Through the Wire http://blog.germuska.com "Hey, I'm just happy to be here..." Wed, 16 May 2012 12:01:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 CreativeCommons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ joe@germuska.com (Joe Germuska) joe@germuska.com (Joe Germuska) 1440 http://blog.germuska.com/images/podcast-small.jpg Through the Wire http://blog.germuska.com 144 144 Eclectic weekly music radio program. Tends to jazz, soul, funk, gospel, afropop, latin and Brazilian, but frequently extends into hip-hop, country, old-time, rock. Something for everyone. Try it. You'll like it. Joe Germuska Joe Germuska joe@germuska.com no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-05-15 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/05/15/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-05-15/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-05-15 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/05/15/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-05-15/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 12:30:43 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3828 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

When he came in to take over after my show, Stephen said that mine had been jazzier than usual. I guess he’s right: the last hour is pretty solidly in that bucket. Before that, the usual birdsongs: some great local contemporary funk and soul from Australia (the Bamboos) and right here in Chicago (JC Brooks), plus hip-hop, some afrofunk and some afro-crooners, a nice set of favorites from the Bahamas, a blues sequence, and a few things that just had to get played somewhere…

Enjoy!

PS I left the first couple of tracks from Stephen’s show as bonus.

 Listen:

download program (144MB, 2 hrs 37 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Automator: “4:17” – A Much Better Tomorrow (75 Ark)
The Bamboos: “Got to Get It Over” – 4 (Tru Thoughts)
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound: “Baltimore is the New Brooklyn” – Beat of Our Own Drum (JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound)
Up, Bustle & Out: “Los Locos Cubanos (Snowboy Mix)” – Xen Cuts (Ninja Tune)
EPMD: “You Gots to Chill” – Hip Hop Forever (BBE)
Lyrics Born: “Cold Call (featuring Gift of Gab)” – Later That Day (Quannum)
Max Tannone: “Johnny Too Beef” – Mos Dub (self-released)
Alèmayèhu Eshèté: “Nèy-Nèy wèlèba” – Ethiopiques 22: More Vintage! (Buda Musique)
Amadou Balake: “Super Bar Konon Mousso” – Bar Konon Mousso Bar (Sacodis)
Docteur Nico & African Fiesta: “Doris” – 1967: Merveilles du Passe (Sonodisc)
Tabu Ley Rochereau: “Kaful Mayay” – The Voice of Lightness (Stern’s)
Melody Aces: “Emmasse Puro O” – Ignace De Souza: The Great Unknowns (Original Music)
Alick Nkhata: “Shalapo” – Shalapo & Other Love Songs: Original Zambian Hits From The 1950′s (Retroafric)
Elizabeth Cotten: “Hallelujah, It is Done” – Shake Sugaree (Smithsonian Folkways)
Israel Forbes: “God Sent Jonah” – The Bahamas: Islands of Song (Smithsonian Folkways)
Joseph Spence: “Jump in the Line” – The Complete Folkways Recordings, 1958 (Smithsonian Folkways)
Ed Moxey’s Rake ‘n’ Scrape: “The Timestable” – The Bahamas: Islands of Song (Smithsonian Folkways)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe: “Rock Me” – 50 Sublimes Chanteuses De Jazz (1940-1953) (Body & Soul)
Little Brother Montgomery: “Vicksburg Blues” – Classic Blues (Smithsonian Folkways)
Sun Ra: “Great Balls of Fire” – The Singles (Evidence)
Bobby Rush: “Bowlegged Woman” – Light: On the South Side – Pepper’s Jukebox (Numero Group)
Erykah Badu: “Southern Gul” – Southern Music Issue compilation, 2005 (Oxford American)
Toto La Momposina y sus Tambores: “Tres Golpes” – Colombia: Musique De La Côte Atlantique (A.S.P.I.C. France)
Maestro Subgum & the Whole: “Amazy Grace” – At the Warthog Museum (Fot)
Mary Lou Williams: “Syl-O-Gism” – American Roots Collection (Smithsonian Folkways)
Steve Lacy-Roswell Rudd Quartet: “Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are” – School Days (Hat Jazz)
Noertker’s Moxie: “Dancer” – Sketches of Catalonia, Vol. 2: Suite for Miró Miro (Edgetone)
Charles Mingus: “Duet Solo Dancers “Hearts’ Beat and Shades in Physical Embraces”” – The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (Impulse)
Duke Ellington: “Mood Indigo” – Indigos (Columbia)
David Murray: “Chazz” – Ballads for Bass Clarinet (DIW)
Eri Yamamoto Trio: “Swimming Song” – The Next Page (AUM Fidelity)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2012/05/15/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-05-15/feed/ 0 2:36:51 When he came in to take over after my show, Stephen said that mine had been jazzier than usual. I guess he's right: the last hour is pretty solidly in that bucket. Before that, the usual birdsongs: some great local contemporary funk and soul from Au[...] When he came in to take over after my show, Stephen said that mine had been jazzier than usual. I guess he's right: the last hour is pretty solidly in that bucket. Before that, the usual birdsongs: some great local contemporary funk and soul from Australia (the Bamboos) and right here in Chicago (JC Brooks), plus hip-hop, some afrofunk and some afro-crooners, a nice set of favorites from the Bahamas, a blues sequence, and a few things that just had to get played somewhere... Enjoy! download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-05-11 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/05/11/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-05-11/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-05-11 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/05/11/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-05-11/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 12:30:38 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3820 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

This weeks show wasn’t plotted out thematically—it’s mostly a selection of recent acquisitions with a few older things mixed in—but I felt like especially the first hour found an interesting flow.

Enjoy!

 Listen:

download program (131MB, 2 hrs 23 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
The Vibrettes: “Humpty Bump (Parts 1 and 2)” – Eddie Bo’s Funky New Orleans (Funky Delicacies)
Stik Figa: “Corner Store” – As Himself (Mello)
Father’s Children: “Phoney People” – Eccentric Soul: A Red Black and Green Production (Numero Group)
Mamo Lagbema: “Love, Music and Dance” – Bambara Mystic Soul – The Raw Sound of Burkina Faso 1974-1979 (Analog Africa)
Brownout: “Rub a Dub” – Oozy (Nat Geo Music)
Augustus Pablo + Rockers: “Sun Ray Dub” – Rockers Come East (Shanachie)
King Tubby: “Confinement Dub” – Shining Dub (Esoldun)
Outside: “Journeyman Part 1” – The Rough and the Smooth (Dorado)
Sonny Cox: “The Wailer” – Off the Wall: Essential Argo/Cadet Grooves (Affinity)
The Pac-Keys: “Hip Pocket” – Late Late Party (1965-67) (Light In The Attic)
Ella Fitzgerald: “I Ain’t Got Nothin’ But the Blues” – Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook (Verve)
Aretha Franklin: “You Send Me” – Aretha Now (Atlantic)
Willie Tee: “Walking Up a One Way Street” – Teasin’ You (1965-1971) (Night Train)
Bill Withers: “Sweet Wanomi” – Just As I Am (Columbia)
The Shades of Black: “Mystery of Black (pt. 1)” – Quantic Presents: The World’s Rarest Funk 45s (Jazzman)
Scott Fee & Cybil Ant: “Mango Maracatu” – Headz 2A (Mo Wax)
Satanás y su Grupo: “Cumbia de la Montaña” – The Original Sound Of Cumbia: The History Of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By The Phonograph 1948-79 (Soundway)
Fruko y Sus Tesos: “Tihuanaco” – The Afrosound of Colombia, Vol. 1 (Vampisoul)
Long John Hunter: “Grandma” – Ooh Wee Pretty Baby! (Norton)
Headlines: “He’s Looking For A Love” – Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, OH (Numero Group)
Adikwa Depala: “Moni, Moni Non Dey” – The World is Shaking: Cubanismo in the Congo (Honest Jon’s)
Miriam Makeba and the Skylarks with Spokes Mashiyane: “Inkomo Zodwa” – Soul Safari Presents Township Jive & Kwela Jazz (1940-1960) (Ubuntu)
The Soulmates: “Them a Laugh And A Kiki” – “Tighten Up” Box (Trojan)
Steve Coleman & Dave Holland: “Dream of the Elders” – Phase Space (DIW)
Herculaneum: “Mad Anthony” – Olives and Orchids (EF)
Jenny Scheinman: “Ali Farka Touché” – Mischief and Mayhem (Jenny Scheinman / TuneCore)
Nâ Hawa Doumbia : “Kungo Sogoni” – La Grande Cantatrice Malienne, Vol. 3 (Awesome Tapes from Africa)
Ateg ould Syed: “l’Ensijab” – Wallahi Le Zein!! Wezin, Jakwar And Guitar Boogie From The Islamic Republic Of Mauritania (Latitudes)
Hedzoleh Soundz: “Mee Bee (When)” – Hedzoleh (Soundway)
Seu Jorge: “Japonesa” – Músicas Para Churrasco Vol. 1 (Wrasse)
São Paulo Underground: “Três Cabeças Loucuras” – Carambola (Cuneiform)
Eri Yamamoto Trio: “Just Walking” – The Next Page (AUM Fidelity)
Jeff Parker Trio: “Freakadelic” – Bright Light in Winter (Delmark)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2012/05/11/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-05-11/feed/ 0 2:23:16 This weeks show wasn't plotted out thematically—it's mostly a selection of recent acquisitions with a few older things mixed in—but I felt like especially the first hour found an interesting flow. Enjoy! This weeks show wasn't plotted out thematically—it's mostly a selection of recent acquisitions with a few older things mixed in—but I felt like especially the first hour found an interesting flow. Enjoy! download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-05-01 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/05/01/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-05-01/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-05-01 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/05/01/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-05-01/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 12:30:08 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3815 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

Just a pile of everything, wrapping up with a minor feature for Don Cherry, just because. Oh yeah, and thanks to the caller who rang in to express his enthusiasm for the Debashish Bhattacharya piece—it’s always nice to know when the music strikes a chord with someone… which includes you, faithful listener. Let me know what you enjoy and don’t enjoy, either in comments here or on the tweets @JoeGermuska…

Enjoy!

Note: next week I’m swapping days with another DJ, so the live Birds will be 5 am Friday, May 11 instead of the usual Tuesday…

 Listen:

download program (139MB, 2 hrs 31 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Fanfare Pourpour: “Coucou!” – Le Bal (Ambiances Magnétiques)
Barney Rachabane Combo: “Love For Sale” – Archive Africa: Jazz, Jive and Jibe (Afribeat)
Digable Planets: “Jettin’” – Blowout Comb (Pendulum)
The JBs: “You Can Have Watergate” – Funky Good Time: The Anthology (Universal)
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble: “Mushallah” – New York City Live (Pheelco)
Super Biton de Segou: “Nie Nema Mine” – Afro Jazz du Mali (Bolibana)
Rail Band: “Mali Tebaga Mogoma” – Belle Epoque Vol. 1 – Soundiata (Stern’s)
Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck: “Maacina Tooro” – Think Global: West Africa Unwired (World Music Network)
Lukas Ligeti & Beta Foly: “Brontologik 3.44” – Lukas Ligeti & Beta Foly (Intuition)
Mississippi John Hurt: “Frankie” – Anthology of American Folk Music (Smithsonian Folkways)
Dave Van Ronk: “Betty & Dupree” – The Folkways Years 1959-61 (Smithsonian Folkways)
Charlie Feathers: “Frankie & Johnny” – Get With It: Essential Recordings (1954-1969) (Revenant)
Slim Ducket & Pig Norwood: “I Want To Go Where Jesus Is” – How Can I Keep From Singing, Vol 1 (Yazoo)
Rev. H.B. Jackson: “Everytime I Feel the Spirit” – How Can I Keep From Singing, Vol 1 (Yazoo)
Tennessee Mountaineers: “Standing on the Promises” – How Can I Keep From Singing, Vol 1 (Yazoo)
Rev. C.J. Johnson & Family: “I Want To Go Where Jesus Is” – Wade In The Water, Vol. 2: African American Congregational Singing (Smithsonian)
SNCC Freedom Singers led by Matthew Jones: “Odinga Oginga” – Voices of the Civil Rights Movement (Smithsonian Folkways)
Peter Gabriel: “Before Night Falls” – Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ (Real World)
Grupo Anmataff: “Tinariwen” – Music from Saharan Cellphones (Sahel Sounds)
Otis Redding: “The Hucklebuck” – The Dock of the Bay (Atlantic)
The Five Keys: “Hucklebuck with Jimmy” – The Dawn of Doo-Wop (Proper)
La Sonora de Lucho Macedo: “Macedo’s Boogaloo” – ¡Gózalo! Bugalú Tropical, Vol. 3 (Vampisoul)
Ry-Co Jazz: “Aux Antilles” – Bon Voyage !! (Retro Afric)
Debashish Bhattacharya: “Maha Shakti” – Calcutta Slide Guitar (Riverboat)
Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake: “Sakti/Shiva” – From the River to the Ocean (Thrill Jockey)
Roy Campbell Pyramid: “Chant for Don Cherry” – Communion (Silkheart)
DKV Trio: “Complete Communion Suite, Part 2” – Live in Wels & Chicago, 1998 (Okkadisk)
Don Cherry: “Degi-Degi” – Brown Rice (A&M)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2012/05/01/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-05-01/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Just a pile of everything, wrapping up with a minor feature for Don Cherry, just because. Oh yeah, and thanks to the caller who rang in to express his enthusiasm for the Debashish Bhattacharya piece—it's always nice to know when the music strikes a [...] Just a pile of everything, wrapping up with a minor feature for Don Cherry, just because. Oh yeah, and thanks to the caller who rang in to express his enthusiasm for the Debashish Bhattacharya piece—it's always nice to know when the music strikes a chord with someone... which includes you, faithful listener. Let me know what you enjoy and don't enjoy, either in comments here or on the tweets @JoeGermuska... Enjoy! download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-04-24 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/04/24/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-04-24/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-04-24 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/04/24/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-04-24/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:30:58 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3811 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

This week’s show was a free-for-all, including yet another from the Larks, who I’ve been digging on lately, as well as a handful of reggae (I was wondering if there might be an all-reggae show sometime in the future…) plus some old-new-school rap, and the usual mishmash of soul, latin, jazz, etc etc.

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (139MB, 2 hrs 31 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Cumbia en Moog: “Cumbia de sal” – The Afrosound of Colombia, Vol 1 (Vampisoul)
Run–D.M.C.: “Sucka MCs” – Run–D.M.C. (Profile)
Jonny Teupen: “Love Me” – Talkin’ Jazz: More Themes From the Black Forest (Talkin’ Loud)
Bobby Hutcherson: “(Se Acabo) La Malanga” – Montara (Blue Note)
The Larks: “Ooh… It Feels So Good” – The Dawn of Doo-Wop (Proper)
Erroll Garner: “I Never Knew” – Body & Soul (Columbia)
Bob Marley: “Sun is Shining” – Kaya (Island)
The Congos: “Thief is in the Vineyard” – Congo Ashanti (Blood & Fire)
Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus: “None A Jah Jah Children No Cry” – Rastafari Dub (ROIR)
Pato Banton: “Never Give In” – Never Give In (Cornerstone)
Queen Latifah: “Ladies First” – Say It Loud! A Celebration of Black Music in America (Rhino)
Triumphs: “Burnt Biscuits” – The Complete Stax Volt Singles 1959-1968 (Atlantic)
Nomo: “Moving in Circles” – Nomo (Ypsilanti )
Lefties Soul Connection: “Organ Donor” – Hutspot (Excelsior)
Orquesta Aragón: “Pregúntame” – Carnaval in Cuba (Smithsonian Folkways)
Momo Wandel Soumah: “Bokme” – Matchowe (Buda Musique)
St. Vincents Latinaires: “Broasted or Fried” – Tropical Funk Experience (Sofrito)
Earl Bostic: “Mambostic” – Loose Caboose (A New Kind of Mambo, Vol. 8) (Johnny Q)
Dr. John: “Don’t Want No Monkey in My Business” – The Crazy Cajun Recordings (Edsel)
Grand Kalle & l’African Jazz: “Butsana Mama” – 1966/1967 (Syllart)
Pivi et ses Balladins: “Kongo Coura” – Guineé 40ème Anniversaire Syliphone, Vol 1 (Syliphone)
Black Beats: “Amma Mere Wo” – Telephone Lobi: More Giants of Danceband Highlife (Original Music)
Stella Chiweshe: “Tapera (We Are Perishing)” – Talking Mbira: Spirits of Liberation (Piranha)
Dollar Brand/Johnny Dyani: “Good News – Swazi – Waya-Wa-Egoli” – Good News From Africa (ECM)
Dave Burrell and Leena Conquest: “The Box” – Rome, December 4, 2008 (Inconstant Sol)
Joyce with Dori Caymmi: “Saudade da Bahia” – Rio-Bahia (Far Out)
Thelonious Monk Quartet: “Five Spot Blues” – Monk’s Dream (Columbia)
Atomic: “Poor Denmark” – Happy New Ears! (Jazzland)
Louie Belogenis Trio: “Divination” – Tiresias (Porter)
Nick Mazzarella Trio: “Newsprint” – This is Only a Test: Live at the Hungry Brain (Sonichla)
Vijay Iyer Trio: “Wildflower” – Accelerando (ACT)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2012/04/24/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-04-24/feed/ 0 2:31:29 This week's show was a free-for-all, including yet another from the Larks, who I've been digging on lately, as well as a handful of reggae (I was wondering if there might be an all-reggae show sometime in the future...) plus some old-new-school rap,[...] This week's show was a free-for-all, including yet another from the Larks, who I've been digging on lately, as well as a handful of reggae (I was wondering if there might be an all-reggae show sometime in the future...) plus some old-new-school rap, and the usual mishmash of soul, latin, jazz, etc etc. Enjoy! download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-04-17 (Afro-funk, etc) http://blog.germuska.com/2012/04/17/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-04-17/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-04-17 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/04/17/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-04-17/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:30:17 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3796 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

On Saturday I finally got around to watching “Take Me Away Fast”, a documentary about DJ Frank “Voodoo Funk” Gossner. The doc follows Frank around West Africa as he hunts for afrofunk gems. It’s great fun for anyone who empathizes with the compulsive quest for perfect sounds, and it got me in the mood to spend this week’s entire show in roughly that vein. It drifts into a few other areas of afropop, but it’s chock full of funk. If you need more of this, you can find several hour-long mixes for downloading from Frank’s blog.

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (138MB, 2 hrs 31 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Francis Kingsley & Emitais: “Assalam Aleikoum Africa” – Assalam Aleikoum Africa (Antilles)
George Danquah: “Just a Moment” – The Danque!!! (Afrodisiac)
Geraldo Pino & The Heartbeats: “Power to the People” – Heavy Heavy Heavy (Retroafric)
Samba Mapangala & Orchestra Virunga: “Ahmed Sabit” – Virunga Volcano (Virunga)
Dar Es Salaam Jazz Band: “Mpenzi Usemayo” – Zanzibara 3 • Ujamaa: The 60′s Sound of Tanzania (Buda Musique)
Gnonnas Pedro: “Adigbedoto” – African Boogaloo: The Latinization of West Africa (Honest Jon’s)
Gnonnas Pedro et ses Dadjes: “Dadje Von o Von Non” – Legends of Benin (Analog Africa)
Orchestra Lissanga: “Okuzua” – Afro-Rock, Vol. 1 (Strut)
Alèmayèhu Eshèté & Hirut Bèqèlè: “Tèmèlès” – Éthiopiques 3: Golden Years of Modern Ethiopian Music (1969-1975) (Buda Musique)
Tlahoun Gèssèssè: “Tchuhetén Betsèmu” – Éthiopiques 17 (Buda Musique)
African Brothers Band: “Ngyegye No So” – Afro-Beat Airways – West African Shock Waves: Ghana & Togo 1972-1979 (Analog Africa)
El Rego et ses Commandos: “E Nan Mian Nuku” – Legends of Benin (Analog Africa)
Mono Mono: “Ema Kowe Iasa Ile Wa” – Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-76 (Soundway)
Pivi et les Balladins: “Samba” – Discothèque 72 – Guinée (Frochot)
Oriental Brothers International: “Onye Ikekwere Mekeya (Do Better If You Can)” – Do Better If You Can (Original Music)
Gabby Omollo & Omondi Jassor: “Kimbele Mbele” – Lunch Time (Music Copyright Society of Kenya)
Orchestra Baobab: “Coumba” – Pirates Choice (Nonesuch)
Boubacar Traore: “Mali Twist” – The Rough Guide to the Music of Mali and Guinea (Rough Guide)
Professional Beach Melodians “Uhuru No. 2″: “Shake It” – Money No Be Sand (Original Music)
Tete Mbambisa: “Unity” – Tete’s Big Sound (Roots)
Tabu Ley Rochereau: “Savon Omo” – The Voice of Lightness: The Voice of Lightness: Congo Classics 1961-1977 (Sterns)
Atomic Jazz Band: “Asili Ya Mahaba” – Zanzibara 3 • Ujamaa: The 60′s Sound of Tanzania (Buda Musique)
Alèmayèhu Eshèté & Shebelle’s Band: “Tashamanaletch” – Ethiopian Groove: The Golden Seventies (Blue Silver)
Mulatu Astatke: “Kasalefkut hulu” – Éthiopiques 4: Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale 1969-1974 (Buda Musique)
Bezunesh Bekele: “Wode Metahubet Meder” – The Best of the 60′s: A Special Selection from Ethiosound (Ethiosound)
Docteur Nico & L’Orchestre African Fiesta: “Sookie” – Docteur Nico & L’Orchestre African Fiesta (Sonafric)
Orchestre Elegance Jazz: “Ngalula Marthe” – African 90588 7″ (African)
Jupiter Bokonji & Okwess International: “Yaka” – Man Don’t Cry (Belle Kinoise)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2012/04/17/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-04-17/feed/ 0 2:30:59 On Saturday I finally got around to watching "Take Me Away Fast", a documentary about DJ Frank "Voodoo Funk" Gossner. The doc follows Frank around West Africa as he hunts for afrofunk gems. It's great fun for anyone who empathizes with the compulsiv[...] On Saturday I finally got around to watching "Take Me Away Fast", a documentary about DJ Frank "Voodoo Funk" Gossner. The doc follows Frank around West Africa as he hunts for afrofunk gems. It's great fun for anyone who empathizes with the compulsive quest for perfect sounds, and it got me in the mood to spend this week's entire show in roughly that vein. It drifts into a few other areas of afropop, but it's chock full of funk. If you need more of this, you can find several hour-long mixes for downloading from Frank's blog. Enjoy! download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-04-10 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/04/10/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-04-10/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-04-10 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/04/10/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-04-10/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:30:46 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3791 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

To celebrate my impending tax refund, I went and had a bit of a binge at Dusty Groove last weekend, so today’s show features a bunch of stuff I obtained, plus various other relatively new stuff. There’s nothing thematic at all, but a lot of funky grooves and a hearty dose of doo-woppy vocal numbers.

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (144MB, 2 hrs 38 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Charles Wright & the 103rd Street Watts Rhythm Band: “What Can You Bring Me?” – Oxford American Music Issue #13 – Mississippi (Oxford American)
Eddie Bo & the Chain Gang: “Disco Party (parts 1 and 2)” – Eddie Bo’s Funky New Orleans (Funky Delicacies)
Kashmere Stage Band: “Take Five” – Texas Thunder Soul 1968-1974 (Now Again)
Compaoré Issouf: “Dambakale” – Bambara Mystic Soul – The Raw Sound of Burkina Faso 1974-1979 (Analog Africa)
Dengue Fever: “Tip My Canoe” – Sleepwalking Through the Mekong (Soundtrack) (Minky Records)
People Under the Stairs: “You” – Stepfather (Basement Records)
Hedzoleh Soundz: “Kaa Ye Oyai (Don’t Be in a Hurry)” – Hedzoleh (Soundway)
Little Joe Washington: “Bossa Nova & Grits” – Ritual Dance (A New Kind of Mambo, v. 47) (Twilight Zone)
Sroeng Santi: “Baa Baa Buam Buam” – Thai? Dai! (Finders Keepers)
Aka: “Shake Me” – Those Shocking, Shaking Days (Now Again)
Le Super Borgou de Parakou: “Gandigui” – The Bariba Sound 1970-1976 (Analog Africa)
Alliace Makiadi: “Passeio Por Luanda” – Angola Soundtrack: The Unique Sound of Luanda 1968-1976 (Analog Africa)
Esperanza Spalding: “Inútil Paisagem” – Chamber Music Society (Heads Up)
The Larks: “I Ain’t Fattening Frogs for Snakes” – The Dawn of Doo-Wop (Proper)
The Syncopaters: “River Stay Away From My Door” – The Dawn of Doo-Wop (Proper)
The Four Rockets: “Loch Lomond” – The Dawn of Doo-Wop (Proper)
The Ink Spots: “When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano” – The Dawn of Doo-Wop (Proper)
Golden Gate Jubille Quartet: “John the Revelator” – Good News (Proper)
Blind Willie Johnson: “Church, I’m Fully Saved Today” – Sweeter as the Years Go By (Yazoo)
Dora Alexander: “Times Done Changed” – Music of New Orleans, Vol. 1: Music of the Streets: Music of Mardi Gras (Smithsonian Folkways)
Laura Henton: “I Can Tell The World About This” – How Can I Keep From Singing, Vol. 1 (Yazoo)
Southern Six of Springfield, SC: “Leave Your Burdens There” – The Pitch/Gusman Records Story (Fat Possum)
Victory 5: “Have You Been to the Pool” – Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio (Numero Group)
Rene Mbu: “Boma Limbala” – The World is Shaking: Cubanismo from the Congo, 1954-55 (Honest Jon’s)
Steven Amechi and his Empire Rhythm: “Nylon Dress” – Marvellous Boy: Calypso from West Africa (Honest Jon’s)
Spokes Mashiyane & his Golden Saxophone: “Bothe Bothe” – Soul Safari Presents Township Jive & Kwela Jazz (1940-1960) (Ubuntu)
Los Tigres con Morgan Blanco: “La Culebra” – The Original Sound of Cumbia: The History of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By The Phonograph 1948 – 79 (Soundway)
Yambu: “Profesor” – Subway Salsa: The Montuno Records Story (Vampisoul)
Los Nombres: “Untitled Instrumental” – Los Nombres (Asterisk)
Los Po-Boy-Citos: “Fat Mama/Mother-in-Law” – New Orleans Latin Soul (Superultramega)
Lord Kelvin: “Kelvin Meets Girl” – Dances in the Smoke (Jazzland)
Hot Chocolate: “Good for the Gander” – Live from Agency (Numero Group)
Ebo Taylor & the Sweet Beans: “Odofo Nyi Akyiri Biara” – Afro-Beat Airways: West African Shock Waves, Ghana & Togo 1972-1978 (Analog Africa)
Paul Chambers: “Dexterity” – Mosaic Select (Mosaic)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2012/04/10/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-04-10/feed/ 0 2:37:36 To celebrate my impending tax refund, I went and had a bit of a binge at Dusty Groove last weekend, so today's show features a bunch of stuff I obtained, plus various other relatively new stuff. There's nothing thematic at all, but a lot of funky gr[...] To celebrate my impending tax refund, I went and had a bit of a binge at Dusty Groove last weekend, so today's show features a bunch of stuff I obtained, plus various other relatively new stuff. There's nothing thematic at all, but a lot of funky grooves and a hearty dose of doo-woppy vocal numbers. Enjoy! download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-04-04 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/04/04/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-04-04/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-04-04 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/04/04/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-04-04/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:30:58 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3784 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

After this week, it appears I’ll be shifting back to Tuesday mornings. I hope this hasn’t been too confusing for anyone. This weeks show features a block of songs about healthy for faithful listener #1, who has been convalescing for a while now. Hopefully it will help a bit.

Also, the Sugar Pie DeSanto/Etta James number “In the Basement” goes out to to the folks at Free Geek Chicago, who told me it’s their new official them song. If you have old computers or other electronics that you don’t know what to do with, check out FGC—they’ll help you clear out that closet or desk.

Otherwise, it’s just a pretty regular hodge podge of soul, reggae, brazilian, blues, and jazz stuff… but a bunch of good things, so listen all the way to the end!

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (138MB, 2 hrs 31 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Bad Medicine: “Trespasser” – Funky 16 Corners (Stones Throw)
Erykah Badu: “The Healer/Hip-Hop” – New Amerykah: Part 1 (4th World War) (Universal Motown)
Dead Prez: “Be Healthy” – Let’s Get Free (Loud Records)
Talking Heads: “Girlfriend is Better” – Speaking in Tongues (Sire)
Hot 8 Brass Band: “Sexual Healing” – Brass Bands and Mardi Gras Indians (unknown)
Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra: “Medicine for a Nightmare” – Angels and Demons at Play (Evidence)
Sugar Pie DeSanto and Etta James: “In the Basement (Part 1)” – Her Best – The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection (Chess)
The Blue Rhythm Combo: “Take the Funky Feeling” – Tropical Funk Experience: Island Jump Up – Caribbean Funk, Soul, Reggae, Calypso & Afro Grooves 1968 to 1975 (Sofrito/Nascente)
Brothers and Sisters: “Don’t Let ‘Em Tell You” – Eccentric Soul: The Nickel & Penny Labels (Numero Group)
Jerome Brailey and Mutiny: “Romeo (Hope You’re Feeling Better)” – Mutiny on the Mamaship (Columbia)
Joe Gibbs All Stars: “Hijacked” – Trojan Producer Series Box Set (Trojan)
Bob Marley and the Wailers: “Playboy” – Simmer Down at Studio One (Heartbeat)
The Paragons: “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” – On the Beach (Trojan)
The Fantastic Four: “If You Need Me Call Me (And I’ll Come Running)” – The Westbound Sound of Detroit: Sensational Motor City Groups 1969-1975 (Westbound)
Sam Cooke: “Get Yourself Another Fool” – Night Beat (RCA)
Oumou Sangare: “Koroko” – Seya (Nonesuch)
Letta Mbulu: “Melodi (Sounds of Home)” – Hugh Masekela presents the Chisa Years 1965-1976 (BBE)
Alèmayèhu Eshèté: “Afèr Yemègneshal” – Éthiopiques 8 : Swinging Addis (Buda Musique)
El Kinto: “Que Me Importa” – Complete Collection (Lion)
Luiz Bonfa: “Pernambuco” – Solo in Rio 1959 (Smithsonian Folkways)
Bola Sete: “Gaucho – Meu Ogum” – Live at Grace Cathedral, 1976 San Francisco (Samba Moon)
Rev. Gary Davis: “You Got to Go Down” – Gospel, Blues and Street Songs (Riverside/Original Blues Classics)
Skip James: “Sick Bed Blues” – Heroes of the Blues (Shout Factory)
Reverend Louis Overstreet: “Two Little Fishes” – With his sons and the congregation of St. Luke’s Powerhouse Church of God in Christ (Arhoolie)
Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazz Men: “Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll” – Runnin’ Wild (Blue Note)
Brother Bones: “Chinatown” – 7″ (Tempo)
Ballin’ the Jack: “Noche Loisada” – The Big Head (Knitting Factory)
Roberto Juan Rodriguez: “El Danzon de Moises” – El Danzon de Moises (Tzadik)
Sephardic Tinge: “She’s Doing It Again” – Morenica (Tzadik)
Errol Parker Tentet: “Ol’ Man River” – A Night in Tunisia (Sahara)
Hamiet Bluiett: “For Macho” – The Clarinet Family (Black Saint)
Sam Rivers and the Rivbea Orchestra: “Beads” – Aurora (Rivbea Sound Company)
Andrew Hill: “Diddy Wah” – Mosaic Select (Mosaic)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2012/04/04/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-04-04/feed/ 0 2:31:15 After this week, it appears I'll be shifting back to Tuesday mornings. I hope this hasn't been too confusing for anyone. This weeks show features a block of songs about healthy for faithful listener #1, who has been convalescing for a while now. Hop[...] After this week, it appears I'll be shifting back to Tuesday mornings. I hope this hasn't been too confusing for anyone. This weeks show features a block of songs about healthy for faithful listener #1, who has been convalescing for a while now. Hopefully it will help a bit. Also, the Sugar Pie DeSanto/Etta James number "In the Basement" goes out to to the folks at Free Geek Chicago, who told me it's their new official them song. If you have old computers or other electronics that you don't know what to do with, check out FGC—they'll help you clear out that closet or desk. Otherwise, it's just a pretty regular hodge podge of soul, reggae, brazilian, blues, and jazz stuff... but a bunch of good things, so listen all the way to the end! Enjoy! download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-03-28 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/03/28/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-03-28/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-03-28 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/03/28/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-03-28/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:30:37 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3778 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Wednesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

Beginning this week, my slot has shifted to Wednesday from 5 am-7:30, from Tuesday. Unfortunately, I neglected to save the changes to the scheduled archiving process, so the sounds of this week’s show are lost to posterity. I think it was a pretty good one, but you’ll have to trust me. I’ll be shifting back to Tuesdays beginning with the April 10th show.

Enjoy!

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)

Grant Green: “Sookie Sookie” – Blue Break Beats, Vol. 1 (Blue Note)
Baden Powell: “Blues à Volonté” – Images on Guitar (PAUSA)
Eric “Show Boy” Akaeze & His Azagas: “Adunni” – Azagas & Archibogs: the 60s Sound of Lagos Highlife (Original Music)
Victor Olaiya: “Yabomisa Sawale” – Marvellous Boy: Calypso from West Africa (Honest Jon’s)
Cuban Marimba Band: “Zaida” – Unreleased recording of the Cuban Marimba Band (Voice of America: African Music Treasures)
Matano Juma: “Risala” – Zanzibara, Vol. 2: Golden Years Of Mombasa Taarab (Buda)
Haruna Ishola and his Apala Group: “Ewure Ile Komoniyi” – Apala Messenger (Indigedisc)
Les Gentlemens: “Son Tambou La” – Tumbélé! Biguine, Afro & Latin Sounds – French Caribbean 1963-73 (Soundway)
Victor Boa y Su Musica: “Soy Solo Para Ti” – Panama! – Latin, Calypso And Funk On The Isthmus 1965-75 (Soundway)
Totó La Momposina y Sus Tambores: “El Pescador” – La Candela Viva (Real World)
The Organisation: “Smokey Feeling” – Tropical Funk Experience: Island Jump Up – Caribbean Funk, Soul, Reggae, Calypso & Afro Grooves 1968 to 1975 (Sofrito/Nascente)
Seu Jorge & Almaz: “Girl You Move Me” – Seu Jorge & Almaz (Now Again)
The Petch Phin Thong Band: “Soul Lam Plearn” – Sound of Siam: Leftfield Luk Thung, Jazz & Molam in Thailand 1964-1975 (Soundway)
Ros Sereysothea: “Jet 1000 Biape” – unknown (unknown)
Birmingham Jug Band: “Giving It Away” – Ruckus Juice & Chittlins, Vol. 1 (Yazoo)
Dixieland Jug Blowers: “Memphis Shake” – Blue Clarinet Stomp (RCA/Bluebird)
Lucinda Williams: “Jug Band Music” – Ramblin’ (Smithsonian Folkways)
Carolina Chocolate Drops: “Ol’ Corn Likker” – Dona Got a Ramblin’ Mind (Music Maker)
Selah Jubilee Singers: “I Saw the Light” – Good News! 100 Gospel Greats (Proper)
Stars of Harmony: “Where Shall I Be?” – Good News! 100 Gospel Greats (Proper)
Mahalia Jackson: “Jesus Met the Woman at the Well” – Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns (Columbia/Legacy)
Aretha Franklin: “Hello Sunshine” – Aretha Now (Atlantic)
Shirley Scott: “Messie Bessie” – What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves (1967-1977) (Rhino)
Zony Mash: “Tekufah” – Voices in the Wilderness (Tzadik)
Karl Hector & the Malcouns: “Mellow (Version)” – Sahara Swing (Stones Throw)
Archie Shepp: “Sorry ‘Bout That” – The Magic of Ju-Ju (Impulse)
Kenny Burrell: “Loie” – Guitar Forms (Verve)
Steam: “Tableau Shot (dedicated to Peter Greenaway)” – Real Time (Atavistic)
Andrew Cyrille & Maono: “Metamusicians’ Stomp” – Metamusicians’ Stomp (Black Saint)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2012/03/28/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-03-28/feed/ 0 WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-03-20 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/03/20/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-03-20/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-03-20 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/03/20/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-03-20/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:30:24 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3770 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

This week’s show starts off with a couple of tunes in honor of the primary elections happening today in Illinois. There’s also a healthy set of tunes about changes by request of a faithful listener. Besides that, a decent chunk of soul music including a couple from the latest Numero Group gem, a couple of tunes for the other Super Sunday (and here’s the Mardi Gras Indian photo gallery I promised on air) and a smattering of miscellany.

