Jazz After Dark July 21st, 2015
Tue, 07/21/2015 - 7:35pm | Don ShorBossa nova, Brazilian jazz, and ballads tonight.
Bossa nova, Brazilian jazz, and ballads tonight.
The first new show in almost a month! This show features an interview with musician and New York resident Griff Honsinger on music and bands. Griff also talks about his job at Viacom and the many bands he's been in including Death to Slater, The Jims, Pedico, and Aahhhh. This show includes a cover of the Powerpuff Girls Song "Love Makes the World Go Round" by The Jims in which Griff plays bass and "Go Wild" by Wolf and the Wolves in which he plays guitar.
"We finally landed an interview with Noah Byrd. Spend an hour with this local songwriter, right before he leaves to tour the Pacifc Northwest. With a voice compared to Elliot Smith and Bradley Nowell, he combines melancholic vocals with punk-influenced acoustic guitar, giving an aggressive undertone to his otherwise laid-back sound."
This week we'll feature Cincinatti's own Ass Ponys and the 2001 recording Lohio. If you haven't heard of the Ponys, you may have heard of frontman Chuck Cleaver and his current band, Wussy. All new to you? No worries. Sit back and enjoy. It's indie rock with an Americana feel--swell sounds for a summer day.
Focus on 1970’s jazz tonight: West coast cool, a little funk, some great live performances. Sarah Vaughan, Brubeck, Ella, Herbie Mann, Bill Evans with Stan Getz, Art Farmer, Al Jarreau, and more.
A chance encounter that changed my life... you're going to meet that person -- and we will play some tunes to reflect that. As a bonus feature, the mystery guest will be my 100th interview.
Janis Heaphy Durham, perhaps best known in this region as the publisher of the Sacramento Bee from 1998 to 2008, has written a book about life after death, based on events she experienced after her husband Max Besler died in 2004--unexplained sounds, stopped clocks, flickering lights, the powdery shape of a hand in her home. In “The Hand on the Mirror,” and on today’s show, she describes what she has seen, what she has come to believe, and says we need a lot more research. “Why not fund the study of consciousness?” she writes. “Serious awards for serious scientists investigating consciousness, to prove or disprove that it exists separately from brain function, would be incredibly worthwhile.”
The Electric Compost Heap with Dug Deep fertlilizes the airwaves every 2nd & 4th Friday, digging through the delightful detritus of blues, soul, country, rock, reggae, jazz, funk, punk, psych, and more to concoct a rich, nutrient-dense musical humus. If there's a 5th Friday, Dug's here too. Dig it, Heapsters!