Transmusic Airwaves

Transmusic Airwaves presents our Ken Nordine Special!  In 2018 Carl Palmer and Bryan Chandler joined Ken Nordine in his Chicago home for what was to become Ken’s last interview.  This program was Emmy nominated and had a 3-year run on PBS.  Transmusic founder Paul Ciminero, also interviewed Ken in 1981 for the WKSU Fresh Air program.  We have combined the two interviews interspersed with a good he...

Transmusic Airwaves… it’s unconventional free-form radio - with guest host Mark Orlandi. Thank you for listening and staying connected. Yaki Da! Contact TransmusicAirwaves@gmail.com Download Transmusicairwaves.podomatic.com Set 1 1) Godley & Creme - Welcome to Breakfast Television / Birds of Prey (1983) 2) Gustaf - Book / Audio Drag For Ego Slobs (2021) 3) Sparkle Division - You Go Girl! / To...

Transmusic Airwaves closes up July with two sets mixed by host Mark Orlandi.  Some surprises await if you don’t spoil them by checking this playlist.  If you do scan through it first, enjoy the music and you’ll still be surprised!   Set 1 (Mark Orlandi Mix) 1) Jessie Ware - Shake The Bottle / That! Feels Good! (2023) 2) Brittany Howard - Every Color In Blue / What Now (2024) 3) DJ Shadow - Midnigh...

   Transmusic Airwaves today brings quite a few new releases, including a track from the Golems Of the Red Planet fresh off the mixing console just last week!  A new album from Grice just released last month, the Black Keys, and so much more.  These two sets were mixed by John Wasylko, with the second set pulling from some older releases, so enjoy your time hear ;-)  Set 1 (John Wasylko Mix) 1.) T...

Transmusic Airwaves presents WKSU-FM’s Fresh Air special #3.  As listeners to Transmusic Airwaves have heard before, many of us here started our music experience from listening to Fresh Air on WKSU between 1971 and 1981.  This is not the interview program from NPR, but a freeform music program offered after midnight on WKSU.  This is a 2 hour fragment (2am to 4am) from the original 6-hour broadcas...

   Transmusic Airwaves presents a couple of mixes by John Wasylko, featuring quite a few recent releases and a nod to two music humorists who left us June 27th; Martin Mull and Kinky Friedman.   Set One (John Wasylko Mix)   1.)   Lickerish Quartet – Sollygoster Goon / Threesome Vol. 2 (2021) 2.)   Redd Kross – Cancion Enojada / Redd Kross (2024) 3.)   Tin Huey – I Could Rule the World / Contents D...

Catch hosts Carl Palmer and Chalupa Roulette on a Transmusic Airwaves summer wave.  This is unconventional Freeform radio… without the mosquitoes!   TMA#09 Carl Palmer/Chalupa Roulette SUMMER MIX 2024   SET#01: 60 Channels – No Come Down / Tuned In Turned On (1998) Glass Beams – Mahal / Mahal EP (2024) Jack_OK - Between a Hard and a Rock Place / Soft Rock Hard Feelings (2024) Mark Pritchard - Be L...

   A couple of sets of music inspired by the current heat wave being experienced by 80% of the US!  It wouldn’t be summer without a little heat…we might drift a little into pop, but we won’t stay long.   Warming up mix (Jeff Wootton)   Kid Tigrrr – Dinosaur / (single, Bandcamp 2024) Glass Harp – Just Always / Synergy (1971) Lindisfarne – Lady Eleanor / Nicely Out Of Tune (1970) Jade Warrior – Lady...

   Transmusic Airwaves presents music and interview with Nektar.  We visited with “Mo” Moore (bass), Ryche Chlanda (guitar) and Maryann Castello (vocals & support!) when Nektar played at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland, June 9th 2024.  With great thanks to Nektar for allowing Transmusic Airwaves to present this pre-release mix of their up-coming album, Mission To Mars , set for release in...

   Transmusic Airwaves presents a very special spotlight on Cleveland native, artist Kid Tigrrr (Jenna Fournier).  Today’s show was entirely constructed by her (including the artwork!) and starts off with her music and interview.  As a special treat, she premieres the first two music selections for the first time anywhere !     The second set was selected and mixed by Kid Tigrrr, featuring music a...

   Quicksilver Messenger Service – Fresh Air (edit) / Just For Love (1970)    Transmusic Airwaves presents Fresh Air Special #2 featuring a WKSU broadcast from February 3rd, 1978 hosted by Jeff Wootton.  Our first Fresh Air Special was so well received, that host John Wasylko created a new set in the style of Fresh Air and challenged me to do the same.  I answered his challenge by cheating a bit a...

Join hosts Carl Palmer and Chalupa Roulette on this latest edition of Transmusic Airwaves for some unconventional free-form radio programming.   TMA#08 Carl Palmer/Chalupa Roulette MIX 2024 30:00 SET#01 01) Medeski Martin & Wood - Sugar Craft (Yuka Honda Mix) / Combustication Remix EP (1999) 02) Joni Mitchel - Twisted / Court and Spark (1974) 03) Gotye - Smoke and Mirrors  / Making Mirros (201...

   We have two sets mixed by John Wasylko featured here, the second set centers on some rare “demo” tracks.  These are either works-in-progress, failed-to-release tracks, or music given to other artists to record.   (John Wasylko Mix) Set #1 1.)    Buffy St. Marie – Generation / Power in the Blood (2015) 2.)    The Only Ones – The Immortal Story / The Only Ones (1978) 3.)    The 3 Clubmen – Aviatr...

