Transmusic Airwaves

Carl Palmer and Chalupa Roulette funk around and find out on Transmusic Airwaves. Let’s turn this mutha out.    SET#01  Greg Kocis - What Did it Say / Andrew Huang Studio (2021)  St. Vincent - Pay Your Way In Pain / Daddy’s Home (2021)  Mississippi Delta Blues - Firestarter / Single (2025)  Alan Tew  - The Rub / Sound Track to the 70s (2006)  Kirby - Na$ty / Miss Black America (2025)  Magma - Do t...

Welcome to Transmusic Airwaves - it’s unconventional free-form radio. Today, folk music giants Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon visit Transmusic Airwaves, accompanied by tracks from their new album: Together Again. Thank you for staying connected! Set 1: Words & Music - Paxton & McCutcheon collaborations: Together (2023) = (T) Together Again (2026) = (TA)   1) Every Monday at Two (TA) 2) O...

Welcome to Transmusic Airwaves - it’s unconventional free-form radio, with guest host Mark Orlandi. We kick-off 2026 by celebrating Transmusic Airwaves’ founder Paul Ciminero’s 70th birthday! Thank you for staying connected! Monty Python - Bring Out Your Dead (excerpt) / Monty Python and the Holy Grail [OST] (1975) Set #1 (2022-01-14) 1) Laurie Anderson - From The Air / Big Science (1982) 2) The 1...

Transmusic Airwaves celebrates music releases of 2025 as chosen by our hosts, Mark Orlandi, John Wasylko, Jeff Wootton, Carl Palmer and Chalupa Roulette.  Wishing all our listeners a great New Year in 2026, and thanks to all the artists and musicians for allowing us to raise their collective voices!     The Lemon Twigs – I’ve Got A Broken Heart / Single Sofia Isella – Dog's Dinner / I’m Camera EP ...

Unconventional freeform holiday radio with guest host Mark Orlandi - it’s the 14th annual Transmusic Airwaves Christmas Spectacular! Settle-in with over 90 minutes of holiday cheer - all tracks making their TA holiday debut! And once again, we’re recognizing the 60th anniversary of The Beatles Christmas message (1965). Happy Happy! Joy Joy! Merry New Year! Set 1 1) The Kustard Kings - Christmas Ti...

Transmusic Airwaves… it’s unconventional free-form radio - with guest host Mark Orlandi. Thank you for staying connected. Yaki Da! Set 1 1) Bandini - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The Ecstasy of Gold / Ennio Morricone Remixes Vol 2 (2003) 2) Supreme Beings of Leisure - Golddigger / Supreme Beings of Leisure (2000) 3) Wooden Shjips - Golden Flower / V. (2018) 4) Steve Hillage - The Golden Vibe /...

Transmusic Airwaves presents a show crafted by guest host “doc” of WJCU .   His long-standing radio program “ The Mixing Bored ” , is currently heard Fridays at 9:30 pm Eastern ( https://www.wjcu.org/listen ).  doc has had a deep commitment to showcasing under-played and unusual music since first hearing WKSU’s Fresh Air program in the 70’s.  After contacting Transmusic Airwaves through Kabir Bhat...

We note the passing of multi-instrumentalist Danny Thompson in September.     Set 1 (Jeff Wootton Mix) John Martyn – I'd Rather Be The Devil / Live At Leeds And More (2006) The Third Mind – Sally Go Round The Roses / Live Mind (2025) Melanie Mau & Martin Schnella – Gentle Giant “Free Hand Medley” / The Rainbow Tree (2023) St. Vincent & Thomas Bartlett – All Tomorrow’s Parties / I’ll Be You...

Welcome to another Turkey Edition of Transmusic Airwaves - it’s the unconventional turkey roasting of freeform radio. Feast your ears (?) as several Transmusic Airwaves hosts have fun roasting musical turkeys. Please pass the gravy - Gobble Gobble! Set 1: Carl Palmer and Chalupa Roulette Carl and Chalupa toast and roast some turkeys. Songs that roast people, places and things. Starting with some s...

Transmusic Airwaves today brings two sets crafted by John Wasylko, featuring new music from Jonathan Richman, The Salt Collective, Kid Tigrrr and Camel’s Andrew Latimer.   Set 1:  (John Wasylko Mix)   The Cowsills – Rhythm of the World / Rhythm of the World (2022)  The Salt Collective – I Want To Tell You (Chris Price & The Lemon Twigs) / Last Day That We’re  Young ( EP, 2025)  Gentle Giant –...

Music for a journey into the approaching winter’s darkness – a mix by Mark Orlandi   Set 1 1) Harvey Mandel – Cristo Redentor / Cristo Redentor (1968) 2) Shawn Lee – Low Riders In Space / Synthesizers In Space (2012) 3) John Martyn – Glistening Glyndebourne / Bless The Weather (1971) 4) Ashra – Don't Trust the Kids –> Blackouts / Blackouts (1978) 5) Daevid Allen/Euterpe – Wise Man in Your Heart...

Revel in the start of the dark season with Transmusic Airwaves - still unconventional freeform radio - with guest host Mark Orlandi. If you’re feeling unsettled with the fall back to Standard Time, this show is for you as we ponder the question… What is “unsettled” music? Thank you for staying connected. Yaki Da! Set 1 1) Strand Of Oaks - Everything / Hard Love (2017) 2) Wussy - Please Kill Me / C...

Transmusic presents a WKSU Fresh Air Halloween Special 1977.  This show was broadcast 10-29-1977 (48 years ago!) with selections mixed by Paul Ciminero and Jeff Wootton.  To find out more about the Fresh Air program, you can download a book about it by following the link posted below. Henry Cow – Nine Funerals of the Citizen King / Legend (1973) Gong – Zero the Hero and the Witch's Spell / Gong es...

