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April 2007
Glenn Jones
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Boston-based guitarist Glenn Jones has been playing electric in his band Cul de Sac since the late ’80s. These days he’s returning to his first love, the acoustic guitar, and is expanding on the musical legacy of American Primitive pioneer John Fahey. Playing 12-string and slide guitar, Glenn creates thoughtful, virtuosic instrumentals. He joins host David Garland in the WNYC Studio to perform and talk about his music.
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Glenn Jones at MySpace
Info about Glenn's latest release
Scott Matthew
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Scott Matthew writes songs that have immediacy. They reach listeners through a combination of simplicity and elegance, but most importantly through the unusually soulful intensity of Scott’s voice. Several of Scott's songs are heard in the film Shortbus, where they help to express the emotional heart of that sometimes outrageous movie. Australian-born, now Brooklyn-based Scott Matthew joins host David Garland in the WNYC Studio to talk about his songs and to perform them with bassist Eugene Lemcio and pianist Marisol Limon Martinez.
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Scott at MySpace
View paintings and drawings by Marisol Limon Martinez
Larkin Grimm
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Larkin Grimm describes her songs as “experimental old-time Southern music.” This unusual description actually fits quite nicely. The child of a folk fiddler and an artist, Larkin was raised in a spiritual commune in the Georgia countryside. Her songs seem to be incantations invoking the animating spirits of nature. She plays guitar and dulcimer, but her most powerful instrument is her voice, which is lovely, daring, consoling and threatening. Host David Garland welcomes Larkin Grimm in to the WNYC Studio to perform and talk about her music.
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Larkin Grimm
Larkin at MySpace
Secret Eye recordings
Holcombe Waller
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Holcombe Waller has a graceful, emotional way of singing. A songwriter based in Portland, Oregon, Holcombe has recently been presenting his theater piece “Patty Heart Townes,” a work with costumes, projections, and the songs of Patty Griffin and Townes Van Zandt. Holcombe joins host David Garland to talk about and perform a few songs from “Patty Heart Townes,” and to present his own touching, lyrical songs sumptuously arranged for a trio of string players, piano, banjo, and guitar.
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Holcombe Waller
April's Fools
Sunday, April 01, 2007
For April Fool's Day, host David Garland offers some intentionally and unintentionally funny music. He'll also be joined by singer Sport Murphy, and David and Sport will invite listener participation to help create some genre-bending "Mad Lib" songs, and then perform them live.
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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