In summer 1788, geologist James Hutton sailed along the coast south of Edinburgh to Siccar Point, where outcropings of vertically-tilted gray slate were (and still are) overlain by nearly flat-lying red sandstone. A product of the Scottish Enlightment, Hutton correctly reasoned that it would be impossible to explain what he observed in the context of an Earth that was -- as then believed -- only 6,000 years old.
Hutton is considered the father of modern geology, and the first who proposed the concept of "deep time." On their new album, Karine Polwart and Dave Milligan tell the story of Siccar Point much more elegantly. Also on today's show, new music from Jason Isbell, Two Bird Stone, Adam Holmes, Martyn Joseph, Geoff Muldaur, and Norman Blake.
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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: spanning the 1930s to the 1990s. We’ll hear from Fred Astaire, Charlie Christian, Count Basie, Erroll Garner, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins, Buster Bailey, Doris Day, Peter Appleyard Orchestra, Vince Guaraldi Trio, Gabor Szabo, George Benson with The McCoy Tyner Trio, and Lee Konitz & the Brazilian Band.
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Tue, 10/19/2021 - 3:00pm | Ned
Adrian West joins Clyde & Ned in the garage to share music he likes, play a couple of tunes live, and discuss whatever nonsense comes up. He will be performing at Sudwerk with The Adrian West Band on October 30th.
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On this episode of Meraki Radio, Leslie from Nepal returns to the show to talk about things and life. She starts by discussing her recent experience on a talk show in Nepal and quickly the conversation pivots to food, a common topic for these two friends. Enjoy a meandering 30 minutes.
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The Celts, as with other cultures, believe this time of year is when the veil between the world of the living and those who have passed is thinnest. This week on Celtic Songlines KDRT 95.7FM the playlist is reflective.
The world of traditional Irish music lost a giant this past week with the passing of Paddy Moloney. Closer to home, my father also passed within the past week. The Chieftains are featured and I include several pieces which were favorites of my father.
This week's songs and tunes are often played to honor the dead within Ireland and the UK, we hear from Dervish w/ Abigail Washburn the Celtic Fiddle Festival (Johnny Cunningham, Kevin Burke, Christian Lemaître), Robert Burns as read by Gordon Kennedy, Enya, the Lone Piper and Clannad Irish Band. |
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For Halloween this year, we have a return visit with the imaginatively named Lord Blood-Rah, host of Lord Blood-Rah’s Nerve-Wrackin’ Theatre on TV and Nerve-Wrackin’ Auditorium on radio. They're available in Davis on DCTV (channel 15 on Comcast, menu 99 on ATT U-Verse) or KDRT. Our guest, whose real name is Frank Wallace-Ailsworth, is a science-fiction/horror-show host in the tradition of Bob Wilkins and Elvira.
We talk about ... well, pretty much what you'd expect, such as classic radio, and movies from good to bad to charmingly stupid, plus what's in the “Venusian cocktail” created for one of his in-person showings at a movie palace in Orinda, and why anyone would watch a film like My Son, the Vampire. The story concerns a would-be vampire and his misguided robot. October is high season for stuff like this. |
