In praise of the BASS - it’s what anchors and creates the beat. Andrew Walton is our guest this week. He is a superb bass player with abilities well beyond his age. Listening Lyrics is thrilled to start the 2015 season with this terrific talent.
Join Pieter and Jesse on New Year’s Eve at 5 PM for a very special 2-hour, combined edition of Dead Wax and The Grapevine. In the first hour, we’ll reflect on end of 2014 and the end of America’s longest war with some of our favorite anti-war and protest songs. In the second hour, we’ll lift our spirits as we prepare to ring in 2015!
Old-fashioned jazz tonight! Ragtime, New Orleans, and more.
This will be the 1st Winter Holiday show for Civilization Phaze IV! Tune-in on Tuesday at 2pm for a collection of the traditional, semi-traditional, & non-traditional of Winter/Holiday-inspired "classical"(ish) selections. To give you an idea of what to expect from a Civ Phaze IV Holiday show, here are a few of the artists who will be featured tomorrow: Placido Domingo, Joshua Bell, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Emerson Lake and Palmer (PROG-ROCK FTW!), and more! Hope you tune-in, and have a wonderful holiday!
"For Behold , Darkness Shall Cover the Earth" from G.F. Handel's "Messiah" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmX52fHLFC4
Sara is the SPINster this week's and is dedicating the hour to her beloved Jess Goddesse - because she's incredible, has superior snotty taste in music and beer, and does more than her fair share at KDRT! For her holiday gift, Sara's spinning her (our) new favorite album by King Tuff, Black Moon Spell.
King Tuff is a recording artist on Sub Pop Records and Burger Records. King Tuff, the band, has released several music videos and has continually toured across the United States, Australia, and Europe since 2012.
Featuring the songs of Gershwin's Porgy & Bess.
To wrap up LISTENING LYRICS for 2014 joining us for the second time is singer/songwriter CASEY GROAT Casey has a ton of new and different material that we are going to explore. We are also going to ask Casey what song he heard in 2014 that stands out and the best new artist/band he found in 2014.