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (141MB, 2 hrs 34 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Lord Beginner: “General Election” – London Is The Place For Me 2: Calypso & Kwela, Highlife & Jazz From Young Black London (Honest Jons Records)
King Tubby: “Politricks Dub” – I Am The King (Sprint)
Nina Simone: “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be Free” – How It Feels To Be Free (Hear Music)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk: “Volunteered Slavery” – (I, Eye, Aye) – Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland 1972 (Rhino)
Johnny Lewis Quartet: “Them Changes” – Shuckin’ ‘N Jivin’ (Luv N’ Haight)
Gift of Gab: “Evolution” – 4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up (Quannum)
LCD Soundsystem: “I Can Change” – This is Happening (DFA)
Nostalgia 77: “Changes” – The Garden (Tru Thoughts)
Modill: “Change Form!” – Midnight Green (EV Productions)
The Wild Magnolias: “(My Big Chief Has A) Golden Crown” – The Wild Magnolias (Polydor)
Big Chief Monk Boudreau & the Golden Eagles: “Black Johnny” – Mr. Stranger Man (Shanachie)
The New Mastersounds: “The Vandenburg Suite” – This Is What We Do (One Note)
James Carr: “You Got My Mind Messed Up” – You Got My Mind Messed Up (Kent)
The Spinners: “The Rubberband Man” – The Rubberband Man (Atlantic)
Tyrone Davis: “Can I Change My Mind” – Beg, Scream & Shout!: The Big Ol’ Box Of 60′s Soul (Rhino)
Lonie Jones: “Treat Your Baby Right” – Jenmark 101 7″ (Jenmark)
The Esquires: “Get On Up” – Beg, Scream & Shout!: The Big Ol’ Box Of 60′s Soul (Rhino)
The Isley Brothers: “Get Into Something” – Get Into Something (Legacy)
Hot Chocolate: “Ain’t That A Groove” – Hot Chocolate (Numero Group)
Wildfire: “Tend To Your Business” – Understand Each Other (Numero Group)
Baden Powell & Vinicius de Moraes with Quarteto Em Cy & Coro Misto: “Canto do Xango” – Os Afro Sambas (Cherry Red)
Cesaria Evora: “Tchintchirote” – Cabo Verde (Lusafrica)
Mindel Band: “Cercode” – The Soul of Cape Verde (Lusafrica)
Roberto Rodriguez: “Timba Talmud” – Timba Talmud (Tzadik)
Red Baarat: “Tunak Tunak Tun” – Chaal Baby (CD Baby)
World Saxophone Quartet and African Drums: “Metamorphosis” – Metamorphosis (Nonesuch)
John Coltrane: “Bessie’s Blues” – Crescent (Impulse)
Rova: “Chanting the Light of Foresight” – Chanting the Light of Foresight (New Albion)
Vijay Iyer Trio: “Optimism” – Accelerando (ACT)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2012/03/20/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-03-20/feed/ 0 2:34:17 This week's show starts off with a couple of tunes in honor of the primary elections happening today in Illinois. There's also a healthy set of tunes about changes by request of a faithful listener. Besides that, a decent chunk of soul music includi[...] This week's show starts off with a couple of tunes in honor of the primary elections happening today in Illinois. There's also a healthy set of tunes about changes by request of a faithful listener. Besides that, a decent chunk of soul music including a couple from the latest Numero Group gem, a couple of tunes for the other Super Sunday (and here's the Mardi Gras Indian photo gallery I promised on air) and a smattering of miscellany. download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-03-13 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/03/13/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-03-13/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-03-13 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/03/13/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-03-13/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:30:40 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3766 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

Beyond belatedly observing Ornette Coleman’s 82nd birthday (last Friday, March 9), this week’s show was theme free. In fact, it was all over the place, as was observed on the phone by the listener who called in with the Barney Kessel request. But it was fun, and there’s plenty of good music to hear inside…

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (131MB, 2 hrs 23 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: “Ornette” – Dance With the Ancestors (Chameleon)
Ornette Coleman: “Theme From a Symphony (Variation Two)” – Dancing In Your Head (A&M)
Universal Congress Of: “Law Years” – This Is Mecolodics (SST)
Eric Boeren 4tet: “Peace” – Joy of a Toy (BVHaast)
Ornette Coleman: “Lonely Woman” – Beauty Is A Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (Atlantic)
Steve Coleman & David Holland: “See Saw” – Phase Space (DIW)
Konono No. 1: “Wumbanzanga” – Assume Crash Position (Crammed Disc)
Johnny Mbizo Dyani: “Namibia” – Born Under the Heat (Dragon)
William Parker & Hamid Drake: “Nur Al Anwar” – Volume 1: Piercing the Veil (AUM Fidelity)
Beans featuring William Parker & Hamid Drake: “56” – Only (Thirsty Ear)
Slim Gaillard: “Make It Do” – Laughing in Rhythm: The Best of the Verve Years (Polygram)
Matana Roberts: “How Much Would You Cost?” – Coin Coin Chapter 1: Les Gens De Coleur Libre (Constellation)
Claudia: “Menina Fulô” – Você, Cláudia, Você (Odeon)
Ry Cooder: “Chinito Chinito” – Chávez Ravine (Nonesuch)
Calexico: “Guero Canelo” – Feast of Wire (Quarter Stick)
Staff Benda Bilili: “Tonkara” – Tres Tres Fort (Crammed Disc)
Sonny Okosuns: “Adessua” – Ozidizm (Capitol/EMI)
Orquesta Atipica: “Zita” – Tango Dogs (Eats Shoots and Leaves)
Jenny Scheinman: “Wiseacre” – Shalagaster (Tzadik)
Baden Powell: “Round About Midnight” – Tristeza on Guitar (PAUSA)
Barney Kessel: “Brazil” – Solo (Concord)
Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane : “Bye-Ya” – At Carnegie Hall (Blue Note)
Vijay Iyer Trio: “Little Pocket Size Demons” – Accelerando (ACT)
Darius Jones Trio: “Chasing the Ghost” – Big Gurl (AUM Fidelity)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2012/03/13/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-03-13/feed/ 0 2:23:29 Beyond belatedly observing Ornette Coleman's 82nd birthday (last Friday, March 9), this week's show was theme free. In fact, it was all over the place, as was observed on the phone by the listener who called in with the Barney Kessel request. But it[...] Beyond belatedly observing Ornette Coleman's 82nd birthday (last Friday, March 9), this week's show was theme free. In fact, it was all over the place, as was observed on the phone by the listener who called in with the Barney Kessel request. But it was fun, and there's plenty of good music to hear inside... Enjoy! download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-03-06 (Latin focus) http://blog.germuska.com/2012/03/06/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-03-06/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-03-06 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/03/06/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-03-06/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:30:36 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3761 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

A couple of days before the show, I saw the film Chico & Rita, so I decided to do an all-latin set today. That includes some very latin music from Africa, and some boogaloo and other things that aren’t really what Chico & Rita is about, but that seemed like fun to share.

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (131MB, 2 hrs 23 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)

Africando: “Damagasi” – African Salsa (Earthworks)
Celina González: “Santa Bárbara (¡Que Viva Changó!)” – Cuba: I Am Time, v. 3: Cuban Invocations (Blue Jackel)
Fernando Lavoy y Los Soneros: “Cojelo Suave” – Son Cubano NYC: Cuban Roots, New York Spices 1972-1982 (Astralwerks)
La Fantástica 2001: “Las Nenas” – ¡Arrollando! y con sabor! (Antila Productions)
Willie Bobo: “Boogaloo in Room 802” – Spanish Grease / Uno Dos Tres 1-2-3 (Verve)
Los Ecos: “Aquí en la Fiesta (I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party)” – Cumbia Beat, Vol. 1 (Vampisoul)
Grupo Fantasma: “(Naci De La) Rumba y Guaguanco” – Sonidos Gold (High Wire Music)
Manuel Alvares y sus Dangers: “Esclavo Moderno” – Palenque Palenque: Champeta Criolla & Afro Roots in Colombia 1975-1991 (Soundway)
Mongo Santamaría: “Chano Pozo” – Skin To Skin: The Mongo Santamaria Anthology (1958-1995) (Rhino)
Tito Puente: “Batuka” – Para los Rumberos (Fania)
Grupo Folklorico y Experimental Nuevayorquino: “Carmen La Ronca” – Concepts in Unity (Salsoul)
Cal Tjader: “Mi Guaguanco” – Cal Tjader’s Latin Concert (Original Jazz Classics)
Pedro Justiz “Peruchin”: “Changüí Oriental” – Maestros del Pianos… Cuban Style (RMM)
Lucila Campos: “Toro Mata” – Afro-Peruvian Classics: The Soul of Black Peru (Luaka Bop)
Marc Ribot y los Cubanos Postizos: “Como Se Goza en el Barrio” – The Prosthetic Cubans (Atlantic)
Los Silvertones: “Carmen” – Panama! 3: Calypso Panameño, Guajira Jazz & Cumbia Típica on the Isthmus 1960–75 (Soundway)
Maximo Rodriguez Y Sus Estrellas Panameñas: “Mambologica” – Panama! Latin, Calypso & Funk On The Isthmus 1965-75 (Soundway)
Lecuona Cuban Boys: “Panamá” – Congas and Rumbas from the Unforgettable Band (Yoyo Music)
Septeto Nacional De Ignacio Piñeiro: “El Son Hay Que Llevarlo En El Corazón” – El Son de Cuba (Milan Latino)
Familia RMM: “El Son de Celia y Oscar” – Combinación Perfecta (RMM)
Roberto y Su Nuevo Montuno: “Montuno Dulzon” – El Yerbero del Barrio (International)
Willie Colón, Héctor Lavoe & Ruben Blades: “MC2 (Theme Realidades)” – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Fania)
Junior Mance: “Tin Tin Deo” – The Junior Mance Touch (Polydor)
Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra: “Manteca” – Latin Jazz: La Combinación Perfecta (Smithsonian Folkways)
Joe Bataan: “Subway Joe” – Latin Funk Brother (Vampisoul)
Clodomiro Montes Y El Super Combo Curro: “Puerto Rico Zumbando” – Cartagena! Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia and Descarga Sound of Colombia 1962 – 72 (Soundway )
David Martial: “Jerk Vide” – Creole Love Calls: Rythmes Latins Des Antilles (Isma’a)
Wganda Kenya: “Elyoyo” – Colombia! The Golden Age of Discos Fuentes – The Powerhouse of Colombian Music 1960-76 (Soundway)
Orchestra Baobab: “Jiin Ma Jiin Ma” – Specialist in All Styles (Nonesuch)
Chucho Valdés: “Caravan” – Briyumba Palo Congo (Blue Note)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2012/03/06/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-03-06/feed/ 0 2:23:19 A couple of days before the show, I saw the film Chico & Rita, so I decided to do an all-latin set today. That includes some very latin music from Africa, and some boogaloo and other things that aren't really what Chico & Rita is about, bu[...] A couple of days before the show, I saw the film Chico & Rita, so I decided to do an all-latin set today. That includes some very latin music from Africa, and some boogaloo and other things that aren't really what Chico & Rita is about, but that seemed like fun to share. download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-02-28 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/02/28/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-02-28/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-02-28 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/02/28/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-02-28/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:30:07 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3755 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

For this week, I just played a bunch of music that sounded good to me, no more elaborate theme involved. That ended up meaning mostly music from Brazil and afro-latin stuff, plus a few other odds and ends.

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (136MB, 2 hrs 28 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Rail Band: “Duga (Bambara version)” – Belle Epoque, Vol. 1: Soundiata (Stern’s Africa)
Feliciano Gomes: “Nyamugowelo” – Forgotten Guitars from Mozambique (Sharp Wood Records)
Mulatu Astatke: “Asiyo Belema” – New York-Addis-London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975 (Strut)
Jimmy Amukamua: “Khukhava Minyinzi” – Before Benga, Vol. 1: Kenya Dry (Original Music)
Hector Rivera y su Conjunto: “Yo Quisiera Ser” – Caliente = Hot: Puerto Rican and Cuban Musical Expression In New York (New World)
Docteur Nico & African Fiesta: “Olga” – Merveilles du passé (1967) (Sonodisc)
Kawaliwa and Mary with the AGS Boys: “Rin” – The Kampala Sound (Original Music)
João Gilberto: “Saudade Fez Um Samba” – Chega de Saudade (Odeon)
Jorge Ben: “País Tropical” – Jorge Ben (Dusty Groove America)
Aldo Sena: “Sentimentos ” – The New Brazilian Music Vol. 3 (BM&A)
Caçapa: “Coco-Rojão no. 4” – The New Brazilian Music Vol. 4 (BM&A)
Chicago Afrobeat Project: “West Ganji” – Chicago Afrobeat Project (Chicago Afrobeat)
Orchestra Baobab: “Toumaranke” – Pirates Choice (Nonesuch)
Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban: “Dru Me Negrita” – Mambo Sinuendo (Nonesuch)
Maysa: “Quem Quiser Encontrar o Amor” – Maysa (Universal)
Quarteto Em Cy: “Underground” – Quarteto Em Cy (Odeon)
Nara Leão: “Minha Namorada” – O canto livre de Nara (Philips)
The Bees and the Honey: “She Don’t Deserve You” – One Kiss Can Lead To Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost And Found (Rhino)
The Bogard Brothers: “I’m In Love” – Flying Rock – South African Rock ‘N Roll: 1950 – 1962 (Global Village Music)
O Bando: “Longe do Tempo” – O Bando (Shadoks)
Waltel Branco: “O Sambo Brasileiro” – Guitarra Bossa Nova (Musidisc)
Manu Dibango: “Bush” – Kusini (Soundtrack) (DST)
Segun Bucknor: “La La La (Hard Version) (Part 1)” – Poor Man No Get Brother: Assembly & Revolution 1969-1975 (Strut)
El Rego et ses Commandos: “Djobime” – Legends of Benin (Analog Africa)
Ali Hassan Kuban: “Habibi” – Walk Like a Nubian (Piranha)
Orchestre Makassy: “Mume Wangu Pt 1 & 2” – Collected Works 1978-1982 (unknown)
Los Tainos: “Amor Mio” – Sí, Para Usted: The Funky Beats of Revolutionary Cuba, Volume 1 (Waxing Deep)
Ñico Estrada y su Sonora: “El negro bembón” – Gózalo! – Bugalú Tropical Vol 3 (Vampisoul)
Roberto y su Nuevo Montuno: “Virazon” – El Yerbero del Barrio (International)
Los Caballeros de Colon: “Con Los Caballeros” – Panama! – Latin, Calypso And Funk On The Isthmus 1965-75 (Soundway)
Lou Donaldson: “Snake Bone” – Say It Loud (Water)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2012/02/28/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-02-28/feed/ 0 2:28:24 For this week, I just played a bunch of music that sounded good to me, no more elaborate theme involved. That ended up meaning mostly music from Brazil and afro-latin stuff, plus a few other odds and ends. For this week, I just played a bunch of music that sounded good to me, no more elaborate theme involved. That ended up meaning mostly music from Brazil and afro-latin stuff, plus a few other odds and ends. download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-02-21 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/02/21/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-02-21/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-02-21 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/02/21/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-02-21/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:30:57 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3750 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

The good thing about doing my show on Tuesdays is that I always get to do a show on Mardi Gras. Sometimes I play “carnival” music more broadly, but this year was all Louisiana music, mostly New Orleans, although there’s a sizeable cajun & zydeco set. It opens a little slow, although I thought the recordings of sounds on New Orleans streets were so cool I had to share ‘em. There are also a goodly number of classics, although I seem to have failed to play any versions of “Big Chief.” A couple of popular bounce tunes from last year’s show resurfaced in the midst of a bigger set of that stalwart New Orleans variant of rap.

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (138MB, 2 hrs 31 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
A parade with brass bands: “Parade of the Krewe of Momus/When the Saints Go Marching In” – Music of New Orleans, Vol. 1: Music of the Streets: Music of Mardi Gras (Smithsonian Folkways)
Hank: “On Mardi Gras Day” – Music of New Orleans, Vol. 1: Music of the Streets: Music of Mardi Gras (Smithsonian Folkways)
Dave Bartholomew: “Shrimp & Gumbo” – Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol’ Box of New Orleans (Shout Factory)
Bo Dollis & Monk Boudreaux with Rebirth Brass Band: “Shoo Fly” – Mardi Gras Indians Super Sunday Showdown (Rounder)
Chuck Carbo: “Can I Be Your Squeeze” – New Orleans Funk (Soul Jazz)
Curley Moore: “Soul Train” – Wardell Quezerque: Sixty Smokin’ Soul Senders (Funky Delicaciesa)
Lee Dorsey: “Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley” – Freedom For The Funk (Charly)
Art Neville: “Bo Diddley” – Get Low Down!: The Soul of New Orleans, ‘65-’67 (Sundazed)
The Meters: “Look-Ka Py Py” – Look-Ka Py Py (Josie)
The Gaturs: “Gator Bait” – Saturday Night Fish Fry (Soul Jazz)
K.C. Red: “Shake On That Stick” – The Greatest Rap Hits from Down South New Orleans, Vol. 1 (Don’t Even Trip Entertainment)
Da Sha Ra: “Bootin’ Up” – Brass Bands & Mardi Gras Indians (unknown)
2 Blakk: “Second Line Jump” – The Greatest Rap Hits from Down South New Orleans, Vol. 1 (Don’t Even Trip Entertainment)
Big Freedia: “Hit Me On My Next” – Big Freedia Hitz, Vol 1 (Big Freedia)
Young Guardians of the Flame: “New Way Pocky Way” – Brass Bands & Mardi Gras Indians (unknown)
Li’l Queenie & the Percolators: “My Darlin’ New Orleans” – Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol’ Box of New Orleans (Shout Factory)
Lloyd Price: “Where You At” – Creole Kings of New Orleans (Specialty)
Professor Longhair: “Boogie Woogie” – New Orleans Piano (Rounder)
Fats Domino: “Jambalaya (On the Road)” – Blueberry Hill (Synergy)
Feufollet: “Cow Island Hop” – Cow Island Hop (Valcour)
Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie: “Canaille” – Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol’ Box of New Orleans (Shout Factory)
Boozoo Chavis: “Dog Hill” – Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol’ Box of New Orleans (Shout Factory)
Buckwheat Zydeco: “Hot Tamale Baby” – Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol’ Box of New Orleans (Shout Factory)
Clifton Chenier: “Ay-Tete Fee” – Creole Kings of New Orleans (Specialty)
Fernest Arceneaux: “Zydeco Boogaloo” – Best of Louisiana Music (Mardi Gras)
Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz Band: “Royal Garden Blues” – Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol’ Box of New Orleans (Shout Factory)
Dr. Michael White: “St. Phillip Street Breakdown” – Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol’ Box of New Orleans (Shout Factory)
Louis Cottrell: “Bourbon Street Parade” – New Orleans: The Living Legends (Riverside)
New Orleans Jazz Vipers: “Digga-Digga-Do” – Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol’ Box of New Orleans (Shout Factory)
Dr. John: “My Indian Red” – Treme: Music From the HBO Original Series, Season 1 (Geffen)
Clarence “Frogman” Henry: “Ain’t Got No Home” – Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol’ Box of New Orleans (Shout Factory)
Lloyd Lambert: “Whistlin’ Joe” – Creole Kings of New Orleans (Specialty)
Ernie K-Doe: “Mother-in-Law” – Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol’ Box of New Orleans (Shout Factory)
Betty Harris: “Break in the Road” – Saturday Night Fish Fry (Soul Jazz)
Eddie Bo & the Soul Finders: “The Hook and Sling” – The Hook and Sling (Funky Delicacies)
Ernie & the Top Notes: “Dap Walk” – New Orleans Funk (Soul Jazz)
Soul Rebels Brass Band: “Let It Roll” – Brass Bands & Mardi Gras Indians (unknown)
Bo Dollis & Rebirth Brass Band: “Let’s Go Get ‘Em” – Mardi Gras Indians Super Sunday Showdown (Rounder)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2012/02/21/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-02-21/feed/ 0 2:30:33 The good thing about doing my show on Tuesdays is that I always get to do a show on Mardi Gras. Sometimes I play "carnival" music more broadly, but this year was all Louisiana music, mostly New Orleans, although there's a sizeable cajun & zydec[...] The good thing about doing my show on Tuesdays is that I always get to do a show on Mardi Gras. Sometimes I play "carnival" music more broadly, but this year was all Louisiana music, mostly New Orleans, although there's a sizeable cajun & zydeco set. It opens a little slow, although I thought the recordings of sounds on New Orleans streets were so cool I had to share 'em. There are also a goodly number of classics, although I seem to have failed to play any versions of "Big Chief." A couple of popular bounce tunes from last year's show resurfaced in the midst of a bigger set of that stalwart New Orleans variant of rap. download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-02-14 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/02/14/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-02-14/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-02-14 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/02/14/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-02-14/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:30:50 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3741 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

This week’s show was the convergence of Valentine’s day and my shift during WNUR’s annual phoneathon fundraiser. This is convenient, because I love doing my show and I love my listeners, especially the ones who call, comment, tweet, or otherwise provide feedback about what they hear. I built my playlist mostly from a subset of tracks in my iTunes library which have “love” in the title. That pool is over six days worth of music, so obviously I was never going to fit everything in, and the problem was aggravated by the need to spend some time telling people the call-in number and soliciting support. But I hope that wasn’t too obnoxious, and there are still a few days left if you’d like to support the station—we take pledges online… (there’s a new t-shirt this year we’re giving in thanks for pledges of $30 or more—the design is the new image for the blog post and podcast file.)

