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Spinning On Air Archive
October 2006
Halloween
Sunday, October 29, 2006
For the last 19 years on WNYC David Garland has been spinning a varying, choice selection of the many spooky, zany, recordings celebrating Halloween. This year, knock again on Spinning On Air's creaking oaken door to receive a grab bag of tricky musical treats. From Ultimate Spinach's "Hip Death Goddess" to Cat Power's "Werewolf," and from Boris Karloff to the Shaggs, you'll get a wide range of songs about ghosts, witches and more, including recordings made for Spinning On Air by Donovan, Antony and the Johnsons, and songwriters Dave Deporis, and Jim Allen.
The Weird Weeds
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Visiting from Austin, Texas, The Weird Weeds perform their distinctive
songs in the WNYC Studio. Singing drummer Nick Hennies provokes a wide
array of sounds from his percussion; Sandy Ewen sits on the floor with
her guitar in her lap, sings, and bows her guitar with pieces of chalk; Aaron Russell's guitar playing is the ground from which the music sprouts. The songs are focussed, but do indeed take "weird" shapes at times. The band joins host David Garland to play and talk about their music, and Sandy gives an informative demonstration of her chalk-guitar technique.
View photos from the session
The Weird Weeds website
Info about The Weird Weeds album "Weird Feelings"
You can download The Weird Weeds EP "This Is Not What You Want"
Download some Weird Weeds songs at The Puzzling Music Archive
Akron/Family Workshop
Sunday, October 15, 2006
The band Akron/Family is adventurous, imaginative, and known for the
vitality of their marathon concerts. The fact that they are also
prolific is made clear by this show. Their new album, "Meek Warrior,"
has just been released, but they gather in the WNYC Studio not to play
music from that album; instead they join host David Garland to record
the demos for their NEXT album! The songs have just been composed, were arranged by the band a couple weeks ago in a Pennsylvania garage, and
here they try them out for the WNYC microphones, giving us the chance
to hear the songs at this early stage in their evolution.
view photos from the session
More about Akron/Family's new album "Meek Warrior"
Akronfamily's website
Juana Molina
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Argentinian multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer Juana Molina
sets up in the WNYC studio to perform and talk about her music. A
unique one-woman band, Juana layers sound live, using guitar,
synthesizers and her voice to create unusual, elaborate, intricate,
catchy songs she sings in Spanish. Juana used to be the star of her own comedy TV show in Argentina, but, as she tells host David Garland,
music is her real passion. She'll speak of her transition from
successful comedic impersonator and character actor, to what for her
was a harder role: being herself on stage as a musician.
view photos from the session
Juana Molina performs Tuesday, Oct. 10 at Bowery Ballroom
Juana on Domino Records
Juana on My Space
Lisa Germano
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Lisa Germano creates moody songs where thoughts of mortality bump up
against hope and love, and trying to understand motivations is the
motivation for song. The intimacy of her singing voice draws you in,
and can make you feel like you're overhearing her thoughts. Lisa
returns to Spinning On Air for the third time, joining host David
Garland to talk about what songwriting means to her now, and about her
new album, "In the Maybe World." And, accompanying herself at the WNYC
Steinway grand piano, Lisa sings some extraordinary versions of her
songs.
view photos from the session
In the Maybe World
www.lisagermano.com
Lisa performs at Tonic, 107 Norfolk St., NYC on Friday, Oct. 6th.
David Garland on the Web
All About WNYC's 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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