Live From the Golden Festival Saturday, January 19th, 6pm - 9pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
For the fifth year, TSP presents a live broadcast from the massive annual Balkan and East European music and dance bacchanal, the Golden Festival. It's a two night affair - Friday and Saturday Jan 18 & 19 - held in Brooklyn at the kitschy and fabulous Grand Prospect Hall. We'll bring you the action live from the Grand Ballroom stage, one of four stages that will host over sixty ensembles.
Mike Sabatini of Attacker
Thursday, January 17th, Noon - 3pm
on
Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
Attacker, the mightiest metal band from Hoboken is still around! Drummer Mike Sabatini will join Diane as guest DJ for her Peer Pressure segment. on Thursday Jan 17th at 1pm. Mike and the band was included on the infamous Metal Massacre 5 compilation in 1984-- also featuring Voivod, Over Kill and Hellhammer, will take a walk down memory lane musically and catch the listeners up with what Attacker has to offer now!
Plumerai Thursday, January 17th, Midnight - 3am
on
100% Whatever with Mary Wing
Boston’s Plumerai has been making music since 2004; reinventing themselves in early 2012 with new vocalist Eliza Brown and drummer Mickey Vershbow joining brothers Martin Newman on guitars and keyboards and James Newman on bass. This new incarnation weaves indie, post punk, dreampop, darkwave & shoegaze styles into a cohesive & original sound which builds on their established moody atmosphere. Their recently released album, “Mondegreen,” is a sophisticated mixture of layered guitars, melodic bass lines, and driving rhythms, accompanied by seductively jazzy vocals. Hear them live on Mary Wing’s show on January 17th!
Endless Boogie play live for three solid hours Tuesday, January 15th, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
Rescheduled from October: NYC's greaziest triple guitar/bass/drums riff-riders invoke the spirits of Peter Green, Tony McPhee, Ron Asheton, Lobby Lloyde, Zoot Horn Rollo and other purveyors of heavy damage blues jammage live in studio today: three solid hours of Endless Boogie performance!
Triple Hex Tuesday, January 15th, Noon - 3pm
on
Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
The grime and grit of old New York may be hard to find these days on the city's sanitized and gentrified streets but it will come oozing out of your speakers when Triple Hex hits the airwaves. It may be a Tuesday afternoon but will feel like one of those booze-soaked late nights as the spirit of the Cramps, Sun Records and all kinds of other cool stuff casts a hex on you unsuspecting listeners! New 6-song EP coming out with a record release party Jan. 17 at The Gutter in Brooklyn.
Twins of El Dorado
Monday, January 14th, 9pm - Midnight
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
Airborne Event is pleased to welcome experimental chamber duo Twins of
El Dorado for a live on-air performance on January 14th. Vocalist
Kristin Slipp and trumpeter Joe Moffett craft modern art songs that go
from playful to ritualistic to downright bizarre. Their debut album,
Portend the End, is out now on Prom Night Records.
Grandmaster Caz
Friday, January 11th, 7pm - 8pm
on
Put The Needle On The Record with Billy Jam
Grandmaster Caz is a true hip-hop pioneer who, for four decades, has been consistently involved in the culture of hip-hop as an emcee and DJ. He and his crew the Cold Crush Brothers laid the groundwork for the global phenomenon that is hip-hop today although he has not always gotten the props he deserved: example not getting credited for writing the verse that Big Bank Hank "borrowed" for the groundbreaking Sugarhill Gang hit "Rapper's Delight." "Caz has been described as The Robert Johnson of rap," said Paul Toogood - the producer of recent hip-hop documentary "Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap" that Caz was the unexpected star of - because of the scarcity of recorded music by this highly influential hip-hop emcee. Earlier this week Billy Jam traveled up to the Bronx to the home of Grandmaster Caz to sit down and discuss these topics and more. Tune into "Put The Needle On The Record" Friday January 11th at 7pm to hear this interview on WFMU.
Jesse Malin Thursday, January 10th, Noon - 3pm
on
Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
The former frontman of D Generation and NYC hardcore youngsters Heart Attack, Jesse Malin will be Diane's Peer Pressure guest DJ. With a discography of over 12 full length releases we probably won't get around to talking about all his music, but, listeners will be able to ask Jesse questions via the live interactive playlist. Jesse has upcoming appearances at the Light of Day festival in Asbury Park the weekend of January 17th. Jesse's Peer Pressure appearance begins at 1pm on Thursday January 10th.
