Transmusic Airwaves

On this weeks edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #285) the program begins with the latest from CHARLES LLOYD & THE MARVELS, then what follows includes a MCKENDREE SPRING song, an Bach cello piece by STANLEY CLARKE, more from the latest RESIDENTS release, and three internationally inspired cuts by JON HASSELL, DUOUD, and the late GEOFFREY ORYEMA.

Later on there's music from the 'vault' from ANNETTE PEACOCK (channeling Elvis with 'Love Me Tender'), THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION ('Absolutely Free'), PLASTIC PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE, SYD BARRETT, CARAVAN, and an early CAN cut from 'Soundtracks.'

If you like the blues then I've got BUDDY GUY and LITTLE AXE for you, the alternative styling's of THE B-52'S and SWOLLEN MONKEYS, more world beat from NUSRAT FATAH ALI KHAN & MICHAEL BROOK and SEVERA NAZARKHAN, and plenty of NEW material from COWBOY JUNKIES, CHRIS BUTLER & RALPH CARNEY, THE ORB, and ERNIE KRIVDA.

For more information or to purchase Chris Butler & Ralph Carney’s ’Songs for Unsung Holidays’ please visit: https://www.smogveil.com/

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Friday September 7th was officially 'Salami Appreciation Day' so I celebrated it with that very song of the same name by CHRIS BUTLER and RALPH CARNEY from their NEW release 'Songs For Unsung Holidays' during the debut of my latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #284). You can still hear it surrounded by other 'food' songs during the first set including FRANK ZAPPA'S 'St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast,' BRAVE COMBO'S 'Who Stole The Kishka,' CHARLES MINGUS conveying his tastes from 'Cumbia and Jazz Fusion', DAEVID ALLEN interpreting 'Salt Peanuts,' and other relatable melodies from PRIMUS, and THE GOASTT (Sean Ono Lennon).

Among the highlights from the 'vault' this week are the psychedelic styling's of THE INSECT TRUST, a vintage DEVO song, the groovy rhythm’s of the LEMON PIPERS, a classic piece from KING CRIMSON'S 'Starless' album, and an early 'dub' effort by LEE 'SCRATCH' PERRY.

NEW album tracks by CHARLES LLOYD & THE MARVELS (featuring Lucinda Williams and Bill Frisell),THE RESIDENTS latest offering 'I Am A Resident,' plus more from UNDERWORLD & IGGY POP, ERNIE KRIVDA & SWING CITY, and THE ORB are all included today.

For more information or to purchase Chris Butler & Ralph Carney’s ’Songs for Unsung Holidays’ please visit: https://www.smogveil.com/

For more of RALPH CARNEY'S music:
https://ralphcarney.bandcamp.com/music

For more of CHRIS BUTLER'S Music:
http://www.futurefossilmusic.com/

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The fun continues on this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #283) with more songs from the new CHRIS BUTLER and RALPH CARNEY album 'Songs For Unsung Holidays.' You'll hear 'Hippie Day' (actually celebrated September 5th and followed by a Jerry Garcia outtake of 'The Wheel'), Bath Safety Day (followed by the Bonzo's 'My Pink Half of the Drainpipe'), and 'Blessing of the Bikes Day' (followed by Nick Mason's 'Can't Get My Motor to Start') during the course of the show. Ain't symmetry wonderful?

Also heard are songs by THE LAST POETS, YO YO MA & THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE (with Rhiannon Giddens), THE BIZARROS, LADY JUNE'S LINGUISTIC LEPROSY, GODLEY & CREME, LEO KOTTKE, TINARIWEN, KEN NORDINE, JOHN CALE singing 'Pablo Picasso,' and JIM WHITE'S rendition of 'King of the Road.'

More cuts from NEW releases by THE STANLEY CLARKE BAND, UNDERWORLD & IGGY POP, STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS, ERNIE KRIVDA, and JOHN COLTRANE'S 'Lost Album' are played.

