang Khechog
Planet, Kitaro


Set 2:


The Heart Does Not Forget, Roger MacNaughton
Ariadne, Dead Can Dance
Pathways, Paul Sills
Dreaming of Andromeda, Engima
Eau de Vie, DJ San Martino


Set 3:


Lounge, Al Gromer Khan
Teardrop, Massive Attack

Set 4:


Le Cafe, Ottmar Liebert
Zorba, Buddha & Me, Ayman
Kyrie Eleison, Anael
Only Starlight, Gary Sill
The Touch of Love, Kevin Kern

Set 5:

Sicilienne, Nightnoise performing Gabriel Faure
1st Gymnopedie, Tim Story performing Erik Satue
3rd Gymnopedie, Alex de Grassi performing Erik Satie
Le Tombeau de Couperin, Paul McCandless performing Maurice Ravel
Children's Corner Suite, No. 1, Liz Story performing Claude Debussy

(all from The Impressionists album from Windham Hill (1992))

Set 6:

Fantasy for a Gentleman, Adagio performed by Patrick O'Hearn
Playground, Henry Adam Curtis
Au Bord de L'Eau, Henry Butler
For the Asking, John Burr

Friday Soundings 5/15

Friday Soundings - John Gaguine

Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Got My Mojo Workin' (Muddy Waters), Double Trouble (Otis Rush), Walkin' Blues (Robert Johnson)

Diana Krall - Where or When (Rodgers and Hart), Quiet Night (Antonio Carlos Jobim) - both from her brand new CD Quiet Night

Laurie Bono, backed up by Kal David and the Real Deal - Before You Accuse Me (Eugene McDaniel), I Have the Right (Brenda Burns; also covered by Marcia Ball), Help Me (Willie Dixon and Sonny Boy Williamson)

Cannonball Adderly Quintet - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Joe Zawinul, the quintet's pianist, later with Weather Report), Sticks (Julian "Cannonball" Adderly)

Duke of Dixieland - South Rampart Street Parade, My Inspiration, Down in Honky Tonk Town

Butterfield again - One More Heartache, Born in Chicago (Nick Gravenites), Born Under a Bad Sign (Booker T. Jones, also covered by Cream), Look Over Yonders Wall (Elmore James?)

Jane Monheit - I Won't Dance (duet with Michael Buble), Waters of March (Jobim), I'll Be Seeing You, A Case of You (Joni Mitchell)

Subdudes - Papa Dukie and the Mud People, Keep My Feet Upon the Ground

Hot Tuna - live in Japan - Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning

Afternoon Classics b- Thursday, May 14, 2009

So it is the day after Friday the 13th on Wednesday making this Thursday and Pogo and Albert have the calendar all figured out, and hopefully so do I. Some interesting recent releases for today.

Mozart:  The Overture to Don Giovanni, Bruno Weil and Tafelmusik.

Debussy:  Rhapsody for orchestra and Saxophone, Kenneth Radnofsky - sax, Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic.

Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite (1949 version), Yoel Levi and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

Bantock: The Sea Reivers Hebridean Sea Poem No 2, Vernon Handley and the Royal Philharmonic

Orchestra.

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21 (1800), Franz Brüggen, Netherlands Radio Chamber

Philharmonic.

Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93, Bruno Weil and Tafelmusik.

Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave), Op. 26, Sir Alexander Gibson and the Scottish

National Orchestra.

Bantock: A Hebridean Symphony, Vernon Handley conducting the Royal Philharmonic.

Beethoven: Violin sonata No. 10 in G, Op. 96, Itzhak Perleman on the violin and Vladimir

Ashkenazy on the piano.

Debussy: Sonata for violin and piano, Giles Apap and Eric Ferrand-N'Kaoua.

Elgar: Adagio from Cello Concerto, Evan Drachman on cello and Richard Dowling on

the piano.

Afternoon Classics - Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Another beautiful day in Juneau and more beautiful music!

