Happy Jazzy Monday to ya:-)

We were just swingin' along with CORRINA RACHEL and her Dreamland Band...Aaron Allen, bass and Marcus Graf, Trumpet/Snare. Thanks so much to them for sharing their sweet love songs to get us all set for Valentine's Day. That was a lot of fun.

We also heard several cuts from new, about to be released, albums today.

Congrats to the Shawn Colvin ticket winners, too, and thanks, as always, for all the phone calls! Nice to know you're out there listening.

So, next week, the TEXAS EARLY MUSIC PROJECT to preview this upcoming performance:

"Womansong:Medieval Pilgrmage"
Saturday, February 20, 2010
8:00pm - 9:30pm
St. Mary Cathedral
203 East 10th Street

So, make sure to tune in for that.

In the meantime, here's what you heard on the show today:

11:00

1984/Kristen Dehaan/Thorns on a Crown (Woodstock, NY-based Indie folk-rock singer)
The Beautiful Child/Kelley Ryan/Twist (Palm Springs, CA-based alt-pop singer-songwriter)
Swirl/Daphne Willis/What to Say (Chicago-based Pop/Rock Singer-Songwriter)
Snow Canyons/The Watson Twins/Talking to You, Talking to Me (LA-based Indie folk-pop duo)

L-O-V-E/Live in the studio
As Time Goes By/Live in the studio
Blue Moonbeams/Live in the studio
Unforgettable/Live in the studio

11:45

You're Why/Marshall Ford Swing Band/It's About Dam Time (Local Western Swing band featuring Emily Gimble, piano/vocals)
Today/Elizabeth Wills/Love Comes Home (Local singer-songwriter and first recipient of the Talent Trust Foundation's Award)
13/Tribella/Thirteen (Local All-Female Powerpop/Prog. Rock Trio)
Both Ways/Alyse Black/Hold Onto This (Alt. Pop Singer-Songwriter who splits her time between Austin and Seattle)

Happy Monday once again, everyone! Well, I had FUN today programming only music I think is 'fun'. Don't know about you, but I was dancin' in the studio;-)

Thanks for the phone calls, as always! And congrats to the MANY BIRTHDAYS ticket winners. Hope y'all have a lot of FUN at the show. They are definitely a fun band.

So, next week, we'll have LIVE GUEST, CORRINA RACHEL crooning love ballads for us in preparation for Valentine's Day. So, make sure to tune in for THAT!

Thanks for listening. Here's what I played on the show today:

11:00

Vihma/Varttina/Vihma (Finnish women's folk music band)
Dali Tzerni /Charming Hostess/Balkans Without Borders (San Francisco based Klezmer-punk/balkan-funk band)
Chiclete Com Banana/Gal Costa/Festa Brasil (Brazilian pop singer)
Ibo/The Djembabes/Live @ Ruta Maya (Local Women's African Drum and Vocal Ensemble)
Opa Cupa/Slavic Soul Party/Technochek Collision (Balkan Brass Band from New York featuring Eva Salina Primack on this song)
Flat Bottom Boat/Road Dog Divas/Everything in Boxes (Former women's trio featuring local Austinite Laura Freeman, Myshkin, and Darlene)
The Magic Violin/Hot Club of Cowtown/Wishful Thinking (Local Western Swing/Gypsy Jazz trio featuring Elana James on fiddle)

11:30

Western Cowboy/Precious Blood/Top of the Holler (Local Americana traditional folk duo featuring Amy Annelle on vocals/guitar and Ralph White fiddle/accordion/voice)
Honey Wine/Datri Bean/Slow Down Summertime (Local Jazz/Swing singer/pianist/accordion player)
Sensitive Kid/Candi and the Strangers/Candi and the Strangers (Local Electro / French pop / Psychedelic band featuring Samantha Constant, vocals)
Kiki the Destroyer/Many Birthdays/Emptiness is Forever EP (Local electronic, lo-fi, post-punk, progressive, cinematic and noise rock band featuring Sarah Luce, Henna Chou, and Rachel Fuhrer)
Minnawa/Many Birthdays/(see above)
All Fired Up/Tralala/Tralala (Pop band from Brooklyn, NY
Stronger/Rebecca Loebe/Spring09 is for Lovers (Atlanta area singer-songwriter)
Hey Now/Terri Hendrix/The Art of Removing Wallpaper (Local singer-songwriter)

Happy Monday once again! This week, I started with a few tunes dedicated to our Haitian neighbors. And then followed with a few tunes I've been carrying around for a while and wanting to fit in, but keep running out of time. Plus, a few songs featuring folks playing around town this week, as usual.