Trin Tran Tuesday, January 8th, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
The helmeted, one-man show of Madison, Wisconsin native Steve Coombes
finds shards of alien soundtrack transmissions scattered throughout a
steady and unhealthy diet of Berlin circa 1979 and Cleveland 1977. His
new LP Dark Radar has been issued by God? Records, a new imprint
founded by Ty Segall. All instruments, guitar, synth, drums, live and
solo on the air today.
Colin L. Orchestra
Monday, January 7th, 9pm - Midnight
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
The Colin L. Orchestra is where former USAISAMONSTER member Colin
Langenus indulges his pop, jam band, yacht rock side. The band's new
record, "Col," delves into pure sweet comfort music, abandoning itself
to influences ranging from Hendrix to the Beastie Boys to Ween. It's a
fun ride. Tune in when Colin L. Orchestra visits Airborne Event live
on January 7th to bring in the New Year with joyous, peaceful tunes.
Fatoumata Diawara Live at Pace Saturday, January 5th, 6pm - 9pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Fatoumata Diawara is an engaging young West African actress turned singer who performs original songs blending Wassalou traditions of Southern Mali with international influences. She's one of the dozen artists selected to play the prestigious annual globalFEST world music showcase at Webster Hall on Sunday January 13. You'll understand why she made the cut when you hear tonight's broadcast of her triumphant New York Debut last September at Pace University's
Schimmel Center specially remixed for radio by engineer extraordinaire Don Wood.
Koliadnyky from Kryvorivnia with members of Lemon Bucket Orkestra
Monday, December 24th, 2012, 9pm - Midnight
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
Tune in Airborne Event on Monday night to bring in Christmas right! The Koliadnyky are a group of Hutsuls from a little Carpathian mountain town who sing magic songs every Christmastime to ensure that spring comes again. The music includes the sound of the trembita, a 12 foot long horn made from a lightning-struck birch tree, and the words stem from pre-Christian days. Joining them will be members of Toronto's guerilla-folk party punks, the Lemon Bucket Orkestra. Wild times are assured if you will only lend us your ears!
The Dolchnakov Brigade Monday, December 24th, 2012, 3am - 6am
on
amEdeo's show
They've performed in bars, clubs, CVS's-- Now they come to WFMU! A big "welcome-hello" to Brooklyn avant-tronic quasi-punk band The Dolchnakov Brigade, a group so wonderfully outlandish and affecting that amEdeo once had a nightmare about them. Experience an entire set of brand-new songs making their public debut, then join amEdeo as he sits, stands, and speaks with band leader Yon Yonson. Tune in and let the sweet sounds of the "Palevish!" revolution fill the heart that is of your ears!
Put the Needle on the Dublin Mid 80's Mods
Friday, December 21st, 2012, 7pm - 8pm
on
Put The Needle On The Record with Billy Jam
In the mid 1980's Billy Jam traveled back to Dublin and did a series of interviews including one with a group of Irish mods at the Ric Tic club where former members of the Emerald Society mod collective would get together for retro mod parties. In this recently unearthed interview from Dublin in the 1986 "Glocko" and other Dublin mods talk about music, fashion, fanzines, drugs, fights with skinheads and trendies, the Northern Ireland mod scene, and other topics.
IDES Friday, December 21st, 2012, Midnight - 3am
on
Wm. Berger presents My Castle of Quiet
There's so much great, new hardcore, especially in the last 10 years or so, one can hardly keep up. And New Jersey, like Boston, being one of the places where the genre was originally born and thrived, is no slouch in modern terms. With that in mind, My Castle of Quiet is proud to present a live set from IDES, a band just on the approach to some peak / plateau of their powers. IDES pack more variation and energy into their 40-sec. to 1.5-min. songs than most bands in punk put into songs twice as long. ...And not to overemphasize the "female singer" aspect, but Jillian Keats' vocals do add an enticing element to IDES' sound, a relevance of fresh energy and (girl) power, and fans of Nausea and Crass, and other legendary female-fronted hardcore bands, will not be disappointed. You can listen to their demo and single at the their bandcamp page (linked above), which will give you more than an idea of what to expect, though we also imagine IDES to be a band so fresh and so vital, that they're probably getting better and better with every show and practice session.
John Stabb of Government Issue on Peer Pressure
Thursday, December 20th, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on
Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
John Stabb, the godfather of punk vocals and frontman of DC's Government Issue (among a steady stream of others) will be my PEER PRESSURE Guest This week! Listeners can ask him questions via the live interactive playlist on WFMU.ORG This is a RADIO/LISTENING event! Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine is heard on Thursdays from Noon-3pm NYC time. The PEER PRESSURE segment, of which John's appearance is part of, starts at 1pm.