Boccherini:  Guitar Quintet IV in D major Fandango, Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante.

Schumann:  Fantasiestücke, Op. 73, Evan Drachman - cello; Richard Dowling - piano.

Unk: Jerusalem Ridge played by Giles Apap and friends

Unk: Hora Romanesca played by Giles Apap and friends

Prokofiev: Masques from Romeo and Juliet, Evan Drachman and Richard Dowling.

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90 Italian, Yoel Levi and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

D'Indy: Symphony on a French Mountain Air, Op. 25, Aldo Ciccolini at the piano and Serge Baudo conducting the Orchestra de Paris.

Antheil: McKonkey's Ferry (Washington at Trenton), a concert overture, Theodore Kuchar conducting the National Symphony of Ukraine.

Rocheberg: Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra, Joseph Robinson - oboe, Zubin Mehta conducting the New York Philharmonic.

Diamond: Symphony No. 4, Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.

Beach: Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, Op. 45, Alan Feinberg at the piano, Kenneth Schemmerhorn leading the Nashvile Symphony Orchestra.

Copland: Billy the Kid (Suite), James Judd conducting the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

Wednesday Soundings 5-13-09 Jazz & Mie

Goooood Morning, what a beautiful day! I feel like I've been slacking from the jazz. So let's get swinging:

Ella Fitgerald-Let's Face theMusic and Dance
Jay McShann-I'll Catch the Sun
Benny Goodman-Sing, Sing, Sing
Carmen McRae-When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bop, Bop, Bopping Along
Louis Prima-Jump, Jive & Wail
Ruby Braff-Blue Skies
Ella Fitzgerald-Too Darn Hot
Louis Armstrong-Struttin With Some Barbeque
William "Count" Basie-One o'Clock Jump
Tony Bennett-Anything Goes
Diana Krall-I Love Being Here With You
Louis Prima-Angelina-Zooma Zooma Medley
Jay McShann-Swingmatism
Nancy Wilson w/ Cannonball Adderly-Teaneck
Bing Crosby-It's a Good Day
Louis Armstrong-On the Sunny Side of The Street
Children of the Revolution-Minor Swing:To Django
Teddy Wilson-Stompin a t the Savoy
Jazz at the Lincoln Center-Jelly Jelly
Frank Sinatra-Young at Heart
Theresa Brewer-It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing
Louis Prima-I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You
Glenn Miller-Pagen Love Song
Ray Nance & Paul Gonsalves-Just a Sittin' and a Rockin'
Sam Price- Just Jivin' Around

That's it folks, get out here and move! Love Ya, Mie.

Cafe' Ole for Wednesday 05-13-2009

Dancing Fantasy - Feeling of Flight
Dave Grusin - In the Middle of the Night
Seal - A Kiss From A Rose

Max Band - Walking Soft
Ken Narro - So Fine
Brazilian Girls - Lazy Lover
Nelson Rangell - All in All

Lee Ritenour - Shades in the Shade
Stevie Wonder - Knocks Me Off My Feet
Mark Whitfield - Maya
Dave Grusin - Tonight Pure Love

Billy Joel - My Life
David Benoit - El Camino Real
Aviline Ava - Le Puer
Erik Frandsen - Another Song About Paris
Jack Hardy - Forget me Not

Bebel Gil - Ceu Distante
Al Stewart - Song on the Radio
Larry Carlton - Minute by Minute
Stevie Wonder - As

Afternoon Classics, Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Greetings on this beautiful spring day, a temperature of 61° this afternoon and a frost advisory for tonight! In the realm of music we celebrate the birthdays of William Grant Still (the 11th) and Gabriel Faueré (the 12th); also there was a premier on this date of Bartok's "The Wooden Prince." So here is the playlist for today:

Haydn: Symphony No. 82, 'L'Ours' in C, Hob. I:82, Sigiswald Kuijken conducting the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112, The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra performing.

Bartok: The Wooden Prince, Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Fauré: Dolly Suite, Op.56 (orch. Rabaud) Sir Neville Marriner & the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.

