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November 2007
Sean Smith
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Guitarist/composer Sean Smith creates adventurous instrumental pieces for steel-string guitar, inspired by his ongoing quest for reality, his fascination with a 1930s prose poem, and the pleasure of riding the bus to the library. Sean brings his guitar to the WNYC Studio to perform, and talk about his music with host David Garland. Influenced by the "American Primitive" sound of John Fahey, by minimalism, and by a his own rich sense of harmony and the nimble dance of his fingers, Sean explores engrossing musical worlds with his guitar.
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Sean Smith at MySpace
artwork by Julie Brown Smith
Elva William's "Night In a Rented Room" at amazon.com
The Valerie Project
Sunday, November 18, 2007
The Valerie Project is an ensemble convened to perform a live musical score to “Valerie and Her Week of Wonders,” an obscure 1970 Czech New Wave film about a thirteen year old girl’s coming of age amid religious turmoil, vampiric entities, shadowy evils, and the beauty of the natural world. The Valerie Project gathers in the WNYC Studio to perform and talk about their music with host David Garland. The music is appropriately psychedelic, with Greg Weeks and Brooke Sietinsons of Espers, and Margaret Ayre of Fern Knight spearheading the ensemble, which includes harpist Mary Lattimore, vocalist Tara Burke (Fursaxa), bassist Jesse Sparhawk (Fern Knight, Timesbold), flautist/keyboardist Jessica Weeks (Woodwose, Grass), and percussionist Jim Ayre (Fern Knight, Rake).
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The Valerie Project
The Valerie Project at MySpace
Spider
Sunday, November 11, 2007
With her group Spider, Jane Herships weaves a delicate web of introspective songs about returning, renewal, and promises. With spare use of guitar, piano, bass, drums, and pedal steel guitar, the songs hover around a hush. Jane and her group bring these gentle songs into the WNYC Studio to perform them, and talk about them—quietly—with host David Garland.
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Spider
Spider at MySpace
Robert Wyatt’s “Comic Opera”
Sunday, November 04, 2007
Robert Wyatt has been exploring the unusual possibilities of song since the 1960s in the bands Soft Machine, Matching Mole, and others, plus his own solo albums. He sings in his distinctive, agile voice about the complex and obscure, as well as the simple and obvious. Via connection from London, this British musician talks thoughtfully and revealingly with host David Garland about “Comic Opera,” his new three-act album full of bright instrumental colors, dark observations about life and politics, and warm compassion for human dreams and foibles.
the "Comic Opera" website
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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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