This week, we spend a fair amount of time in St. Louis, Missouri and Chicago with musicians and groups born out of, or associated with, the Black Artists Group and the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. I also throw in some Anthony Braxton, Bill Dixon, 8 Bold Souls, and we almost get through…
Lot’s of live recordings this week as we also celebrate the birthdays of both Hamid Drake and Roscoe Mitchell – both of whom were born on August 3rd and are still producing music. A little funny piece of trivia regarding Hamid Drake and the RoCM – while I haven’t done an official count, he’s likely…
Happy 4th of July week, everyone. Lots of good music this week. We have new music from William Parker, Hamid Drake and Cooper-Moore, as well as newer music from Joy Guidry. And we round out with some classic tracks from Anthony Braxton and The Ensemble Al-Salaam. The Flor de Toloache track is a little outside…
For the first time in RoCM history – which is only four years so lets not get too crazy – I have to do back to back re-airs. I am currently in Oaxaca, Mexico on vacation with my family and, not only is time short, but I managed to forget my portable recorded. I’m really…
In spite of the fact that I am traveling this week, I had every intention of trying to get a show out. It appears that my reach did exceed my grasp so unfortunately we have a re-air of the show from last week. Here is the playlist. Don’t forget that you can listen online at KCSB-FM’s…
So what a week, huh? This week, a quick tribute to Bernice Johnson Reagon – founding member of the Freedom Singers as well as Sweet Honey in the Rock – who passed away on July 16th. We also hear from the Die Like A Dog Quartet, Henry Threadgill, and very cool track by Cooper-Moore and…
A minor computer crash earlier this week meant that I had to get the show out in fairy short order this week. The good news is that I was able to scramble together a pretty decent musical selection – but the bad news is that these are all tracks from albums that I have previously…
So as the title suggests, we have a theme for this week – recordings that feature a duo, specifically saxophone and percussion. I had wanted to do this for a while, as I keep stumbling across recordings that feature this specific lineup, so here we are with a whole dedicated two hours. Here’s the playlist….
Back with a brand new show this week and we start off by celebrating the 100th birthday of legendary Sun Ra Arkestra band leader Marshall Allen who was born on May 25, 1924 – a birthday made all the crazier by the fact that he is still going at 100 years old. Amazing. We also…
Unfortunately, I have to re-air last week’s show as a just plain ran out of time this week after returning from a trip to see family. I will be back with a brand new show next week. Have a great Memorial Day Weekend, everyone. Here is the playlist – and don’t forget that you can…