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One of my many musical obsessions are cover's of a individual or bands song(s) by a variety of other musicians and during the course of each program I've produced there's a good chance you'll hear at least a couple pieces integrated into a set or two along the way. This week while rummaging through some musical files I discovered a 'cover' album of HENRY MANCINI'S music so on today's TRANSMUSIC AI...

I've been really excited about the past several shows and how the overall sound has come together and thought how could I possibly top the previous ones? Well my answer came this week with the latest installment of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #311) and it's simple, 'If you build it...you can.' There are numerous moments during this show where the segues are so subtle, so extraordinary, so unexpec...

This week on the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #310) it's time to 'spring ahead' and move the clocks up an hour so I thought we'd celebrate by dedicating the fourth set to the subject of time. I'll start by playing the KEN NORDINE piece 'What Time is It?' and later on air a segment from an interview I did with Ken from 1981 where he muses about losing the entire month of March. There's also...

There's plenty of new releases, 'vault' obscurities, wonderful 'covers,' and other surprises on this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #309). Whether your in the mood for obscure music from the DARK SHADOWS television show soundtrack, two covers of 'What A Wonderful World' (one from JON BATISTE'S latest and the other from ROBERT WYATT and friends), or a limited release and rarely heard TIN HUEY t...

I've been on a pretty good creative roll lately on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES and am really proud of how the program has been sounding so I'm really excited to have you listen to my latest show, Episode #307, and see what you think. Today I've chosen a couple of similar sounding bluegrass songs from THE BLUEGRASS CARDINALS and JOHN HARTFORD to start the festivities then I've added THE ROLLING STONES (fro...

On this edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #307) I'll return to my early efforts of blending music with dialogue by using dialogue from 'The Big Lebowski' with two different versions of 'Tumbling Tumbleweeds' by LEO KOTTKE & CLINT EASTWOOD and other music from MEDESKI, MARTIN, & WOOD, JEFF TWEEDY, MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES, LARRY CORYELL, GODLEY & CREME, and SUN...

This week MATCHING MOLE, 15-60- 75 (THE NUMBERS BAND), BLUE CHEER, MONKS OF DOOM, ANGELIQUE KIDJO (interpreting Talking Heads 'Listening Wind'), and XTC are just six of forty three musical reasons to tune into TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #306). I've gathered some stellar music that seamlessly moves from song to song during each set beginning with the band HOT RATS covering The Doors 'Crystal Ship...

On TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #305) this week there are a couple of sets with specific underlying themes to them ranging from space and planets to songs loosely based on current events and others with songs which just sound great together. There's CRACKER with 'I'm A Little Rocket Ship', MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND performing 'Saturn Lord of The Ring/Mercury, The Winged Messenger', SUFJAN STEVENS...

I've always believed that the first set of each program that I create every week for TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES ultimately will determine the shows overall success. Setting the tone this week during Episode #304 is the song 'Tripping Along' from THE DECEMBERISTS newest release, 'Traveling On.' Following it you'll hear from THE BYRDS ('Space Odyssey'), GIBBY HAYNES, HECTOR ZAZOU (with John Cale & Susa...

The forecast calls for heavy snow this week so I've planned another great edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #303) that you can cozy up to while all the chaos outside your door ensues. I've decided avoid the usual winter songs and instead just serve up another three hours worth of great selections, both new and old. HERB ALBERT and THE BRYAN FERRY ORCHESTRA go back to back during the first se...

It's going to get interesting on this installment of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #302) as I came across two great 'remastered' albums that I've coveted for many years; CURVED AIR'S 'Air Cut' and KEVIN AYER'S 'Whatevershe bringswesing.' Add to that VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR'S 'Refugees,' SKY CRIES MARY 'covering' PINK FLOYD'S 'Wots...uh The Deal,' and several songs from THE MUFFINS, CAPTAIN BEEFHEAR...

This week it's time to welcome in the beginning of another year and I'll do so with the 301st episode of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES. The program contains a large collection of NEW selections ranging from ambient (BRIAN ENO and ALLEN RAVENSTINE) to international (MARI KALKUN and the TOKYO SKA PARADISE ORCHESTRA), progressive (PETER BLEGVAD and DEAD CAN DANCE) to slightly more mainstream (PINK MARTINI and...