Emily Danger Thursday, December 20th, 2012, 3am - 6am
on
Dark Night of the Soul with Julie
Dark cabaret isn't hard to find in New York, but the way Emily Danger mixes the sound with hard rock gives it a special bite. The powerful, nuanced vocals of Emily Nicholas lead the way for rock music heightened by Cameron Orr's searing violin. Their sound is unpredictable, and as you stomp your feet to the hard rhythms you might find yourself singing along at high volume or playing air violin.
Ali S. Qadeer Tuesday, December 18th, 2012, 7pm - 9pm
on
Kaminsky Kamoutsky with Jesse
(on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
Ali S. Qadeer is a student in Providence, Rhode Island who hails from Kingston, Ontario. He peaked as a teenager when he DJed the truly timeless Out Of Step radio program on Monday nights on CFRC Queens University Radio. In 1998, he won the award for Best Rock and Pops [sic] Program. It remains to be seen whether he will lose this title should the station management ever realize he didn't play the requisite 35% Canadian Content.
Jim Coleman
Monday, December 17th, 2012, 9pm - Midnight
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
Jim Coleman's compelling musical voice has been well-known since his
1990s role on samplers in seminal NYC band Cop Shoot Cop. His work has
gradually shifted toward soundtracks and collages over the passing
years. On his standout 2012 album "Trees," Jim assembled a crack team
of musicians adept at crafting sweeping musical ecstasies in which
it's almost impossible to tell where the electronic textures give way
to the sheets of acoustic sound. His team included folks like Phil
Puleo, drummer for Cop Shoot Cop and Swans; cellist Kirsten McCord;
Dawn McCarthy of Faun Fables; and Ellen Fullman, with her self-created
long stringed instrument. Tune in for a live in-studio session from
Jim and the cats he herds into WFMU Studio B on December 17th.
St. Claire
Saturday, December 15th, 2012, 6am - 9am
on
Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison
Brooklyn's folk-rock outfit St. Claire stopped by studio B recently. Their album, "Everyone Lives Here", has been in heavy rotation on my show since I came across it early this year. Led by siblings Emily and Glenn Forsythe, they treated us to six of their gorgeous songs. We also chatted about their background and songwriting process. Their next gig is at Pianos on December 11th, 8pm.
Put the Needle on the February 1993 Hip-Hop Flashback
Friday, December 14th, 2012, 7pm - 8pm
on
Put The Needle On The Record with Billy Jam
Back in the early 1990's when most music fans still paid for music, and when record labels still had ample promotion dollars to invest in their acts and send them out to music industry events like the long gone annual Gavin Convention in San Francisco, Billy Jam did a radio show on Bay Area station KUSF. During the time of the February 1993 radio industry convention his guests included The Pharcyde, Masta Ace, Diamond D of DITC, Charizma (RIP) & Peanut Butter Wolf, Da King & I, and Ye'all So Stupid. Hear these interviews with freestyles plus the hip-hop news from that period in hip-hop almost 20 years ago on Put The Needle on the February 1993 Hip-Hop Flashback with Billy Jam, December 14th, 7pm on WFMU.
Starred
Friday, December 14th, 2012, 9am - Noon
on
The Long Rally with Scott McDowell
Fresh off their opening slot for Psychic TV, STARRED is the duo of Matthew Koshak and Liza Thorn, swinging by The Long Rally to share their shimmering songs and downer worldview. Expect raw, atmospheric and ultimately beautiful music full of loss and faded glamour. Pendu Sound Prison to Prison EP out now and double 7" forthcoming.
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band Thursday, December 13th, 2012, 6am - 9am
on
Underwater Theme Park with Meghan
Roaring out of the southern Indiana foothills comes Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band playing a brand of Americana and Blues that stands alone – Delta blues and hillbilly fervor combine with musical acuity sharp as razor wire – best know, this trio is a force to be reckoned with. Just coming off of their tour of 250 dates, They got to quickly swing by Meghan's show to give the listeners a little taste and make them hungry for more!
Guest DJ: Eric Neuser of GNAW
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
Eric Neuser, occasional public spinning cohort of BT and constant stickman of NYC industrial-infected doom combo GNAW brings a pile of platters down this afternoon to rock all into submission. Expect doses of post-Sab scabbery, obscure thrash, proto-doom and uncategorizable heaviness, with Brian throwing an occasional cut in the path.
