On Demand
Spinning On Air Archive
June 2007
Juana Molina
Sunday, June 24, 2007
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. This show first aired Oct. 8, 2006.
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Juana on Domino Records
Juana on My Space
Currituck County
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Guitarist, singer and composer Kevin Barker performs and records as Currituck County, creating songs that blend traditional finger-picking virtuosity with experimental forms and thoughtful introspection. Kevin has performed on Spinning On Air before with Antony and the Johnsons, Vetiver, and Vashti Bunyan. This time he fulfills a long-standing invitation to play his own music--including a song for Father's Day--in the WNYC Studio. Kevin joins host David Garland to talk about his experiences and influences, and to use his guitar to pilot us past the rocky shores of genre presumptions and conventions. This show first aired April 2, 2006.
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Currituck County
Currituck County at MySpace
Viking Moses, Castanets, and Phosphorescent
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Three songwriters, each translating their visions into song, each with a point of view and a particular voice, triangulating our location in a musical landscape that's both familiar and strangely new. Three songwriters traveling together, helping one another perform each other's music. Brendon Massei performs as Viking Moses, Ray Raposa as Castenets, and Matthew Houck as Phosphorescent, and they join host David Garland in the WNYC Studio to sing and talk about their songs, shedding some light on what it feels like to be human in the 21st Century.
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Viking Moses at MySpace
Phosphorescent at MySpace
Castanets at MySpace
Castanets at Asthmatic Kitty Records
Stew, Heidi Rodewald, and "Passing Strange"
Sunday, June 03, 2007
"Passing Strange" is an unusual musical theater piece currently being performed at The Public Theater. It elegantly and innovatively tells a coming of age story that involves art, race, class, and the effort to find one's self with out being too selfish. Show creators Stew and Heidi Rodewald join host David Garland to talk about their songwriting in general, and the special concerns and satisfactions of creating and performing musical theater. And we'll hear some songs from "Passing Strange."
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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