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (141MB, 2 hrs 34 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Hüsker Dü: “Love is All Around” – Eight Miles High/Makes No Sense At All (SST)
Agent Orange: “Somebody to Love” – This is the Voice (Restless)
Wilson Pickett: “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love” – A Man and a Half: The Best of Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)
Johnny Osborne: “We Need Love” – 100% Dynamite (Soul Jazz)
Mike James Kirkland: “Love is All We Need” – Doin’ It Right (Luv ‘n Haight)
Unknown: “Give You My Love” – Boddie Bonus Disc (Numero Group)
The Sisters Love: “Give Me Your Love” – Give Me Your Love (Soul Jazz)
Big Maybelle: “That’s a Pretty Good Love” – Blues, Candy & Big Maybelle (Savoy)
Erykah Badu: “Love of My Life Worldwide” – Worldwide Underground (Motown)
The Coup: “Laugh, Love, … (Radio Mix)” – Pick a Bigger Weapon (Epitaph)
Greyboy: “Got to Be a Love (with Quantic & Sharon Jones) (Paul Nice remix)” – Soul Mosaic (Ubiquity)
Quantic and his Combo Barbaro: “I Just Fell In Love Again” – Tradition in Transition (Tru Thoughts)
Afro-Cuban All Stars: “Amor Verdadero” – A Todo Cuba Le Gusta (Nonesuch)
Lord Cobra y Los Hnos. Duncan: “Love Letters” – Panama! 2: Latin Sounds, Cumbia Tropical & Calypso Funk on the Isthmus 1967-77 (Soundway)
Elvis Costello: “They’ll Never Take Her Love From Me” – King of America (Columbia)
Anna Fermin & Friends: “Love Shack” – Poor Little Knitter On The Road: A Tribute to the Knitters (Bloodshot)
John Lee Hooker: “I Love You Honey” – The Boogie Chillen Man (Blues Encore)
Big Bill Broonzy: “Glory of Love” – Sings Folk Songs (Smithsonian Folkways)
The Velvet Underground: “Some Kinda Love (Closet Mix)” – Peel Slowly and See (Polydor)
Michael Yonkers Band: “Microminiature Love” – Microminiature Love (Sub Pop)
ESG: “My Love For You” – A South Bronx Story (Universal Sound)
Brian Eno & John Cale: “Lay My Love” – Wrong Way Up (All Saints)
Dr. John: “Bring Your Love” – The Essential Recordings (Purple Pyramid)
Fats Domino: “I’m In Love Again” – Blueberry Hill (Double Pleasure)
Sugar Billy: “Super Duper Love, pt. 2” – Super Duper Love (Fast Track)
The Staple Singers: “Tripping On Your Love” – Soul Gospel (Soul Jazz)
Donny Hathaway: “Love, Love, Love” – Extensions of a Man (Atco)
Stevie Wonder: “I Love Every Little Thing About you” – Music of My Mind (Motown)
Etta James: “Sunday Kind of Love” – At Last (Argo)
Billy Holiday with Lester Young: “Me, Myself & I (Are All in Love With You)” – Lady Day & Prez 1937-1941 (Fremeaux & Associates)
Ella Fitzgerald: “It’s De-Lovely” – Twelve Nights in Hollywood (Hip-O Select)
Tony Malaby: “What Is This Thing Called Love?” – Adobe (Sunnyside)
Ahmad Jamal: “Let’s Fall in Love” – Ahmad’s Blues: Live At The Spotlight (Chess)
DKV Trio: “Love Cry” – Trigonometry (Okkadisk)
Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark, Kent Kessler: “I Leave You Love” – A Meeting in Chicago (Okkadisk)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2012/02/14/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-02-14/feed/ 2 2:34:24 This week's show was the convergence of Valentine's day and my shift during WNUR's annual phoneathon fundraiser. This is convenient, because I love doing my show and I love my listeners, especially the ones who call, comment, tweet, or otherwise pro[...] This week's show was the convergence of Valentine's day and my shift during WNUR's annual phoneathon fundraiser. This is convenient, because I love doing my show and I love my listeners, especially the ones who call, comment, tweet, or otherwise provide feedback about what they hear. I built my playlist mostly from a subset of tracks in my iTunes library which have "love" in the title. That pool is over six days worth of music, so obviously I was never going to fit everything in, and the problem was aggravated by the need to spend some time telling people the call-in number and soliciting support. But I hope that wasn't too obnoxious, and there are still a few days left if you'd like to support the station—we take pledges online… (there's a new t-shirt this year we're giving in thanks for pledges of $30 or more—the design is the new image for the blog post and podcast file.) download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-02-07 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/02/07/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-02-07/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-02-07 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/02/07/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-02-07/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:30:13 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3736 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

This week’s show starts with a hip-hop block, then transitions over to a set of African music. From there, a less easily labeled block of funk/soul/latin ingredients, and as seems to be becoming the habit, it goes out on a block of jazz. There are a lot of good tunes this week: I hope that distortion which seems to have been creeping into some of the archives isn’t as bad as it’s been.

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (146MB, 2 hrs 39 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
KRS-One: “Sound of Da Police” – Classics from Hip Hop’s Holy Grail (Sessions)
Tha Alkoholiks: “Make Room” – Hip Hop Forever (BBE)
Blue Scholars: “Blue School” – Blue Scholars (Massline)
Lyrics Born: “Callin’ Out” – Later That Day (Quannum Projects)
Tenor Saw: “Ring the Alarm” – 200% Dynamite (Soul Jazz)
The Upsetters: “Live Injection” – 200% Dynamite (Soul Jazz)
Purna Das Baul: “Sonogo Aian Dada” – Bauls of Bengal (Cramworld)
Musafir: “Roomal” – Dhola Maru (Sounds True )
Nat Saunders: “Round & Round the Barroom” – The Bahamas: Islands of Song (Smithsonian Folkways)
Nico & L’African Fiesta Sukisa: “Banoko” – 1968/1973 (Sonodisc)
Adikwa Depala: “C.C.T. Ebongisi Mokiri” – The World is Shaking: Cubanismo from the Congo, 1954-55 (Honest Jon’s)
Bowane: “Kotiya Zolo Te” – Roots of Rumba Rock: Congo Classics 1953-1955 (Crammed)
Pablito & l’Orchestre African Fiesta: “Domingo O Sabado” – African Fiesta (African)
Orchestre Kin-Bantou: “Bandoki 1 & 2” – Kin-Bantou (Sonafric)
Rex Williams: “Ererimbot Ayafung Oko” – Club Africa Vol. 2: Hard African Funk, Afro-Jazz, & Original Afro-Beat (Strut)
Tlahoun Gèssèssè: “Tchuheten Betsemu” – Éthiopiques 17: Tlahoun Gèssèssè (Buda Musique)
Betty Everett & The Willie Dixon Band with Ike Turner: “Tell Me Darling” – King Cobra: The Chicago Sessions (Fuel 2000)
5 Spiritual Tones: “Bad Situation” – Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal (Numero Group)
Doug Wintz: “Whelp” – Watts Funky (BGP)
Free Som Orchestra: “The King’s Bounce” – Ultimate Brazilian Breaks & Beats (Murge Discos)
The Apostles: “Six Pack” – Kapp 7″ (Kapp)
La Perfecta: “Toutt Moune Boule” – Creole Love Calls – Rythmes Latins Des Antilles (Isma’a)
Arsenio Rodriguez: “Porfiando El Gallo Muere” – La Pachanga (Fania)
Hugh Masekela: “Emavungweni” – Grrr (Verve)
Michael Zerang: “El Magnifico” – Redmoon Theater’s The Ballad of Frankie and Johnny (Eighth Day Music)
Taj Mahal: “A Little Soulful Tune” – Giant Step (RCA)
Golden Gate Quartet: “Let That Liar Alone” – Travelin’ Shoes (Bluebird)
Peter Tosh: “Treat Me Good” – The Toughest (Heartbeat)
Ian Gordon-Lennox: “Little Man’s World” – Low Brass (Altrisuoni)
Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet: “Salvatore” – Saxhouse (Knitting Factory Works)
Misha Mengelberg/Steve Lacy/George Lewis/Arjen Gorter/Han Bennink: “The Happenings” – Change of Season (Music of Herbie Nichols) (Soul Note)
Joan Jeanreaud & PC Muñoz: “Hopper” – Pop-Pop (Deconet)
Matana Roberts: “Libation for Mr. Brown: Bid em in…” – Coin Coin Chapter One: Les Gens de Couleur Libres (Constellation)
Amir ElSaffar Two Rivers Ensemble: “Venus, the Evening Star” – Inana (Pi)
Karl E.H. Seigfried: “The Boxing Bassist Suite: Portrait of Jack Johnson” – Portrait of Jack Johnson (Imaginary Chicago)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2012/02/07/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-02-07/feed/ 0 2:39:26 This week's show starts with a hip-hop block, then transitions over to a set of African music. From there, a less easily labeled block of funk/soul/latin ingredients, and as seems to be becoming the habit, it goes out on a block of jazz. There are a[...] This week's show starts with a hip-hop block, then transitions over to a set of African music. From there, a less easily labeled block of funk/soul/latin ingredients, and as seems to be becoming the habit, it goes out on a block of jazz. There are a lot of good tunes this week: I hope that distortion which seems to have been creeping into some of the archives isn't as bad as it's been. download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-01-31 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/01/31/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-01-31/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-01-31 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/01/31/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-01-31/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:30:10 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3728 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

Today would have been Alan Lomax’s 97th birthday, so I started the show with about 40 minutes of music he (mostly) recorded. I also started reading my copy of “Alan Lomax: the Man who Recorded the World,” which is, so far, great. Someone was moved to call who enjoyed the Ernst Reijseger/Molla Sylla collaboration and also the James Brown and Marvin Gaye, so that makes it a successful show.

Enjoy!

(PS I trimmed out the announcement breaks in the first part of the show because they were not audible. Whoops, blame the sleepy 5 am DJ. You’ll have to learn up on Alan Lomax yourself!)

Listen:

download program (135MB, 2 hrs 27 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Vera Ward Hall: “Trouble So Hard” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic)
Bessie Jones: “Go To Sleep Little Baby” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic)
Estil C. Ball & Orna Ball: “Jennie Jenkins” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic)
Almeda Riddle: “Chick-A-Li-Lee-Lo” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic)
Bookmiller Shannon: “Down in Arkansas Among the Sticks” – Southern Journey, Vol. 7: Ozark Frontier – Ballads And Old-Timey Music From Arkansas (Rounder Select)
Forrest City Joe: “Red Cross Store” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic)
Mississippi Fred McDowell: “Been Drinkin’ Water Out of a Hollow Log” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic)
Estil C. Ball: “The Poor Wayfaring Stranger” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic)
Mountain Ramblers: “Baptizing Down By the Creek” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic)
James Shorty, Viola James & Congregation: “Jesus On the Main Line” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic)
James Shorty, Viola James & Congregation: “This Little Light of Mine” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic)
Alabama Sacred Harp Singers: “Calvary” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic)
The United Sacred Harp Musical Association Singing Convention: “The Last Words of Copernicus” – Southern Journey, Vol. 9: Harp Of A Thousand Strings – All Day Singing From The Sacred Harp (Rounder Select)
Joe Armstrong & Group: “Knee Bone” – Southern Journey, Vol. 13: Earliest Times — Georgia Sea Island Songs for Everyday Living (Rounder Select)
Neil Morris: “Turnip Greens” – Southern Journey, Vol. 7: Ozark Frontier – Ballads And Old-Timey Music From Arkansas (Rounder Select)
Mainer Band: “Train 111” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic)
Lead Belly: “Irene” – Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1 (Smithsonian Folkways)
Vera Hall: “Boll Weevil Holler” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic)
Otis Webster: “Boll Weevil Blues” – Country Negro Jam Session (Arhoolie)
Harry Belafonte with Al Shackman: “Boll Weevil” – The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music (Buddha)
Louise et Lirvat: “Swing but Sweet” – Swing Caraïbe, Caribbean Jazz Pioneers In Paris (1929-1946) (Frémeaux & Associés)
Henry “Red” Allen: “You Might Get Better, But You’ll Never Get Well” – Chronological Classics Sampler (Chronological Classics)
Sidney Bechet: “Le Complainte des Infideles” – Vive la france (Epm)
Billy Eckstine: “Tenderly” – Everything I Have Is Yours: Best of the MGM Years (Polygram)
Baden Powell: “Consolação ” – Poema on Guitar (MPS)
Luiz Henrique: “If you want to be a lover” – Barra Limpa (Verve)
Fantastic Melodyaires of South Carolina: “I Found the Lord” – The Pitch/Gusman Records Story (Fat Possum)
The Coasters: “Love Potion #9” – Red Run Red (Jukebox)
Marvin Gaye: “Hitch Hike” – That Stubborn Kinda Fellow (Tamla)
James Brown: “Mind Power” – Make It Funky – The Big Payback: 1971-1975 (Polydor)
James Chance: “Caravan/It Don’t Mean a Thing/Melt Yourself Down” – Irresistable Impulse (Tiger Style)
Ernst Reijseger – Mola Sylla – Serigne C.M. Gueye: “Baba” – Janna (Winter & Winter)
Konono No. 1: “Landu Mambu” – Live in Tokyo EP (Crammed)
Mlimani Park Orchestra: “Taxi Driver” – Zanzibara Vol. 5 (1978-1983) Hot in Dar – The sound of Tanzania (Buda Musique)
Roscoe Mitchell: “Linefine Lyon Seven” – Sound & Space Ensembles (Black Saint)
Andrew Hill: “Sideways” – Passing Ships (Blue Note)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2012/01/31/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-01-31/feed/ 0 2:27:11 “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this[...] “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes). Today would have been Alan Lomax’s 97th birthday, so I started the show with about 40 minutes of music he (mostly) recorded. I also started reading my copy of “Alan Lomax: the Man who Recorded the World,” which is, so far, great. Someone was moved to call who enjoyed the Ernst Reijseger/Molla Sylla collaboration and also the James Brown and Marvin Gaye, so that makes it a successful show. Enjoy! (PS I trimmed out the announcement breaks in the first part of the show because they were not audible. Whoops, blame the sleepy 5 am DJ. You’ll have to learn up on Alan Lomax yourself!) Listen: download program (135MB, 2 hrs 27 min) Artist: “Track” – Album (Label) Vera Ward Hall: “Trouble So Hard” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic) Bessie Jones: “Go To Sleep Little Baby” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic) Estil C. Ball & Orna Ball: “Jennie Jenkins” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic) Almeda Riddle: “Chick-A-Li-Lee-Lo” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic) Bookmiller Shannon: “Down in Arkansas Among the Sticks” – Southern Journey, Vol. 7: Ozark Frontier – Ballads And Old-Timey Music From Arkansas (Rounder Select) Forrest City Joe: “Red Cross Store” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic) Mississippi Fred McDowell: “Been Drinkin’ Water Out of a Hollow Log” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic) Estil C. Ball: “The Poor Wayfaring Stranger” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic) Mountain Ramblers: “Baptizing Down By the Creek” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic) James Shorty, Viola James & Congregation: “Jesus On the Main Line” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic) James Shorty, Viola James & Congregation: “This Little Light of Mine” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic) Alabama Sacred Harp Singers: “Calvary” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic) The United Sacred Harp Musical Association Singing Convention: “The Last Words of Copernicus” – Southern Journey, Vol. 9: Harp Of A Thousand Strings – All Day Singing From The Sacred Harp (Rounder Select) Joe Armstrong & Group: “Knee Bone” – Southern Journey, Vol. 13: Earliest Times — Georgia Sea Island Songs for Everyday Living (Rounder Select) Neil Morris: “Turnip Greens” – Southern Journey, Vol. 7: Ozark Frontier – Ballads And Old-Timey Music From Arkansas (Rounder Select) Mainer Band: “Train 111” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic) Lead Belly: “Irene” – Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1 (Smithsonian Folkways) Vera Hall: “Boll Weevil Holler” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic) Otis Webster: “Boll Weevil Blues” – Country Negro Jam Session (Arhoolie) Harry Belafonte with Al Shackman: “Boll Weevil” – The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music (Buddha) Louise et Lirvat: “Swing but Sweet” – Swing Caraïbe, Caribbean Jazz Pioneers In Paris (1929-1946) (Frémeaux & Associés) Henry “Red” Allen: “You Might Get Better, But You’ll Never Get Well” – Chronological Classics Sampler (Chronological Classics) Sidney Bechet: “Le Complainte des Infideles” – Vive la france (Epm) Billy Eckstine: “Tenderly” – Everything I Have Is Yours: Best of the MGM Years (Polygram) Baden Powell: “Consolação ” – Poema on Guitar (MPS) Luiz Henrique: “If you want to be a lover” – Barra Limpa (Verve) Fantastic Melodyaires of South Carolina: “I Found the Lord” – The Pitch/Gusman Records Story (Fat Possum) The Coasters: “Love Potion #9” – Red Run Red (Jukebox) Marvin Gaye: “Hitch Hike” – That Stubborn Kinda Fellow (Tamla) James Brown: “Mind Power” – Make It Funky – The Big Payback: 1971-1975 (Polydor) James Chance: “Caravan/It Don’t Mean a Thing/Melt Yourself Down” – Irresistable Impulse (Tiger Style) Ernst Reijseger – Mola Sylla – Serigne C.M. Gueye:[...] playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-01-24 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/01/24/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-01-24/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-01-24 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/01/24/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-01-24/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:30:04 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3723 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

This week’s show is mostly not for the listeners with the short attention spans. Many of the songs are in the 8+ minute range, although there are a couple of punchy soul and latin numbers in the mix as well.

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (138MB, 2 hrs 31 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
João Gilberto: “É Preciso Perdoar” – João Gilberto (Polydor (Brazil))
Tom Christensen: “Nostalgia” – Paths (Playscape)
Eri Yamamoto Trio: “We’ll Figure Out Blues” – In Each Day, Something Good (AUMFidelity)
Horace Silver: “Sighin’ and Cryin’” – Song for my Father (Blue Note)
Kahil El Zabar Trio: “The Ebullient Duke” – Love Outside of Dreams (Delmark)
Robert Marcel Lepage: “Mustang Dimitri” – Les Clarinettes Ont-Elles un Escalier de Secours? (Ambiances Magnetiques)
Chris McGregor Trio: “Church Mouse” – Our Prayer (Fledg’ling Records)
Live Action Brass Band: “…And Justice For All” – Horn to Horn (Outpost Productions)
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble: “Hypnotic” – Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (Honest Jon’s)
Nkengas: “Jungle Funk” – Club Africa (Strut)
Barry Waite & Ltd: “Funky Sting Part 1” – Out On A Funky Trip: Funk, Soul & Reggae From Randy’s (Motion)
Frederick Knight: “Here After I’m Hereafter” – The Birmingham Sound: The Soul of Neal Hemphill Vol 1 (Rabbit Factory)
Etta James: “Tell Mama” – Chicago Soul: Electric Blues, Funk & Soul Of Chicago In The 1960s (Soul Jazz)
Dizzy Gillespie & Machito: “Exuberante” – Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (Pablo)
Roberto y su Nuevo Montuno: “Monina y Ramon” – ¡Arrollando! y con sabor (Antila Productions)
Cardinal Rex Jim Lawson: “So Ala Temem” – African Music Treasures blog (Voice of America)
Freddie Hubbard: “Mr. Clean” – Straight Life (CTI)
Miles Davis: “Spanish Key” – Bitches Brew (Columbia)
Sonny Rollins: “East Broadway Run Down” – East Broadway Run Down (Impulse)
Phil Ranelin Jazz Ensemble: “In Search of the One” – Perseverance (Wide Hive)
Darren Johnston’s Gone to Chicago: “Black and Tan Fantasy” – The Big Lift (Porto Franco)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2012/01/24/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-01-24/feed/ 0 2:30:51 “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this[...] “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes). This week’s show is mostly not for the listeners with the short attention spans. Many of the songs are in the 8+ minute range, although there are a couple of punchy soul and latin numbers in the mix as well. Enjoy! Listen: download program (138MB, 2 hrs 31 min) Artist: “Track” – Album (Label) João Gilberto: “É Preciso Perdoar” – João Gilberto (Polydor (Brazil)) Tom Christensen: “Nostalgia” – Paths (Playscape) Eri Yamamoto Trio: “We’ll Figure Out Blues” – In Each Day, Something Good (AUMFidelity) Horace Silver: “Sighin’ and Cryin’” – Song for my Father (Blue Note) Kahil El Zabar Trio: “The Ebullient Duke” – Love Outside of Dreams (Delmark) Robert Marcel Lepage: “Mustang Dimitri” – Les Clarinettes Ont-Elles un Escalier de Secours? (Ambiances Magnetiques) Chris McGregor Trio: “Church Mouse” – Our Prayer (Fledg’ling Records) Live Action Brass Band: “…And Justice For All” – Horn to Horn (Outpost Productions) Hypnotic Brass Ensemble: “Hypnotic” – Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (Honest Jon’s) Nkengas: “Jungle Funk” – Club Africa (Strut) Barry Waite & Ltd: “Funky Sting Part 1” – Out On A Funky Trip: Funk, Soul & Reggae From Randy’s (Motion) Frederick Knight: “Here After I’m Hereafter” – The Birmingham Sound: The Soul of Neal Hemphill Vol 1 (Rabbit Factory) Etta James: “Tell Mama” – Chicago Soul: Electric Blues, Funk & Soul Of Chicago In The 1960s (Soul Jazz) Dizzy Gillespie & Machito: “Exuberante” – Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (Pablo) Roberto y su Nuevo Montuno: “Monina y Ramon” – ¡Arrollando! y con sabor (Antila Productions) Cardinal Rex Jim Lawson: “So Ala Temem” – African Music Treasures blog (Voice of America) Freddie Hubbard: “Mr. Clean” – Straight Life (CTI) Miles Davis: “Spanish Key” – Bitches Brew (Columbia) Sonny Rollins: “East Broadway Run Down” – East Broadway Run Down (Impulse) Phil Ranelin Jazz Ensemble: “In Search of the One” – Perseverance (Wide Hive) Darren Johnston’s Gone to Chicago: “Black and Tan Fantasy” – The Big Lift (Porto Franco) download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-01-17 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/01/17/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-01-17/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-01-17 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/01/17/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-01-17/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:30:43 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3717 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