   Today on Transmusic Airwaves, we jump into the wayback machine and begin a semi-regular feature focused on the Fresh Air Archives .  The Archives are a project begun in 1998 to preserve and document a Progressive music program broadcast on WKSU-FM between 1971 and 1981.  Paul used to talk about the program often as it was his first introduction to radio, and many of us here at Transmusic Airwav...

Transmusic Airwaves… it’s unconventional free-form radio - with guest host Mark Orlandi. Enjoy Thank you for listening. Contact TransmusicAirwaves@gmail.com Download Transmusicairwaves.podomatic.com Set 1 1) Calibro 35 - Apnea / Nouvelles Aventures (2023) 2) 35 Tapes - Crawling / Fabric Of Time (2023) 3) Steve Cropper - Bush Hog / Fire It Up (2021) 4) Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - Get Down M...

Transmusic Airwaves… it’s unconventional free-form radio - with guest host Mark Orlandi. This show commemorates the tragic events of May 4, 1970 at Kent State University. In memory: Allison Krause (19) Jeffrey Glenn Miller (20) Sandra Lee Scheuer (20) William Knox Schroeder (19) Thank you for listening. Contact TransmusicAirwaves@gmail.com Download Transmusicairwaves.podomatic.com Set 1 - Prelude...

Join Carl Deaver for four sets of eclectic music on today’s Transmusic Airwaves.   (Carl Deaver Mix) Set 1 Evan Ziporyn - Fast / Steve Reich: New York Counterpoint; Eight Lines; Four Organs (2000) Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Final Motif / Sonic Geology (1983) David Byrne, Meredith Monk - Road Song / True Stories, A Film By David Byrne: The Complete Soundtrack (2018) Marc Ribot - New Sad / f*ck dan...

Transmusic Airwaves… it’s unconventional free-form radio - with guest host Mark Orlandi. This show salutes Record Store Day (third Saturday each April) and Earth Day (April 22) with a dash of something “whirled” in between. Enjoy Thanks for listening! Contact TransmusicAirwaves@gmail.com Download Transmusicairwaves.podomatic.com Set 1 - Record Store Day 1) Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks - Pay...

Transmusic Airwaves… it’s unconventional free-form radio - with guest host Mark Orlandi. This show celebrates National Poetry Month (April - USA). Enjoy Thanks for listening! Contact TransmusicAirwaves@gmail.com Download Transmusicairwaves.podomatic.com 1) Peter Sellers (Lennon/McCartney) - A Hard Day's Night / single (1965) 2) The Doors - Moonlight Drive / Strange Days (1967) 3) Phyllis King - Un...

 Cat Stevens – Moonshadow (edit) / (1971) Music to view a total solar eclipse by:  April 8, 2024.  Enjoy our four host-mixes for music inspired by the cosmos.  Note:  I had to drop the listings for the source albums due to file-size limitations...sorry.  This show runs just shy of 4 hours!   (Jeff Wootton Mix) Tangerine Dream – Love On A Real Train / (2009) Colin Townes – Everything’s Right Now /...

Join guest hosts Carl Palmer and Chalupa Roulette on another lighter than air trip through creative music!   (Palmer / Roulette Mix) SET#01 LIVEJIVE 35:00 1.) Meute – Loss Of Hope / Loss of Hope (2023) 2.) Brass Against -The Pot- (Tool Cover) ft. Sophia Urista (2019) 3.) Jaimie Branch – Leaves of Glass / Fly or Die (2017) 4.) Scary Pockets - If James Brown Wrote Creep ft. India Carney (2017) 5.) R...

Transmusic Airwaves… it’s unconventional free-form radio - with guest host Mark Orlandi. This episode, it’s all covers, with a couple of connected sub-segments… Enjoy Contact TransmusicAirwaves@gmail.com Download Transmusicairwaves.podomatic.com Thanks for listening!   Set 1 1) Angélique Kidjo - Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) / Remain In Light (2018) [Talking Heads] 2) The Bamboos - Can't Y...

Transmusic Airwaves… it’s unconventional free-form radio - with guest host Mark Orlandi. This episode features the Best Of 2023 (Part 4) – more new music releases from this past year. Enjoy Contact TransmusicAirwaves@gmail.com Download Transmusicairwaves.podomatic.com Thanks for listening! Set 1 1) John Mellencamp - Hey God / Orpheus Descending (2023) 2) Kristin Hersh - Ms Haha / Clear Pond Road (...

Transmusic Airwaves… it’s unconventional free-form radio - with guest host Mark Orlandi. This episode features the Best Of 2023 (Part 3) – more new music releases from this past year. Enjoy Contact TransmusicAirwaves@gmail.com Download Transmusicairwaves.podomatic.com Thanks for listening!   Set 1 1) Margo Price - Been To The Mountain / Strays (2023) 2) Lucinda Williams - Let's Get The Band Back T...

Transmusic Airwaves presents a tribute to Professor Peter Schickele / P.D.Q. Bach.  Loosen that cummerbund and join guest host Carl Deaver for a brief exploration of the man who early-on dared to poke fun at Classical music.  The show concludes with a brief interview of Mr. Schickele conducted by Marcia Alvar.    Set 1 (Carl Deaver mix) Unbegun- Symphony / An Hysterical Return (1966) Fugue in C Mi...