John Trembly from In the Red (Fridays 11p-2a):Black Hollies- Softly Towards The Light- Ernest Jenning Nouvellas- S/T- Ernest Jenning
Nick Heary (Thursday PM Jazz):
The MacPodz Live at the Ark
Tom Allerton (Africa Beyond, Wed., 7-9pm): Oumou Sangare-Seya Francophonic Vols. 1&2 on Sterns' (Strong managerial second on Vol. 1, especially) The Rail Band reissues on Sterns' Balla Ets Ses Balladins on Sterns' (Strong managerial second) Nigeria 1970 reissue on Strut (caveat however in that World Passport podcasts cover this music in far more depth...) ... all in all a rather bland year with little other new music of note on the african & international scene from this listener's perspective. I guess the past is a good place to be stuck in these days...
Mike Lovelady (Wednesday Rock, 9-11pm):
Unfortunately I'm not one for prosey art haus reviews - I am an engineer after all....I think album releases have been a bit samey this year and I don't remember anything blowing me away too much but here we go...
Acoustic Ladyland - Living With A Tiger Possibly the best live band I've seen - so much energy, a complete wall of jazz-punk noise - this latest album just a beast.
Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain - The Melody of Rhythm Genius
Dub FX - Everythinks a Ripple "Dub Fx is a Worldwide Street Performer who uses loop & effects pedals to create layers of sounds into music using only his voice. ..."
Gomez - A New Tide Underrated ( especially in their homeland ) songsmiths still going strong
Other Lives - Other Lives Splendid ( not too ) epic sprawling indie
Engineers - Three Fact Fader Dream pop indie ( apparently )
Fink - Sort of Revolution A man and his guitar ( and some other stuff )
Qemists - Join The Q Another beast of a CD!
Sonic Middle Age - The Eternal Just writing songs now - still brilliant
Les Claypool - Of Fungi and Foe Always have a soft spot for Les
Tom Waits - Glitter and Doom Consumate nutter
Nick McClure (Monday Late Nite, 11pm-2am):
Eric, Here is a list of the Top twenty 2009 releases based on what albums, or albums with the singles that I have been listening to the most. They may all not be masterpieces, and some didn't get the best reviews from Pitchfork.com or wherever, but there is some really solid, addicting music here. Hope this list isn't way too long! 1. A Woman a Man Walked By: PJ Harvey & John Parish 2. The xx: The Xx 3. Girls: The Album 4. Yo La Tengo: Popular Songs 5. Cursive: Mama I'm Swollen 6. The Rosebuds: Life Like 7. The Flaming Lips: Embryonic 8. St Vincent: Actor 9. Camera Obscura: My Maudlin Career. 10. Rancid: Let The Dominoes Fall 11. The Black Lips: 200 Million Thousand 12. Wye Oak: The Knot 13. Bill Calahan: Sometimes I wish I were an Eagle 14. Polvo: in Prism 15. The Mountain Goats: The Life of The World to Come 16. The Obits: I Blame You 17. Dinosaur Jr.: Farm 18. Various Artists: Golden Hour Box Set (Thrill Jockey Records) 19. The new Vic Chesnutt lp. 20. Dave Bazan: Curse Your Branches
Steve Terry (Further Along, Sundays 2-5pm):
my two favorites off the top of my head are:
M.Ward- Hold Time Norah Jones- The Fall
Fred (Louisiana Sound/Constant Listener):
May Erlewine - HELL YEAH ! Madeline Peyroux (Bare Bones), Mavis Staples (Live), The Afro 70's Funk (aforementioned Nigeria 1970 reissue on Strut ?), Bonerama (Hard Times), Bari-Sax Gal (?), to name a FEW.
Sandy (Thursday Crossroads 5-7pm; Local Motion, Friday 6-7.30pm):
Danny Schmidt (Instead the Forest Rose To Sing). Oh yeah, and Alecia Nugent (Hillbilly Goddess)
Ellen (Wed. Mid-day Jazz):
Joey DeFrancisco! (Snapshot)
Greg Holmes (Thursday Morning Jazz):
manhattan transfer chick corea songbook, brian bromberg, it is what it is |