This week’s show starts off in a bit of a “chamber” jazz vein, into a slightly more bop segment. Then there’s some funk, soul, gospel, a pair of reggae tunes, and then I hit a latin groove which I was enjoying, but for which I hadn’t brought enough of my own music. The last half hour or so is based on me quickly rifling through the “Continental Drift” stacks to keep the vibe alive… it wasn’t quite what I had in mind, but it worked out OK. The audio file here only has the first minute or so of Vonski’s “Have No Fear” before time ran out…

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (142MB, 2 hrs 35 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Bar Kokhba: “Abdiel” – Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10 (Tzadik)
Jenny Scheinman: “American Dipper” – Shalagaster (Tzadik)
Thomas Dvorak: “Mr. Handagote” – Machinarium (Soundtrack) (Amanita Design)
Andrew Bird: “Carrion Suite” – Useless Creatures (Fat Possum)
Tin Hat Trio: “A Life in East Poultney” – Helium (Angel)
Alvin Batiste: “Picou” – Bayou Magic (India Navigation)
João Donato: “Little Boat” – New Sound of Brazil (RCA Victor)
Billie Holiday: “Blue Turning Grey Over You” – Billie’s Blues (Blue Note)
Oliver Nelson: “Doxy” – Taking Care of Business (Prestige New Jazz)
Mario Schiano: “Gambrinus” – Sud (Splasc(h))
Nicole Mitchell: “Center of the Earth” – Awakening (Delmark)
Steve Reid Ensemble: “Which One?” – Spirit Walk (Soul Jazz)
Herculaneum: “Dynasty” – Olives and Orchids (EF)
Karl Hector and the Malcouns: “Tamanrasset” – Tamanrasset (Stones Throw)
Incredible Bongo Band: “Okey Dokey” – Bongo Rock (Mr Bongo)
Kashmere Stage Band: “Kashmere” – The Funky 16 Corners (Stones Throw)
Gospel Soul Revivals: “If Jesus Came Today” – Good God! Born Again Funk (Numero Group)
Rose Davis: “Yes I’ve Been Crying” – 7″ (Play 101) (Play)
Melvin Davis: “It’s No News” – Detroit Soul Ambassador (Vampi Soul)
Max Romeo and the Upsetters: “Smile Out a Style” – War Ina Babylon (Island)
Beverley All Stars: “The Monster” – Funky Chicken (Trojan)
Rolling Stone and His Traditional Aces: “Igha Suo Gamwen” – Marvellous Boy: Calypso from West Africa (Honest Jon’s)
Orchestre Yaya Mas: “Rampa Rampa” – African Boogaloo: The Latinization of West Africa (Honest Jon’s)
Fruko y sus Tesos: “Manyoma” – The Afrosound of Colombia, Vol. 1 (Vampi Soul)
Puerto Rico y Su Combo: “La Cumbia del Pescador” – Cartagena! Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia and Descarga Sound of Colombia 1962-72 (Soundway)
Wganda Kenya: “Fiebre de Lepa” – The Afrosound of Colombia, Vol. 1 (Vampi Soul)
Afrosound: “Salsa con tabaco” – The Afrosound of Colombia, Vol. 1 (Vampi Soul)
Systema Solar: “Ya Veras” – Cumbia! Bestial: Urban Soundlab of the Latin Diaspora (Chusma)
Orquesta Original de Manzanillo: “A La Hora Que Me Llamen Voy” – El Son de Cuba (Milan Latino)
Papi Oviedo y sus Soneros: “Si te vas” – Encuentro entre Soneros (Candela)
Barbarito Torres: “El Amor de mi bohio” – Havana Cafe (Atlantic)
Armando Garzon with the Quinteto Oriente: “Pensamiento” – Boleros (Corason)
Chico Trujillo: “Loca” – Plato Unico Bailable (Oveja Negra)
Chicha Libre: “Indian Summer” – Sonido Amazonico (Barbes)
Von Freeman: “Have No Fear, Soul is Here” – Have No Fear (Nessa)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2012/01/17/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-01-17/feed/ 0 2:34:36 This week's show starts off in a bit of a "chamber" jazz vein, into a slightly more bop segment. Then there's some funk, soul, gospel, a pair of reggae tunes, and then I hit a latin groove which I was enjoying, but for which I hadn't brought enough [...] This week's show starts off in a bit of a "chamber" jazz vein, into a slightly more bop segment. Then there's some funk, soul, gospel, a pair of reggae tunes, and then I hit a latin groove which I was enjoying, but for which I hadn't brought enough of my own music. The last half hour or so is based on me quickly rifling through the "Continental Drift" stacks to keep the vibe alive… it wasn't quite what I had in mind, but it worked out OK. The audio file here only has the first minute or so of Vonski's "Have No Fear" before time ran out... Enjoy! download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-01-10 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/01/10/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-01-10/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-01-10 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/01/10/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-01-10/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:30:56 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3714 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

No overarching themes or gimmicks to this week’s show. Just music: a fairly diverse mix, I guess, although in blocks without too many whiplash transitions. Not too much talking, for what it’s worth.

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (144MB, 2 hrs 37 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Indigo Trio with Michel Edelin: “Call Back” – The Ethiopian Princess Meets the Tantric Priest (Rogueart)
Nomo: “The Seams” – Nomo (Ypsilanti)
Kenny Burrell: “Wavy Gravy” – Midnight Blue (Blue Note)
Bobbi Humphrey: “Jasper Country Man” – Blue Break Beats, vol. 2 (Blue Note)
The Positive Force with Ade Olatunji: “The Afrikan in Winter” – Spiritual Jazz: Esoteric, modal and Deep Jazz from the Underground 1968-77 (Jazzman)
Dudu Pukwana and Spear: “Ezilaini” – In The Townships (Earthworks)
Art Ensemble of Chicago: “Thème de Céline” – Americans Swinging in Paris (EMI)
Quantic & his Combo Barbaro: “Mambo Los Quantic” – Tradition in Transition (Tru Thoughts)
Franco et l’OK Jazz: “Yamba Leo” – Merveilles du Passe, Vol 3 (Frochot Music)
Ensemble Aux Calebasses: “Donnez Moi la Main” – Meringue! (Cook)
Attila the Hun: “Man Man Biscoe” – The Golden Age of Calypso (Buda Musique)
Dennis Alcapone: “Teach the Children” – Trojan DJ Box Set (Trojan)
Diamond Joe: “Wait a Minute” – Get Low Down: The Soul of New Orleans 1965-67 (Sundazed )
Martha and the Vandellas: “Nowhere to Run” – Dance Party (Motown)
The Pilgrim Jubilee Singers of Chicago, Illinois: “Pearly Gates” – The Old Ship of Zion (Mobile Fidelity)
The Staple Singers: “Oh La De Da” – Wattstax: the Living Word (soundtrack) (Stax)
Black On White Affair: “Bold Soul Sister, Bold Soul Brother” – Wheedle’s Groove: Seattle’s Finest in Funk & Soul 1965-1975 (Light in the Attic)
Eddie Bo: “Check Your Bucket” – New Orleans Funk (Soul Jazz)
Calypso King & the Soul Investigators: “Some Funk” – Soul Strike! (Soul Fire)
Soulsations: “Broadway Shing-a-Ling, Pt. 1” – Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg (Numero Group)
Blind Lemon Jefferson: “Prison Cell Blues” – Anthology of American Folk Music (Smithsonian Folkways)
Dave Van Ronk: “Please See That My Grave Is Kept Clean” – The Folkways Years, 1959-1961 (Smithsonian Folkways)
Fred McDowell/Johnny Woods: “Shake ‘em On Down” – Arhoolie 40th Anniversary Box Set (Arhoolie)
Prisoners at the Ramsey and Retrieve State Farms, Texas: “I Need More Power” – Negro Prison Camp Worksongs (Smithsonian Folkways)
Vester Jones: “Cluck Old Hen” – Traditional Music from Grayson and Carroll Counties, Virginia: Songs, Tunes with Fiddle, Banjo and Band (Smithsonian Folkways)
Bayta Ag Bay: “Aicha” – Music from Saharan Cellphones (Sahel Sounds)
Rasha: “Aguis Mahasnik Biman” – The Rough Guide to the Music of Sudan (Rough Guide)
Haruna Ishola and his Apala Group: “Kosi Ninu Eiye” – Apala Messenger (Indigedisc)
Johnny Hodges: “You Need to Rock” – Side by Side (Verve)
Atomic: “Nära Grensen” – Feet Music (Jazzland)
Gamelan Pacifica: “Rain” – Trance Gong (What Next)
Shivkumar Sharma, Brij Bushan Kabra, Hariprasad Chaurasia: “Dhun – Mishra Kirwani” – Call of the Valley (EMI)
Plaw: “Briing (Tube Zither)” – Bamboo on the Mountains: Kmhmu Highlanders from Southeast Asia and the United States (Smithsonian Folkways)
Matana Roberts, Josh Abrams & Chad Taylor: “Sons of Slaves” – Sticks & Stones (482 Music)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2012/01/10/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-01-10/feed/ 0 2:37:08 No overarching themes or gimmicks to this week's show. Just music: a fairly diverse mix, I guess, although in blocks without too many whiplash transitions. Not too much talking, for what it's worth. Enjoy! No overarching themes or gimmicks to this week's show. Just music: a fairly diverse mix, I guess, although in blocks without too many whiplash transitions. Not too much talking, for what it's worth. Enjoy! download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2012-01-03 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/01/03/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-01-03/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-01-03 http://blog.germuska.com/2012/01/03/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-01-03/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:30:11 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3708 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

Today’s show begins with a memorial for the late Sam Rivers, who among other accomplishments, performs on the namesake album for the show. I’m no Sam Rivers expert, but it was a pleasure to spend 45 minutes going over some of his music.

The rest of the show was solidly in the jazz vein, including an old track by DKV trio, who I saw put on a great show at Hideout last week, and a track from Herculaneum, who celebrate the release of their next album tomorrow night. (Unfortunately I didn’t have that album to play, but hopefully we’ll get it at the station soon.) Several other tracks I played today are either new to me or rediscoveries—it felt fresh to me, and hopefully it will to you as well.

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (133MB, 2 hrs 25 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Dave Holland Quartet: “Conference of the Birds” – Conference of the Birds (ECM)
Sam Rivers: “Dawn” – Sizzle (Impulse)
Sam Rivers Rivbea Orchestra: “Arcs” – Aurora (Rivbea Sound Company)
Sam Rivers Trio: “Smoke” – Firestorm (Rivbea Sound Company)
Steven Bernstein w/the Sam Rivers Trio: “Lucky” – Diaspora Blues (Tzadik)
William Parker Raining on the Moon: “James Baldwin to the Rescue” – Raining on the Moon (Thirsty Ear)
Letta Mbulu: “Aredze” – Letta Mbulu Sings (EMI Import)
Mary Lou Williams: “Medi I” – Zoning (Smithsonian Folkways)
Oscar Pettiford: “Titoro” – Another One (Bethlehem)
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: “Brother Malcolm” – Three Gentlemen from Chikago (Moers)
Jason Stein Quartet: “Little Big Horse” – The Story This Time (Delmark)
World Saxophone Quartet: “Picasso” – Breath of Life (Nonesuch)
Vijay Iyer: “Epistrophy” – Solo (ACT)
Trevor Watts & Veryan Weston: “Exchanged Frequencies” – 5 More Dialogues (Emanem)
DKV Trio: “Double Holiday” – Baraka (Okkadisk)
Herculaneum: “Puerto Jimenez” – Olives and Orchids (EF)
Nicole Mitchell Black Earth Strings: “Mama Found Out” – Renegades (Delmark)
Eastern Blok: “Tesla” – Eastern Blok (self-released)
Ibsen’s Ghosts: “Improvisation #1” – Ibsen’s Ghosts (Not Two)
Darren Johnston’s Gone to Chicago: “Two Ways of Running” – The Big Lift (Porto Franco)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2012/01/03/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2012-01-03/feed/ 0 2:25:14 “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this[...] “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes). Today’s show begins with a memorial for the late Sam Rivers, who among other accomplishments, performs on the namesake album for the show. I’m no Sam Rivers expert, but it was a pleasure to spend 45 minutes going over some of his music. The rest of the show was solidly in the jazz vein, including an old track by DKV trio, who I saw put on a great show at Hideout last week, and a track from Herculaneum, who celebrate the release of their next album tomorrow night. (Unfortunately I didn’t have that album to play, but hopefully we’ll get it at the station soon.) Several other tracks I played today are either new to me or rediscoveries—it felt fresh to me, and hopefully it will to you as well. Enjoy! Listen: download program (133MB, 2 hrs 25 min) Artist: “Track” – Album (Label) Dave Holland Quartet: “Conference of the Birds” – Conference of the Birds (ECM) Sam Rivers: “Dawn” – Sizzle (Impulse) Sam Rivers Rivbea Orchestra: “Arcs” – Aurora (Rivbea Sound Company) Sam Rivers Trio: “Smoke” – Firestorm (Rivbea Sound Company) Steven Bernstein w/the Sam Rivers Trio: “Lucky” – Diaspora Blues (Tzadik) William Parker Raining on the Moon: “James Baldwin to the Rescue” – Raining on the Moon (Thirsty Ear) Letta Mbulu: “Aredze” – Letta Mbulu Sings (EMI Import) Mary Lou Williams: “Medi I” – Zoning (Smithsonian Folkways) Oscar Pettiford: “Titoro” – Another One (Bethlehem) Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: “Brother Malcolm” – Three Gentlemen from Chikago (Moers) Jason Stein Quartet: “Little Big Horse” – The Story This Time (Delmark) World Saxophone Quartet: “Picasso” – Breath of Life (Nonesuch) Vijay Iyer: “Epistrophy” – Solo (ACT) Trevor Watts & Veryan Weston: “Exchanged Frequencies” – 5 More Dialogues (Emanem) DKV Trio: “Double Holiday” – Baraka (Okkadisk) Herculaneum: “Puerto Jimenez” – Olives and Orchids (EF) Nicole Mitchell Black Earth Strings: “Mama Found Out” – Renegades (Delmark) Eastern Blok: “Tesla” – Eastern Blok (self-released) Ibsen’s Ghosts: “Improvisation #1” – Ibsen’s Ghosts (Not Two) Darren Johnston’s Gone to Chicago: “Two Ways of Running” – The Big Lift (Porto Franco) download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2011-12-20 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/12/20/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-12-20/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-12-20 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/12/20/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-12-20/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:30:22 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3701 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

This week’s show went a little long because my successor was late to the station. The archive cuts off after the Kronos Quartet take on Bill Evans’ “Five.” Thanks to the caller who made a request, as well as the couple of other folks who rang in late in the show. It’s always a treat to talk to folks who are listening real time. (But of course, you podcast listeners are welcome to provide feedback here in the comments or via Twitter.)

Despite the lack of holiday themed music, this is the last Conference of the Birds for 2011. Here’s hoping that 2012 is the BEST YEAR EVER for all of the listeners.

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (146MB, 2 hrs 40 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Rahim Alhaj: “Taqsim Maqam Hijaz” – When the Soul is Settled: Music of Iraq (Smithsonian Folkways)
William Parker & Hamid Drake: “Sky” – Summer Snow (AUMFidelity)
Pedro Mestre & Chico Lobo: “Agreste” – The New Brazilian Music (BM&A)
Elis Regina: “Upa Neguinho” – In London (Philips)
Extra Golden: “Ok-Oyot System” – Ok-Oyot System (Thrill Jockey)
Prince Nico Mbarga: “Nature” – Aki Special (Rounder Select)
Montgomery Express: “Montgomery Movement” – Does ‘Party Fever’ & Other Songs Of The Montgomery Movement (Ikef)
Beverly Crosby: “That Didn’t Stop Me” – Keb Darge’s Legendary Deep Funk, Vol 2 (BBE)
Winston Wright: “Moon Invader” – Greater Jamaica Moon Walk Reggay (Culture Press/Jet Set)
Talking Heads: “Slippery People” – Speaking in Tongues (Sire)
Laurie Anderson: “Sharkey’s Day” – Mister Heartbreak (Warner Brothers)
Lotz of Music: “Begoña Blues” – Puasong Daffriek (Laika Records)
Nick Drake: “Saturday Sun” – Five Leaves Left (Island)
Muhal Richard Abrams with Malachi Favors: “Sightsong/Two Over One” – Sightsong (Black Saint)
Johnny Lewis Quartet: “Chitlins Con Carne” – Shuckin’ and Jivin’ (Ubiquity)
Jackie Brenston And His Delta Cats: “Rocket 88” – Sun Records Story (Charly)
The Wellis Band: “Bindiga” – Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds, Ghanaian Blues 1968 – 1981 (Soundway)
Sun Ra: “Hours After” – The Singles (Evidence)
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: “Black as Vera Cruz” – Hot ‘n Heavy (Delmark)
Eastern Blok: “Hubble” – Eastern Blok (self-released)
Indigo Trio with Michel Edelin: “Top Secret” – The Ethiopian Princess Meets the Tantric Priest (Rogueart)
Lee Konitz: “Foolin’ Myself” – Motion (Verve)
Warne Marsh: “I’ll Remember April” – Live in Hollywood (Xanadu)
Vijay Iyer: “One for Blount” – Solo (Act)
Kronos Quartet (with Jim Hall): “Five” – Music of Bill Evans (Landmark)
Andrew Hill: “Mahogany” – Mosaic Select (Mosaic)
Amir Elsaffar Two Rivers Ensemble: “Venus, the Evening Star” – Inana (Pi)
Von Freeman: “Boomerang” – Have No Fear (Nessa)
Paul Chambers: “We Six” – Mosaic Select (Mosaic)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2011/12/20/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-12-20/feed/ 0 2:39:47 This week's show went a little long because my successor was late to the station. The archive cuts off after the Kronos Quartet take on Bill Evans' "Five." Thanks to the caller who made a request, as well as the couple of other folks who rang in lat[...] This week's show went a little long because my successor was late to the station. The archive cuts off after the Kronos Quartet take on Bill Evans' "Five." Thanks to the caller who made a request, as well as the couple of other folks who rang in late in the show. It's always a treat to talk to folks who are listening real time. (But of course, you podcast listeners are welcome to provide feedback here in the comments or via Twitter.) Despite the lack of holiday themed music, this is the last Conference of the Birds for 2011. Here's hoping that 2012 is the BEST YEAR EVER for all of the listeners. Enjoy! download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2011-12-13 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/12/13/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-12-13/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-12-13 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/12/13/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-12-13/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:30:00 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3695 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

In some ways, this is a typical Conference of the Birds show. I didn’t have any overarching themes, but I found a good number of nice tunes to share.

Enjoy!

