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Spinning On Air Archive
September 2009
Around Robert Wyatt
Sunday, September 27, 2009
The French ensemble Orchestre National de Jazz, directed by Daniel Yvinec, has recorded an album called "Around Robert Wyatt" which celebrates, investigates, and reinterprets the songs of Wyatt. With the 1960s group Soft Machine, and on his many subsequent solo albums, British composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Robert Wyatt has created songs that are adventurous, but always personal, human, and humane. Host David Garland presents highlights from "Around Robert Wyatt," featuring vocals by Wyatt himself, as well as by Rokia Traore and others.
Interviews with Robert Wyatt on Spinning On Air:
October, 2003
November, 2004
Larkin Grimm/Musicka Mystica Maxima
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Singer, composer, and mystical adventurer Larkin Grimm returns to Spinning On Air to talk about Musicka Mystica Maxima, a festival featuring two nights of performances that seek to reclaim music's ancient association with ritual, trance, and "magick." The festival takes place Mon., Sept. 21, and Tues., Sept. 22; for more info see the links below. Larkin joins host David Garland to present music by festival participants John Zorn, Daniel Higgs, Spires that in the Sunset Rise, 4th Sign of the Apocalypse, and Arrington de Dionyso, as well to perform her own incantatory songs in the WNYC Studio.
Musicka Mystica Maxima on MySpace
Musicka Mystica Maxima takes place at Santo's Party House
Larkin Grimm on Spinning On Air in 2007
Larkin Grimm on Spinning On Air's 20th anniversary concert at Joe's Pub
Tyondai Braxton's Central Market
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Young composer Tyondai Braxton has created an album of music that inspires visions and stories. "Central Market" is complex, dynamic, fun (but at times menacing), virtuosic, and thrilling. Almost entirely instrumental, the music is performed by the Wordless Music Orchestra and Braxton himself playing electric guitar, whistling, and serving as a choir of kazoos. Host David Garland welcomes Tyondai Braxton to the WNYC Studio to present the album, and talk about the ideas, influences, and processes behind it.
View photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/spinningonair/
Tyondai Braxton on MySpace http://www.myspace.com/tyondaibraxton
Central Market on Warp http://warp.net/records/
New Classical?
Sunday, September 06, 2009
These days there's an outpouring of carefully constructed instrumental music made by musicians working outside the classical genre. It's as if genre labels are too tired to keep up with the music. But the music itself is vital and evolving even as the stylistic borders crumble to dust. Host David Garland presents new instrumental recordings by Jim O'Rourke, Tyondai Braxton, Olafur Arnalds, Lightning Bolt, And So I Watch You From Afar, Noveller, and others, as well as a couple song surprises, such as crooner Michael McDonald singing with Grizzly Bear.
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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