An African Hanukkah Live from Barbès Saturday, December 8th, 2012, 6pm - 9pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Well, tonight's show is not totally on-theme for the first night of the Jewish festival of lights. But we couldn't think of a more festive way to celebrate the arrival of the holiday season than with a night of exuberant African sounds live from Barbès, the music-lover's haven at 9th St and 6th Ave in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Tune in or join us at Barbès for the captivating West African guitar wizardry of Abdoulaye Alhassane with special guest Banning Eyre; the cathartic Ghanaian style highlife workouts of No Small Money Brass Band; the electrifying Pan-African percussive onslaught of Akoko Nante Ensemble, and the sumptuous Sudanese stylings of Alsarah and the Nubatones.
As usual the tireless Irene Trudel will be both technical guru and co-host with Rob. Admission is free during the broadcast (although performers may pass the hat for voluntary donations) - and you can stuff your Hanukkah stockings with free FMU swag too!
Lora-Faye
Saturday, December 8th, 2012, 6am - 9am
on
Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison
Brooklyn singer-songwriter Lora-Faye has a voice that conjures spirits from the 1920’s. While very much a contemporary songwriter, she will evoke a smoky Berlin cabaret or Harlem gin joint, with some down-home front porch thrown in for good measure. Having just won the 2012 Mountain Stage New Song Contest, Lora-Faye will be hitting the recording studio early next year to work on her first commercial album. She stopped by recently with members of her band for a great session.
Source of Yellow Friday, December 7th, 2012, 9am - Noon
on
The Long Rally with Scott McDowell
The Brooklyn-based trio Source of Yellow mix a heady concoction of krautrock repetition, classic psych guitar shred and blasts of sax and electronics to create precision jams aimed at your third eye. Don't blink! Check their digital release The Said on Twin Lakes Records.
Retro/Virus
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
Recorded at the Knitting Factory for broadcast on Brian's show today: Lydia Lunch performing a cross-section of her illustrious musical career from the No Wave era and beyond. 8-Eyed Spy, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, solo and collaborative material all done up live, raw, and bloody with the help of Weasel Walter on guitar, Bob Bert on drums, and Algis Kizys on bass.
Showdown of the Smooths: Alex Craig vs Nat Roe
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012, Midnight - 3am
on
Nat Roe
Alex Craig is well known as the songwriter behind Big Troubles, as guitarist of Ducktails and for his solo project Limited, which just released a 7", "You Must Be Dreaming", on New Images records. But Alex is also in possession of an unquenchable thirst for adult contemporary music. On the 4th, Alex Craig will challenge WFMU's Iron Chef of easy listening to a smooth-off. The challenger will represent the era of 1985-1990, with your host defending 1980-1985. From Amy Grant to ZZ Top (late era, duuuuh), tune in and decide for good: which era is the most very special smooth moods music era?
Moore & Sons Monday, December 3rd, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
On their new disc, "Holdouts," (Chris) Moore & Sons go for a louder, heavier feel than previous outings. Chris describes the band's performances on disc as very emotive, while remaining edgy. Moore & Sons return for another acoustic performance on Irene's show.
Harry Shearer AND Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby!
Saturday, December 1st, 2012, 11am - 1pm
on
Michael Shelley's show
Michael chats with Harry Shearer about his new album "Can’t Take a Hint," his musical history (Spinal Tap), his acting career (The Simpsons, Saturday Night Live, A Mighty Wind, etc.) and his Dec. 2 Holiday Sing-Along benefit for the New Orleans Musicians Assistance Foundation at New York's City Winery. AND Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby will drop by with their guitars to play a few songs live and discuss their recent return to the USA (from the French countryside) and their new album "A Working Museum".
Ken & Andy Halloween Party at UCB Theatre with an Exorcism and the Saw Lady Wednesday, November 28th, 2012, 6pm - 7pm
on
Seven Second Delay with Ken and Andy
Miss out on Halloween this year? Come join Ken and Andy down in the dark basement of New York's UCB Theatre on Wednesday, November 28th at 6pm for a Seven Second Delay Halloween Party where nothing could possibly go wrong. Fun party activities include Candy Bag Roulette, An Exorcism*, Ken vs. Andy Apple Bobbing, Professional Makeup Art and Saw Music with Natalia Paruz. The UCB Theatre is located at 307 West 26th St in NYC, near 8th Avenue. Admission is $5, and free for those in costume. RSVP on Facebook.
