This week on the show, our guest Jonathan Bywater turns up with a crate that demonstrates he’ll follow musical inspiration wherever it happens to be hiding, genres be damned. One moment he’s floating through The Midnight Express Show Band's "Tri-Fire" boogie demo or the globe-trotting boom-bap of Chillin’ Villains, the next he’s swerving into Cash Money Millionaires like it’s still 2000 and everyone’s wearing unbelievably large denim.
Then he returns to the roots: Vernon Garrett preaching, U.S. Warren doing tough-love blues, even Kahil El’Zabar’s deep-water ritualism sits comfortably next to Cooper-Moore and Hamid Drake’s shimmering “Five Angels by the Stream.”
Then we're heavy loungin' with Enoch Light’s "Shaft" and some private press business courtesy of the Randon Bros, before jettin' south to break out the claves and acordion for Conjunto Miramar's Columbian Cumbia heater "Carruseles", Nuyorican swinger Ricardo Ray and other latin treats. Enjoy
Tis the week before Xmas and nothing silly-season on Border Radio. It's business as usual for the mighty deputy team playing American roots music. Standout was bringing back Tim Buckley with "Get On Top" from 1972, if you want a dancing album over Xmas get down with "Greetings From L.A."
Happy Rātu e hoa mā. E whai ake nei, coming up on your 95bFM Breakfast show with Rosetta and Milly: AJ Honeysuckle is up for a guest mix and kōrero ahead of Bass Rongoā's Land Of A Thousand Lovers gig at Whammy this weekend, Short Player thanks to NZ On Air, and Dr Madeline Shelling talks about her research in Māori food insecurity for Ready Steady Learn. Whakarongo mai nei!
An especially cruisy edition of Tuesday Morning Glory on 95bFM. Today’s show focuses on ambient guitar music, from the soft tones of Van Houten, to a new release from the beloved slowcore band Bedhead, to pioneering cellist/disco-man Arthur Russell.
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