Fauré: Quartet for Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, No. 1, Emmanuel Ax - piano; Isaac Stern - violin;

Jaime Laredo - viola, Yo-Yo Ma - cello.

Still: Lyric Quartet, the Oregon String Quartet

Still: Africa (Symphonic Poem) (1930), John Jeter, Fort Smith Symphony.

Still: Danzas de Panama, Oregon String Quartet.

A Little Bit of Broadway

Shrek, the Musical

Counting down to the Tonys
The nominations for the 2009 Tony Awards were announced this week. Four musicals have been nominated as best musical, and we’ll be listening to all those that have released cast recordings.

This week, we spend time with a swamp-dwelling ogre, a talking donkey, a princess in a tower that’s not quite what she seems, and, of course, the evil Lord. Plus every fairy tale creature you have ever heard of. Put them all together and you have Dreamworks Shrek, the Musical. Reviews have been pretty good, and so has award nominations:

3 Drama League nominations
10 Outer Critic Circle nominations
12 Drama Desk nominations
8 Tony nominations

You can find out more at Shrek, the Musical

Act I
• Big Bright Beautiful World – Shrek and Company
• Story of My Life – Pinocchio and Company
• Don't Let Me Go – Donkey
• I Know It's Today – Fiona, Young Fiona and Teen Fiona
• What's Up, Duloc? – Lord Farquaad and Duloc Performers
• Travel Song – Shrek and Donkey
• Donkey Pot Pie – Dragon Ensemble and Donkey
• This Is How a Dream Comes True – Fiona
• Who I'd Be – Shrek, Fiona and Donkey
Act II
• Morning Person – Fiona
• I Think I Got You Beat – Shrek and Fiona
• The Ballad of Farquaad – Lord Farquaad
• Make a Move – Donkey and Blind Mice
• When Words Fail – Shrek
• Morning Person (reprise) – Fiona
• Build a Wall – Shrek
• Freak Flag - Gingy and Company
• Big Bright Beautiful World (reprise) - Shrek
• This is Our Story/Finale – Shrek, Fiona and Company

Music Jeanine Tesori
Lyrics David Lindsay-Abaire
Book David Lindsay-Abaire
Based upon Shrek!, book by William Steig, and 2001 film

Brian d'Arcy James – Shrek
Sutton Foster – Princess Fiona
Christopher Sieber – Lord Farquaad
Daniel Breaker – Donkey

We Like Kids! - 5/10/09

Supermom - Eric Nagler
Mama's Kitchen - Jessica Harper
50 Ways To Fool Your Mother - Bill Harley
Look Ma! No Hands - Rosenshontz
I Drive My Mommy Crazy - Gary Rosen
My Awesome Mom - Thaddeus Rex
Mama Don't Allow - Eric Nagler
Mama Don't Allow - Two of a Kind
Mama Don't Allow - Doc Watson
The Cap My Mother Made for Me - Heather Forest

Our Dear, Dear Mother - Raffi
Mother Earth's Routine - Tom Chapin
Mother Earth's Animal Magic Show - Judy Leonard

My Grandma - Joe West
Grandma Slid Down the Mountain - Cathy & Marcy
Will You Be My Mom? - Marla Lewis
Ride My Bicycle - Magical Music Express

Jazz Beat - 5/9/09

#1 Stan Harrison/ The Optimist
Song: "The Optimist"

#2 Stanley Clarke Trio/ Jazz in the Garden
"Sakura Sakura"

#3 Stanely Clarke Trio/ Jazz in the Garden
"Sicilian Blue"

#4 Chihiro Yamanaka/ After Hours
"You'd be so nice to come home to"

#5 Chihiro Yamanaka/ After Hours
"Sioux City Sue New"

#6 Ahmed Abdul-Malik/ Jazz Sounds of Africa
"La Ibkey"

#7 Bobby McFerrin/ The Voice
"El Brujo"

#8 Bobby McFerrin/ The Voice
"A-train"

#9 Jeanie Bryson sings songs of Peggy Lee/ Some Cats Know
"Why don't you do right?"