Hey, if you're a female musician in town, I welcome submissions, fyi. Address and info is in the info section here. Particularly, right now, I'm wishing for some old-style acoustic blues/gospel, some more indie pop/rock, and other girl "bands" (as opposed to solo artists.) But surprise me...and I do particularly love supporting our local musicians:-)

So, thanks for listening...here's what you heard on today's show:

11:00

Paseavase El Rey Moro/Heralds and Minstrels with Afsoneh Esfandiari, vocals/Echoes of Spain (Local Early Music ensemble with Patty Esfandiari, Chris Humphrey, Peggy Sexton, Hugh Chandler, and Afsoneh Esfandiari)
Haitian Love Songs/Cocorosie/La Maison de Mon Re've (American "Freak Folk" Duo featuring sisters Bianca "Coco" and Sierra "Rosie" Casady)
State of Things/Annabella/Say Goodnight (a husband-wife indie-pop duo from Georgetown, TX featuring Terri Dittmar, vocals)
Over and Over/Gemma Hayes/Night on My Side (Indie pop singer songwriter from Dublin, Ireland)
Bloodline/Orenda Fink/Invisible Ones (Indie folk rock singer songwriter originally from Alabama, but transplanted to Los Angeles)
Freeway/Many Birthdays/Days of Beat, Days of Hollow EP 2006 (Local electronic, lo-fi, post-punk, progressive, cinematic and noise rock band featuring Sarah Luce, Henna Chou, and Rachel Fuhrer..this song is sung in Japanese)

11:30

Cough Syrup/Honeybody Moonbee/Universal Western Attractions(San Francisco based indie folk band featuring Emily Ritz on ukulele/vocals)
Mine 'til I'm/Carley Wolf/Set Sail (Local singer songwriter/multi-instrumentalist playing banjo on this track)
Be Serious/Blue Hit/Move In (Local Progressive Folk/Indie Pop trio featuring Grace Rowland on vocals)
Replaced/Beth Lee/Cassette Tapes & Cash Money (Local Americana/Folk Singer Songwriter)
Owensboro/Natalie Merchant/Putamayo Presents American Folk (Folk/Alt Rock vocalist formerly of 10,000 Manics fame)
Plants/Alexa Woodward/Speck ((Singer-songwriter-CD was recorded in Austin with lots of Austin area musicians...featuring the McMercy Family Band on this track)
Sisters of the Road/Uncle Earl/Waterloo, Tennessee (An all-female old-time band formerly featuring Kristin Andreassen, Rayna Gellert, KC Groves, and Abigail Washburn)

Well, hope some of y'all are enjoying a nice Monday off and maybe even spending it actually celebrating Martin Luther King Day. I hope I helped some in that department by playing some songs relating to the Civil Rights struggles...a little Gospel, a little blues, some spoken word/hip hop consciousness raising even.

And then, I moved on to a preview of this weekend's Austin Friends of Traditional Music Mid-Winter Festival. More info on that can be found at http://www.aftm.us. Lots of great music, workshops, a silent auction, and food benefiting the Austin Friends of Traditional Music.

The end of the show today was dedicated to several women performing around town this week. Thanks for the phone calls for the concert tickets at the end of the show and huge congrats to the winner! She said she'd never won anything on the radio before...awesome:-)

Thanks for listening...here's what I played on the show today:

11:00

Up to the Mountain (MLK Song)/Patty Griffin/Children Running Through (Local singer-songwriter)
Let the Trumpets Blow/Poet on Watch/The Spoken Word Project (Local Spoken Word artist)
Before This Time/Ollabelle/Before This Time (NY-based Blues/Gospel/Old-Time quintet featuring Amy Helm—vocals, mandola, & Fiona McBain—vocals, acoustic & electric guitars)
Don't Knock/The Staple Singers/ Will the Circle Be Unbroken (American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group)
The Bad Times/Saffire:The Uppity Blues Women/Havin' the Last Word (Acoustic blues trio from Virginia)
All My Burdens/Fontella Bass/No Ways Tired (American soul/Gospel singer, who is best known for the 1965 R&B hit "Rescue Me", which she also co-wrote)
Leatherwing Bat/Raising Jane/EP2009 (All-Female Indie-Traditional Celtic & Folk trio from San Antonio)
Cresnica Je Obrodila/The Austin Balkan Singers/Live on What's A Girl to Do, 1/31/09 (Local all female a capella Balkan ensemble)
Georgia Hobo/Christy & the Plowboys/EP 2009 (Local Old-Timey/Hillbilly Ensemble featuring Christy Foster)
Oj Jensenske/A Third Above/Live on What's a Girl to Do 2/28/09 (Balkan Trio comprised of Joane Rylander, Anne Alexander, and Kathleen McDonagh. Anne and Kathleen are also part of Slavadillo, who will be playing at the Mid-Winter Festival)