PS once again, you can download any of the several volumes of “The New Brazilian Music” from Brasil Music Exchange on BandCamp, if you’re so inclined. You may also want to check out DJ ByLamplight’s Majestic Coal Chute, vol. 4 mix, where I first heard the Robbs cut which is on this week’s show

Listen:

download program (142MB, 2 hrs 35 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Jackie Wilson: “Baby Workout” – Beg, Scream & Shout: the Big Ol’ Box of 60′s Soul (Rhino)
Papo Felix & Ray Rodriguez: “Work Out (Part 2)” – Papo Felix Meets Ray Rodriguez (Ghetto Records)
Speedometer: “Work It Out” – Hot, Funky & Sweaty: The Sound of Heavy Funk & Soul Today (Hard Soul Records)
Betty Davis: “They Say I’m Different” – This Is It (Vampi Soul)
Greyboy with Quantic & Sharon Jones: “Got To Be a Love” – Soul Mosaic (Ubiquity)
Nina Simone: “It Be’s That Way Sometime” – Silk & Soul (RCA Victor)
Eliana Pittman: “Nem Saudade” – Eliana Pittman (Odeon)
Lecuona Cuban Boys: “Rumbas Cubanas” – Congas & Rumbas from the Unforgettable Band (Yoyo Music)
Lloyd Glenn: “Rompin’ Rumba” – Essential Masters 1947-1957 (Master Classics)
Tito Puente: “Guaguanco Margarito” – Mambo Birdland (RMM)
Rail Band: “Demba” – Belle Epoque, Vol. 2: Mansa (Sterns)
Ignace de Souza: “Adan Egbomi” – The Great Unknowns (Original Music)
Akwaboa’s Guitar Band: “Anyina Boa” – I’ve Found My Love: 1960′s Guitar Band Highlife (Original Music)
Digable Planets: “Graffiti” – Blowout Comb (Pendulum)
Hamid Drake & Bindu: “Hymn of Solidarity” – Reggaeology (Rogueart)
Linton Kwesi Johnson: “Story” – Tings An’ Times (Shanachie)
Mighty Sparrow: “Sweet Loving” – Hugo Mendez Presents Tropical Funk Experience: Island Jump-Up: Hot Sounds From The Caribbean 1968-75 (Nascente)
Banda Black Rio: “Mr. Funky Samba” – Maria Fumaca (WEA Brazil)
DJ Guga de Castro y su Iracema: “Compositor da Rale” – The New Brazilian Music, Vol. 4 (BM&A)
Anzala, Dolor, Velo: “Ti Fi La Ou Te Madam” – Tumbélé!: Biguine, afro & latin sounds from the French Caribbean, 1963-74 (Soundway)
Jay Mitchell: “Goombay Bump” – Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay (Numero Group)
The Robbs: “Last of the Wine” – 7″ (Dunhill)
Art Neville: “Bo Diddley” – Get Low Down: The Soul of New Orleans 1965-67 (Sundazed )
Syl Johnson: “Come On Sock It To Me” – Complete Mythology (Numero Group)
Hollywood Flames: “Buzz-Buzz-Buzz” – The Doo-Wop Box (Rhino)
Roy Hogsed: “Snake Dance Boogie” – Hillbilly Boogie (Proper)
Chuck Wagon Gang: “I’m Headed For the Promised Land” – The Gospel Tradition: The Roots & the Branches, Vol 1 (Legacy/Columbia)
The Skylarks: “Holilili” – Township Jazz ‘n Jive (Music Club)
Sun Ra Arkestra: “S’Wonderful” – Music from Tomorrow’s World (Unheard Music/Atavistic)
Mark Helias’ Open Loose: “Cinematic” – Atomic Clock (Radio Legs)
Indigo Trio + Michel Edelin: “Return of the Sun” – The Ethiopian Princess Meets the Tantric Priest (Rogueart)
Kidd Jordan: “Harrison Carries Out the Coffin” – On Fire (Engine)
Joe McPhee/Michael Zerang: “Crescent City Lullaby” – Creole Gardens (A New Orleans Suite) (NoBusiness)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2011/12/13/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-12-13/feed/ 0 2:34:49 “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this[...] “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes). In some ways, this is a typical Conference of the Birds show. I didn’t have any overarching themes, but I found a good number of nice tunes to share. Enjoy! PS once again, you can download any of the several volumes of “The New Brazilian Music” from Brasil Music Exchange on BandCamp, if you’re so inclined. You may also want to check out DJ ByLamplight’s Majestic Coal Chute, vol. 4 mix, where I first heard the Robbs cut which is on this week’s show Listen: download program (142MB, 2 hrs 35 min) Artist: “Track” – Album (Label) Jackie Wilson: “Baby Workout” – Beg, Scream & Shout: the Big Ol’ Box of 60′s Soul (Rhino) Papo Felix & Ray Rodriguez: “Work Out (Part 2)” – Papo Felix Meets Ray Rodriguez (Ghetto Records) Speedometer: “Work It Out” – Hot, Funky & Sweaty: The Sound of Heavy Funk & Soul Today (Hard Soul Records) Betty Davis: “They Say I’m Different” – This Is It (Vampi Soul) Greyboy with Quantic & Sharon Jones: “Got To Be a Love” – Soul Mosaic (Ubiquity) Nina Simone: “It Be’s That Way Sometime” – Silk & Soul (RCA Victor) Eliana Pittman: “Nem Saudade” – Eliana Pittman (Odeon) Lecuona Cuban Boys: “Rumbas Cubanas” – Congas & Rumbas from the Unforgettable Band (Yoyo Music) Lloyd Glenn: “Rompin’ Rumba” – Essential Masters 1947-1957 (Master Classics) Tito Puente: “Guaguanco Margarito” – Mambo Birdland (RMM) Rail Band: “Demba” – Belle Epoque, Vol. 2: Mansa (Sterns) Ignace de Souza: “Adan Egbomi” – The Great Unknowns (Original Music) Akwaboa’s Guitar Band: “Anyina Boa” – I’ve Found My Love: 1960′s Guitar Band Highlife (Original Music) Digable Planets: “Graffiti” – Blowout Comb (Pendulum) Hamid Drake & Bindu: “Hymn of Solidarity” – Reggaeology (Rogueart) Linton Kwesi Johnson: “Story” – Tings An’ Times (Shanachie) Mighty Sparrow: “Sweet Loving” – Hugo Mendez Presents Tropical Funk Experience: Island Jump-Up: Hot Sounds From The Caribbean 1968-75 (Nascente) Banda Black Rio: “Mr. Funky Samba” – Maria Fumaca (WEA Brazil) DJ Guga de Castro y su Iracema: “Compositor da Rale” – The New Brazilian Music, Vol. 4 (BM&A) Anzala, Dolor, Velo: “Ti Fi La Ou Te Madam” – Tumbélé!: Biguine, afro & latin sounds from the French Caribbean, 1963-74 (Soundway) Jay Mitchell: “Goombay Bump” – Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay (Numero Group) The Robbs: “Last of the Wine” – 7″ (Dunhill) Art Neville: “Bo Diddley” – Get Low Down: The Soul of New Orleans 1965-67 (Sundazed ) Syl Johnson: “Come On Sock It To Me” – Complete Mythology (Numero Group) Hollywood Flames: “Buzz-Buzz-Buzz” – The Doo-Wop Box (Rhino) Roy Hogsed: “Snake Dance Boogie” – Hillbilly Boogie (Proper) Chuck Wagon Gang: “I’m Headed For the Promised Land” – The Gospel Tradition: The Roots & the Branches, Vol 1 (Legacy/Columbia) The Skylarks: “Holilili” – Township Jazz ‘n Jive (Music Club) Sun Ra Arkestra: “S’Wonderful” – Music from Tomorrow’s World (Unheard Music/Atavistic) Mark Helias’ Open Loose: “Cinematic” – Atomic Clock (Radio Legs) Indigo Trio + Michel Edelin: “Return of the Sun” – The Ethiopian Princess Meets the Tantric Priest (Rogueart) Kidd Jordan: “Harrison Carries Out the Coffin” – On Fire (Engine) Joe McPhee/Michael Zerang: “Crescent City Lullaby” – Creole Gardens (A New Orleans Suite) (NoBusiness) download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2011-12-06 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/12/06/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-12-06/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-12-06 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/12/06/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-12-06/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:30:18 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3689 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

I really like the way this week’s show came together. In a relatively rare situation, most of the first hour is programmed as I worked things out the night before, through a mildly curated shuffle-play process. I’m happy to share great tracks from a number of relatively new acquisitions, alongside a few classics.  I’m particularly keen on the first track, which comes from the recently kickstartered “Music from Saharan Cellphones” complation.

(Also, Stephen started his show off with some nice Herbie Hancock, so I left that in, as well as his first announcements on his show—consider it a little promo for a fellow DJ)

Enjoy!

PS note that some of this week’s music is available for your free, unfettered, and legal download, so check out:

Listen:

download program (144MB, 2 hrs 38 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Group Anmataff: “Tinariwen” – Music from Saharan Cellphones (Sahel Sounds)
Elements of the 7th: “The Move” – Rhythm Process 2x(y) + 3 (Quadraphonic Sound Module)
Bobby Womack: “Nobody Wants You When You’re Down and Out” – Facts of Life (The Right Stuff)
Negib Ould Ngainich: “Guetna” – Music from Saharan Cellphones (Sahel Sounds)
Soul Rebels: “Take It High Now” – No Place Like Home (Soul Rebels)
Spider Harrison: “Beautiful Day” – The Funky 16 Corners (Stones Throw)
Rev. Utah Smith: “I Want Two Wings” – Slide Guitar Gospel (1944-1964) (Document)
The Coctails: “Hip Hop” – Popcorn Box (Carrot Top Records)
Karl Hector & the Malcouns: “Koloko Pt. 1” – Sahara Swing (Stones Throw)
Corey Harris & Henry Butler: “Why Don’t You Live So God Can Use You?” – Vu-du Menz (Alligator)
Mighty Reverlaires: “You Can’t Hide” – The Pitch/Gusman Records Story (Fat Possum)
The Orchestre Novelty de Brazzaville: “Instrumental” – The Orchestre Novelty de Brazzaville (Voice of America African Music Treasures blog)
Melvin Davis: “Find a Quiet Place (And Be Lonely)” – Detroit Soul Ambassador (Vampi Soul)
Afro Soul System: “Tink Tank” – Bambara Mystic Soul – The Raw Sound of Burkina Faso 1974-1979 (Analog Africa)
Gospel Ensemble: “What You Need” – Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio (Numero Group)
Sound of Soul: “Gospel Train” – Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio (Numero Group)
South Shore Commission: “You Got Me Hummin’” – Eccentric Soul: The Nickel & Penny Labels (Numero Group)
Orchestre Baobab: “Utrus Horas” – Pirates Choice (Nonesuch)
Andrew Bird: “Hot Math” – Useless Creatures (Fat Possum)
Cool Chris & Vinnie Esparza: “Track 12” – Trap Door II Mystery Mix (Dis-joint)
Os Mutantes: “Bat Macumba” – Os Mutantes (Polydor)
James Taylor Quartet: “Tough Chicken” – Message from the Godfather (Ubiquity)
Davis Coen: “Mambo Chillun” – Ill Disposition (219 Records)
Buddy Lucas: “That Thang” – M-716-A 7″ (Mohawk)
Mamukueno: “Rei do Palhetinho” – Angola Soundtrack – The Unique Sound of Luanda (Analog Africa)
Balacobaco: “Funk Como Le Gusta” – The New Brazilian Music, Vol. 4 (BM&A)
Felipe Cordeiro: “Legal E Illegal” – The New Brazilian Music, Vol. 4 (BM&A)
Jumpsuit: “Walking into Sunshine” – Too Funky for the Rock and the Roll (Jumpsuit)
Actis Band: “Dulcinea” – Garibaldi (Leo)
Getatchew Mekuria & the Ex & Guests: “Aynotche terabu/Shemonmwanaye” – Moa Anbessa (Terp)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2011/12/06/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-12-06/feed/ 0 2:37:36 I really like the way this week's show came together. In a relatively rare situation, most of the first hour is programmed as I worked things out the night before, through a mildly curated shuffle-play process. I'm happy to share great tracks from a[...] I really like the way this week's show came together. In a relatively rare situation, most of the first hour is programmed as I worked things out the night before, through a mildly curated shuffle-play process. I'm happy to share great tracks from a number of relatively new acquisitions, alongside a few classics. (Also, Stephen started his show off with some nice Herbie Hancock, so I left that in, as well as his first announcements on his show—consider it a little promo for a fellow DJ) Enjoy! download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2011-11-29 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/11/29/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-11-29/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-11-29 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/11/29/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-11-29/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:30:52 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3683 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

It was another jazzy week for Conference of the Birds. I hadn’t been feeling much inspiration about music in my own collection, so I decided to do the show entirely from WNUR’s considerable library. See what you think!

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (139MB, 2 hrs 32 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Ernest Dawkins New Horizons Ensemble: “Maghostut Two” – South Side Street Songs (Silkheart)
Kahil El’ Zabar’s Ritual Trio: “Fatsmo” – Renaissance of the Resistance (Delmark)
The Engines: “Trouble Distribution” – Wire and Brass (Okkadisk)
James Falzone Allos Musica: “The Tipping Point” – The Sign and the Thing Signified (AllosDocuments)
Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Strings: “By My Own Grace” – Renegades (Delmark)
Ted Sirota’s Rebel Souls: “13 de Maio” – Seize the Time (Naim Jazz)
Karl E.H. Seigfried: “Ambient” – Criminal Mastermind (Imaginary Chicago)
Cooper-Moore & Assif Tsahar: “Forlorn” – Tells Untold (Hopscotch)
Ben Goldberg Quintet: “Cortege” – The Door, the Hat, the Chair, the Fact (Cryptogramophone)
Jaap Blonk/Fred Lonberg-Holm/Michael Zerang: “Stone, Woods & Brown” – First Meetings (Buzz)
Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher: “Q17” – Quartet (BBBCD)
Hal Russell NRG Ensemble: “Sinus Up” – Generation (Nessa)
Greg Ward’s Phonic Juggernaut: “Sectionate City” – Greg Ward’s Phonic Juggernaut (Thirsty Ear)
Vinny Golia Quartet: “Parambulist” – Take Your Time (Relative Pitch)
Jason Adasiewicz’s Sun Rooms: “Bees” – Spacer (Delmark)
Mingus Awareness Project: “Fables of Faubus” – Mingus Awareness Project 2010 (promo)
The Microscopic Septet: “Friday the 13th” – Friday the 13th: The Micros Play Monk (Cuneiform)
Avishai Cohen: “Ferrara Napoly” – Introducing Triveni (Anzic)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2011/11/29/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-11-29/feed/ 0 2:31:54 It was another jazzy week for Conference of the Birds. I hadn't been feeling much inspiration about music in my own collection, so I decided to do the show entirely from WNUR's considerable library. See what you think! Enjoy! It was another jazzy week for Conference of the Birds. I hadn't been feeling much inspiration about music in my own collection, so I decided to do the show entirely from WNUR's considerable library. See what you think! Enjoy! download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2011-11-22 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/11/22/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-11-22/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-11-22 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/11/22/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-11-22/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:30:44 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3676 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes).

Conference of the Birds made a thorough return to jazz this week, in part since my friend Mark decided to come hang out in the studio for most of the show. It’s a return to jazz, but still pretty far-ranging, including getting into a little tiny bit of fusion (the two Isotopes) but also, bop, South African jazz, a few kinds of solo piano, the analog and earthy sounds of Hamid Drake and Joshua Abrams, a little blues and gospel, and Aretha Franklin plumb burstin’ through the boundaries of the classic songbook

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (143MB, 2 hrs 36 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Abdullah Ibrahim: “bra joe from kilimanjaro” – African Piano (ECM)
Johnny Dyani: “Dedicated Abdullah Ibrahim” – Afrika (Steeplechase)
Ed Blackwell: “Beau Regard” – What It Is? (Enja)
Hotel X: “Afro Blue” – A Random History of the Avant-Groove (SST)
Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet: “Voodoo” – Voodoo (Black Saint)
Clifford Brown & Max Roach: “Delilah” – Clifford Brown & Max Roach (Polygram)
Paul Desmond: “Take Ten” – The Best of Paul Desmond (Columbia)
Mark Whitfield: “The Blues from Way Back” – The Marksman (Warner Brothers)
Katie Jackson with the Campbell Brothers: “God is a Good God” – Sacred Steel Live! (Arhoolie)
Isotope 217: “Looking After Life on Mars” – Utonian Automatic (Thrill Jockey)
Isotope: “Illusion” – Golden Section (Cuneiform)
The Soft Machine: “Joy of a Toy” – The Soft Machine (ABC)
Eric Boeren: “Free/TTZ/Forerunner” – Joy of a Toy (BVHaast)
Ornette Coleman: “Ramblin’” – Beauty is a Rare Thing (Atlantic)
Art Tatum: “These Foolish Things” – The Tatum Solo Materpieces, Vol. 8 (Pablo)
Gonzales: “Basmati” – Solo Piano (Universal Import)
Eri Yamamoto & Federico Ughi: “Thank You” – Duologues (AUM Fidelity)
Jamie Saft: “Astaroth” – Astaroth (Book of Angels, Vol. 1) (Tzadik)
Ken Nordine: “Strollin’ Spooks” – Monster Sounds & Boppin’ Tracks (Toto)
Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake: “Leap Forward” – Back Together Again (Thrill Jockey)
Joshua Abrams: “Dolphin Cave Dazzling” – Natural Information (Eremite)
Aretha Franklin: “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive” – The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (Columbia)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2011/11/22/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-11-22/feed/ 0 2:36:24 Conference of the Birds made a thorough return to jazz this week, in part since my friend Mark decided to come hang out in the studio for most of the show. It's a return to jazz, but still pretty far-ranging, including getting into a little tiny bit[...] Conference of the Birds made a thorough return to jazz this week, in part since my friend Mark decided to come hang out in the studio for most of the show. It's a return to jazz, but still pretty far-ranging, including getting into a little tiny bit of fusion (the two Isotopes) but also, bop, South African jazz, a few kinds of solo piano, the analog and earthy sounds of Hamid Drake and Joshua Abrams, a little blues and gospel, and Aretha Franklin plumb burstin' through the boundaries of the classic songbook Enjoy! download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2011-11-15 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/11/15/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-11-15/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-11-15 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/11/15/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-11-15/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:19:03 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3670 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes). (You can also once again see one jumbo list of my past playlists (back to 9/2008 when WNUR started online playlists), for easier searching.)

Lots of odds and ends this week, but also a healthy dose of music from the finally-delivered-unto-me “Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio”, a beautiful 3-disc set from Numero chronicling the output of… well, the title says it all. Here are some write-ups about the project:

I also left on a bonus Orchestre Poly-Rythmo track from the beginning of Stephen’s show (not listed below) just because… why not? It’s Poly-Rythmo!