#10 Jeanie Bryson sings songs of Peggy Lee/ Some Cats Know
"Your love's gone cold"

#11 Holly Cole/ Blame It On My Youth
"On the street where you live"

8 p.m. Station ID

#12 Carla Bley/ Big Band Theory
"Good Bye Porkpie Hat"

# 13 Aaron Parks/ Invisible Cinema
"Roadside Distraction"

# 14 Aaron Parks/ Invisible Cinema
"Harvesting Dance"

#15 Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau/ Quartet
"Toward the Light"

#16 Michel Petrucciani/ Trio in Tokyo
"Training"

#17 Michel Petrucciani/ Trio in Tokyo
"Cantabile"

#18 Stan Harrison/ The Optimist
"From Under the Tracks"

#19 Metheny Mehldau/ Metheny Mehldau
"Ring of Life"

#20 Stan Harrison/ The Optimist
"The Road Back"

Saturday Sunrise 5/9

Saturday Sunrise - John Gaguine

Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis

Bob Dylan - One More Night (from Nashville Skyline)
Sandy Denny - Tomorrow Is a Long Time (Dylan), Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Denny's magnum opus)

Simon and Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair/Canticle, The Only Living Boy in NY, 59th St. Bridge Song (Feeling Groovy), America

Marianne Faithfull - I'm Into Something Good (yes, the old Herman's Hermits fave)

Dolly Parton - I Still Miss Someone (Johnny Cash)

Michelle Shocked - Anchorage
Kate Wolf - Across the Great Divide

Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline, Shilo, Cracklin' Rosie

Paul Simon - two from the great Graceland CD - The Boy in the Bubble, That Was Your Mother

A few Mother's Day songs

Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love (that's what their mothers told them)
Shirelles - Mama Said
Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not to Come

Willie Nelson/Waylon Jennings - Mama, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys
Grateful Dead - Mama Tried (Merle Haggard)
Laura Nyro - A Mother's Spiritual
David Allen Coe - You Never Even Called Me by My Name (Steve Goodman)

Santana - Toussaint L'Ouverture

Saturday Sunrise 5/9

Ambient Groove -- May 9, 2009

Playlist for May 9, 2009

Set 1:

Morning's Promise, David Sun

Beloved, Ann Licater

Deep Blu, House of Light

Promenade, John Serrie

Everything is Two, Robert Bonfiglio

Set 2:

Desert Sky, Sunyata

Mary's Song, Tony Sandate

I Dream of Her, Andrew White

Princess Bride (theme), Alex de Grassi

Set 3:

You're Not Alone, Brian Culbertson

To Love Again, Alan Pasqua

The Beauty of Her Soul, Zade

Set 4:

It Ain't Necessarily So, George Winston

The Sounding Joy, Liz Story

Set 5:

Inner Thoughts, Rodrigo Rodriquez

Enchanted, Mars Lasar

Eastern Sunrise, Medwyn Goodall & Terry Oldfield

Deep Still Blue, 2002

Set 6:

Love is Here, Tim Wheater

In Search of Angels, Tim Story

Reflection, Oystein Sevag

Set 7:

Awakenings, Paul Lawler & Mark Holland

Morning Song, Tim White & Jack Gates

Moment of Quiet, Paul Adams

Over Easy, Ray Lynch

Set 8:

State of Grace, Gavyn Wright & Paul Schwartz

Ave Maria, Libera

Women's Prerogative 5_7_09

Artist Song Album

1 Lenka The Show

2 Jenny Owen Youngs From Here Batten the Hatches

3 Sonya Mitchell Effortless

4 Tannis Slimmon Mountain of Love Lucky Blue

5 Tori Amos Welcome to England

6 Blame Sally Night of 1000 Stars Night of 1000 Stars

7 Sarah Rabdau Autumn Spils Self Employed Assassins

8 Aimee Allen On Vacation

9 Vienna Teng White Light Inland Territory

10 Vienna Teng Grandmother Song Inland Territory

11 Vienna Teng No Gringo Inland Territory

12 Sinead O’Connor Mind Games

13 Lenka Like a Song

14 Melody Gardot Baby I’m a Fool My One and Only Thrill

15 Debra Cowan Yon Green Valley Fond Desire Farewell

16 Melissa Morgan Is you is or is you ain’t my baby Until I Met You

17 Rachel Garlin Jamaican Hurricane Bound to be Mountains

18 Rachel Garlin Bound to be Mountains Bound to be Mountains

19 Rachel Garlin Decision & Desires Bound to be Mountains

20 Rachel Garlin Broke Down House Bound to be Mountains

21 Michelle Malone Candle for the Lonely Debris

22 Barbara Carr Savvy Woman Savvy Woman

23 Michelle Malone 14th St & Mars Debris

24 Emma’s Revolution Keep on Moving Forward Roots, Rocks & Revolution

25 Emma’s Revolution If I Give Your Name

26 Emma’s Revolution Peace, Salaam, Shalom

27 Emma’s Revolution Refugee

Friday Soundings 5/8

Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Everything's Gonna Be All Right, It Hurts Me Too, Piney Brown Blues, That's All Right

Two cuts from a fine Putamayo CD, New Orleans Brass
Bob French's Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, with vocalist Leon "Kid Chocolate" Brown - St. James Infirmary Blues
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band with Dr. John - It's All Over Now (the song that was the Rolling Stones' first #1 hit in England)

Shauna Lee (from Ketchikan!) - Since I Fell for You
Ranee Lee - from the CD Jazz on Broadway - I'm Flying (from Peter Pan), All I Ask of You (from Phantom of the Opera)

Jon Faddis - Reckless Blues (one of Bessie Smith's signature songs, sung here by Vivian Cherry), Forevermore

Insomniacs - Lonesome, Directly from My Heart to You (Little Richard), At Least I'm Not Here with You

Robben Ford and the Blue Line - My Love for You Will Never Die (Otis Rush)
Studebaker John and the Hawks - Ride, Ride, Ride

Shauna Lee - Stormy Weather, Unchained Melody (the Righteous Bros. hit)
Sarah Brightman - If I Ever Fall in Love Again (from the forgotten British musical A Crooked Mile)

Davis Gaines - Someone Else's Story (from the musical Chess, cowritten by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, formerly of ABBA, and Tim Rice); Old Man River (from Showboat, by Kern and Hammerstein)

Cafe' Ole, Au Lait w/Conrad for Friday 5/8

Booker T & the MG's - Green Onions
Amy Winehouse - You Know Im No Good
Yellow Jackets - New Rochelle

David Shire - Farewell My Lovely
Chris Botti - Good Morning Heartache
Chase Sanborn - Im Through With Love

Quincy Jones - Do Nothing Til You Hear From Me
David Benoit - Sailing Through the City
Matt Finley - There You Are

Afternoon Classics - Thursday, May 7, 2009

This is the day to breakout the cake and candles for Tchaikovksy and Brahms. It would take a burn permit to light them all though. 

Mozart: Minuet for a Symphony in C, KV409/383f, Sir Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.

Tchaikovsky:  Suite for Orchestra No. 4, Mozartiana, Sir Neville Marriner, Radio Symphony of Stuttgart.

Brahms:  Variations on a Theme by Hadyn, Op. 56a, Yoel Levi conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

Brahms:  Violin Sonata No. 1 in G, Op. 78, Itzhak Perlman on the violin with Vladimir Ashkenazy on the piano. 

Tchaikovsky:  Concert Fantasy in G, Op. 56, Dimitris Sgouros on the piano, Walter Weller conducting the London Philharmonic.

Mozart:   Symphony  No. 40 in G minor, "the great G minor" KV 550, Sir Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.

