Dug Deep hosts a pre-Halloween Americana double-header edition of Live DiRT with the T Sisters and Kuinka (formerly called Ra!!it Wilde)! Both bands play live in the KDRT studio on Sunday, October 30th, at 4:30 pm, just ahead of their appearance that evening at the Graduate thanks to the Davis Live Music Collective.
Wand is a band that I discovered because my friend Kaz Mirblouk posted a link to their KEXP live performance and I was floored. Over the course of a few weeks, I found myself gravitating to one of their three studio albums on a daily basis.
This trio has a lot of history with L.A. and Bay Area garage pyschedelic rock artists, such as Mikal Cronin and Ty Segal; performing with, supporting tours and recording with similar producers, such as local legend, Chris Woodhouse.
1000 Days is their most recent lp (2015) so I'll start with it, but there will be time to jump into the other two. As a pround owner of all three on vinyl, I'll be happy to share Wand with you today. [Then again, Kaz has his own awesome record, so maybe I'll fill the time with a few from it. If not, click here: https://kazmirblouk.bandcamp.com]
Wikipedia suggests that they're taking their time with the next album. I hope you'll come away from this episode with eager anticipation of that release. And of course, a TOUR!
Traditional jazz, some bebop, some cool jazz, and some of the great female vocalists tonight!
This week's featured album is Fiona Apple's Tidal. Apple's first studio record, it was released in July 1996 on both Work and Columbia Records. By the following year, the release had gone triple platinum, producing no less than six singles. Rolling Stone selected Tidal as one of the best records of the 90s. Quoting RS, "Apple's husky voice and jazzy melodies give an unexpected weight to her confessions on Tidal, as the 19-year-old New York art waif broods over adolescent malaise in off-kilter, insinuating piano ballads like 'Never Is a Promise.' She also comes up with a knockdown theme song in the anomalously hard-rocking 'Criminal,' the anthem of a young woman who's been careless with a delicate man and even more careless with her delicate self." Art waif, indeed.
KDRT's Album of the Week airs every Thursday evening at 5 p.m. PT on KDRT. This week's host is Jess Goddesse.
An hour of traditional jazz tonight -- 1939 - 68
Tonight on Divine Intervention, we have an interesting Vinyl Vespers feature. It's another case of "Will it be awfully good...or just plain awful?" Specifically, we'll hear Mac Gant and his Tennessee Dew Drops—that's the bit that sounds like it might be mighty good. But the record is Square Dance Calls and Instructions—that's the worrisome part. Either way, we'll have an enjoyable worship, along with much rock, pop, and otherwise swingin' sounds, including the possibility of brand-new tracks from Emma Ruth Rundle, Ken De Poto, and more new releases. We'll try to slip in some local flavor, to boot, such as something from Oakland's T Sisters, who'll be performing hereabouts soon thanks to the Davis Live Music Collective. Tune in live, 7-9p Pacific. Want replays/playlists? Visit the program page.
A little different Listening Lyrics - we focus on free solo climbing. Free solo climbing, also known as free soloing, is a form of free climbing and solo climbing where the climber (or free soloist) performs alone and without using any ropes, harnesses or other protective equipment, relying entirely on his or her ability instead. Unlike in bouldering, free soloists typically climb above safe heights, where a fall would always result in serious injury or death. In ordinary free climbing, instead, safety gear is used to protect from falls, although not to assist the ascent.
This week's Album of the Week features a classic you may well have never heard of: Lubbock on Everything by Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band from 1979, a record that has over the years become known as a seminal Americana recording. Lubbock on Everything is visual artist Terry Allen’s love letter to the hometown that he left the day after he graduated high school and drove out to LA with his wife, artist/writer Jo Harvey Allen. It rocks some, but it swaggers plenty…and jigs…and two-steps. It’s really an autobiographical snapshot of West Texas culture, with a couple of stories about Terry’s early experiences in the bigtime art world tossed in for good measure. Rolling Stone called it one of the most important records of the 1970s. We are pretty sure Terry knew that when he recorded it. The deluxe reissue treatment is being re-released this week!
Celebrate the arts in Davis for the 2nd Friday October ArtAbout. Andrew Castro has been NOMINATED FOR 3 SAMMIES (SACRAMENTO AREA MUSIC AWARDS) 3 CONSECUTIVESOLD OUT RELEASE SHOWS IN 2015, HIS RED HEARTS EP REACHING #5 ON THE ITUNES SINGER SONGWRITER EP CHART, HIS SINGLE "LAST WORDS” ON THE NEW MUSIC PORTION OF THE COFFEEHOUSE ON SIRIUS XM, AND FOUR SUCCESSFUL TOURS, THE LAST 18 MONTHS HAS BEEN A RIDE FOR SACRAMENTO SINGER SONGWRITER ANDREW CASTRO. ON THE HEELS OF HIS 4TH EP RELEASE IN JUST A 12 MONTH SPAN ANDREW IS SET TO RELEASE HIS DEBUT LP CAN I PLAY FOR YOU?. A COLLECTION OF DEEPLY PERSONAL SONGS THAT TOUCH ON RELATIONSHIPS, ENDING AND BEGINNING, ANXIETY AND INSOMNIA ANDLIFE ON THE ROAD.
Jazz piano greats tonight! Plus Herbie Mann on flute, Toots on harmonica, George Barnes on guitar, and vocals by Diana Krall.
