Music You Can't Hear on the Radio

Tonight’s show is likely to include music from the new album by The Chieftains, songs about Hard Times & Hard Cheese, songs and Animals, music from Ukeleles  & Cliff Edwards, some Yodeling, and music from Guy Davis, The Neville Brothers, Black 47, Deborah Holland & The Refugees. Listeners welcome from 7:00-10:00 pm on WPRB at WPRB.com and 103.3 FM. For info about almost-podcasting the show, see  thehomepage of this website.

This week’s show will include the song recorded by The Chieftains together with The Rolling Stones referenced in the Sunday New York Times Arts Section.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/arts/music/stones-chieftains-beach-boys-and-el-gran-combo-turn-50.html?pagewanted=1

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Pete Labriola and John Weingart seem to be alternating hosting the show this month. Pete, who was in on the first of the year, will return on January 15th while John who did the show on January 8th will return on January 22nd and 29th.

Also on January 29th, Beppe Gambetta will be performing live in the studio in advance of his concert with John McEuen on February 4th in the Sanctuary Concert Series at the Presbyterian Church in Chatham, New Jersey (http://www.sanctuaryconcerts.org/).

Christmas Day – A Worried Waltz rendition of Music You Can’t Hear On The Radio begins at 6:00 pm immediately following Jon Solomon’s annual 24-hour Christmas music marathon.

New Year’s Day – Pete Labriola is the guest host.

January 8th – John Weingart returns as the non-guest host.

TONIGHT – Christmas songs will be sprinkled – perhaps heavily – through tonight’s show including some old favorites like “Christmas Time On The Big Bayou” and Joseph Spence singing “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town. Also music new and old more related to some of the other 364 days of the year. Suggestions welcome in either category.

GIFT IDEAS – Great folk music-related CDs and DVDs are listed in the recommendations section of this website.(http://veryseldom.com/) Also, if you’re looking for a  gift for a guitarist, space is still available in Beppe Gambetta’s two-day workshop in Stockton, NJ on January 14-15. Contact fedcalv@tin.it.

Two unrelated notes:

First, I’ve played  President Nixon’s introduction of Johnny Cash when he performed at the White House in 1970 on the air   twice so far. It’s included on the new Johnny Cash “bootleg” album on Columbia. Here’s interesting background: http://blog.nixonfoundation.org/2011/04/rn-welcomes-the-man-in-black-to-the-white-house/.

Second, listening to the folk channel on satellite radio yesterday, I was reminded yet again of how bad radio can be even when it is programming good music. I tuned in as they were playing Bryan Bowers’ powerfully disturbing song about having been in prison. I hadn’t heard it in a long time (He recorded it decades ago) and I appreciated being reminded of it and hearing it again. As it neared the end, I wondered how they would choose to follow it – another song about jails or criminal justice? an instrumental? the dj coming on air to quietly announce what we had heard? No, they chose instead to go directly to The Roches singing “Good King Wenceslas.?