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (139MB, 2 hrs 32 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Unspecified: “Gamelan Gong Sekaha Sadha Budaya” – Music of Bali: Gamelan and Kecak (Nonesuch)
Das Racist: “hahahaha jk?” – Sit Down, Man (Mad Decent / Greedhead / Mishka)
Pato Banton: “Don’t Sniff Coke” – Never Give In (Greensleeves)
Brother Bill: “Wha’s Happ’nin?” – Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio (Numero Group)
Eddie & the Ant Hill Mob: “I’m a Number Runner” – Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio (Numero Group)
Bo & the Metros: “Moving On” – Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio (Numero Group)
Creations Unlimited: “Chrystal Illusion” – Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio (Numero Group)
Gospel Fabulators: “Read It in the Bible” – Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio (Numero Group)
Unknown: “Never Let You Go” – Boddie Bonus Disc (Numero Group)
Raphael Saddiq: “Keep Marchin’” – The Way I See It (Sony)
Booker T & the MGs: “Boot-Leg” – The Complete Stax/Volt Singles (Stax)
Monguito Santamaria: “Work Out” – Hey Sister (Vampi Soul)
Jimmy Smith: “Blues for Del” – Jimmy Smith’s Finest Hour (Verve)
The Pilgrim Jubilee Singers of Chicago, Illinois: “If You Don’t Mind” – The Old Ship of Zion (Mobile Fidelity)
Rev. Johnson A.: “Run Children Run” – 1950′s Gospel Classics (Document)
Mickey & Sylvia: “No Good Lover” – Lux & Ivy’s Favorites, vol. 3 (the hive mind)
Reparata & the Delrons: “Saturday Night Didn’t Happen” – Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found: One Kiss Can Lead to Another (Rhino)
Chicha Libre: “Six Pieds Sous Terre” – Sonido Amazonico (Barbes)
Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos: “Baile Baile Baile” – Muy Divertido (Atlantic)
Joyce Williams: “The First Thing I Do In the Morning” – Eccentric Soul: the Nickel & Penny Labels (Numero Group)
Merry Clayton: “Southern Man” – Merry Clayton (Ode)
Oumou Sangare: “Iyo Djeli” – Seya (Nonesuch)
Daudi Kabaka & George Agade: “Western Shilo” – Beyond Benga, vol. 2: The Nairobi Sound (Original Music)
Baden Powell & Vinicius De Moraes w/Quarteto Em Cy: “Canto Do Ossanha” – Os Afro Sambas (Cherry Red)
Warne Marsh: “Jazz of Two Cities” – Jazz of Two Cities (Intuition) (Blue Note)
Roscoe Mitchell: “Zero” – Hey Donald (Delmark)
Jeb Bishop Trio: “11 Am Verti Marte” – 2009 (Better Animal)
Sound in Action Trio: “The Thing” – Design in Time (Delmark)
Fred Anderson Quartet: “Birdhouse” – Birdhouse (Okkadisk)
Dave Burrell Full-Blown Trio: “About Face” – Expansion (High Two)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2011/11/15/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-11-15/feed/ 0 2:32:14 Lots of odds and ends this week, but also a healthy dose of music from the finally-delivered-unto-me "Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio", a beautiful 3-disc set from Numero chronicling the output of… well, the title says it all. Here are som[...] Lots of odds and ends this week, but also a healthy dose of music from the finally-delivered-unto-me "Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio", a beautiful 3-disc set from Numero chronicling the output of… well, the title says it all. Here are some write-ups about the project: Pioneering Boddie Recording Co. drew Cleveland's music makers, from star acts to church choirs BODDIE RECORDING CO. - The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History The Tiny Record Empire in Cleveland I also left on a bonus Orchestre Poly-Rythmo track from the beginning of Stephen's show (not listed below) just because... why not? It's Poly-Rythmo! Enjoy! download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2011-11-08 (covers) http://blog.germuska.com/2011/11/08/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-11-08/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-11-08 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/11/08/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-11-08/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:30:25 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3666 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes). (You can also once again see one jumbo list of my past playlists (back to 9/2008 when WNUR started online playlists), for easier searching.)

This week’s show turned out to be completely dedicated to the idea of the ‘cover’ song, the standard, the interpretation, the interesting ways in which you can triangulate between two different performances of the “same” song and how they meet in your ears and the space between. Of course, there are also some songs that aren’t covers, including one by Edith Frost which for a long time I thought was, because it just had such a timeless air about it, and a tune that is indubitably Peter Tosh, but performed by him in a way quite different from it’s original recording, and even the Jungle Brothers’ so-called cover of “I Get a Kick Out of You” which seems to have only its inclusion on the “Red Hot + Cool” sampler as a sign that it has a connection to the Cole Porter composition with the same title.

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (143MB, 2 hrs 36 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Jewels and Binoculars: “Buckets of Rain” – Floater (Ramboy)
Neko Case: “Buckets of Rain” – Live From Austin, Texas (New West Records)
Edith Frost: “Easy to Love” – Wonder Wonder (Drag City)
Cat Power: “Aretha, Sing one For Me” – Jukebox (Matador)
Aretha Franklin: “Love The One You’re With” – Live at the Fillmore (Atlantic)
Peter Tosh: “Stop that Train” – WXFM Radio, Chicago 1/7/1977 (bootleg)
Bob Marley & the Wailers: “Rolling Stone” – Wailing Wailers at Studio One (Heartbeat)
Ken Boothe: “Is It Because I’m Black?” – Darker than Blue: Soul from Jamdown (Blood and Fire)
Medeski, Martin & Wood: “Bemsha Swing/Lively Up Yourself” – It’s a Jungle In Here (Gramavision)
Ivo Perelman: “Tom’s Diner” – Children of Ibeji (Enja)
Jungle Brothers: “I Get a Kick Out of You” – Red Hot + Blue (Capitol)
Sinead O’Connor: “You Do Something to Me” – Red Hot + Blue (Capitol)
Kelly Hogan and the Pine Valley Cosmonauts: “Papa was a Rodeo” – Beneath the Country Underdog (Bloodshot)
M. Ward: “You Still Believe in Me” – Transistor Radio (Merge)
Low: “Fearless” – John Peel Show, 30 January 2003 (BBC)
M. Ward: “Let’s Dance” – The Transfiguration of Vincent (Merge)
Nick Drake: “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” – Tanworth In Arden 1967/68 (Anthology)
The Professionals: “The Godfather (theme)” – Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up (Numero Group)
The Cat: “Hit the Road, Jack” – Thai Beat-a-go-go (Subliminal Sounds)
The Neville Brothers: “The Ballad of Hollis Brown” – Yellow Moon (A&M)
Richie Havens: “All Along the Watchtower” – Live at the Cellar Door (Five Star)
Bonerama: “Crosstown Traffic” – Live from New York (Bonerama/CD Baby)
Brass Monkey Brass Band: “The Ocean” – The Highest Good (Brass Monkey Brass Band/CD Baby)
Rebirth Brass Band: “Just the Two of Us” – Ultimate Rebirth Brass Band (Mardi Gras Records)
Gloria Jones: “Tainted Love” – Beg Scream and Shout: The Big Ol’ Box of Sixties Soul (Rhino)
Grant Green: “Ain’t it Funky Now” – Blue Break Beats, Vol. 2 (Blue Note)
Ray Anderson: “La Vie en Rose” – It Just So Happens (Enja)
Universal Congress Of: “Bermuda Blues” – The Sad and Tragic Demise of Big Fine Hot Salty Black Wind (Enemy)
Niu Abdominaux Dangereux: “Broadway Blues” – Ghosts (ITM)
Betty Roche: “Billie’s Bounce” – Singin’ and Swingin’ (Prestige/OJC)
Art Blakey Quintet: “A Night in Tunisia” – A Night at Birdland (Blue Note)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2011/11/08/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-11-08/feed/ 0 2:36:01 This week's show turned out to be completely dedicated to the idea of the 'cover' song, the standard, the interpretation, the interesting ways in which you can triangulate between two different performances of the "same" song and how they meet in yo[...] This week's show turned out to be completely dedicated to the idea of the 'cover' song, the standard, the interpretation, the interesting ways in which you can triangulate between two different performances of the "same" song and how they meet in your ears and the space between. Of course, there are also some songs that aren't covers, including one by Edith Frost which for a long time I thought was, because it just had such a timeless air about it, and a tune that is indubitably Peter Tosh, but performed by him in a way quite different from it's original recording, and even the Jungle Brothers' so-called cover of "I Get a Kick Out of You" which seems to have only its inclusion on the "Red Hot + Cool" sampler as a sign that it has a connection to the Cole Porter composition with the same title. Enjoy! download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2011-11-01 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/11/01/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-11-01/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-11-01 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/11/01/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-11-01/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:30:33 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3662 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes). (You can also once again see one jumbo list of my past playlists (back to 9/2008 when WNUR started online playlists), for easier searching.)

Enjoy the post-Halloween sugar rush with this week’s show, in which the first hour is dedicated to the sweet stuff, including one case where the trick was on me! Then a few canciones para el día de los muertos, and then some stuff that I just felt like playing.

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (143MB, 2 hrs 36 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Big Maybelle: “Candy” – Blues, Candy and Big Maybelle (Savoy)
Django Reinhardt: “Sugar” – Djangologie USA Vol 2 (DRG)
Mississippi John Hurt: “Candy Man Blues” – The Greatest Songsters: Complete Works (1927-1929) (Document)
Arsenio Rodriguez: “Daddy Give Me Candy” – Arsenio Dice (Tico)
Ry-Co Jazz: “Blue Sugar” – Bon Voyage!! (Honest Jon’s)
Grupo Fantasma: “Chocolate” – Comes Alive (Aire Sol)
Pello Afrokan: “Iliana Quiere Chocolate” – Bailar con Cuba (Blue Jackel)
Melody Makers & the Wailers: “Sugar Pie” – Reggae Sunsplash ’81 (Elektra)
New Edition: “Candy Girl” – Candy Girl (Streetwise)
Wilson Pickett: “Sugar Sugar” – A Man and a Half (Atlantic)
Shuggie Otis: “Sugar” – In Session: Great Rhythm & Blues (Cleopatra)
Ney Matogrosso: “Açucar Candy” – Água do Céu-Pássaro (Continental)
The Congos: “Noah Sugar Pan” – Heart of the Congos (Blood and Fire)
Woody Guthrie: “Little Sugar” – Songs to Grow On for Mother and Child (Smithsonian Folkways)
Sol Hoopii: “When My Sugar Walks Down the Street” – Sol Hoopii in Hollywood (Grass Skirt)
Taj Mahal: “Candy Man” – Giant Step (Columbia)
Rodriguez: “Sugar Man” – Cold Fact (Light In The Attic)
Johnny Cash: “Ain’t No Grave” – American VI: Ain’t No Grave (American)
Grateful Dead: “Death Don’t Have No Mercy” – Two from the Vault (Arista)
Bessie Jones: “O Death” – Southern Journey, Vol. 12: Georgia Sea Islands – Biblical Songs And Spirituals (Rounder Select)
Bauhaus: “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” – Press Eject and Give Me the Tape (Beggars Banquet)
Bill Withers: “Better Off Dead” – Live at Carnegie Hall (Sony)
Geminis: “A Friend of Mine” – One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost and Found (Rhino)
Yvonne Fair: “Say Yeah Yeah” – James Brown’s Original Funky Divas (Polydor)
Keletigui: “Sax Parade” – African Salsa (Frochot)
Lou Donaldson: “The Humpback” – Mr. Shing-a-Ling (Blue Note)
Herbie Hancock: “Spider” – Secrets (Columbia)
Mahmoud Ahmed: “Etu Gela” – Ethiopiques 19: Alemye (Buda Musique)
Bella Bellow: “Dasi Ko” – Continental Drift (Sea Never Dry)
William Parker: “Freddie’s Dead” – The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield Live in Rome (Rai Trade)
Joan Jenrenaud: “Hopper” – Pop-Pop (Deconet)
Diedre Murray/Fred Hopkins: “Zebra Walk” – Stringology (Black Saint)
The Microscopic Septet: “Worry Later” – Friday the Thirteenth: The Micros Play Monk (Cuneiform)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2011/11/01/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-11-01/feed/ 0 2:36:05 Enjoy the post-Halloween sugar rush with this week's show, in which the first hour is dedicated to the sweet stuff, including one case where the trick was on me! Then a few canciones para el día de los muertos, and then some stuff that I just felt l[...] Enjoy the post-Halloween sugar rush with this week's show, in which the first hour is dedicated to the sweet stuff, including one case where the trick was on me! Then a few canciones para el día de los muertos, and then some stuff that I just felt like playing. download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2011-10-25 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/10/25/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-10-25/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-10-25 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/10/25/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-10-25/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:30:09 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3650 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes). (You can also once again see one jumbo list of my past playlists (back to 9/2008 when WNUR started online playlists), for easier searching.)

Conference of the Birds is back, after some travel and some technical difficulties! I definitely made this one up as I went. I think it worked out OK. (We’ve been having some problems with the station’s playlist server, so I realize now that I doubled up a few songs from my last show, but hopefully that isn’t too annoying. Also, in reference to Charlie Parr’s “Jail Hooch Blues,” I encourage you to listen to Sherman “O.T.” Powell’s Moth podcast story, “Cocktails in Attica”)

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (143MB, 2 hrs 37 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Harrison Bankhead Sextet: “Chicago Senorita” – Morning Sun, Harvest Moon (Engine)
Spaceways Incorporated: “Red Hot Mama/Super Stupid” – Thirteen Cosmic Standards By Sun Ra & Funkadelic (Atavistic)
Funkadelic: “Super Stupid” – Maggot Brain (Westbound)
Trombone Shorty: “Buckjump” – For True (Verve Forecast)
The Original Flavor Unit: “Flavor Unit Assassination Squad” – The Original Flavor Unit (Ol’ Skool Flava)
Brian Eno: “Baby’s On Fire” – Here Come the Warm Jets (E.G. Records)
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou: “Gbeti Madjiro” – African Scream Contest: Raw & Psychedelic Afro Sounds From Benin & Togo 70s (Analog Africa)
Morogoro Jazz Band: “Nimechoka” – Zanzibara – 3: Ujamaa – The 1960s Sound Of Tanzania (Buda Musique)
Fadhili William & the Black Shadows: “Hakuna Mwingine” – Before Benga, vol. 2: The Nairobi Sound (Original Music)
Thelonious Monk: “Bemsha Swing” – Brilliant Corners (Riverside)
Helene Smith: “Thrills and Chills” – Eccentric Soul: The Deep City Label (Numero Group)
Carleen & the Groovers: “Can We Rap” – Keb Darge’s Legendary Deep Funk, Vol. 2 (BBE)
Jay Mitchell & the Mitchellites: “I Am the Man for You Baby” – Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay (Numero Group)
Bill Coday: “Let Me Be Your Handy Man” – Get Your Lie Straight: A Galaxy of Funky Soul (BGP)
Cornershop: “Heavy Soup” – Handcream for a Generation (V2)
Desmond Dekker: “Israelites” – Island 40, Vol. 2: 1964-1969 – the Rhythm ‘n Blues Beat (Island)
The Congos: “Sodom and Gomorrow” – Heart of the Congos (Blood and Fire)
Ken Boothe: “Is It Because I’m Black?” – Darker than Blue: Soul from Jamdown (Blood and Fire)
Modill: “Have Fun” – web-only (E.V. Productions)
Merle Haggard: “Life in Prison” – I’m a Lonesome Fugitive (Capitol)
Charlie Parr: “Jail Hooch Blues” – Backslider (self-released)
Boubacar Traoré: “Adieu Peirrette” – Think Global: West Africa Unwired (World Music Network)
Corey Harris: “Mr. Turner” – Mississippi to Mali (Rounder)
M. Ward: “Poor Boy, Minor Key” – Transfiguration of Vincent (Merge)
Alice Russell: “Lights Went Out” – Pot of Gold (EXCQ)
Roscoe Mitchell & the Note Factory: “Count Off” – Song for My Sister (Pi)
Rob Reddy’s Gift Horse: “The Unnamable” – A Hundred Jumping Devils (Reddy Music )
Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica: “Thor’s Arrival” – Third River Rangoon (Tiki)
Muhal Richard Abrams: “Blues Forever” – Blues Forever (Black Saint)
Ogorusu Norihide: “4” – Humour (Study And I) (Carpark)
Superagua: “Stylish” – The Rough Guide to Brazilian Electronica (Rough Guide)
George Gruntz: “Main Theme Version Y” – Mental Cruelty (Unheard Music Series/Atavistic)
Arthur Russell: “Instrumentals, Vol 1 (part 7)” – First Thought, Best Thought (Audika)
Ronnie Boykins: “The Will Come, Is Now” – The Will Come, Is Now (ESP Disk)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2011/10/25/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-10-25/feed/ 0 2:36:39 Conference of the Birds is back, after some travel and some technical difficulties! I definitely made this one up as I went. I think it worked out OK. Conference of the Birds is back, after some travel and some technical difficulties! I definitely made this one up as I went. I think it worked out OK. download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2011-10-11 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/10/11/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-10-11/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-10-11 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/10/11/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-10-11/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:30:18 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3652 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes). (You can also once again see one jumbo list of my past playlists (back to 9/2008 when WNUR started online playlists), for easier searching.)

Much delayed, I’m posting this show, which I thought hadn’t archived correctly, but it seems to have worked out OK. So that’s nice. Sorry for the duplicate tracks between this and the later show published at the same time. I try not to repeat myself so soon, but I got confused with the off week and the tech problems WNUR is having with its online playlists…

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (142MB, 2 hrs 36 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Radio I-Ching: “Caravan” – Last Kind Words (Resonant Music)
Eight Bold Souls: “Third One Smiles” – Last Option (Thrill Jockey)
Richard “Groove” Holmes: “Groovin’ with Mr. G.” – Blue Break Beats (Blue Note)
Occidental Brothers Dance Band International: “Circle Circle Circle” – Odo Sanbra (ODBDI)
E.T. Mensah: “Fom Fom” – All For You (RetroAfric)
Eddie Banks & the Five Dreamers: “Sugar Diabetes” – 7″ (Josie 804) (Josie)
The Soul Stirrers: “Free At Last” – Sam Cooke’s SAR Records story 1959-1965 (Abkco)
MC Solaar: “Superstarr” – Prose Combat (Talkin’ Loud)
DJ Norm & the Primeridian: “Social Studies” – Pugs Atomz Presents CTA Radio Chi City Hip Hop (Raptivism)
A Tribe Called Quest: “Can I Kick It?” – People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (Jive/RCA)
Titus Turner: “Do You Dig It?” – What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves (1967-1977) (Atlantic)
Sam & Dave: “I Thank You” – The Complete Stax-Volt Singles (Stax)
Little Lois Barber: “Thank You Baby” – The Birmingham Sound: The Soul of Neal Hemphill, Vol. 1 (Rabbit Factory)
Syl Johnson: “Thank You Baby” – Chicago Twinight Soul (Numero Group)
La Solucion: “A Bailar Son Montuno” – Cult Cargo: Salsa Boricua de Chicago (Numero Group)
Fats Waller: “I’ve Got My Fingers Crossed” – I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (RCA)
The Lounge Lizards: “Harlem Nocturne” – The Lounge Lizards (E.G. Records)
Aubrey Ghent: “Train Don’t Leave Me” – Train Don’t Leave Me: The First Annual Sacred Steel Convention (Arhoolie)
Benjamin Bligen: “Talking ’bout a Good Time” – Been in the Storm So Long (Smithsonian Folkways)
Los Mirlos: “El Milagro Verde” – The Roots of Chicha (Barbès)
Monty Reynolds: “This Long Time Gal a Never See You” – Mento Madness: Motta’s Jamaican Mento 1951-1956 (V2)
Nadia Cattouse: “Long Time Boy” – Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil-up (Numero Group)
Fadhili Williams & the Black Shadows: “Hakuna Mwingine” – Before Benga, Vol. 2: The Nairobi Sound (Original Music)
Charlie Parr: “Jail Hooch Blues” – Backslider (Eclectone)
Sun Ra: “Rocket #9” – The Singles (Evidence)
Malachi Thompson: “Old Man River” – Lift Ev’ry Voice (Delmark)
Klang: “Stompin’ at the Savoy” – Other Doors (AllosDocuments)
Jason Adasiewicz: “Stake” – Sun Rooms (Delmark)
Ben Allison: “Some Day We’ll All Be Free” – Action/Refraction (Palmetto)
Joshua Abrams: “Abide in Sunset” – Natural Information (Eremite)
Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures with Organic/Orchestra Strings: “Love’s Light” – Both/And (Meta)
Vijay Iyer/Prasanna/Nitin Mitta: “Duality” – Tirtha (ACT)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2011/10/11/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-10-11/feed/ 0 2:35:33 Much delayed, I'm posting this show, which I thought hadn't archived correctly, but it seems to have worked out OK. So that's nice. Much delayed, I'm posting this show, which I thought hadn't archived correctly, but it seems to have worked out OK. So that's nice. download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2011-10-04 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/10/04/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-10-04/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-10-04 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/10/04/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-10-04/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:30:32 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3646 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes). (You can also once again see one jumbo list of my past playlists (back to 9/2008 when WNUR started online playlists), for easier searching.)

Going in I wasn’t sure where this week’s show was going, but I guess it gelled into a few fairly coherent sets. Although I neglected to say anything about it on the air, I’m dedicating this show to my friend and former DJ partner Pieter, whose birthday is today. Happy birthday!

