Transmusic Airwaves

I can't believe it's one week into September already. Where did the summer go? It seems every time I look up it's another day, week, or month flying by. It'll be time to rake the leaves shortly, then, god forbid, another five months of shoveling the walks. Slow down Paul. You're getting way ahead of yourself...again. Savor the moment and carpe diem, as they say. Right now I've got another new radi...

It seems like every week something inspires me to put together a set or two with a certain sound to it and on today's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #333) surf guitars and old time jazz standards became this weeks obsession so during the fourth set you'll hear some very unusual 'covers' featuring both genres. During that set ROBERT FRIPP'S STRING QUINTET begins it off with a electrified acoustic ver...

This week I've decided to get everything started on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #332) by playing all NEW releases during the shows first set. You'll hear music from THOM YORKE'S latest, Anima,' to start things off, then next I'll play a track by PERE UBU, followed by THE RACONTEURS, RAMIN DJAWADI (from the 'Game Of Thrones, Season 8 soundtrack), and AFRICA EXPRESS, before completing the set with...

Boy Oh Boy! There's nothing like celebrating great 'live' events so I've pulled out all the stops on today's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #331) to do just that. This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock music festival AND the umpteenth time my local Akron 'Highland Square' neighborhood brings over 100 performers to their yearly 'Porchrokr' festival so I'll focus on both celebrations...

Sometimes it seems everything just falls into place and that's exactly what happened this week while preparing the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #330). Beginning with the latest offering from JESCA HOOP, what followed during the first set just fit perfectly; THE ROCHES, then DEAN & BRITTA interpreting an Andy Warhol screen test, DENGUE FEVER'S outstanding piece that followed, then an a c...

On this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #329), I'll forgo any of the musical references to summer and instead load up today's program with plenty interesting pieces including unusual 'covers' by artists like THE FLYING LIZARDS (doing 'Whole Lotta Shaking Goin' On') and ANGELIQUE KIDJO (interpreting Hendrix's 'Voodoo Child'); add a quirky stream of consciousness composition from MOEBIUS, CO...

Last week the world celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing so this week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #328), I'll play a selection of songs about the moon and outer space from NICK DRAKE, THE B-52's, GONG, KEN NORDINE, THE DOORS, THE ENID, DUKE ELLINGTON, SOPWITH CAMEL, and SPIRIT all during the fourth set. It might be a week late on my part but it's worth the wait! What else...

In the first hour of this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #327), the program gets going with a piece from THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND, explores 'psychedelia' with RON GEESIN and THE DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR, then proceeds through the remainder of the first set by featuring the use of early synthesizers and sequencers from artists DIRTHY FILTHY MUD, PERE UBU, BARRE PHILLIPS, and ANNETTE PEACOCK. Wha...

Welcome to another Transmusic Airwaves 'Presents' as I delve into the recent past this week and rebroadcast a program from July 13, 2012 under the title of my original radio program, Vicotin Popsicles over KUSF-in-Exile, a San Francisco internet radio station. KUSF-in-Exile arose from the ashes of legendary alternative radio station KUSF, whose frequency was sold to an LA based classical consortiu...

This weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #326) has all the right components necessary for another great listening experience. If you like jazz, there's vintage WAYNE SHORTER as well as the MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA and Germany's ET CETERA (with Wolfgang Dauner & Larry Coryell). Want to hear a few 'vault' classics? I've got TRAFFIC (from their 'Low Spark of High Heeled Boys' album), THE WEST COAST PO...

It's always good to take a week off now and then to rest, relax, and rejuvenate the mind and as a result, last week's hiatus now gives way this week to another 'new' TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #325). The program takes off right from the start with three blues legends, ALBERT COLLINS, JOHNNY COPELAND, and ROBERT CRAY getting the gears moving with a cut from their 'Showdown' album, followed by Akr...

On this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES, I've decided to step away from producing a new program, and in it's place, air one of my early broadcasting tapes from January 11, 1978 as a host of the legendary progressive music program FRESH AIR on WKSU-FM 89.7 FM at Kent State University. Beginning in the fall of 1976 through the summer of 1981, I was a DJ on FRESH AIR as well as hosting and producing numer...