For more information or to purchase Chris Butler & Ralph Carney’s ’Songs for Unsung Holidays’ please visit: https://www.smogveil.com/

For more of RALPH CARNEY'S music:
https://ralphcarney.bandcamp.com/music

For more of CHRIS BUTLER'S Music:
http://www.futurefossilmusic.com/

For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/

This week marks the release of the album 'Songs For Unsung Holidays' by CHRIS BUTLER and RALPH CARNEY and to celebrate I'll play three songs from it during today's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #282). I'll start the show off with Chris & Ralph's 'Polka Day' and follow it with 'Purple Haze' done as a polka by BRAVE COMBO, then add the song 'Contrabanda' by DEVOTCHKA, 'The Muffin Man' interpreted by MILES GRIFFIN, and ROBERT WYATT'S 'Soup Song' to a blistering first set.

Later on you'll hear NEW pieces from UNDERWORLD & IGGY POP, “Masters of War' from BOB DYLAN'S rare performances CD, reissues from STATUS QUO and JETHRO TULL, and more material from THE ORB, TY SEGALL & WHITE FENCE, and NINE INCH NAILS.

There plenty of fun included from the likes of ROGER RUSKIN SPEAR, IVOR CUTLER, TODD RUNDGREN ('Just Another Onionhead'), and the VIOLENT FEMMES (doing their rendition of the Jetson's “Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah') as well as selections from PERE UBU, THE NUMBERS BAND, BRIAN ENO, and PENTANGLE. Don't miss a minute today!

For more information or to purchase Chris Butler & Ralph Carney’s ’Songs for Unsung Holidays’ please visit: https://www.smogveil.com/

For more of RALPH CARNEY'S music:
https://ralphcarney.bandcamp.com/music

For more of CHRIS BUTLER'S Music:
http://www.futurefossilmusic.com/

For more great podcasts from DJ's of the San Francisco Community Podcast Network: http://savekusf.podomatic.com/

A set of music based on the latest absurdity to emerge from Washington, 'Space Force' makes up the entire third set on this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #281). Musical contributions from new albums by NINE INCH NAILS, THE STANLEY CLARKE BAND, and THE ORB are combined with 'vault' selections from JEFF WAYNE'S 'War of the Worlds' album (with narrative by Richard Burton), GONG, HAWKWIND, and the WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND to get the point across.

In other parts of today's show legendary jazz luminaries JOHN COLTRANE and MILES DAVIS each contribute a piece from their new reissues. From John Coltrane you'll hear a cut from his never before released 'Both Directions At Once – The Lost Album' and from Miles Davis it's a piece from the remastered recording of the 'Ascensuer Pour L'Echafaud' film score.

There's also songs from SPARKS, RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, BENJAMIN BRITTAN, HUGH HOPPER & RICHARD SINCLAIR, OLIVER MTUKUDZI, and LITTLE FEAT, and more newly released tracks from ERNIE KRIVDA & SWING CITY, DAVID BYRNE, TY SEGALL & WHITE FENCE, PALBERTA, and FATHER JOHN MISTY.

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'That's It For The Other One' (newly remastered) from the 50th anniversary edition of the GRATEFUL DEAD'S 'Anthem of the Sun' and the cut 'Burn You Up, Burn You Down' from the 10th anniversary celebration of PETER GABRIEL and KARL WALLINGER'S 'Big Blue Ball' collaboration are just two of the many reasons to tune into TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #280) beginning Friday, August 10.
Throughout this three hour program, I've got some amazing musical segues arranged including TALKING HEADS' 'Ruby Please' (the Bush mix) with STEVE HILLAGE (covering 'Not Fade Away'), another between sea songs from BRYAN FERRY and the INCREDIBLE STRING BAND, and another segue of KRONOS QUARTET'S string version of 'Misirlou' and 'The Twist' blended with Tuvan throat singers HUUN-HUUR-TU.

More NEW selections are played from THE STANLEY CLARKE BAND, NINE INCH NAILS, RAY DAVIES, and THE ORB. Local fav's RALPH CARNEY and TOM HERMAN are heard along with 'vault' finds from FLYING LIZARDS, ALAN VEGA & MARTIN REV, RICHARD PINHAS, and BO HANSSON.