Ex-Cops
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on
Duane's show
The NYC based Ex-Cops return to the WFMU studios to give us another live dose of shimmery psych-enthused power pop. Their debut album "Tru Hallucinations" comes out 1/22 on Othermusic recording co/Fatpossum, but check out their excellent WFMU live set from last summer on the Free Music Archive, as well as their first single "James" from their debut album here.
Hounds of Hate
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012, 3am - 6am
on
Distort Jersey City with Deed Runlea
We are very happy to host a live set and interview from Hounds of Hate. The Hounds stopped in the WFMU studio on their off night from a tour or ripping hardcore shows including Not Dead Yet in Toronto, where they played an absurd set with The Rival Mob, Urban Blight, The Boston Strangler, Step Forward and Peacebreakers. They play mid-to-late '80s NYHC to a tee, and whether or not you are a member of the drug free youth you should check out their jams for the sick mosh/pit action. We also get a pretty awesome and straight forward assessment of being straightedge in 2012. They drive a vegetable oil Sprinter van they converted and maintain themselves, and they own several homes in Braddock PA. Members of Pissed Jeans, Rambo, CREEM, Natural Law, Black Kites, among many others. Hounds of Hate Straightedge.
Suzuki Junzo
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
Guitarist of the excellent Japanese psych band Miminokoto has just released an album called Eight Sided Infinity, and makes his first stop of a US tour at WFMU this afternoon for a solo electric performance. He'll be at Union Pool in Brooklyn that night, with Rhyton, Eidetic Seeing and more on the bill.
Hot and Cold
Monday, November 26th, 2012, 9pm - Midnight
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
Much-lauded guitarists Aaron Dugan and Anders Nilsson bring their intricate, evocative duo project Hot and Cold to the Airborne Event on November 26th on the heels of the release of their first album, Hogwild Manifesto. Aaron has played with musicians ranging from Bill Laswell, Sly and Robbie, and Bootsy Collins to John Zorn and Matisyahu. Swedish-born Anders leads numerous groups (Anders Nilsson Group, The Hot Trio, Fulminate Trio, Exposed Blues Duo) and has collaborated with musicians across the spectrum of blues, jazz, and experimental music, including Sabir Mateen, Eugene Chadbourne, Paquito D’Rivera, William Parker, Elliot Sharp, and art-metal band Angelblood.
Jesse von Doom & Maggie Vail of CASH Music Monday, November 26th, 2012, 6pm - 7pm
on
Radio Free Culture
The Internet was supposed to level the playing field for independent artists, but many seem to be worse off in the cloud. As co-executive directors of CASH Music, Jesse von Doom and Maggie Vail are building open source tools that put technology into the hands of musicians, and could help the web live up to its potential.
Nina Nielsen
Saturday, November 24th, 2012, 6am - 9am
on
Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison
Singer-songwriter Nina Nielsen's debut album, "Love and Terror in the Wilderness" has just been released on Biophon (Norway). The record seems destined to bring her lots of attention, as its dark and ethereal beauty will captivate you from the very first moment you hear it. As luck would have it, Nina is passing through New York this week, and will stop by the studio for a live session this Saturday morning.
Black Friday Special with Guest DJs Om
Friday, November 23rd, 2012, 3pm - 6pm
on
Miniature Minotaurs with Kurt Gottschalk
The epic downtempo duo Om was scheduled to come by for a guest DJ spot in August until a skateboarding injury forced them to postpone their tour. Fortunately, Emil is healed and he and Al are back on that long road that leads from Reykjavik and Prague through Chicago and Montreal and to Boston, New York and WFMU. En route to Philly they'll park the van and cool their skates for a guest DJ spot. What does the spiritual stoner doom duo listen to in the tour bus? Tune in to see what they bring to spin!
Foster Care
Wednesday, November 21st, 2012, 3am - 6am
on
Distort Jersey City with Deed Runlea
This week we get a live set from NYC's Foster Care. This band plays in more of the NYC garage rock scene, but their sound might fit in a little better as fast and sloppy punk more than anything else. Featuring members of Ex-Humans and other New York rock and roll acts. Check out their awesome recent LP "Bad Vibe City" on Jackshack Records (Call of the Wild, Pygmy Shrews, Pampers). Reed has never had a band drink as much as they did when recording this session; and they apparently out-drank The Spits at their hometown venue. If you like stupid punk for stupid people, don't miss this session.
