Threads and Tangents Music Hour

Threads and Tangents 8/16/22 - One-Hit Wonders

This week, the musical thread is One-Hit Wonders.  We'll hear: Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats, Barrett Strong, The Chantays, ? and The Mysterians, Buffalo Springfield, Friend & Lover, Thunderclap Newman, Mountain, Warren Zevon, Tom Tom Club, Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, Deee-Lite, Blind Melon, The Wallflowers, and Norah Jones.

Threads and Tangents 8/9/22 - Library of Congress

This week, the musical thread is the National Recording Registry’s recent inductees. The Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress. These recordings are not necessarily selected as the “best” recordings of all time, but rather as works of enduring importance to American culture.We’ll hear: A Tribe Called Quest, Buena Vista Social Club, Jimmy Cliff, Duke Ellington, The Four Tops, James P. Johnson, Israel Kamakawiwo’ole, Albert King, Bonnie Raitt, Terry Riley, Max Roach, and The Shirelles.  

Threads and Tangents 8/2/22 - The Days Between

This week the musical thread is The Days Between – that’s the stretch of days that run from Jerry Garcia's birthday on August 1st, to August 9th, the day he died.  We'll look back on 30+ years of recordings that reflect the breadth and depth of Garcia’s work outside of the Grateful Dead, much of it in support of other musicians.
The bands and musicians include: Holly Bowling, David Bromberg, Ornette Coleman, David Crosby, Jerry Garcia Band, David Grisman, Hart Valley Drifters, Sanjay Mishra, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Ken Nordine, Old & in the Way, and Tony Rice.

Threads and Tangents 7/26/22 - Bellingham’s Local Festivals

This week the musical thread is Bellingham's Local Music Festivals.  We’ll hear from some of the artists playing at the upcoming Mt. Baker Blues Festival, the Subdued Stringband Jamboree, and the North Cascades Bluegrass Festival.
The bands and musicians include: Albert Castigila, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Popa Chubby, Ana Popovic, Robert Sarazin Blake, Bryan Bowers, Devin Champlin, Jim Page, Del Rey & Steve James, Blue Canyon Boys, Special Consensus, Lonesome Town Painters, Prozac Mountain Boys, and Stillhouse Junkies.

Threads and Tangents 7/19/22 - Authors

This week the musical thread is songs about, or inspired by, authors and poets. Over the hour we’ll hear songs about Steinbeck, Salinger, Kerouac, Miller, Baldwin, and Hemingway; also, poets: Miller Williams, William Blake, and Sylvia Plath.
The bands and musicians include: Dan Bern, Laurel Brauns, Guy Clark, Ben Gibbard & Jay Farrar, Janel & Anthony, Van Morrison, Morphine, Moxy Fruvous, Bruce Springsteen & Pete Seeger, Frank Turner, Sammy Walker, Paul Westerberg, Lucinda Williams, and Jamila Woods. 

Threads and Tangents 7/12/22 - Festival Time

This week, the musical thread is Festival Time.  Summer’s here and there are great music festivals taking place, every weekend.  
To make this musical thread manageable, I’m going to focus on musicians that are playing at a single festival. So we’ll hear from some of the bands playing at this year’s Grey Fox festival.  Grey Fox is located in the Catskills in upstate New York and the festival’s been around since 2000.  It’s a well-respected music festival and draws fans from more than 30 states and a dozen countries. 
Bands and musicians we'll hear include: Alison Brown Quartet, Sam Bush Band, Charm City Junction, Della Mae, Donna The Buffalo, Jerry Douglas, Steve Earle & The Dukes, Béla Fleck ‘My Bluegrass Heart’, Sierra Hull, Del McCoury Band, Mr. Sun, Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas, and Peter Rowan & Los Texmaniacs.

Threads and Tangents 7/5/22 - Loose Threads #1

This week's episode will be a little different, I tied up some Loose Threads.  Each week, I come across way more songs than I can fit in a one-hour program. So this is my chance to go back to a few of the episodes and play some songs that I wished I’d been able to play the first time around.  
Musicians/bands include: The Blasters, David Bromberg, Rosanne Cash, Donovan, Steve Goodman, Janis Ian, The Kinks, Buddy Miller, Neville Brothers, Conor Oberst, REM, Santo & Johnny, Bob Weir, Amy Winehouse, and Neil Young.
 

Threads and Tangents 6/28 - Prison, Jail, and Murder Ballads

This week, the musical thread is Prison.  Well, it started out as songs about prison, then it expanded to include jail – apparently there’s a difference  – and then murder ballads creeped into the playlist.  So, tonight’s musical thread is really more like a web. The musicians we'll hear are: Bryan Bowers, The Clash, Sam Cooke, Tom T Hall, Hamell on Trial, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Wanda Jackson, The Kinks, The Louvin Brothers, Magic Sam, Morphine, The Pretenders, John Prine, Sally Timms, and Dinah Washington.

Threads and Tangents 6/21/22 - Summer

This week, the musical thread is Summer. Makes perfect sense since Tuesday was the Summer Solstice. The most popular summer songs tend to be about cars and sunshine and romance, all things designed to make us feel nostalgic and joyful when we hear them. So, we’ll have plenty of those; and to go along with them, a few that are a bit darker. The musicians we'll hear are: Eva Cassidy, Dick Dale, The Hold Steady, It's A Beautiful Day, Lovin’ Spoonful, Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, NRBQ, Pavement, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Ramones, Jonathan Richman, Sly & the Family Stone, Loudon Wainwright, The Who, and Wilco.

Threads and Tangents 6/14/22 - Dogs

This week, the musical thread is Dogs. The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show starts this week and that’s a good enough excuse to go digging into this idea of songs about dogs – both the 4-legged and 2-legged varieties. Some of the dog-loving musicians we'll hear are: Marcia Ball, Bobby “Blue” Bland, George Clinton, Dr. John, Tom Dundee, John Hiatt, Etta James, Norah Jones, Darren Nicholson, Charlie Parr, Duke Robillard, Chris Smither, Chris Stuart & Backcountry, and Uncle Tupelo.