11:30

Mutlu Tanz/The Inheritance/Live on What's a Girl to Do. 9/7/09 (Local Balkan/Klezmer Band with an original tune by violinist, Michelle Alany)
Ugly Stray/Amy Annelle/Some From the Stream (Local Singer-Songwriter)
Stardust/The Lonesome Heroes/Crooked Highway (Local Alt-Country Band featuring Rich Russell and Landry McMeans and Sarah Stolak on fiddle)
Boys in Cars/Darling New Neighbors/Rocket (Local eclectic pop band--this is their new 2009 self-released CD)
Wings of a Butterfly/Chrissy Flatt/Wings of a Butterfly (Local Americana/Folk/Country Singer Songwriter)
Hotel Lights/Amy Cook/Let the Light In (Local alt folk, pop, Americana, rock singer-songwriter)

Hi everyone...happy New Year!!! It's good to be home from our train adventure to New York State and back.

Most of it was actually really fun...until we went off the tracks. Noone was injured, thankfully. But boy, Amtrak leaves a lot to be desired in handling emergency situations...let me tell you! We felt like prisoners of the railways...left on the de-railed train for 8 hours, told we'd be put on buses that would be sorted by destination with our luggage...only to find that was not true at all (surprise, surprise!) So, a 14 hour charter bus ride across the entire state of Texas (from the Little Rock area) with only one stop 2 hours into the trip for food!

Anyway, today's show was dedicated to the various means of transportation we endured to finally get home. Congrats to the Kristi Rae CD winner! And thanks for your phone calls. as always!

Here's what you heard on the show today:

11:00

Take the "A" Train/The Quebe Sisters Band/Timeless (Trio of fiddlin' and singin' Western Swing sisters from the Dallas area)
Baby Blue Sky/Dana Falconberry/Halletts (Forthcoming new release from local singer-songwriter)
Train on the Island/Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerard/Pioneering Women of Bluegrass (Pioneering Women in Bluegrass;-)
Train on the Island/Double Eagle String Band/Who's Goin' Down to Town (Local Traditional Old-Time String Band featuring Elizabeth Pittman on lead vocals and fiddle here but also including Nancy McClintock, bass, and Angie Wooten, banjo)
Roll on the Ground/Last Forever/Trainfare Home (An American folk-style band put together by NY composer/musician, Dick Connette featuring Sonya Cohen on vocals, Carolyn Dutton/ fiddle, and Bill Ruyle/ percussion)
Off the Track/Fire Marshals of Bethlehem/The World from the Backseat (New Local Pop/Rock band made up of players from several old Austin bands)
Train Song/Das Hoboerotica/So Long Succors!(Female Duo from Lincoln, Nebraska featuring accordion, cello, and vocals..."best called dark cabaret, acoustic etherea, dystopian folk.")
Bus Stop/Joanna Barbera/Carnival Beginning (Local singer-songwriter)

11:30

Little Engine/Kristi Rae/Various Means of Transportation (Local Singer-Songwriter)
I'm Going Home/Kristi Rae/Various Means of Transportation (Local Singer-Songwriter)
12 Hours by Car/Jana Pochop/The Early Year (Local Singer-Songwriter)
80/Lori McCracken/Unforgivable Sin (Local Singer-Songwriter from a preview of her forthcoming CD)
Rollin' On/The Flyin' A's/Blacktop, Back Roads Local country duo featuring Hilary Claire Adamson on vocals on this song )
Buckle Up/NLX/Bitch Get Fit (Canadian "Edgy Dark Pop" Singer Songwriter)
Let the Wretched Come Home/Jennifer Leonhardt/Minstrel's Daughter (Local Indie Singer/Songwriter)

Thanks for listening! See ya next week:-)