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Spinning On Air Archive
May 2009
More Connie Converse and More
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Host David Garland offers more music by songwriter Connie Converse, who disappeared in 1978, and whose music and life made such an impression on listeners during a recent special Spinning On Air broadcast . Also, highlights from recent in-studio sessions, during WNYC's spring membership drive.
Connie Converse Walking In the Dark
Grizzly Bear
Sunday, May 24, 2009
With lyrics that abstractly imply shifting personal relationships, and music that's full of angles, shadows, and flashes of color, you might think Grizzly Bear's songs would hardly hold together. But somehow these tenuous elements combine to form songs that are forceful and engrossing. As the Brooklyn-based band Grizzly Bear is about to release their new album, "Veckatimest," they join host David Garland in the WNYC Studio to perform and talk about their new music. This is a rebroadcast of Thursday's live American Music Festival session. Photos from the session
Lal Waterson
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Lal Waterson wrote some beautiful, insightful songs, and sang them with a straightforward, forceful voice. She was first heard with her siblings as a member of The Watersons, an important influence in the revival of English folk music in the early '60s. Lal went on to create songs that occupy a unique territory between folk tradition, personal perspective, and adventurous musicality. Host David Garland presents songs from Lal Waterson's albums Bright Phoebus, A Bed of Roses, and Once In a Blue Moon, as well as the recent tribute album, Migrating Bird. Migrating Bird
Mother's Day
Sunday, May 10, 2009
From old gems like Belle Baker's "Baby Your Mother," Roy Rogers' "That Pioneer Mother of Mine," and the Osmond Brothers' "I Wouldn't Trade the Silver In Mother's Hair For All the Gold In the World," to more modern takes on motherhood from Vashti Bunyan and others, host David Garland presents a treasury of songs for Mother's Day.
Pete Seeger's Dangerous Songs
Sunday, May 03, 2009
In honor of Pete Seeger's 90th birthday, and as part of WNYC's Seeger celebration, host David Garland features selections from Seeger's 1966 album "Dangerous Songs?!," a survey of protest songs through the ages. Also, early recordings by the Weavers, and more.
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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