Special Guests David Nuss of Sabbath Assembly and Timothy Wyllie of the Process Church
Monday, November 19th, 2012, 9pm - Midnight
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
David Nuss's project Sabbath Assembly performs contemporary rock arrangements of hymns and songs from the liturgy of the compelling & mysterious '60s and '70s occult sect called The Process Church of the Final Judgment. The second Sabbath Assembly record, "Ye Are Gods," has just come out. David will visit to talk about the new record and Process Church history, theology, and practice. He'll also bringing along some unreleased recordings of Process liturgy recorded by Genesis Breyer P'Orridge & Lydia Lunch. Founding member of the Process, Timothy Wyllie, will join us by phone. Timothy was the first member of the Process to joint he co-founders, and was heavily involved in Process music in the 1960s and 1970s. In 2009, he authored a memoir of his Process years called "Love Sex Fear Death: The Inside Story of The Process Church of the Final Judgment."
Balboa
Monday, November 19th, 2012, 3:01pm - 6pm
on
Scott Williams's show
It's a synth-porn special as Scott welcomes Brooklyn/Chicago duo Balboa. Wilco's Mikael Jorgensen and tech genius Travis Thatcher fill WFMU's Love Room with an ungodly array of vintage, modern and homemade synths, sequencers, filters, triggers, drum machines, and patchbays, and they do it with style, sensitivity and major know-how. From EMS-synthis to iPad apps, it's 1971 meets 2012 and a thrilling master class in electronic music history in between. And yes, we took pictures.
Daniel Bachman and Mark Fosson
Monday, November 19th, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
One of the best young fingerstyle guitarists to emerge in recent times, Daniel Bachman's playing brings you on an intense string-filled journey to the towns and places he's internalized since childhood. Locales like his hometown Fredricksburg, Virginia, and more recently Philadelphia, play into what Bachman calls his “Psychedelic Appalachia" style of playing. His new disc, "Seven Pines," is out now on Tompkins Square. Joining Daniel is guitarist/songwriter Mark Fosson, a Kentucky native who briefly worked with John Fahey in the 1970's just as the Takoma Label was failing. Fosson has since worked with fellow songwriter Edward Tree in the Bum Steers in the 80's, and moved on to other collaborations before going solo again. Mark has been compared to Americana folks like Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Joe Ely, John Prine, and Guy Clark. His Takoma tapes were \ released on Drag City a few years ago. Mark Fosson and Daniel Bachman play live on Irene's show.
G. Green Monday, November 19th, 2012, 9am - Noon
on
Liz Berg's show
Hailing from Sacramento, CA, G. Green bring a much-needed blast of warm, punky sunshine rock to the Sandy-ravaged East Coast. The band recently released their debut LP, "Crap Culture," on the Mt St Mtn label, and you can catch them at 285 Kent Ave on Friday, Nov 16th.
Surface Noise Bicentennial Special
Sunday, November 18th, 2012, Midnight - 3am
on
Surface Noise with Joe McGasko
Tune in as Joe celebrates a personal milestone: His 200th show on WFMU! In honor of this (somewhat) auspicious occasion, tonight's show will feature only songs from the year of that "other" Bicentennial, the one that happened in 1976. There will be some songs about that Bicentennial, as well as plenty of your 200th-American-year favorites. Kiss? Check. Stevie Wonder? Check. Ramones? Sure! Please note that Surface Noise personally guarantees no "Hotel California."
WOMEX 2012 - A World Music Summit in Greece Saturday, November 17th, 2012, 6pm - 9pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
WOMEX is the annual worldwide world music industry expo, something like a SXSW or CMJ for world music moguls, musicians, pundits and enthusiasts. If you want to learn about new artists, new trends, new happenings in the worlds of world music, WOMEX is the place to be.
This October WOMEX was held in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. Despite the difficult times in Greece, Thessaloniki was a marvelous host city. Rob was there along with musician George Sempepos of groundbreaking Greek-American electro-roots band Annabouboula (and more recently rembetic surf-rock band the Byzantones), and esteeemed journalist Anastasia Tsioulcas of NPR Music. George and Anastasia join Rob this week to talk about the experience and share music by artists and bands they were turned on to at WOMEX and in their travels.
Jacques Demierre
Friday, November 16th, 2012, 3pm - 6pm
on
Miniature Minotaurs with Kurt Gottschalk
The last time Jacques Demierre visited WFMU he was performing with fellow sound poet Vincent Barras. This time he's here to play the piano: the baby grand recently donated to WFMU, in fact, which hasn't been tuned since since being moved to the station (and maybe long before that!). Tune in to hear one of the most inventive players of prepared piano around as he christens a new WFMU detunification.
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