Threads and Tangents Music Hour

This week I'll play a sampling of the jazz musicians that live in, or have traveled through, our little slice of the NW Corner.  We'll hear: In Motion Quartet, Joe Doria's MCTUFF, Bill Frisell, Jerry Steinhilber Trio, Nick Biello, Mike Allen, Cory Weeds & The Jeff Hamilton Trio, Skerik, and D'Vonne Lewis.Anything on your mind? Contact me at threadsandtangents@kmre.org

As the new school year begins, I'll play songs about being in school.We'll hear: Chuck Berry, Tom Paxton, Belle and Sebastian, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Indigo Girls, Mission of Burma, MC5, Mothers of Invention, Ramones, Jeannie C. Riley, Bowling For Soup, Larry Williams, and Phish. Anything on your mind? Contact me at threadsandtangents@kmre.org

This week I'm featuring musicians from Canada. Any place that generates this much great music, ain't nobody's 51st state. 
We'll hear: The Afro-Métis Nation, Bruce Cockburn, Joni Mitchell, The Tragically Hip, The Guess Who, Propagandhi, Sons of Membertou, k.d. lang, Kaia Kater, Oscar Peterson Trio, Holly Cole, Tanya Tagaq, Le Vent du Nord, and Neil Young.Anything on your mind? Contact me at threadsandtangents@kmre.org

This week's thread is the Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music.  August 9th was the 73rd anniversary of the Anthology's initial release in 1952. I'll be playing songs that were included in the Anthology, but later interpreted by contemporary artists.We'll hear: Peter Stampfel, Bob Dylan, Norman Blake, Amythyst Kiah, Marianne Faithfull, Beth Orton, Petra Haden, Loretta Lynn, Robin Holcomb, Richard Thompson & Eliza Carthy, John Fahey, Grateful Dead, Rising Sons, and Jeff Tweedy / Roger McGuinn / Jay Bennett.Anything on your mind? Contact me at threadsandtangents@kmre.org

That Was The Year That Was - 1975. After featuring the acoustic side of '75 last April, this week we're going electric.  
We'll hear: Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen, The Isley Brothers, Parliament, Roxy Music, Brian Eno, Muddy Waters, Koko Taylor, Tom Waits, New Tony Williams Lifetime, The Meters, and Grateful Dead.
Anything on your mind? Contact me at threadsandtangents@kmre.org

This week we'll hear music that features the cello in a variety of settings.We'll hear: Magid Ensemble, Janel & Anthony, Medusa Quartet, Kronos Quartet, Mike Block & Sandeep Das, Ben Sollee, Hank Roberts & Filippo Vignato, Wytold, Dave Holland, Crooked Still, Alejandro Escovedo, Leyla McCalla, Norman & Nancy Blake, and Natalie Haas & Alasdair Fraser. Anything on your mind? Contact me at threadsandtangents@kmre.org

This week we'll hear tracks from Hunter S. Thompson's favorite albums of the 60's - ten albums from what he called “the rock age.” It's a wide range of tracks that give us a chance to take a peek into the musical vision of one of American literature’s most captivating voices.We'll hear: Herbie Mann, Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Roland Kirk, Rolling Stones, Buffalo Springfield, Miles Davis, and Sandy Bull.Anything on your mind? Contact me at threadsandtangents@kmre.org

This week's thread is music composed by Ennio Morricone. The Italian composer, orchestrator, and conductor wrote 400 scores for cinema and television, and he changed the sound of cinema forever. His filmography includes more than 70 award-winning films. We all recognize his work in Sergio Leone's 'Dollars' trilogy.
Just look at this playlist; it'll give you a sense of the scope of his influence in music: John Zorn, Khruangbin, Ennio Morricone, Snakefinger, Mads Tolling, Joan Baez, Yo-Yo Ma, Dub Spencer & Trance Hill, Edda Dell’Orso, Metallica, and Chet Baker.
Anything on your mind? Contact me at threadsandtangents@kmre.org

This week we'll head into outer space for a planetary tour.
We'll hear: The Byrds, Modest Mouse, Pink Floyd, Shocking Blue, Velvet Underground, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Jack Lancaster & Robin Lumley, Gustav Holst, Scruffy the Cat, Vance Gilbert, Christine Lavin, and, of course, Sun Ra.
Anything on your mind? Contact me at threadsandtangents@kmre.org

As the approach summer festival season approaches, I'm going to feature some of the artists playing at my favorite summer festival - Grey Fox. We'll hear: Woody Platt (featuring Del McCoury), Sam Bush, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, New Dangerfield, Tony Furtado, Compton & Newberry, Special Consensus, Cecilia, California Honeydrops with Lindsay Lou, Lonesome Ace Stringband, Campbell & Jensen, I’m With Her, Steep Canyon Rangers, Mr. Sun, and Sierra Hull.Anything on your mind? Contact me at threadsandtangents@kmre.org