This week I've achieved another milestone as TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES airs Episode #300 and I'll mark the occasion with my annual 'Best of ' program (2018) where you'll hear my favorite musical picks from the past year. There's plenty of music from local Northern Ohio artists including cuts from CHRIS BUTLER & RALPH CARNEY'S 'Songs For Unsung Holidays,' THE BIZZAROS & BAD DUDES 'From Akron II,'...

Well it's that time of year again. The smell of pine permeates the house (and this time it's not in spray form from the second bathroom where your uncle has been holed up for hours), cookies are baking in the oven, and guests are arriving. It's Christmas week with all the mayhem you've come to expect and I've got just the thing to make your life a little less chaotic. Here's this year's TRANSMUSIC...

It's time for another weekly edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES. This week it's Episode #298 and on it you'll hear everything from a psychedelic offering by THE PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY to a jazz standard by LOUIS PRIMA, an a capella version of the TALKING HEAD'S 'Once In A Lifetime' by Senegal's WASIS DIOP, and 'Cha Cha' versions of 'The Magnificent Seven' by TITO RODRIGUEZ and the Stone's 'Satisfact...

They say the hardest part is 'getting started' and surely that was the case while trying to assemble this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #297). I spent countless hours fidgeting over the first set before it fell into place and four days on, had barely finished the first hour. Then suddenly, like the fog and clouds surrounding Northern Ohio this time of year, it all disappeared and the ensuing...

I gather ideas from many sources when picking the music for each weeks radio program and this week the inspiration for the latest TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #296) came from a series of compilation albums with various themes and artists. I decided to 'cover' the Rolling Stones song '2000 Light Years from Home' as interpreted by the band SKY CRIES MARY when I came across an album of Stones songs c...

Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday all are designed to get consumers shopping during the biggest retail days of the year. But what about that Sunday? On Sunday everyone rests and many go to their house of worship (a church or HDTV) and pray for their favorite NFL team. During that 'prayer service' everyone is encouraged to buy more things through the magic of commercial interr...

As the annual foray into holiday shopping madness and all things overindulgent approaches, this weeks edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #294) previews a sizable portion of NEW music, classic reissues, and other audio pleasures. The program starts off with the latest offerings from RICHARD THOMPSON, THOM YORKE, TY SEGALL, MARTIN BARRE, RADAR (featuring Joe Strummer), and local artists ALLEN R...

This week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #293) begins and ends with a tribute to the late Hardy Fox, founding member of San Francisco's mysterious band THE RESIDENTS. In between the pieces I'll play honoring his legacy are nearly three hours of eclectic music with both local, national, and international roots to them. Locally, you'll hear an ethereal rendition of THE KIDNEY BROTHERS signature piec...

Each set of music takes on it's own personality and evolves in it's own unique way during a typical broadcast on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES and this week during Episode #292 all that effort brings forth another extremely satisfying result. The program begins with a piece from the latest work by the current incarnation of the SOFT MACHINE, then follows a Canterbury trail to a recently unearthed early MATC...

Welcome to the 7th annual 'Halloween Special' on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #291). This year's program has plenty of local flair with music from HARVEY GOLD, EXTRA SPOOKY, and CHRIS BUTLER & RALPH CARNEY'S appropriate gem “Day of The Dead (October 31)' all included as part of the program. This time the show centers on the music rather than movie dialogue or themes and there's plenty of relat...

You know it's going to be a good day when JOE STRUMMER gets things started and that's the case today on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #290). I'll begin this program with the cut 'Generations' from the Strummer foundation's latest archive release of rarities, 'Joe Strummer 001,' then add NEW material from DEVOTCHKA, PAUL WELLER, and YONATAN GAT to the first set as well as some vintage JEAN LUC PONTY...

On the latest edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #289) we'll mosey 'Way Out West' during the shows first set with songs surrounding two distinct versions of JIM PEPPER'S 'Witchi Tai To' (from JAN GARBAREK and BREWER & SHIPLEY), then later on go off the rails with my rant about 'robocalls', and end up, in the words of WAS (NOT WAS), 'feeling better than James Brown.' (You'll hear that song...

There's plenty of local flavor, 'vault' gems, and new releases on this week's TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #288). You'll hear cuts from the newest offerings by GLENN LAZEAR, the BIZARROS, ERNIE KRIVDA, and yet another goodie from CHRIS BUTLER & RALPH CARNEY'S ode to 'Unsung Holiday's' (Buffet Day get the treatment this time). Other 'local' selections include DEVO rocking out with 'Working In T...