A little goes a really long way:Become a Patron! Something special tonight – one of the many radio programs Bob Dylan performed on early in his career. In the 1950’s and early 1960’s, when FM radio was almost the sole domain of the “audiophile” and the independent station, many programs
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Fernanda Takai – Intro Luz Negra Portuguese-Japanese singer Fernanda Takai is probably best known to most World Music collectors as the leader singer of the popular Brazilian Alternative band Pato Fu. In 2007 Takai released her first solo album and scored heavily
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Annuals – Winslow – 2011 Last time I checked in on Annuals it was around 2006 and they had just come out with their debut album, Be He Me, and were making noises via MySpace and some of the local Alternative Radio
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Mypollux -Plus a Meme – 2008 Hovering between Power-Pop and Heavy Metal, Mypollux is (or was, it’s hard to tell) a French band that’s been going since 2001 (or 2002 depending on which bio you read). They’ve been having a modicum of
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Wolves & Moons – Nothing Ever Shone In The Sun -2011 I suppose you could consider Wolves & Moons to be Rock Without Borders, since the band is based in Paris. However, the founder and leader is Richard Allen, who is from
Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Pollock – Grey Eyes I first ran across The Pollock about a year ago while doing a World Surf for new and interesting bands to eventually post in Rock Without Borders. I was struck by how good this band was and,
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Roussel – Rhapsodie Flamande – 1954 Over to French radio again. This week’s concert comes from The Strasbourg Music Festival, circa 1954, conducted by Frank Martin and featuring the music of Albert Roussel. Rhapsodie Flamande for Orchestra, written in the 1938. Roussel
Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Shakespeares – How Does She Look – 1967 A baffling entry tonight. The Shake Speares, or Shakespeares as they were called for a while, were originally a Beat Group from Rhodesia, who migrated to the UK, and spent a lot of
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Fletcher Henderson – Rocky Mountain Blues – 1927 Back to the 20’s tonight for a taste of Fletcher Henderson, one of the most influential band leaders and arrangers in the history of early Jazz – but few people knew about him. Henderson
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Charles Koechlin – L’Abbaye – 1952 Something a little different tonight. Back over to the mountain of French Radio Transcriptions, but rather than focus on orchestras or instrumentalists, I thought I would give something small and vocal a try. One of the