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GORILLAZ, GONG, and GIBBY HAYNES all combine to get this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #279) up and running during the first set which also includes songs from BILL FRISELL (and his quartet), THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION (from Uncle Meat), the EELS, and MORPHINE in it.

Later on from the 'vault' you'll hear NICK DRAKE, THE DOORS, ARTHUR BROWN'S KINGDOM COME, and early PINK FLOYD and KING CRIMSON. Also programmed is an instrumental piece from THE BEATLES 'Yellow Submarine' soundtrack and ROBERT WYATT singing the jazz standard 'What a Wonderful World.'

NEW releases played this week include NINE INCH NAILS, BUDDY GUY, THE ORB, CHROME, ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER, and ARTHUR BUCK.

Every style from the Blues to Gamelan inspired can be heard on this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #278). Today's program begins with a new song from Blues legend BUDDY GUY and during the first set morphs from there to CAPTAIN BEYOND, THE ORB'S latest (featuring JAH WOBBLE), a piano piece from NIKLAS PASCHBURG and more piano from THOMAS BARTLETT & NICO MUHLY'S new work. That is followed by Guru Guru's MANI NEUMEIRER and sidekick PETER HOLLINGER Balinese rhythm’s before SHADOWFAX adds their signature to the sets completion.

There's plenty of 'vault' selections including Cleveland folkie JOHN BASSETTE'S 'Hessler Street,' a special rehearsal cut from THE BYRD'S 'Sweetheart of the Rodeo' album, CABARET VOLTAIRE, U.S. 69, PIERRE MOERLEN'S GONG, and of course, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART.

More NEW offerings are played from RAY LAMONTAGNE, PALBERTA, JACK WHITE, ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER, THE MANHATTEN TRANSFER (covering XTC), and MELODY'S ECHO CHAMBER.

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I've got plenty of musical collaborations on this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #277). BRIAN ENO & RICK HOLLAND, MICHAEL GILES, JAMIE MUIR, & DAVID CUNNINGHAM, ROBIN LUMLEY & JACK LANCASTER (from 'Marscape'- pictured here), HECTOR ZAZOU (with LISA GERMANO), and MOEBIUS, CONNY PLANK, & MAYO THOMPSON all appear during today's first set.

Later there's more NEW songs from THOMAS BARTLETT & NICO MUHLY, PALBERTA, GARY NUMAN, ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER, MELODY'S ECHO CHAMBER, NORDIC RAGA, and GINA FORSYTH. From the 'vault' I've programmed KEVIN AYERS, DUKE ELLINGTON, FAUST, LOTHAR & THE HAND PEOPLE, and RETURN TO FOREVER'S 'Majestic Dance.'

Got an itch for a 'theme' today? I'll add music with 'water' as the theme from VIOLENT FEMMES, BERT JANSCH, FRANK ZAPPA ('Little Umbrellas'), PARQUET COURTS, and BRUCE COCKBURN during the second hour.

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You're in luck! It's not all bad on Friday the 13th as my latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #276) debuts. No black cats or sidewalk cracks, instead I'll start the show with THE NUMBERS BAND (15-60-75) and their song 'Thunderhead' and follow it with a cut from GARY NUMAN'S latest, then add the ethereal sound of ISSA BAGAYOGO'S 'N'goni' (Mali lute). Next up there's XTC doing 'Cynical Days,' and a MILES DAVIS (with the GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA) piece before completing the set with a traditional Italian folk song by SPACCANAPOLI.

Later on you'll hear two great versions of the Soft Machine song 'Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening' done by MONKS OF DOOM and the DELTA SAXOPHONE QUARTET in a set that has WENDY CARLOS'S 'Counrty Lane' and THE FLAMING LIPS'S obscure version of 'If I Only Had A Brain' in it as well. There's a ragtime version of Roxy Music's 'The Bogus Man' done by THE BRYAN FERRY ORCHESTRA and THE TRASHMEN play 'Bird Dance Beat' ('Pow Pow Ohh Mow Mow') back to back in another set that has RY COODER, PETER GABRIEL, and MAGAZINE all blended together.

It's another three hours of freeform fun that should make your day! Now don't you feel lucky?


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