Transmusic Airwaves

Transcending boundaries, transcending the norms of conventional radio, and transporting the listener sonically on a truly unique journey into freeform radio is what I try to offer each week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES and it is, in part, the reason why I named this program what it is. If you are a regular listener you probably understand why I organize each show the way I do and what elements you can e...

Wow, we've already made it to August's doorstep and I can't figure out where the summer went. In year's past, I'd be making my way to Rhode Island to visit my siblings and make another excuse for attending the umpteenth Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals. (I've been using that excuse since 1981). Well the plague has all but eliminated that idea so instead on this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episo...

I couldn't be happier with the results of this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #379) and for numerous reasons beginning with the fact that it coincides with the release of my longtime friend HARVEY GOLD'S new release, 'It's Messy, Vol. 1' digitally on Smog Veil Records. That and the fact that all six unique sets of music came together in a stream of consciousness sort of way allowing the resul...

As each week passes and everyday it seems it's becoming more and more surreal, hunkering down and working on another new show has become my version of zen, yoga, and meditation all wrapped up in one big ball. This week I did some internal musical housekeeping and low and behold, I found a few choice gems I haven't heard in ages so on this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #378) you'll get to...

Another musical gem from HARVEY GOLD'S forthcoming album, 'It's Messy, Vol. 1,' a blistering violin based rendition of 'Maggot Brain,' Spooky Tooth's interpretation of 'I Am The Walrus,' and new pieces of musical goodness from OUTRONAUT, THE HADEN TRIPLETS, and STEPHEN MALKMUS are just a few of the things I've lined up on this latest offering of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #377). You appear to be...

For this year's July 4th weekend, I've got a whole bunch of great musical selections on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #376) that you can dance, march, or sing along to all while grilling your favorite things at your socially distant gatherings with friends and family. NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE ('God Save The Queen'), THE RESIDENTS ('The Washington Post') , JOE BYRD (from Yankee Transcendoodle),...

In honor of Carl Reiner's passing, here's a special 'radio rewind' from my days with KUSF-in-Exile, San Francisco Community Radio from September 7, 2012 and my original program 'Vicotin Popsicles.' On this program I'll mix music from Russia's favorite punk anarchists, Pussy Riot, with dialogue from the film, 'The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming' (Starring Carl Reiner and Alan Arkin) a...

As we enter the first full weekend of summer, this week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #375) I've assembled plenty of artists to listen to while engaging in your outdoor activities. I'll start of with another great tune from HARVEY GOLD'S forthcoming release, It's Messy, Vol. 1, 'In Consideration Of Joe Strummer,' then follow it with the man he's singing about, JOE STRUMMER, adding GONG, TALKING...

I'll be releasing my inner child (literally) on this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #374) during a whimsical second set that will feature songs about children and, in several cases, with children, that both kids and adults will enjoy. Songs from LOTHAR & THE HAND PEOPLE ('Kids Are Little People'), KEN NORDINE ('My Baby'), The Mekons SALLY TIMMS & JOHN LANGFORD (singing Bowie's 'The Pr...

There's a lot of great music on this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #373) including plenty of NEW releases, 'vault' selections, and an array of 'covers' to keep even the most finicky listener smiling. SPARKS, BRYAN SCARY, and DEERHOOF all scratch your new release itch during today's first set all while being surrounded by tracks from THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM, LAURIE ANDERSON, WIRE, an...

Wow! It's hard to put into words all of the events of the past week. As I began assembling this week's program (TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES, Episode #372) last Friday afternoon, I had a couple of sets in mind (one involving the Space X launch and the other, ancient Egypt) to build the show around. Both of those still remain intact, so during the fourth and fifth sets you'll hear music (and a comedy bit) w...

On today's edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #371), I'll begin the program by remembering one of the world's most prolific kora players, MORY KANTE, then play a vintage jazz fusion track from JAN HAMMER & JERRY GOODMAN'S 'Like Children' album, sonically temper in the latest from 15-60-75 (The NUMBERS BAND) and the surf rock sounds of DAN PETERS & THE WEST SIDE WINDERS, segue into an...

