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08/17 | Program Change: Rootin’ Around added to Sunday line-up | Posted by Bob Rogers

An archived edition of Seattle-based Larry Yurdin’s new program, Rootin’ Around (formerly called Roots & Branches) will run on Sundays from 3-6pm  effective August 22nd.  New editions of Rootin’ Around are presented on Fridays from 5-7pm with a repeat on Tuesdays 9pm-midnight.

Barry Everitt’s London-based program, House of Mercy, previously scheduled in the Sunday 3-6pm slot continues its run on Wednesdays 4-7pm (archived edition), Thursdays 3-6pm & Saturdays 9-midnight.  All times are Eastern.

08/10 | Special Programming: Highlights from the 2009 Detroit International Festival | Posted by Bob Rogers

taintradio.org presents highlights from the 2009 Detroit International Jazz Festival on August 14 (Fri. night/Sat morning) at approx. 1am (edt).  Featured artists include Gerald Wilson, Sheila Jordan, Sean Jones, Christian McBride, Stefon Harris, & Geri Allen.  This special program from the legendary (and free) Detroit festival happens every Labor Day weekend.

We just want to give you a taste in case you haven’t made holiday plans or just because now and then we all need a little taste. 2009 Detroit highlights repeats Monday, August 16th at approx. 10pm (edt), hosted by Ed Love (WDET) and Linda Yohn (WEMU).  Enjoy!

07/12 | taintradio welcomes Larry Yurdin’s “Roots & Branches”; Pearl Shelby Sharpe launches “Estate Whim” | Posted by Bob Rogers

Seattle-based producer/program host Larry Yurdin launched Roots & Branches, a new weekly program last week.  We are very pleased to have veteran producer Yurdin (WBAI/WFMUKMET/KPFT/CHOM/KPRI/KFAT, The Daily Planet, etc.) join us.  Roots & Branches runs Fridays 4-7pm* and Tuesdays 9pm-midnight*.

Pearl Shelby Sharpe (KPFA) also launched a new program, Estate Whim last week.  Estate Whim is produced in her new studio in St. Croix, V.I.  Estate Whim runs Fridays noon-2pm* and Tuesdays 7-9pm*.  Pearl formerly co-hosted (w/Jereann King) Underground Railroad Love on taintradio.

Jereann King will continue hosting Underground Railroad Love from her North Carolina studio.  URL runs Saturdays noon-2pm*, Sundays 6-8am*, & Thursdays. 2-4pm*.

*all times eastern

06/12 | Savage Knights, Kamama at Marsh Woodwinds on Friday, June 25 | Posted by Bob Rogers

Marsh Woodwinds & taintradio presents Savage Knights and Kamama on Friday, June 25th at 8pm.

Savage Knights features saxophonist/guitarist  Crowmeat Bob, bassist Joey Chorley, cellist Chris Eubank, keyboardist/percussionist Brian Donohue and drummer/guitarist Isenberg.  Additionally, Savage Knights concerts usually feature a revolving cast of “guest” musicians.  Kamama is a duo featuring Baltimore-based cellist/vocalist Audry Chen and NYC-based drummer Luca Marini.

You can expect a great evening of original and modern improvisational music.

The concert begins at 8pm at the Marsh Woodwinds performance space on Person Street in Raleigh.  We hope to see you there.

04/04 | Special Mike Zwerin Memorial edition of Rafi Zabor’s Updoc set for April 9th & 13th | Posted by Bob Rogers

taintradio.org presents a special 3-hour edition of Rafi Zabor’s Updoc in memory of trombonist/jazz critic and former taintradio program host Mike Zwerin, who died in Paris last week.  Zwerin was in Miles Davis’s Birth of the Cool band, the Maynard Ferguson Band, and was a writer/jazz critic for, among other publications, the Village Voice, International Herald Tribune and Bloomberg News. Updoc program prodcer/host Rafi Zabor and Mike Zwerin were long-time friends.  This special 3-hour program promises to be an apt tribute to Mike.  8-11 p.m.(Eastern)  on Friday, April 9th, repeats noon-3pm Tuesday, April 13th.

03/26 | CC Booker III featuring Will Scruggs Sunday, April 11th, 2010 at Marsh Woodwinds | Posted by Dave Tilley

CC Booker III, a collaborative project between musicians from NYC and Atlanta, is a Hammond B3 driven SoulJazz tribute to Ray Charles, King Curtis, and Booker T and the MG’s. Their new full-length CD, CC Booker III feat. Will Scruggs, is slated to be released in July 2010, but pre-release copies will be available at this special show at Marsh Woodwinds. Fronting the band is Raleigh native Will Scruggs, a product of the Enloe Magnet Arts Program. He is an accomplished saxophonist, vocalist, and band leader who, at the age of 29, has already shared the stage with Dave Brubeck, recorded commercially with Cee-Lo, and toured and recorded with 8-time Grammy winner Natalie Cole. Keepin’ it green, CC Booker III tours in a diesel Ford van that runs on 100% recycled vegetable oil….”swingin’ hard and saving the planet.”

