shows

By some miracle I was able to squeak out a show this week in spite of the fact that I am travelling. Call it my unwavering dedication to the undoubtedly devoted yet ever so quiet listenership of this unique program. Yeah – that’s the ticket! Anyhoo here’s the playlist for this week. Don’t forget that…

A reminder that Mars Williams has a GoFund me a he battles a cancer diagnosis, which you can contribute to here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/marswilliams Here’s the playlist for this week. Don’t forget that you can listen online at KCSB-FM’s website and there’s an online archive available for two weeks after the show airs.

So I was in Manhattan having lunch with a with a friend who was briefly in town and I stopped by a record store in the Lower East Side called Rotten Island Records – and I found a copy of the Black Unity Trio‘s ground-breaking album Al-Fatihah. Yes – it’s the recent re-issue, but still….

While I typically try to not burden folks with stuff, this week was a bit hectic both personally and professionally so I had to squeak out the show fairly quickly this week. Still a good program with lots of interesting music, so please do enjoy. Here’s the playlist for this week. Don’t forget that you…

I am really trying to avoid turning this website into a virtual cemetery for the recently departed but there is just so much of this happening as of late that it’s becoming a tad difficult – and more than a little depressing – having all of these RIPs. What can you do… So more sad…

So this week we say goodbye to Ahmad Jamal, among other tunes… Don’t forget that you can listen online at KCSB-FM’s website and there’s an online archive available for two weeks after the show airs.

So here we are – the start of another quarter at our new time slot, which was our old time slot, 4pm on Saturdays. Kind of happy to be back in this slot, to be honest. Hopefully, this new time slot works for you all as well. Couple of sad notes to start off with…

Kind of simple show this week – there was enough drama in the news that I thought some uplifting birthdays to celebrate would be a nice distraction. Everyone on the playlist, save for Tom Lehrer, Etta James, and Tom Waits, had a birthday this past week, but fun fact – Tom Lehrer celebrates his 95th…

So as I mentioned to open the show, I recently had a couple of follow up colonoscopies after my first one back in October revealed a growth that alarmed my doctors. The good news is that I am all clear as of this past Monday – but if you’re over the age of 45, which…