Takemitsu:   Fantasma/Cantos, Sabine Meyer on the clarinet and Claudio Abbado leading the Berlin Philharmonic.

Cafe' Ole' w/Conrad

Marvin Gaye - Come Live with Me Angel
George Benson - Valdez in the Country
Gilberto Gil - A Minha Menina ( She's My shoo-shoo)

Michael McDonald - Hallelujah
Seal - Stand By Me
Spyro Gyra - Morning Dance

Don Fagan - Walk Between the Raindrops Back to Your Door
Mel Torme' - Walk Between Raindrops...
Steely Dan - Peg

Pearl Django - Under Paris Skies
Olivarez Trio - Adieu Bienville
Van Morrison - Gypsy

Chase Sanborn - Sweet and Low
Wycliffe Gordon - Stardust
Colors in Motion - Northern lights
Sade' - No Ordinary Love

Al Stewart - Time Passages
Cuck Mangione - Maui Waui

Afternoon Classics - Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Well - no fiesta today, but still a lot of music. More Brahms and Tchaikovsky. 

Mozart:  Symphony No. 32 in G, KV 318, Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Ravel:  Sonata for  Violin & Piano (1927), Giles Apap - violin, Eric Ferrand-N'Kaoua - piano.

Waxman:  Sinfonietta for String Orchestra and Timpani, Lawrence Foster, Orquestra Sinfonica de Barcelona.

  -- --       :  Charm Bracelet for String Orchestra, Lawrence Foster, Orquestra Sinfonica de Barcelona.

Tchaikovsky:  Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35, Erica Morini - violin; Artur Rodzinski with the Royal Philharmonic.

Brahms:  Piano Quartet No. 1, in Gminor, Op. 25, Xiayin Wang - piano, the Amity Players.

Hindemith:  Kammermusik No. 6, Op. 46, No. 1, Norbert Blume - viola d'amore, Riccardo Chailly conducting members of the Royal Concertgebouw.

Wednesday Soundings 5-6-09 "Cinco de Mayo"

Arriba! Bueno y Bienvenidos. Latin jazz in celebration of Cinco de Mayo.

Hilton Ruiz-Mambo Numero Cinco
Machito W/ Cannonball Adderly-Congo Mulence
Ray Vega-Prayer of Jabez
Arturo Sandoval-Funky Cha Cha
Jesus "Chucho" Valdez-Jica
Woody Herman-La Fiesta
Tito Puente-Descarga
The Garcia Brothers-Bolsa Chica
Paquito D'Rivera-Tico Tico
La Vienta-Coyote
Orlando Cachaito Lopez-Mis Dos Pequenas
Rios-Penta y Uno
Angel Melendez-Amor Mio
Kat Parra-Quitate La Queta
Trio Norte-Amor Flamenco
John Coltrane-Bahia
Justo Almario y Alex Acuna-Giant Steps
Yoboso-Oye Mama
Pancho Sanchez-El Sabroson
Hilton Ruiz-Cuchi Cuchi
Eduardo Tancredi-Cha Cha for Endora

Esta todos muchachos. Muchos Gracias, Mie.

Wednesday Crosscurrents 5/6

Wednesday Crosscurrent - John Gaguine

Gordon Lightfoot - Ribbon of Darkness, Black Day in July, For Lovin' Me, Did She Mention My Name?, Your Love's Return (Song for Stephen Foster)

Quicksilver Messenger Service - Pride of Man (Hamilton Camp)
Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan

Nanci Griffith and the Blue Moon Orchestra - She Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Guy Clark), I Fought the Law (Sonny Curtis, who shares the vocals on this classic made famous by the Bobby Fuller Four in 1967), Not My Way Home (Griffith) - all from her 1997 CD Blue Roses from the Moon

The Bard - Bob Dylan - two from his 1974 GREAT album Blood on the Tracks - You're a Big Girl Now; If You See Her, Say Hello