CD Release Party and Concert — Sunday April 11, 2010 at Marsh Woodwinds  707 N. Person St.     Shows at  7 and 9 pm —   TIX: $15

03/19 | Starmount & The Small Ponds at Marsh Woodwinds Friday, April 9th | Posted by Bob Rogers

On Friday, April 9, 2010, at 8 p.m., cinemaphonic sound miners Starmount, and beauty-obsessed songsmiths The Small Ponds will join for a rare and copasetic evening of musical performance at Marsh Woodwinds, 707 North Person Street, Raleigh, NC.  This event should not be missed by anyone who prefers fine sounds and the freedom of thought that accompanies joyful listening.

Starmount: Named after a forgotten neighborhood in Raleigh NC, Starmount was formed in May of 2007 by veteran musician, producer, and engineer, Greg Elkins, who had long been enamored of the rich mournful voice of the pedal steel guitar but had just begun to learn to play it himself.  Elkins enlisted Dave Pitts on upright bass, Brian J. Donohoe on drums and electronic percussion, and Rob Davis on synthesizers, and Starmount was born. Tyranny of the Sphere is the title of Starmount’s debut, and it is an excellent documentation of four veteran musicians learning to express themselves in new and vital ways—evocative, cinematic instrumental music, as provocative as it is pleasing.

The Small Ponds: Caitlin Cary (Whiskeytown, Tres Chicas) and Matt Douglas (The Proclivities) first teamed up to play as a duo in Raleigh’s longstanding post-Valentine’s Day Love Hangover, for which they learned to sing and play each other’s favorite love songs.  Finding themselves kindred, both in spirit and in voice, they decided to join forces permanently, picked a cute name, and began writing songs together.  One local critic has called their music “graceful chamber pop,” and they feel pretty pleased with that description for the time being, though their sound is evolving as they continue to write and perform.  They recently recorded a four-song EP, and plan to release a full-length record later in the year.

Doors open at 7 p.m., music begins at 8:00.  Light hors d’oeuvres provided, B.Y.O.B., $10 admission.

03/19 | Marsh Woodwinds Performance Calendar now at taintradio.org website | Posted by Bob Rogers

taintradio.org is pleased to become the official website for live performances at Raleigh’s Marsh Woodwinds.  We will publish and maintain a proper calendar and will also publish publicity material furnished by the performing musicians.  Meanwhile, here’s some of what’s coming up in the unique performance space at Marsh Woodwinds (707 Person Street, Raleigh):

Saturday, April 3 - Andrew vanTassel Quintet - Andew vanTassell, alto sax; Rafiq, guitar; Jack Hill, bass; Q, drums, Ryan Hageler, piano

Friday, April 9th - Starmount (press release this weekend)

Sunday, April 11th - saxophonist Will Scruggs cd release concert/party (press release this weekend)

Sunday, April 18 - Elise Witt & friends (feat. percussionist Beverly Botsford)

Wherever you are, life is too short to ignore live music; we encourage you to get out and help support the musicians of your choice.

Friday, April 30 - pianist Elmer Gibson’s new trio

03/18 | Percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani returns to Marsh Woodwinds Wednesday, March 24 | Posted by Bob Rogers

Tatsuya Nakatani and Microcephalic Superintendent at Marsh Woodwinds

Tatsuya Nakatani = percussionist, originally from Osaka, Japan. He utilizes drumset, bowed gongs, cymbals, singing bowls, metal objects, bells, and various sticks and bows to create an intense, organic music that defies category or genre. His music is based in improvised/ experimental music, jazz, free jazz, rock, and noise, yet retains the sense of space and beauty found in traditional Japanese folk music.

http://www.hhproduction.org/TATSUYA_NAKATANI_WORKS.html

A solo set and a collaboration with:

Microcephalic Superintendent (a chamber improv group featuring Chris Eubank on cello, Craig Hilton on guzheng, Carrie Shull on oboe/english horn, Todd Hershberger on bassoon, Christopher Thurston on string bass and possibly a couple more sure-as-sh*t string players.)

http://retroactivedynamics.com/

http://www.myspace.com/chilt

http://www.marshwoodwinds.com/

02/09 | Special Programming: Radio Geronimo 40th Anniversary Show | Posted by Bob Rogers

Radio Geronimo was the first European free-form station, some 40 years ago.  One of Geronimo’s prime movers and most popular program hosts was London-based Barry Everitt, host of taintradio’s weekly House of Mercy program.  Radio Geronimo provided many colorful moments in the saga of pirate radio, beginning with the fact that its transmitter was built in Monte Carlo in 1940 for use as part of Hitler’s propaganda apparatus.