Artist Spotlight

The Tractors achieved their distinctive sound in several ways, most notably from the use of old school 'minimal' recording techniques, and an emphasis on capturing everything in one take.[13] Ripley often constructed guitars and cords for use in the band.

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M. Ward is the subject of this week's spotlight. Ward is a solo artist, half of She & Him with Zooey Deschanel, and a member of Monsters of Folk. He's also collaborated with Jenny Lewis, Neko Case, Brian Wilson, and many others. We're going to mainly explore his solo work on this show with an example or two of his work with Deschanel.

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Artist Spotlight on Radio Gordo is going to land on Sixto Rodriguez this week. His output was only three albums but they all contain more great songs than this mere hour could host. We dig into some of my favourites.

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This week we explore some of the work of Leonard Cohen. His artistry spanned decades and distinct eras of his own creativity. Musically, the show is broken into two main parts; the early years and the later years. The shift in his music of becoming and being is drawn in sharp relief with the contrasting segments.

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Roy Orbison is the focus of attention on this week's show. I've split the show into early and later work without an appearance from The Travelling Wilburys. It's refreshing to hear how much grit was still there in the later days because it balances the balladry of the early days.

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Sandy Bull is the artist of choice this time around. Bull played the guitar, banjo, pedal steel guitar, and oud on compositions that combine melodies of the east with jazz from the west in extended, and often improvised, pieces. Bull's 1965 album, "Inventions", was even name dropped by Hunter S. Thompson as a personal favourite.

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This week the show is dedicated to the work of Sturgill Simpson. He's a modern country musician who follows his own path and has a strong dislike of the mechanics and politics of the music industry. It's not without good reason he's drawn comparisons to Outlaw Country legend Waylon Jennings.

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Long time The Psychedelicatessen listeners know I enjoy the work of Hungarian-born guitarist Gabor Szabo and tonight we'll spend an hour diving into his personal history and work. He led an interesting life and made some fantastic music.

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done in memory of my great-grandfather (shout out to Sean for letting me know how much grandpa liked Axton

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hosted by Randall Liboiron

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