The Bard again - Just Like a Woman (from his greatest album (imho), 1966's Blonde on Blonde)
The Boss - Bruce Springsteen - 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)

Alison Krauss and Union Station - Two Highways, Teardrops Will Kiss the Morning Dew (from the first Krauss and Union Station album, 1989)
Alison Krauss - Too Late to Cry - from her first album, 1987, featuring Sam Bush and Jerry Douglas, later mainstays of Union Station

Lightfoot - Mountains and Maryann, Canadian RR Trilogy (live in Toronto, 1969)

Phil Ochs - There But for Fortune, Changes, The War Is Over

Brewer and Shipley - Witchi-Tai-To (Jim Pepper)

Cafe Ole for Cinco De Mayo....

M/M: Mariachi de Mexico - Las Mananitas
Linda Ronstadt - Palomita de los Ojos Negros
M/M - La Negra
Herb Alpert & TJ Brass TJB) - Acapulco 1922

M/M - Zapolito Mojado/Magruado
Ronstadt - Frenesi
Tania Libertad - Anda Mariado
TJB - A Taste of Honey
Jefe de Jefes - Botellita de Jerez

Santana - Oye Como Va
Isabel Umanzor - Absurdia Historia del Amor

M/M - Las Coronelas
Marta Gomez - La Ronda (Pan y Canela)
TJB - TJ Taxi
Ronstadt - El Camino
M/M - La Perlitas

Jose Feliciano - She's in My Blood
Santana - Samba Pa Ti
Ronstadt - Piel Canela
Ely Guera - La Tumba Falsa

Afternoon Classics - Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Feliz Cinco de Mayo amigos!  And it should be a bright, shiny day to celebrate the victory of the Mexican army over the French troops backing Emperor Maximillan. No Mexican music though today. This week contains the joint birthday of Johannes Brahms and Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. This takes place Thursday, the 7th. So for starters we look to Mozart!

Mozart: Symphony No. 26 in E flat, KV 184, Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.

Tchaikovsky:  String Quartet No. 3 in E flat minor, Op. 30, The Ying Quartet.

Brahms:  Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98, Sir Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony  Orchestra.

Brahms:  5 Lieder, Op. 94, Thomas Quasthof - baritone and Justus Zeyen - piano. 

Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Op. 45, Seiji Osawa and the Philharmonia Orchestra.

Rozsa:   Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 32, Lynn Harrell - cello, Yoel Levi and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

Tchaikovsky: Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 48, Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Saint-Saens:  Suite Algerienne, Op. 60, Yondani Butt and the London Symphony Orchestra.

Schumann:  Fantasiestucke, Martha Argerich - piano; Natalia Gutman - cello. 

Tues. AM CC with Katie B. May 5, 2009

Neil Young
Just Singing a Song
Fork in the Road
2009

Pete Seeger
Or Else! (One of These Days)
Pete Seeger at 89
2008

Neil Young
Light one Candle
Fork in the Road
2009

JD Souther
You're Only Lonely (1979)
House of Pride (bonus track)
2009 Release

Sean Lennon
Parachute
Friendly Fire
2006

Beatles
Flying
Mother Natures Son

Beck
Sunday Sun
Sea Change

Emma's Revolution
Coast of Maine
Roots rock and Revolution
2006

KD Lange
Love's Great Ocean
Invincible Summer
2000

AIR
Sexy Boy
1998

Lykke Li
Little Bit
Youth Novels
2008

Santana
Maria Maria
Produced by Wyclef Jean and
Jerry Duplessis
Supernatural
1999

Santana
Hoy Es Adios
Featuring Alejandro Lerner
Shaman
2002

Sergio Mendes
Funky Bahia
Paste #45

San Francisco Nights
Eric Burdon and the Animals

Jesse Colin Young
Morning Sun
Jesse Colin Young Greatest Hits
2002 Release

Robin Hitchcock and the Egyptians
Surfer Ghost
Luminous Groove Box Set
2008 Release

