I'll be releasing my inner child (literally) on this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #374) during a whimsical second set that will feature songs about children and, in several cases, with children, that both kids and adults will enjoy.
Songs from LOTHAR & THE HAND PEOPLE ('Kids Are Little People'), KEN NORDINE ('My Baby'), The Mekons SALLY TIMMS & JOHN LANGFORD (singing Bowie's 'The Prettiest Star'), ANDY PARTRIDGE, RALPH AND RALPH (Ralph Carney & Ralph Legnini), LOL COXHILL (the legendary children's chorus of 'I Am The Walrus'), and several tracks from MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD all get aired during the final portion of the first hour today.
There's plenty of other things to get excited about on this program as well. HARVEY GOLD has his forthcoming new release 'It's Messy, Vol.1,' getting initial airplay right here with the song 'The Fence,' and I'll give you links to how you can download the track and donate to the SPLC and NAACP by purchasing it. Other artists with NEW material heard today include DEERHOOF, SPARKS, THE BREAKERS, OUTRONAUT, and SLEEP DAY, plus there's lots of musical variety with music from CHARLES MINGUS, HABIB KOITE, BUCKETHEAD, JIM WHITE, and CORNELIUS.
From the 'vault' I'll get everything started with part of the suite 'I Can't Feel Nothin' from CAPTAIN BEYOND'S legendary debut, and then later you'll hear other great pieces by KEVIN AYERS, CARPE DIEM, ULTIMATE SPINACH, and Curved Air's SONJA KRISTINA. I'll throw in LEONARD COHEN, SPACCANAPOLI, STEREOLAB, DEVO, and ESQUIVEL for good measure and the show should be well worth adding to your weekly program playlist.
The Set List:
SET #1
CAPTAIN BEYOND 'I Can't Feel Nothin' (Pt. 1)/As The Moon
Speaks To The Waves Of The Sea/Astral Lady/As The Moon Speaks (Return)' - Captain Beyond 7:08
SLEEP DAY (Shane Curry) 'The Baby Is Wasted On An Idiot Like You' - Kiss Me Like A Little Yellow Bird** 3:12
THE BREAKERS 'Drops Of Third Eye' - Voodoo Treatment** 4:49
DEAN & BRITTA 'I'm Not A Young Man Anymore (My Robot Friend Remix)' - 13 Most Beautiful: Songs For Andy Warhol's Screen Tests 3:09
JESCA HOOP 'Intelligentactile 101' - Kismet 4:20
SPARKS 'Stravinsky's Only Hit' - A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip** 4:10
DEVOTCHKA 'Ocean Of Lust' - Una Volta 3:25
SET #2
LOTHAR & THE HAND PEOPLE 'Kids Are Little People' - Presenting 2:24
MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD 'Hickory Dickory Dock' - Let's Go Everywhere 1:02
LOL COXHILL 'I Am The Walrus' - Ear Of The Beholder 3:56
MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD 'All Around The Kitchen' - Let's Go Everywhere 2:27
RALPH AND RALPH 'Opposites (Ralph Legnini & Ralph Carney)' - Opposites 3:23
KEN NORDINE 'My Baby' - The Best Of Word Jazz Vol. 1 2:37
DONALD FRASER 'Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf' - Heigh-Ho Mozart 2:39
ANDY PARTRIDGE Everything'll Be All Right' - Best Of Land Of Nod Store Music Vol. 2 3:04
BUFFALO BOB SMITH 'Howdy Doody' - Toon Tunes: 50 Favorite Classic Cartoon Songs 1:37
MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD 'We Are All Connected' - Let's Go Everywhere 4:07
SET #3
JAM NATION 'Sunstroke' - Way Down Below Buffalo Hell 4:42
CARPE DIEM 'Laure' - Cueille Le Jour 2:47
BRYAN SCARY 'Quick Wendy, Wake The Sparrow!' - Birds** 3:10
JIM WHITE 'Alabama Chrome' - Drill A Hole In That Substrate And Tell Me What You See 4:25
KEVIN AYERS 'Interview/Internotional Anthem' - Bananamour 5:23
BUCKETHEAD 'Sketches Of Spain (For Miles)' - Electric Tears 4:04
HARVEY GOLD 'The Fence' - It's Messy, Vol. 1** 3:38
SET #4
DAVID THOMAS & THE FOREIGNERS 'The Radio Talks To Me' - Bay City 3:56
CORNELIUS 'Magoo Opening' - Fantasma 2:08
DEERHOOF 'Farewell Symphony' - Future Teenage Cave Artists** 3:49
KOKOKO! 'Tongos'a' - Fongola 3:49
SONJA KRISTINA 'Melinda More Or Less' - Songs From The Acid Folk 3:31
THE CIVIL WARS 'Poison & Wine' - Barton Hollow 3:39
PETER HAMMILL '(On Tuesdays She Used To Do) Yoga' - Over 3:57
IF THESE TREES COULD TALK 'The Giving Tree' - Bones Of A Dying World 6:03
OUTRONAUT 'Tempest Fugitive' - Kill The Light** 2:53
SET #5
CHARLES MINGUS 'Hora Decubitus' - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus 4:43
15-60-75 (THE NUMBERS BAND) 'Lucky' - Hotwire 3:53
ULTIMATE SPINACH 'Behold & See (Gilded Lamp Of The Cosmos)' - Behold & See 3:04
HABIB KOITE 'Drapeau' - Soo 3:15
LEONARD COHEN 'Travelling Light' - You Want It Darker 4:23
SPACCANAPOLI 'Pummarola Black' - Lost Souls 5:13
THE CHIEFTAINS 'Morning Dew' - 4 3:33
SET #6
KRONOS QUARTET 'Tabu (Taboo)' - Nuevo 3:12
LOS LOBOS 'Corazon' - This Time 4:07
ESQUIVEL 'Guanacoa' - Cabaret Manana 2:35
DEVO Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini' - Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology 2:01
STEREOLAB 'Excursions Into Oh, A-Oh' - Fab Four Suture 5:27
M 'Working For The Corporation' - The Official Secrets Act 3:35
** = New or recent acquisition
OST = Original Soundtrack
To purchase Harvey Gold's song 'The Fence' from his forthcoming Smog Veil Release, 'It's Messy, Vol. 1 (all proceeds go to the SPLC - Southern Poverty Law Center), and on 6-19-20 Bandcamp will donate fees from it to the NAACP:
https://harveygold.bandcamp.com/releases
To purchase Deerhoof's music:
https://deerhoof.bandcamp.com/
For more Information on Sleep Day (Shane Curry):
https://sleepday.bandcamp.com/releases
For more information on The Breakers music:
https://thebreakers1.bandcamp.com/
To purchase Outronaut's Kill The Light' release:
https://outronaut.bandcamp.com/