shows // Journeys
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| 6th March 2010 Psychedelic, Baby! listen | |
| 20th February 2010 The Blues Had A Baby... listen | |
| 13th February 2010 We Got Latin Soul listen | |
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Like music? Like lots of different kinds of music? Come on a musical trip through many genres, styles and traditions with Journeys!
Suggest destinations and vote for the 'Weird But Wonderful' winner every week. Find out more than you ever wanted to know about a particular artist or tune in the 'Spotlight'.
Past shows have included; Funk, Rock, Old-School Rap, House, African, Classical, Indian (Bollywood), Proto-Punk, Psychedelic, Reggae & Dub, New Orleans Jazz & Funk, Blues, Soul and even a show based around songs with pretty colours in their name!
Each show is intended to be a subtle arc of discovery that allows listeners to take a refreshing dip in the shallows of genres, styles and artists that they might never otherwise have gone near. I may randomly give a little background and context to the tunes (depending on the theme and my mood), but it is definitely a music show and not intended as a documentary.
Relax, lay back, and let me take you somewhere...
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psychedelic, baby! - sat 6th march 2010 - 1-2 pm
Journeys // 06.03.10 // Psychedelic, Baby!
Hey folks,
Apologies for the lack of a show last week. Was just too busy to get it put together and, rather than bring you inferior product, I decided I needed a week off to recharge the old musical batteries!
This week's show follows in the footsteps of the Rock 'n' Roll show of last time, making the short trip from there into '60s psychedelia.
Almost everybody with a record deal went psychedelic in the late 1960s and I'll be playing a selection of some of the original psyche pioneers, such as the likes of the 13th Floor Elevators, Country Joe & The Fish, The Electric Prunes, Love and Jefferson Airplane - as well as some less likely psychedelic dabblers, such as The Temptations and Muddy Waters.
There is no doubting that The Beatles were the band that most succesfully commercialised the psychedelic sound and this week's Weird But Wonderful vote features a couple of songs related to that fact:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Biu95fyvmLI
1. John Fred & The Playboys - Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)
An affectionate lampooning of probably the most well know song about drugs ever recorded; 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds', this near-contemporaneous 'cover' actually knocked 'Hello, Goodbye' off the top of the US singles chart in January 1968.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DjWpq8Oyoc
2. Candyflip - Strawberry Fields Forever
Named for the rather dubious practice of taking LSD and Ecstasy in tandem, Candyflip produced one of the most cynical pieces of over-earnest retro-psyche-pop of the whole 'Madstock' era. Although it manages to ruin not just a Beatles classic, but also the 'Funky Drummer' break used so famously in the previous year's Stone Rose track 'Fool's Gold' (although on that track it was recreated by the drummer Mani rather than sampled, I think); I still, for some unknown reason, quite like this track!?!
To decide which one plays the show out, get in touch during the live broadcast: studio@subcity.org or text 'subcity' then your message to 07766 40 41 42.
Check out the Journeys MySpace for direct access to the Weird But Wonderful songs and videos, and extra musical content from last week's show (will update again after this show broadcasts), on the Music Player: http://www.myspace.com/journeysradioshow
If you are on Facebook you can join the 'Journeys Radio Show' group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=51132174165
Journeys. It's a trip!
http://www.subcity.org Saturday 1-2 PM
Journeys Homepage @ Subcity Radio: http://www.subcity.org/shows/journeys
If you want to suggest a Journey get in touch!
Stu.
Posted at 20:07, 4th March 2010
no show this saturday
Hey folks,
Due to that complicated set of circumstances usually referred to as 'life', I have been unable to get a show put together this week.
Journeys will instead return next Saturday - Sat 6th March 2010, 1-2 PM.
Feel free to catch up with Journeys here: http://www.subcity.org/shows/journeys and here: http://www.subcity.org/listenagain/journeys
There's always something on here: http://www.subcity.org/listen/
See you next week!
Stu.
Posted at 20:32, 25th February 2010
the blues had a baby - sat 20th feb 2010 - 1-2pm
Journeys // 20.02.10 // The Blues Had A Baby...
Hey folks,
Not had much time for the show this week, so gonna keep this reasonably brief.
Due to the inexcusable and terrible inconsistency of a certain SPL football team, I have definitely had the blues this week. Since around 9.30 PM on Tuesday to be exact.
However, this week's show is about escaping those blues rather than wallowing in them, so I'll be playing the much more chipper 'son of the Blues' - good ol' fashioned Rock 'n' Roll!
Expect to hear from the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Carl Perkins, Big Mama Thornton, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Frankie Lymon, Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry, as well as whoever else I can squeeze in!
This week's Weird But Wonderful vote is between a couple of songs with Rock & Roll in the title:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHyUYxBXLdc
1. Led Zeppelin - Rock & Roll
Rocky.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjAi7MgRBhM
2. Apparat Organ Quartet - Stereo Rock & Roll
Rolly.
To decide which one plays the show out, get in touch during the live broadcast: studio@subcity.org or text 'subcity' then your message to 07766 40 41 42.
Alternatively, you can check them out and email me back here.
Check out the Journeys myspace for direct access to the Weird But Wonderful songs and videos and extra musical content from last week's show (will update again after this show broadcasts) on the Music Player: http://www.myspace.com/journeysradioshow
If you are on Facebook you can join the 'Journeys Radio Show' group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=51132174165
Journeys. It's a trip!
http://www.subcity.org Saturday 1-2 PM
Journeys Homepage @ Subcity Radio: http://www.subcity.org/shows/journeys
If you want to suggest a Journey get in touch!
Stu.
Posted at 20:24, 18th February 2010
journeys - we got latin soul - sat 13th feb 2010 -
Journeys // 13.02.10 // We Got Latin Soul
Hey folks,
This week's show jumps on the BBC's recent Latin music bandwagon (http://www.bbc.co.uk/musictv/latinmusicusa/).
I'll be playing a selection of Nuyorican, Cuban, Mexican, Brazilian, Puerto Rican and other Latin-based tunes.
Artists likely to features include Mongo Santamaria, Joe Bataan, Afro-Cuban All Stars, Ray Barretto, Jorge Ben and more.
The Weird But Wonderful contenders are plucked from the excellent 1996 Masters At Work collaboration with a number of Latin music legends; the eponymous album, 'Nuyorican Soul':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVHW1LCE6vI
1. Nuyorican Soul ft. India - Runaway
Originally recorded by the Salsoul Orchestra, with Loleatta Holloway on vocals, back in 1977; this version is pretty faithful and features a number of the original Salsoul musicians.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIZnbWl3qbw
2. Nuyorican Soul ft. Jocelyn Brown - I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun
Another fairly faithful (but updated for the House generation) cover - this time of the Rotary Connection's 1971 original.
To decide which one plays the show out, get in touch during the live broadcast: studio@subcity.org or text 'subcity' then your message to 07766 40 41 42.
Check out the Journeys myspace for direct access to the Weird But Wonderful songs and videos and extra musical content from last week's show (will update again after this show broadcasts) on the Music Player: http://www.myspace.com/journeysradioshow
If you are on Facebook you can join the 'Journeys Radio Show' group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=51132174165
Journeys. It's a trip!
http://www.subcity.org Saturday 1-2 PM
Journeys Homepage @ Subcity Radio: http://www.subcity.org/shows/journeys
If you want to suggest a Journey get in touch!
Stu.
Posted at 23:15, 10th February 2010