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May 2004
Espers and Psych-Folk
Friday, May 28, 2004
The group Espers plays psych-folk. At least that's the category some have placed them in, a category that hasn't had much use since the late 1960s when groups such as The Incredible String Band were making a kind of poetic, experimental, acoustic psychedelia. Now, in 2004, we find ourselves in the midst of a psych-folk revival. The six young Philadelphia-based musicians of Espers visit with host David Garland, and perform several of their moody, subdued-but-intense songs in the WNYC studio. After their live set, Espers become guest DJs, sharing old and new recordings they love.
John Kelly sings Joni Mitchell
Friday, May 21, 2004
John Kelly sings Joni Mitchell on the radio for the first time when he joins David Garland on Spinning On Air. Accompanied by pianist Zecca Esquivel (who appears as artist Georgia O’Keefe in concert), Kelly performs several Joni Mitchell songs, and dicusses what the songs mean to him, as well as his encounters with Mitchell herself. Kelly also shares some of his other vocal projects and talks about his lengthy career at the vanguard of Performance Art.
The Refined and the Raw
Friday, May 14, 2004
Argentinian singer/songwriter Juana Molina balances beautiful simplicity with sonic complexity in her songs, mingling her gentle voice and guitar with percolating pots of caffeinated electronics. The refined and the raw also combine in the glitchy tenderness of Mum, the dour joy of Greg Weeks, and the quiet scream of Michael Gira. This show also features some instrumentals and songs by The Vanity Set, Slim Gaillard, John Barry, David Byrne, Fred Frith, etc., plus host David Garland offering the occasional entertaining exhortation to become a member of WNYC.
David Garland on the Web
All About the WNYC Music Host
David Garland, host of WNYC's Evening Music and Spinning on Air, is also a composer and a performer. He has performed his music extensively in the U.S. and Europe and several of his recordings and downloads are available on his Web site, DavidGarland.com.
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