Past Programs
Pop - 2008
Catherine MacLellan and Danny Schmidt {repeat, 1st aired on 5.4.08}
19/07/2008
Tonight revolves around two keenly observant songsters. Catherine MacLellan is from Canada’s Prince Edward Island. In part the fruit of a short marriage, her Church Bell Blues is highly personal, but not self-indulgent. Little Grey Sheep is the fruit of Danny Schmidt’s fertile, wry mind. Danny loves Austin but is not so keen on the rest of Texas. His amusing and his very dark songs prove equally rewarding. Devon Sproule is among his very handy musical accomplices. Unlike far too many singer-songwriters, Catherine and Danny really can sing and write.
Catherine MacLellan site: www.catherinemaclellan.com
Danny Schmidt site: www.dannyschmidt.com
Huong Thanh and Nguyên Lê
19/04/2008
Fragile Beauty is unmistakably Vietnamese, yet full of hybrid vigour... and delicacy. Happily, Huong Thanh made an incorrect assumption in 1977, when she and her parents moved from Vietnam to Paris. The then-17-year-old singer was in tears, thinking ‘my dream of performing on stages had turned to dust.’ In 2008 she’s renowned worldwide as a superb singer and very interesting recording artist. On her new CD are many fine musicians of highly diverse backgrounds - most crucially, its co-leader, producer and guitarist Nguyên Lê.
Discover more about the singer and the new CD here:
www.actmusic.com/product_info.php?products_id=217&show=2
and:
www.actmusic.com/artist_detail.php?bio=1&manufacturers_id=12
Nguyen Lê’s site is here:
www.nguyen-le.com
www.antoniosanchez.net/press.html
Catherine MacLellan and Danny Schmidt
05/04/2008
Tonight revolves around two keenly observant songsters. Catherine MacLellan is from Canada’s Prince Edward Island. In part the fruit of a short marriage, her Church Bell Blues is highly personal, but not self-indulgent. Little Grey Sheep is the fruit of Danny Schmidt’s fertile, wry mind. Danny loves Austin but is not so keen on the rest of Texas. His amusing and his very dark songs prove equally rewarding. Devon Sproule is among his very handy musical accomplices. Unlike far too many singer-songwriters, Catherine and Danny really can sing and write.
Catherine MacLellan site: www.catherinemaclellan.com
Danny Schmidt site: www.dannyschmidt.com
