This episode of Cowboy Tracks previews some of the artists performing this week at the annual National Cowboy Poetry & Music Gathering in Elko, Nev.
Here's the playlist:
Song -- Title -- Artist -- Album
Milk Cow Blues (instrumental) -- Jimmy Day & Herb Remington, A Day With Remington
Come Ride With Me -- Dave Stamey, Come Ride With Me
Mountain Water -- Carin Mari, Rambling Daughter
Tonight on Jazz After Dark: vocals by Louis Armstrong, then cool jazz, soul jazz, and lots of rhythm. Instrumentals by Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond, Chico Hamilton, Erroll Garner, Herbie Mann, Ray Barretto, Ramsey Lewis, Billy Butler, and the Jonny Lewis Quartet.
Arise and go forth! This week's Celtic Songlines opens with sweet sounds from the band Arise & Go; a taste of Cape Breton with Stephen MacDonald and Natalie MacMaster; Ohio's The Drowsy Lads; from Rachel Newton & Lauren MacColl, "a humanizing tribute to the women who were accused in the Scottish witch trials"; the brilliant sounds of Aoife Scot;, the band Open the Door for Three; a bit of Marrakesh from Shane Hennessy; Magpie Lane's Speed the Plough; and a lively tune from the band Flook!
Davis held a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Monterey Park, California shooting last week. We also covered a new restaurant in Davis, as well as the recent Yo Yo Ma concert.
Packages by Max Davis-Housefield, Naneh Grigor, and Alex Miyamoto. Produced by Maria Anderson and Naneh Grigor. Music by Daniel Ruiz Jimenez.
Imagining Yolo Davis interviews citizens (imaginers) of this community who are imagining projects that will affect all of us for the greater good. From recycling, music, community groups to park clean-up groups ... the list goes on — private imaginers using their talents to enrich our community.
What makes these imaginers tick and what is so important? The health and well being of our community.
DJ Rodriquez invites you to tune in to Silver Nine Volt Heart from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 26 for a live interview with Bay Area musician Maurice Tani. This special broadcast highlights the sounds from Maurice's new album, All In, on the Little Village Foundation record label.
After a long career playing with legendary Bay Area bands such as The Flamin' Groovies, Big Bang Beat and the Zasu Pitts Memorial Orchestra, Maurice has embarked upon a new trail of solo creativity he calls "Americana, without limits." We speak with him about his new adventures and his plans for the upcoming live performance at the Thursday Live! concert at the Odd Fellows Hall in Davis on Feb. 2.
Today we talk about planting bareroot trees, citrus planting issues, tree damage from recent windstorms, summer bulbs, and more.
Eric Andersen -- who has had a long, distinuished career as a singer-songwriter -- was the subject of a 2021 PBS documentary The Songpoet, and now the recepient of a just-released, 3-CD tribute album featuring contributions from Bob Dylan (who covers "Thirsty Boots") and 40 other artists. This morning we played contributions from Mary Chapin Carpenter, Amy Helm, Richard Shindell and others.
Tonight’s program features Lester Young and Billie Holiday from the 1940s in the first half. We’ll year Young with the Kansas City Six, with Nat "King" Cole and Buddy Rich, and accompanying Holiday. West Coast cool in the second half: Bud Shank, Gerry Mulligan, Stan Getz with Kenny Barron, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, and Victor Biglione.
On this episode of Meraki Radio, Kelsie Sorensen joins us thanks to Michael Gangitano. Michael provides a solid introduction followed by some additional bio about Kelsie. After the break, we discuss her pursuit to create and run The Buzz Bar -- a horse- trailer-turned-mobile-bar that she hopes will be used for all kinds of events. She has ideas and enthusiasm -- tune in to learn more.
You can learn more about The Buzz Bar here:
