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Spinning On Air Archive
March 2009
Rozi Plain
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Rozi Plain's songs are exuberant and introspective, easily understood and mysterious, tuneful and unusual, plain-spoken and eloquent. Visiting from Bristol, England, Rozi performs in the WNYC Studio and chats about her music with host David Garland. Rozi sings and plays electric guitar, and The Pictish Trail (Johnny Lynch) sings back-up on a few songs and joins the discussion.
D M Stith
Sunday, March 22, 2009
David Michael Stith has fashioned an album of songs out of sounds, gestures, and phrases; building them up, orchestrating them, and mixing in memories of childhood games in the dusk, fantasies of surfing in the clouds, and melodies that wind and unfurl. That album is called "Heavy Ghost," and it's new on Sufjan Stevens' Asthmatic Kitty label. DM Stith joins host David Garland to talk about his music-making, and to translate his sprawling album into songs he can play in the WNYC Studio.
Connie Converse Walking In the Dark
Sunday, March 15, 2009
During the 1950s Connie Converse lived in New York City writing and singing thoughtful, emotional, smart, witty, personal songs. She accompanied herself on guitar, a "singer/songwriter" before that term or style existed. Connie sang her songs at gatherings of friends, and once on television. The music industry of her day couldn't pigeonhole her, and didn't welcome her. Discouraged, Connie left New York in 1960, and in 1974 she wrote a series of farewell letters to her friends and family, packed up her Volkswagen Bug and disappeared. She has not been heard from since.
Connie Converse Walking In the Dark, a special edition of WNYC's Spinning On Air with David Garland, airs many of Connie's songs for the first time, and tells her story with interviews, commentary, and readings from her letters, journals, and poetry. Joining host David Garland are Oscar-winning animator Gene Deitch, who knew and recorded Connie in New York, and the voices of Connie's brother, Philip Converse, and actress Amber Benson, who reads Connie's writings.
Slideshow: Connie Converse
Related Links:
David Garland's blog entry on Connie Converse
Connie Converse
Lauderette Recordings
order How Sad, How Lovely on Insound
Connie’s story in the San Francisco Chronicle
Connie Converse on MySpace
Gene Deitch
Holcombe Waller and The Healers
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Holcombe Waller sings like an angel and writes songs that shine an empathetic light on dark emotions. This Portland, Oregon-based artist returns to Spinning On Air to present new songs with his ensemble The Healers providing colorful accompaniment on strings, French horn, piano, banjo, and more. Holcombe speaks with host David Garland about his music and his recent theatrical concert at The Public Theater, "Into the Dark Unknown: The Hope Chest."
Marissa Nadler
Sunday, March 01, 2009
The intimacy of Marissa Nadler's songs is shaded by cobwebs and apparitions. She's a young songwriter with an affinity for old ghost stories, murder ballads, and Edgar Allen Poe, as well as her own visions of contemporary life. Marissa joins host David Garland to talk about and perform her songs in the WNYC Studio. Marissa's new album, Little Hells, comes out this week, and she'll sing several songs from that album.
Marissa Nadler performs at Joe's Pub Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 9:30 pm.
Marissa's album "Little Hells" comes out March 3rd, on Kemado Records
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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