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (143MB, 2 hrs 36 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
The Vandermark Five: “Suitcase (for Ray Charles, Elvin Jones & Steve Lacy)” – The Color of Memory (Atavistic)
Eliades Ochoa y Cuarteta Patria: “Píntate Los Labios María” – Sublime Ilusión (Higher Octave)
Nat Atkins: “Darling Don’t Say No” – London Is The Place For Me Vol 4 — African Dreams & The Piccadilly High Life (Honest Jon’s)
King Tubby: “Rebel Dance” – Essential Dub (Metro)
Linton Kwesi Johnson: “Iron Bar Dub” – Independant Intavenshan: The Island Anthology (Island)
Ted Sirota’s Rebel Souls: “Tubby” – Vs. the Forces of Evil (NAIM)
Skatalites: “Guns of Navarone” – Island 40, Vol. 2: 1964-1969 — Rhythm and Blues Beat (Island)
Steinski: “Here We Come (Death Mix)” – What Does It All Mean? – 1983-2006 Retrospective (Illegal Art)
The Books: “The Story of Hip Hop” – The Way Out (Temporary Residence)
Black Sheep: “Flava of the Month” – A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing (Mercury)
ESG: “Tiny Sticks” – A South Bronx Story (Universal Sound)
Lateef & the Chief: “Don’t Stop” – Maroons: Ambush (Quannum)
Alvin Cash & the Crawlers: “Twine Time” – Beg, Scream & Shout: the Big Ol’ Box of 60′s Soul (Rhino)
Vicki Anderson: “Baby Don’t You Know” – James Brown’s Original Funky Divas (Polydor)
Tonistics: “Holding On” – Soul Messages from Dimona (Numero Group)
Lee Dorsey: “There Should Be a Book” – The New Lee Dorsey (Arista)
Al Robinson: “Cry, Cry, Cry” – Still Spicy Gumbo Stew (Ace)
Little Hank Crawford & the Rhythm Kings: “Christene” – Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues 1945-1970 (Lost Highway)
Gabby Omollo & Omondi Jassor: “Baba Otonglo” – Lunch Time (Music Copyright Society of Kenya / The Orchard)
Ignace de Souza: “My Cherie” – The Great Unknowns (Original Music)
Vis-a-Vis: “Kankyema” – The Danque!! A Compilation of West African Funk (Birdman Records)
Ensemble La Perfecta: “Jojo” – Tumbélé: Biguine, Afro and Latin Sounds from the French Caribbean, 1963-1974 (Soundway Records)
Maria Alice: “Falso Testemunho” – The Soul of Cape Verde (Lusafrica)
Alèmayèhu Eshèté: “Enat yèendjèra enat” – Éthiopiques 22: More Vintage! (Buda Musique)
Orange Then Blue: “African Folk Song” – Orange Then Blue (GM Recordings)
Tim Sparks: “Nifty’s Freylekh” – Little Princess: Tim Sparks Plays Naftule (Tzadik)
Yann Tiersen: “Les Jours Tristes (Instrumental)” – Amélie (soundtrack) (Virgin)
Stevie Wonder: “Pastime Paradise” – Songs in the Key of Life (Motown)
Marvin Gaye: “After the Dance” – Live in Montreux 1980 (Eagle Records)
Carla Bley: “Funnybird Song” – Dinner Music (Watt)
Masada: “Karaim” – Live at Tonic 2001 (Tzadik)
Marty Ehrlich: “Hymn” – Line on Love (Palmetto)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2011/10/04/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-10-04/feed/ 0 2:35:58 Going in I wasn't sure where this week's show was going, but I guess it gelled into a few fairly coherent sets. Although I neglected to say anything about it on the air, I'm dedicating this show to my friend and former DJ partner Pieter, whose birth[...] Going in I wasn't sure where this week's show was going, but I guess it gelled into a few fairly coherent sets. Although I neglected to say anything about it on the air, I'm dedicating this show to my friend and former DJ partner Pieter, whose birthday is today. Happy birthday! Enjoy! download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2011-09-27 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/09/27/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-09-27/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-09-27 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/09/27/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-09-27/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:30:30 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3641 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes). (You can also once again see one jumbo list of my past playlists (back to 9/2008 when WNUR started online playlists), for easier searching.)

Storms and flickering electricity foiled the digital archive of this show. I wasn’t totally pumped about the song selection, so I haven’t bothered to reconstruct it as I have sometimes in the past. But then at times I thought it was working more, so I may yet do it. I’ll put this show into the podcast if that ever comes to pass.

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Pandit Kamalesh Maitra with Trilok Gurtu: “Raag Deen Todi” – Tabla Tarang: Melody on Drums (Smithsonian Folkways)
Richard Crandall: “Double Dose” – Mbira Magic (Tzadik)
William Parker: “The Watermelon Song” – Raining on the Moon (Thirsty Ear)
African Jazz: “Tembe Nie” – Congolese singles 57-62 (Loningisa)
Ramblers International: “Better Ni” – The Hit Sound of the Ramblers Dance Band (Flame Tree)
Nat “King” Cole: “You Don’t Learn That In School” – That’s What (1943-1947) (Naxos Jazz Legends)
Ella Fitzgerald/Duke Ellington & his Orchestra: “I’m Beginning to See The Light” – The Duke Ellington Songbook (Verve)
George Russell Smalltet: “Ye Hypocrite Beelzebub” – Jazz Workshop (Koch)
Roy Campbell: “Ode for Mr. DC” – It’s Krunch Time (Thirsty Ear)
The Velvet Underground: “Beginning to See the Light” – The Velvet Underground (MGM)
Public Enemy: “Fear of a Black Planet” – Fear of a Black Planet (Def Jam)
Kurtis Blow: “The Breaks (Part 1)” – Kurtis Blow (Mercury)
Soul Rebels: “Can You Feel The Beat?” – No Place Like Home (Independent)
T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo: “Mi Sa Ba To” – The Kings of Benin Urban Groove 1972-1980 (Soundway)
Mpharanyana: “Be a Man” – African Serenades Vol 13 – AfroFunk Express (Matsuli Music)
Unknown: “Get Up and Get At It” – The Birmingham Sound: The Soul of Neal Hemphill, Vol. 2 (Rabbit Factory)
Susie Ibarra: “Anitos” – Folkloriko (Tzadik)
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band: “Down By The Riverside” – Funeral for a Friend (Indieblue Music)
Toots & the Maytals: “War No More (Down by the Riverside)” – Never Grow Old (Heartbeat)
Snooks Eaglin: “Down By The Riverside” – Fire in My Bones: Raw, Rare & Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007 (Tompkins Square)
Professor Longhair: “Longhair’s Blues-Rhumba” – New Orleans Piano (Atlantic)
Booker T & the MG’s: “My Sweet Potato” – The Complete Stax-Volt Singles (Stax)
Steve Reid Ensemble: “Which One?” – Spirit Walk (Soul Jazz)
Eddie Humphrey: “Kumquat Kids” – Blue Break Beats, Vol. 2 (Blue Note)
Ramsey Lewis: “Party Time” – Chicago Soul – Electric Blues, Funk and Soul : The New Sound of Chicago (Soul Jazz)
Noertker’s Moxie: “The Hats” – Sketches of Catalonia, vol. 1: Suite for Dali (Edgetone)
Reptet: “Songitty Song” – At The Cabin (Artists Recording Collective)
Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble: “Baghdad Boogie” – The Prairie Prophet (Delmark)
Matana Roberts: “Song for Eulalie” – Coin Coin Chapter One: Les Gens de Couleur Libres (Constellation)
Harrison Bankhead Sextet: “Red is the Color in Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Silk Blue” – Morning Sun/Harvest Moon (Engine)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2011/09/27/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-09-27/feed/ 0 WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2011-09-20 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/09/20/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-09-20/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-09-20 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/09/20/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-09-20/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:30:53 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3636 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes). (You can also once again see one jumbo list of my past playlists (back to 9/2008 when WNUR started online playlists), for easier searching.)

No real theme to this week’s show, but I did have fun and enjoyed the diversity and felt it had some pretty good flow. Do note the amazing Shinehead cover of “Billie Jean.” Thanks to DJ ByLamplight for turning me on to that one when MJ passed away.

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (141MB, 2 hrs 34 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Galactic: “Cineramascope” – Ya-Ka-May (Anti)
Gift of Gab: “Richman, Poorman” – Escape 2 Mars (Cornerstone)
Trombone Shorty: “Hurricane Season” – Backatown (Verve Forecast)
Beastie Boys: “Sabrosa” – Ill Communication (Grand Royal)
Ensemble Fatien: “St. James Infirmary” – Seguenon Presents Ensemble Fatien (Threadhead Records)
The Harlem Band of Kinshasa: “Dimabolane” – African Music Treasures blog (Voice of America)
Baden Powell: “Feitinha Pro Poeta” – Poema on Guitar (MPS)
Badar Ali Khan: “How Beautiful” – Lost in Qawaali 3 (Birdman)
The Dreamers: “Qalbam” – Book of Angels Vol. 14: Ipos (Tzadik)
Ella Fitzgerald: “This Could Be the Start of Something Big” – Twelve Nights in Hollywood (Hip-O Select)
Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Max Roach: “Very Special” – Money Jungle (Blue Note)
Lord Kelvin: “Kelvin Meets Girl” – Dances in the Smoke (Jazzland)
Sonny Rollins: “Asiatic Raes” – Newk’s Time (Blue Note)
Kawaw Siang Thong: “Kai Tom Yum” – The Sound of Siam : Leftfield Luk Thung, Jazz and Molam from Thailand 1964 – 1975 (Soundway)
Los Po-Boy-Citos: “Cool Man” – New Orleans Latin Soul (superultramega)
Marijata: “Break Through” – Afro-Beat Airways – West African Shock Waves: Ghana & Togo 1972-1979 (Analog Africa)
Soul Rebels: “Roll Rebel Roll” – No Place Like Home (Independent)
Shinehead: “Billie Jean” – single (African Love Records)
Ohio Players: “Proud Mary” – Pain (Westbound)
Hem: “Rainy Night in Georgia” – No Word From Tom (Nettwerk Records)
Mavis Staples: “Don’t Knock” – You Are Not Alone (Anti)
Charlie Parr: “John Henry” – Backslider (Eclectone)
Little Brother Montgomery: “Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie” – Farro Street Jive (Smithsonian Folkways)
Roberto Juan Rodriguez: “Piruli” – Baila! Gitano Baila! (Tzadik)
Kahil El’ Zabar’s Ritual Trio: “Autumn Leaves” – Africa N’da Blues (Delmark)
Casa de Soul: “Un Grand Amor” – Casa de Soul (self-released)
The New Mastersounds: “Land of Nod” – This is What We Do (3 on the B Records)
Thievery Corporation: “Sound the Alarm” – Radio Retaliation (ESL Music)
Tortoise: “A Simple Way To Go Faster Than Light That Does Not Work” – TNT (Thrill Jockey)
Avishai Cohen One Man’s Idea Introducing Triveni Anzic

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2011/09/20/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-09-20/feed/ 0 2:34:26 No real theme to this week's show, but I did have fun and enjoyed the diversity and felt it had some pretty good flow. Do note the amazing Shinehead cover of "Billie Jean." Thanks to DJ ByLamplight for turning me on to that one when MJ passed away. No real theme to this week's show, but I did have fun and enjoyed the diversity and felt it had some pretty good flow. Do note the amazing Shinehead cover of "Billie Jean." Thanks to DJ ByLamplight for turning me on to that one when MJ passed away. download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2011-09-13 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/09/13/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-09-13/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-09-13 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/09/13/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-09-13/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:30:31 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3633 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes). (You can also once again see one jumbo list of my past playlists (back to 9/2008 when WNUR started online playlists), for easier searching.)

From a promise to play Sly & the Family Stone’s “Chicken” emerged a show heavily themed around fowl: many more chickens (roosters and hens alike) as well as turkeys, geese, ducks and even a partridge. Also, apropos of nothing to do with the theme, a revisiting of the first album of classic Ethiopian pop music I ever heard, and of course a few things that just seemed worth playing, theme or not.

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (137MB, 2 hrs 30 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Sly & the Family Stone: “Chicken” – Life (Sony/Columbia)
Booker T. & the M.G.s: “Chicken Pox” – Melting Pot (Stax)
The Meters: “Chicken Strut” – Funkify Your Life (The Meters Anthology) (Rhino)
Del Jones: “Cold Turkey” – Positive Vibes (Hikeka)
Bazooka: “Turkey Tenders” – Blowhole (SST)
Raymond Scott: “Twilight in Turkey” – Reckless Nights & Turkish Twilights (Sony/Columbia)
Janie Hunter: “Rabbit & Partridge” – Been in the Storm So Long (Smithsonian Folkways)
Almeda Riddle: “My Little Rooster” – Sounds of the South (Atlantic)
Lead Belly: “Grey Goose” – Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (Smithsonian Folkways)
Doc Watson & Clarence Ashley: “Cluck Old Hen” – The Complete Folkways Recordings, 1960-1962 (Smithsonian Folkways)
Little Mack: “Goose Walk” – Light: On the South Side – Pepper’s Jukebox (Numero Group)
Baba Brooks: “Duck Soup” – Intensified: Original Ska 1966-1968 (Island)
Tommy McCook & the Supersonics: “The Rooster” – Funky Chicken (Trojan)
Sam Cooke: “Little Red Rooster” – Night Beat (RCA)
The Bees: “Chicken Payback” – Free the Bees (Astralwerks)
James Brown: “The Chicken” – Soul Pride: The Instrumentals (1960-1969) (Polygram)
Marscha Gee: “Peanut Duck” – One Kiss Can Lead To Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost And Found (Rhino)
Orgone: “Duck & Cover” – the Killion Floor (Ubiquity)
Quantic: “That Goose on my Grave” – Pushin On (Ubiquity)
The Black Dog: “Ambience with Teeth” – Book of Dogma (Soma)
The Coasters: “Down Home Girl” – 20 Greatest Hits (Gusto)
Big Chief Monk Boudreau & the Golden Eagles: “Katie Mae” – Mr. Stranger Man (Shanachie)
BassDrumBone: “Sambali” – Wooferlo (Soul Note)
Andrew Hill: “Ocho Rios (first version)” – Mosaic Select (Mosaic)
Clifford Jordan & John Gilmore: “Bo-Till” – Blowin’ in from Chicago (Blue Note)
Betty Roché: “Billie’s Bounce” – Singin’ & Swingin’ (Prestige)
Gospel Chandeliers: “Honesty is the Best Policy” – Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay (Numero Group)
Tamrat Ferendji & Sensation Band: “Anchin yagegnulet” – Ethiopian Groove: The Golden Seventies (Blue Silver)
Asselefetch Ashine / Getenesh Kebret & Army Band: “Meche New” – Ethiopian Groove: The Golden Seventies (Blue Silver)
Tamrat Ferendji & Sensation Band: “Ya Jaleleto” – Ethiopian Groove: The Golden Seventies (Blue Silver)
Carl Story & his Rambling Mountaineers: “Are You Washed in the Blood?” – More Gospel Quartet Favorites (Mercury)
Amos Milburn with Shuggie Otis: “Chicken Shack Boogie” – In Session: Great Rhythm & Blues (Cleopatra)
Slim Gaillard: “Chicken Rhythm” – Laughing in Rhythm: The Best of the Verve Years (Verve)
Ko Myint Sein/U Kyi/U Tin Maung: “Heavenly Space” – White Elephants & Golden Ducks: Enchanting Musical Treasures from Burma (Shanachie)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2011/09/13/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-09-13/feed/ 0 2:29:39 From a promise to play Sly & the Family Stone's "Chicken" emerged a show heavily themed around fowl: many more chickens (roosters and hens alike) as well as turkeys, geese, ducks and even a partridge. Also, apropos of nothing to do with the the[...] From a promise to play Sly & the Family Stone's "Chicken" emerged a show heavily themed around fowl: many more chickens (roosters and hens alike) as well as turkeys, geese, ducks and even a partridge. Also, apropos of nothing to do with the theme, a revisiting of the first album of classic Ethiopian pop music I ever heard, and of course a few things that just seemed worth playing, theme or not. Enjoy! download, playlist Joe Germuska no no WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2011-09-06 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/09/06/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-09-06/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-09-06 http://blog.germuska.com/2011/09/06/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-09-06/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:30:12 +0000 Joe http://blog.germuska.com/?p=3628 Continue reading →]]> “Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. You can subscribe to the podcast with this URL (click here to subscribe in iTunes). (You can also once again see one jumbo list of my past playlists (back to 9/2008 when WNUR started online playlists), for easier searching.)

This week I went back through all the stuff which I’d picked in recent months but hadn’t played and put together a show from it. Except for the Dixie Hummingbirds tune which leads the show, which I heard in the headphones on my way to the station and just had to play.

Enjoy!

Listen:

download program (129MB, 2 hrs 21 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
The Dixie Hummingbirds: “Don’t You Want to Join that Number” – The Pitch/Gusman Records Story (Fat Possum)
Wilmouth Houdini: “Happy Land of Canaan” – The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches Volume 1 (Legacy/Columbia)
Ignace de Souza: “Ma Aya Nwet” – The Great Unknowns (Original Music)
Rail Band: “Mamobo” – Belle Epoque Vol. 2: Mansa (Stern’s)
Sorry Bamba: “Gambari” – Volume One: 1970-1979 (Thrill Jockey)
Pete Rock & Grand Agent: “This is What They Meant” – Superrappin Vol 2 (Groove Attack)
Psalm One: “How Silhouette Got Cut” – Bio:Chemistry II:Esters and Essays (Birthwrite Records)
Xzibit: “Los Angeles Times” – Hip Hop Forever (Barely Breaking Even)
El Michels Affair: “Protect Ya Neck” – Enter the 37th Chamber (Fat Beats)
Salt: “Hung Up” – Saturday Night Fish Fry (Soul Jazz)
Roy Hargrove’s Crisol: “Una Mas” – Habana (Polygram)
Slippery When Wet: “Get Me Hot” – Local Customs: Burned at Boddie (Numero Group)
Solomon Burke: “Got To Get You Off My Mind” – Beg, Scream & Shout: the Big Ol’ Box of 60′s Soul (Rhino)
Bobby Womack: “I’m In Love” – Fly Me To The Moon (Minit)
Cookie Gabriel: “Look Out” – Roots: The Rock and Roll Sound of Louisiana and Mississippi (Smithsonian Folkways)
Dave Lewis: “Searchin’” – Picadilly 230 (7″) (Picadilly)
Karl Hector & the Malcouns: “Mellow (version)” – Sahara Swing (Now Again)
Johnny Mbizo Dyani: “Blues for Bra Dick” – Grandmother’s Teachings (Disques Jam)
Gato Barbieri: “Latino America” – Latino America (Impulse)
Lord Kelvin: “Energy is Conserved” – Dances in the Smoke (Jazzland)
Plunge: “Jugs” – Tin Fish Tango (Immersion)
Clifford Thornton and the Jazz Composers Orchestra: “Blues City” – The Gardens of Harlem (JCOA)
George Russell Smalltet: “Knights of the Steamtable” – Jazz Workshop (Koch)
Cecil McBee: “Slippin’ and Slidin’” – Unspoken (Palmetto)
Oliver Nelson: “Blues for Mr. Broadway” – More Blues and the Abstract Truth (Impulse)
Nicole Mitchell: “Awakening” – Awakening (Delmark)
Steve Lacy: “Blinks” – The Door (RCA Novus)

]]> http://blog.germuska.com/2011/09/06/wnur-conference-of-the-birds-2011-09-06/feed/ 0 2:21:23 This week I went back through all the stuff which I'd picked in recent months but hadn't played and put together a show from it. Except for the Dixie Hummingbirds tune which leads the show, which I heard in the headphones on my way to the station an[...] This week I went back through all the stuff which I'd picked in recent months but hadn't played and put together a show from it. Except for the Dixie Hummingbirds tune which leads the show, which I heard in the headphones on my way to the station and just had to play. Enjoy! download, playlist Joe Germuska no no