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August 2004
Aiko Shimada with Eyvind Kang
Friday, August 27, 2004
Visiting New York from Seattle, singer/songwriter Aiko Shimada performs in the WNYC Studio with violist Eyvind Kang. Songs in Japanese and English evoke masks, moons, and autumn, with the sounds of Aiko's gentle, clear voice and guitar, and Eyvind's whispering viola.
Elmer Bernstein Three-hour Special
Friday, August 20, 2004
The great film score composer Elmer Bernstein died this week (Aug. 18) at age 82. His work spanned movies as diverse as The Ten Commandments, The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Robot Monster, Ghost Busters, I Love You Alice B. Toklas, True Grit, To Kill A Mockingbird, and the recent Far From Heaven. In 1993 he joined host David Garland for an in-depth discussion of his work and the art of composing for films. This special three-hour show features many examples of Bernstein's music, and is rebroadcast in memoriam.
Donovan
Friday, August 13, 2004
As the composer of such hits as Catch the Wind, Mellow Yellow, Sunshine Superman, Season of the Witch, and Hurdy Gurdy Man, Scottish-born songwriter Donovan was one of the great troubadours of the 1960s. His music helped express and shape the turbulent renaissance of that era by fusing joy, compassion, introspection, and a marvelous gift for melody. Donovan remains a very thoughtful, articulate man, as you can hear when he joins host David Garland for an extensive interview. Donovan's latest album is called "Beat Cafe," and he's become an advocate of artists coming together outside the mainstream to break new artistic and cultural ground, in the tradition of the Beats and Bohemians. This show will include Donovan's old and new recordings, plus some unique in-studio performances of his songs.
Adam Pierce, the Mice Parade and Bubblecore
Friday, August 06, 2004
Adam Pierce is a composer and multi-instrumentalist (drums, guitar, etc). His projects include the bands Mice Parade, Igloo, and The Dylan Group; he also founded Bubblecore, a label that releases albums by those bands and others. The music itself is hard to define, but it makes exciting sounds by mixing fast drum patterns, acoustic guitars, subdued vocals, vibraphones, and electronics into unusual combinations. On this show Adam Pierce joins host David Garland to share his new Mice Parade release "Obrigado Saudade," and recordings by his other bands, and label mates Nobukazu Takemura, Rex, HiM, and others. He'll also tell us a bit about how the vegetable world responds to music.
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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