A typically up-to-the minute set from Def Jim, premiering new releases from David Murray, Kris Davis and Dave Douglas, and re-visiting notable recent offerings from Geri Allen, Jeff Parker, Michael Formanek, Ambrose Akinmusire and Thumbscrew before reaching back all the way to 1964 to end the Show with a classic Archie Shepp take on vintage 'Trane.
Playlist
Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel - A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing (from A Lovesome Thing)
Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth - Stillwell (from Epicenter)
David Murray Quartet - Come And Go (from Francesca)
Kris Davis' Diatom Ribbons - Bird Suite, Part 2: Bird Call Blues (edit; from Live At The Village Vanguard)
Dave Douglas - Seven Years Ago (from Gifts)
Jeff Parker - 2019-07-08 II (edit; from Mondays At The Enfield Tennis Academy)
Nova Express - 1001 Nights In Marrakech (from Dreamachines)
Michael Formanek Elusion Quartet - Rockaway Beach (from As Things Do)
Ambrose Akinmusire - Owl Song 1 (from Owl Song)
The Comet Is Coming - Timewave Zero (from Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery)
Kirsten's picxks are "The Border" by Willie Nelson and "Empty Trainload of Sky" by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings - both wonderful.
Playlist
Kirsten's picks of the night are "The Border " off Willie Nelson's album of the same name, and Gillian Welsh and David Rawlings new single "Empty Trainload of Sky" from their new album "Woodland" - both wonderful tracks.
Big Maybelle - That's A Pretty Good Love
Jake Xerxes Fussell - Gone To Hilo
Rose Cousins - Forget Me Not
Orville Peck - Drive Me Crazy
Donovan Woods - Back For the Funeral
Betty James - I'm A Little Mixed Up
Zach Bryan - Boons
Eden Iris, Kim Halliday - Old Man
Eden Iris, Kim Halliday - Sunshine Motel
Big Mama Thornton - Early One Morning Blues live
Johnny Blue Skies, Sturgill Simpson - Who I Am
Memphis Minnie, Kansas Joe - When the Levee Breaks
Grace Pettis, Emily Scott Robinson, Mary Bragg - Thousand Times A Day
Will Kimbrough - Clotilda's On Fire
Mavis Staples - Worthy
Willie Nelson - The Border
Koko Taylor - I'm A Woman
Asleep At the Wheel - Miles and Miles of Texas
JP Soars - Jezebel
Etta James - Dust My Broom
The Felice Brothers - Crime Scene Queen
Gillian Welch, David Rawlings - Empty Trainload of Sky
Listen back to hear Karyn talk to Beth Torrance-Hetherington about folktales on Lecture Me - thanks to Blue Hills Second Hand Books. Stella Huggins joins us for Strictly Science to discuss lab grown meat; and Finn hops on the air to answer your prayers!
Playlist
The Raincoats - Lola
A$AP Rocky, Jessica Pratt - HIGHJACK
MJ Lenderman - Joker Lips
berlioz - peace
Television - Marquee Moon
Patti Smith - Break It Up (live)
Lael Neale - White T-shirt
Tall Dwarfs - For all the Walters in the World
Bill Callahan - Keep Some Steady Friends Around
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Jigsaw Feeling
Eli Superflyy - Motor
Gillian Welch, David Rawlings - Empty Trainload of Sky
Jim Nothing - The Present
Georgia Gets By - Some Kind of Angel
DoubleHappys - The Other’s Way
Adrianne Lenker - Once A Bunch
Dance Exponents - One Sad River
Being Dead - Van Goes
Song of the Week Chinese American Bear - Feelin’ Fuzzy