8 August 2008
Two-Faced Friday
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Listening back over the last week, and forward to what’s on The Daily Planet next week.
Playlist
Playlist
1421
Innuendo Out The Other
Philip DeGruy
Degruy-Gruy Music
NYC 6013 2 (US Import)
Philip DeGruy, Innuendo Out The Other
15 seconds (excerpt)
(solo 17-string elec guitar, fingerstyle; v quirky, virtuosic & humorous, more or less a bent-boogie)
1422
CD Cut 7 - 'African Dream'
Guy Strazz
APRA/Control
Distributed by Birdland ( www.birdland.com.au
Matt McMahon and Guy Strazz - '2@1'
Fades to 4:29
(Austral comp and perf: solo for Guy's 12 and 6 string acoustic steel string guitars in a not very African ode to Malian guitarist Ali Farka Toure)
RADIO NATIONAL ALERT:
Matt McMahon and Guy Strazz - was the featured CD on the Daily Planet on Wednesday, 6 August. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/dailyplanet/stories/2008/2318100.htm
AND CD LAUNCH ALERT:
Aug 10 Matt McMahon/Guy Strazz CD Launch, Bennetts Lane, Melbourne
Segue
1426
CD Cut 7, 'Kenouna'
Trad, arr Ali Farka Toure
World Circuit Music
World Circuit Music WCD 017 ( in Australia, through MRA: www.mragroup.com.au
worldwide: http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk )
Ali Farka Toure - 'The River'
4:59
(Fisherman's song from W. Africa, with fingerstyle acoustic guitar picking akin to US blues and fiddle and bodhran from an Irish pair)
Segue
1431
CD Cut 9 - 'Petticoat Loose'
Music: Mairtín O'Connor, Lyrics, Vincent Woods, arranged by Seamie O Dowd
Pub Not Spec
Mac P Productions MCPRCD 002 ( In Australia, through The Planet Company/ MGM
email: info@theplanetcompany.com
website: www.theplanetcompany.com
worldwide: www.marymcpartlan.com
Mary McPartlan - 'Petticoat Loose'
3:59
(Starts out sounding like a W. African groove, with harmonica, electric guitar and wooden percussion, evolving into a jig rhythm in story of a wild woman of Tipperary and Waterford folklore that is also a song about the 'war between the sexes.')
Drone for 8 seconds
1436
CD Cut 3 - 'Saravanabhava' [Lord of the Lake]
Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavatar
Pub Not Spec
World Village 468074 ( in Australia through Select Audio-Visual Distribution:
www.savd.com.au
worldwide: www.worldvillagemusic.com )
Aruna Sairam - 'Divine Inspiration'
3:43
(Mixed percussion and violin and Aruna's supple singing of lively Telugu devotional song by 20th century composer)
RADIO NATIONAL ALERT:
Aruna Sairam - 'Divine Inspiration' will be the featured CD on the Daily Planet on Monday, 11 August
Segue
1440
CD Cut 6 - 'Le Teetab Alayi'
Rahbani Brothers, arranged by Harvey Brough
Pub Not Spec
World Village 45005 468074 ( in Australia through Select Audio-Visual Distribution:
www.savd.com.au
worldwide: www.worldvillagemusic.com )
Natacha Atlas and the Mazeeka Ensemble - 'Ana Hina'
3:20
(Big production of Fairuz song about falling head over heels in love
RADIO NATIONAL ALERT:
Natacha Atlas and the Mazeeka Ensemble - 'Ana Hina' will be the featured CD on the Daily Planet on Wednesday, 13 August
Segue
1443
CD Cut 10 - 'Hug You Like a Mountain'
Rory McLeod
Pub Not Spec
Topic Records TSCD 571 ( In Australia, through The Planet Company/ MGM
email: info@theplanetcompany.com
website: www.theplanetcompany.com
worldwide: www.topicrec ords.co.uk )
Eliza Carthy - 'Dreams of Breathing Underwater'
4:30
(Eliza's solo effected voice, then accompanied by string section and electronic percussion and backing vocals in Middle-Eastern-sounding Englishman's love song)
1449
CD Cut 9 - 'I Don't Want You On My Mind'
Bill Withers
Interior Music, BMI
Alligator ALCD 4924 ( in Australia, through Only Blues Music www.onlybluesmusic.com
email: onlybluesmusic@aol.com
worldwide: www.alligator.com )
Janiva Magness - 'What Love Will Do'
4:03
(Heavy, dark-toned blues shuffle with deliberately dissonant beginning rhythm guitar figure, Wurlitzer piano and Jeff Turmes' prominent, rootsy electric guitar.
RADIO NATIONAL ALERT:
Janiva Magness - 'What Love Will Do' was the featured CD on the Daily Planet on Tuesday 5 August. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/dailyplanet/stories/2008/2318095.htm
Segue
1453
CD Cut 9 - 'Solid Jam'
Chris Vachon
Easy-Vee Music, BMI
Alligator ALCD 4919 ( in Australia, through Only Blues Music www.onlybluesmusic.com
email: onlybluesmusic@aol.com
worldwide: www.alligator.com )
Roomful of Blues - 'Raisin' a Ruckus'
3:12
(Unusual, bluesy groove on a 12 bar incorporating electric harmonica, guitar and horns
RADIO NATIONAL ALERT:
Roomful of Blues - 'Raisin' a Ruckus' will be the featured CD on the Daily Planet on Tuesday, 12 August
1457
CD Cut 9 - 'Spayed Kooley'
Ry Cooder
Hi-Lo Shag Music BMI
Nonesuch 7559-79900-5 ( if issued in Australia, through Warner Music: www.warnermusic.com.au
worldwide: www.nonesuch.com )
Ry Cooder - 'I, Flathead: The Songs of Kash Buk and the Klowns'
2:08
(Ry's voice and Merle Travis-like guitar with California Western Swing strings in story of his 'homeland security', his dog, 'Spayed Kooley')
RADIO NATIONAL ALERT:
Ry Cooder - 'I, Flathead: The Songs of Kash Buk and the Klowns' will be the featured CD of the week on the Daily Planet starting on Monday, 11 August
ABOUT SPADE COOLEY:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spade_Cooley
Presenter
Lucky Oceans
Producer
Lucky Oceans