Transmusic Airwaves – it’s unconventional freeform radio. This show was assembled by Steve Simenic, founder of Cleveland band System 56. Thank you for staying connected. Yaki Da! Set 1 1) M - Transmission / The Official Secrets Act (1980) 2) Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Almost / Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (1980) 3) Visage - Fade To Grey / Visage (1980) 4) Simple Minds - I Travel / si...

Transmusic Airwaves… it’s unconventional free-form radio - with guest host Mark Orlandi. Celebrating autumn with a little autumn surf? Here and gone again – the fleeting Autumn (enjoy). Thank you for staying connected. Yaki Da! Set 1 1) Donovan - Love Floats / Beat Cafe (2004) 2) David Thomas & Two Pale Boys - Golden Surf / 18 Monkeys on a Dead Man's Chest (2004) 3) Freezy X Pilot - Try / Try...

Carl Palmer and Chalupa Roulette Feng Shui your brain for another musical journey on Transmusic Airwaves. Stay Hungry.   SET#01 Wes Borland – Mounting the Husk / Mutiny on the Star Barge (2023) Amon Tobin – Horsefish  / Foley Room (2007) Patrick O’Hearn – Playground / Transitions (2011) Baxter – Ballad of Behavior / Baxter (1998) Pixel Grip – Reason To Stay / Reason To Stay (2025) Holger Czukay, J...

Welcome to Transmusic Airwaves - it’s unconventional free-form radio, with guest host Mark Orlandi. Repeated listens may cause levitation. Thank you for staying connected - Yaki Da! Set 1 1) Jlin - Black Ballet / Dark Energy (2015) 2) Dave Matthews Band - Bkdkdkdd / Come Tomorrow (2018) 3) Death Cab For Cutie - Gold Rush / Thank You For Today (2018) 4) John Lurie - Old Man Dancing / Music from the...

Transmusic Airwaves presents part 2 from 25 years ago this month:  WKSU celebrates 50 years on-air.  As explained last week, today’s show concludes the Fresh Air Webcast 2000, hosted by WKSU during their celebration.  For more on this special, see last week’s Transmusic program and download the Fresh Air book below!   Carl Palmer Mix Set 3: WKSU Fresh Air Promo (Joe Dick, producer) Hot Rock Radio...

25 years ago, WKSU celebrated their 50th anniversary and when they offered "us" 4 hours of streaming time on WKSU’s “Fresh Air Feature” website, and we jumped at that opportunity.  Transmusic Airwaves presents those 4 hours produced 25 years ago, as a Fresh Air Archives Special .  Our goal for the programming was to reflect on some of the “old music” with a strong desire to show where Fresh Air wo...

Today’s Transmusic mix by John Wasylko pokes fun at just about everything, and includes an irreverent set of Rock, including suggestions from Ohio artist Dave Swanson and others.   SET #1 Tom Lehrer – Elements / More Of Tom Lehrer (1959) Sam Kinison – Are You Lonesome Tonight? / Johnny Carson Show (1989) Martin Mull – Eggs / Martin Mull (1972) Bonnie Raitt – Blender Blues / The Lost Broadcast - Ph...

Transmusic Airwaves… it’s unconventional free-form radio - with guest host Mark Orlandi. Thank you for staying connected. Yaki Da! Set 1 1) System 56 - A Man Needs A Motor / Single, A-side (1984) 2) Random Hold - Montgomery Clift / Random Hold (1979) 3) Roxy Music - The Thrill Of It All / Country Life (1974) 4) U.K. - In the Dead of Night: In the Dead of Night / U.K. (1978) 5) King Crimson - Cat F...

Carl Palmer and Chalupa Roulette play out of this World Music. Blending elements from different cultures to create Unconventional FreeForm Fusion. Stay Hungry.    SET#01  Die Antwoord - Age of Illusion / Age of Illusion (2022) South Africa Cut Cult - Dinosaur / Cut Cult EP (2025) Nova Scotia Crystal Castles - Kerosene / lll (2012) Canada Amon Tobin +Cujo - Early for Clink Street / Nine Bars Back E...

Transmusic Airwaves… it’s unconventional free-form radio - with guest host Mark Orlandi. Thank you for staying connected. Yaki Da! This show is dedicated to all our best friends faithfully awaiting us in Hound Dog Heaven… Set 1 1) Berlioz - Ascension / Open This Wall (2024) 2) Ghost Funk Orchestra - Walk Like A Motherfucker / A Song For Paul (2019) 3) Nucleus - Song For The Bearded Lady / We'll Ta...

Transmusic Airwaves notes the recent passage of Dave Cousins of the Strawbs and Poli Palmer, keyboard and percussionist for Family.  On today’s show we feature classic 70’s Prog, post-Prog and Trance, with a mix of releases from 1969 through a few weeks ago.     Set ONE (Jeff Wootton Mix) Strawbs – Witchwood / From The Witchwood (1971) Family – Larf And Sing / Fearless (1971) After Cooking & B...

See you at the Funhouse on Transmusic Airwaves – it’s unconventional free-form radio, with guest host Mark Orlandi. Thank you for staying connected. Yaki Da! Contact TransmusicAirwaves@gmail.com Comments, requests, suggest a track, set or host a show! Download Transmusicairwaves.podomatic.com Listen! Apple Podcasts, search for Transmusic Airwaves Set 1 1) Danny Gatton - Funhouse / Cruisin' Deuces...