Remembering DR. JOHN, playing a cut from HAL WILNER'S 'Meditations On Mingus' album, and following that with the cult band THE SLITS covering 'Heard It Through The Grape Vine,' gets the juices (and the show) going on this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #324). That first set also includes another nugget from THE BUDOS BANDS latest, plus a short piece from BRIAN ENO & RICK HOLLAND, a stylish...

On this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #323) in my continuing effort to bring more information about the artists I play, their music, and pertinent background information on how they go about their creative process, I''ll begin the program with another track from STEREOLAB'S 2019 remaster of their 'Mars Audiac Quintet' album, and at the end of the first set, discuss the production technique of...

Another week has flown by and it's time once again for the latest edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #322). I've rarely missed a beat over the course of the last seven years when it comes to producing a new show each week and this week was no different, challenges and all. Challenges? Oh come Paul! How difficult is it to turn out this program each week asks every skeptic I know. When your as...

Sometimes change is a good thing. During a recent trip to Chicago, I encountered many friends who told me that they really enjoy my radio program but would love to hear more anecdotal stories about the artists I play. Well your wishes are coming true and beginning this week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #321) I'll be spending a little more time from now on telling you about the artists, their mu...

The cat's 'out of the bag' (and clamoring for food!) On the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #320) I've got brand NEW recordings from RHIANNON GIDDENS (with FRANCESCO TURRISI), Akron's own THE HIFI'S, IRON & WINE, GLEN HANSARD, TY SEGALL, ALAN PASONS, and GUIDED BY VOICES. There's also more selections from recently released efforts by SAD PLANETS (PATRICK CARNEY & JOHN PETKOVIC), VICTOR...

Sometimes the germination of a simple idea will manifest itself into a whole new series of ideas and on this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #319) several snippets of spoken word monologue and humor blossomed into a wonderfully diverse array of sets where many play a central part. During the second set for example, JOHN HARTFORD uses a strange verbal montage to ask 'Do You Have Room? (In Y...

Here's some highlights of which artists to expect on the this weeks latest episode (#318) of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES: Set #1: Juana Molina, Bruce Cockburn, Bjork, and Faust. Set #2: Panda Bear (new), Chrome, Cluster & Eno, and U.K. Set #3: Strange songs telling strange stories with Tom Waits, Southern Culture On The Skids, Jim White, and Was (Not Was). Set #4: Deerhoof, The Claypool Lennon Deliriu...

This edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #317) marks the 7th anniversary of my return to radio which began in 2012 after over thirty years away so I've gathered some of my favorite artists and songs which have influenced my musical tastes to play for you today. I'll begin the program with KEVIN AYERS' 'Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes,' followed by some vintage PERE UBU and SPIRIT; then a new song...

On this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #316) I'll play music during the first set from the PATTI SMITH GROUP, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, 10CC, and HOLGAR CZUKAY all with 'Easter' as the underlying theme. In the second set the direction shifts as you'll hear PETER GABRIEL (singing in German), THE FLYING LIZARDS (covering 'Purple Haze'), new music from THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, NIK TURNER, and THE...

It's time for another TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #315) as each week seems to fly by at a breakneck pace adding to the blur of optics that is my life lately. I've had trouble remembering what day it is at times but the one constant (besides my daily meds in the pillbox) has been this program. Such is the case this week as I've added several NEW releases to the mix, garnered some old 'musical frie...

The excitement builds this week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #314) as I await two great events I'll be watching and to celebrate them, playing appropriate music in their honor. Nick Mason of PINK FLOYD brings his band, 'Saucerful Of Secrets' to Akron early next week and the locally produced KEN NORDINE documentary airs on WNEO (45) PBS this weekend. In anticipation of each I've added an early P...

A Transmusic Airwaves REWIND! From my May 10, 2013 program made after completing a hectic move to my new apartment in Chicago after two decades in the old place. Great music to celebrate the move with! New Surroundings = New Releases. On this week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (#12), I’m celebrating my move to a new home after 26 years in a previous location. As you can tell from the above photo, it’s as...

This week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #313) I'll honor four of this years inductee's to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, devote a set of music to some of my favorite animation melodies, add several humorous distractions about records, and remember the late SCOTT WALKER. I'll play songs by THE ZOMBIES, ROXY MUSIC, RADIOHEAD, and THE CURE to honor their formal induction Friday night into the Rock...