Andrew Bird
Fitz and the Dizzy Spells
Noble Beast
2009

Flogging Molly
Float
Float
2007

Sean Tracy
Smokin Drinkin Cheatin Dyin
Trouble
2008

Alaska in Winter
Close Your Eyes, We are Blind
Dance Party in the Balkans
2008

Cake
Hem of Your Garment
Prolonging the Magic
1998

Chris Williamson
WaterFall
The Best of Chris Williamson
1998 Release

Indigo Girls
What are You Like?
Poseidon and the Bitter Bug
2009

Jazz Tonight with Conrad for 5/4/2009

Oscar Peterson & Michele LeGrande - St. Tropez
Miles Davis - (Kind of Blue CD)...Blue Dolphin Street,,, So What
Miles Davis - (Around About Midnite).... Bye Bye Blackbird
Miles Davis - (doo -bop cd) ,,, The Doo Bop Song
Miles Davis - (Tribute to Jack Johnson cd) Right Off
Miles Davis - (Kind of Blue cd) Stella by Starlight

Xavier Cugat - (Big Band Beat) - Bolero, Nightengale Yours
Mel Torme' - (The Velvet Fog) Bossa Nova Medley One note Samba/The Gift
Xavier Cugat - The Miami Beach Rhumba

Lester Young - (Pres & Teddy & Oscar) Love Me or Leave Me.
Lester Young - These Foolish Things Remind Me of You
Lester Young - Taking a Chance on Love
Oscar Peterson / Ray Brown / Herb Ellis - It Never Entered My Mind/Body & Soul

Cafe Au Lait, Ole'!! with Conrad for Monday 5/4/2009

Thanks to walkers everywhere

Ambient Groove -- May 2, 2009

Playlist for May 2, 2009

Set 1:

Joy, Uma
Nageki, Kitaro
Softly My Heart, Stephen DeRuby
In the Cathedral, Gary Lamb

Set 2:

If You Believe, Jim Brickman
A Special Place, David Arkenstone
Joy, George Winston
Reflection, Oystein Sevag
Church of Trees, Liz Story

Set 3:

Aurora's Dream, Luis Perez
The Guardian Angel, Shinji
Peace, Yu-Xiao Guang
Her Knees Deep In Your Mind, Ray Lynch
Enchantment, Chris Spheeris

Set 4:

Dream Beach, Michael Hedges
In Our Jasmine Days, Michael Manring & Paul McCandless
Summer, Tracy Silverman (an interpretation of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons)
Incondizionatamente, Will Ackerman
The Warmth of the Sun, Philip Aaberg & Scott Mathews

Set 5:

Overture, Tom Vedvik
Call to Mind, Pressure Drop
Tabla Rasa, Sven van Hees

Set 6:

Cansion de Amour, Lisa Lynne
Summertime, Jay Beckenstein
Reflections on the Pond, David Arkenstone
Shaka Slack Key, George Winston & Keola Beamer

Cafe Ole' for MAY DAY with Conrad

MAY DAY... MAY DAY... MAY DAY//// No this is not a cry for help but a celebration of the Merry month of May....May Pole dancing in the studios... Fishing in the May King Salmon Derby in the waters... Walking along our boulevards in the Sun!!! How Exciting!!! HAPPY MAY DAY EVERYONE....

Big Hands Dan Colvin Band - Be Thankful For What You've Got
George Benson - Breezin
Dancing Fantasy - Dreamin Out loud
Stevie Wonder - All Day Sucker

Dee Daniels - Honeysuckle Rose
Chase Sanborn - Sweet "N Low
Earth Wind & Fire - Got to Get You Into My Life

Lee Ritenour - Rio Funk
Dan Colvin Band - The Beat Goes On

Boz Scaggs - What Can I Say
Spyro Gyra - Morning Dance
Modern Jazz QTT - Bag's Groove

Stevie Wonder - Ordinary Pain
Joe Jackson - Steppin Out
Maroon Five - Sunday Morning