On this weeks latest edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #370), you're invited to go off on a tangent or two with me as I compile another eclectic mix of music along an aural pathway fraught with twists and turns, unexpected surprises, and deliciously mischievous sounds all created to bring a smile to your ears. I'll begin today with poet LADY JUNE from her 'Linguistic Leprosy' album, add King...

It's time for another broadcast of my freeform radio show TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #369) and you're all probably wondering how I'll attempt to reinvent the wheel this week so here's an insight into how I planned today's show. After several days of compiling dozens of musical tracks into a numbered program folder, I started to organize them according to either a specific sound or set theme. I k...

Each week I try to make my radio broadcast different from the previous one and unique in it's own way. This week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #368) has bits of stories interwoven into the songs in several cases and that coupled with my usual way of blending pieces together makes for another 'unconventional' program. I'll take the BRYAN SCARY song 'Universal Crane' and merge it into FAUST'S 'Gigg...

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the senseless and tragic shootings of thirteen students (four killed and nine others wounded) by Ohio National Guard troops at Kent State University as they protested the escalation of the Vietnam war into Cambodia on May 4, 1970. On this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #367) I’ll devote the second half of today's program to that event by playing var...

As each week whirls on by through what feels like a dense fog of mundane routine, I plod along with my daily rituals involving preparing breakfast, watching the morning news, and then sitting down to do what I love to do, assemble the pieces for another edition of my weekly radio broadcast. About half way through this week's process I realized that this current program marks, in fact, the 8th anni...

I can best describe this week's show, TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #365), as a 'sound collage' dedicated to a truly great, yet under appreciated music producer, HAL WILLNER. Hal succumbed to complications from the corona virus last week in New York City, and in a display of bitter irony, his passing occurred on the same date as legendary folk songwriter, JOHN PRINE. Both men were giants in their o...

Today's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #364) for Friday, April 10 marks a one month milestone since my self isolation began to prevent infection from the corona virus. I, like many of you, am taking extraordinary measures to remain healthy during this pandemic, with groceries, mail, and anything I need being thoroughly disinfected before it enters my home. I, like my many friends & relatives, ha...

As another week passes while we continue to adjust to the 'new normal,' I've gathered up songs and spoken word pieces to serve as entertainment on latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #363) that I'm sure you all can relate to and enjoy. How so, you're probably wondering? Well this week for starters there's the theme's to both the 'Twilight Zone' and the 'Outer Limits' beginning it all off, then BIL...

I'm back for the second week in a row with a new TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #362) and as I and everyone I know adjust to 'sheltering in place,' I've assembled another three plus hour freeform radio program to entertain you and keep you smiling in these turbulent times. It's time to tap your toes, swoon from side to side, and let the music take you to that 'happy place' (sort of like those 'Taco...

It's been two weeks since the last 'new' offering of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES and in that brief moment of time, how we interact with one another, go about our daily routines, and approach even the most mundane tasks has been radically altered. New or rarely used phrases like 'social distancing,' 'self quarantine', and 'mandatory isolation' are now part of our daily repertoire. All schools are shuttered...

In place of this week's regular program due to the international pandemic, I have released an early Transmusic Airwaves archival program (Episode #4) from March 15, 2013 featuring a celebration of St. Patrick's Day and other drinking songs. As Eric Straton said to Flounder in Animal House 'My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.' (That and cover yourself in Purell twice a day). Below is the...

Northeastern Ohio takes center stage this week on the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #360) as I'll have several irons in the fire by premiering new songs from local artists and celebrating the first annual AKRON MUSIC AWARDS during various parts of the program. It all begins with 'Red Stick,' a new track from the just released album 'Endure: Outliers On Water Street' by 15-60-75 THE NUMBERS B...

This week's edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #359) has new songs from RAVI SHANKAR'S posthumous opera, 'Sukanya,' THE RESIDENTS 'Intruders' and SUDAN ARCHIVES 'Athena' releases, CALIFONE'S first release in seven years, and a track from 808 STATE'S long awaited 'Transmission Suite' as well as another spectacular effort from LES AMAZONES D'AFRIQUE all scattered throughout today's three hour s...