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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.

On February 15, 1970 Radio Geronimo began weekly broadcasts from Radio Monte Carlo.   Presenters Hugh Nolan & Barry Everitt played the now historic version of “Amazing Grace” by The Great Awakening and  Radio Geronimo was born.  The signal was heard over the entire continent and even though it was a legal transmission it was referred to as a pirate by many countries, including the UK.  Its free-form programming and use of very free speech seemed to upset the British Government and the BBC jammed the signal. Radio Geronimo hit back by jamming the BBC headquarters in London (with strawberry jam). Hugh & Barry were arrested and made the front page of the daily papers, thus creating a massive new audience for Geronimo.
The success of the station also riled other broadcasters, and as often happens , other companies bought their way into Monte Carlo; by November 1970 Geronimo was off the air and in the realm of legend.
Barry’s Geronimo sidekick Hugh Nolan is departed, as are Radio Geronimo backers Jimmy Miller and Tony Secuna.
Barry Everitt ’s London-based House of Mercy Productions and listener-supported taintradio.org presents a two-hour special program celebrating Radio Geronimo’s 40th anniversary from 1:00-3:00pm (Eastern) on Monday, February 15th, exactly 40 years after its initial broadcast.   The program will repeat as follows (all times are Eastern):
Wednesday, February 17th - 7:00-9:00pm
Sunday, February 21 - 3:00-5:00pm
Thursday, February 25 - 2:00-4:00am

02/08 | Hurray for the Riff-Raff in concert Sat Feb 27 at Marsh Woodwinds | Posted by Dave Tilley

taintradio.org is bringing those purveyors of melodramatic popular song, Hurray for the Riff-Raff to Raleigh for a show at Marsh Woodwinds on Sat Feb 27th at 8pm.   This trio hails from New Orleans and their music is a blend of  blues, thrash and string-band music.  Instrumentation includes banjo, bass, accordion, guitar and autoharp.  Daytrotter described them as follows:  ”Hurray For The Riff Raff makes an odd combination of darkened folk music that contains full-bodied crooning, fascinating elements of the macabre and the kind of Americana flourishes that show up in music by contemporaries such as Dark Dark Dark, The Handsome Family and North Carolina’s The Bowerbirds. They aren’t songs of gleefulness, but they can be.”
Hurray for the Riff-Raff
You can check out Hurray for the Riff-Raff at their websites:
http://www.hurrayfortheriffraff.com
http://www.myspace.com/hurrayfortheriffraff
They have several videos you can watch to get an idea of what they’re like.
The show will take place at Marsh Woodwinds in Raleigh, NC on Sat Feb 27 at 8pm.  Tickets are $10 and will be available at the door.
For more info, email dave@taintradio.org or call (919)-834-8667
Hurray for the Riff-Raff

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12/23 | | Posted by Bob Rogers

HI Bob,

very interesting set of music that included the Either/Orchestra on your recent show

Altchalkoum has been a protest song in Ethiopia since the late 50s, although the lyrics are in the form a lover’s protest to their unfaithful lover  (it means something like “I can’t take it any more”).  This stands in for being sick of whichever regime you are protesting.  It’s generally done as a rowdy, fast song, but I found the melody so beautiful that I slowed it way down.  I have also arranged it for symphony orchestra, and have a recording of the Boston Pops playing it, which unfortunately I have no right to release.

happy holidaze!

Russ

Russ Gershon

12/05 | The Jazz Loft Project - book/website launch | Posted by Dave Tilley

The Jazz Loft Project

Our friend in Durham at the Center For Documentary Studies, Sam Stephenson, has spent the last 13 years studying a collection of photographs and audio recordings made by the late W. Eugene Smith. These photos and recordings documented the goings on inside a building he owned in NYC at 821 Sixth Avenue from 1957 to 1965. Smith had placed pianos and other instruments in the building, outfitted it with cameras, a darkroom, and had wired the building from top to bottom with microphones so that he could record the proceedings. He opened his building up to jazz musicians and recorded Thelonious Monk, Zoot Sims, Paul Bley, Roy Haynes, Roland Kirk, Chick Corea, and hundreds of others in jam sessions, rehearsals, and casual conversations. He recorded Martin Luther King and President Kennedy giving speeches on radio and TV, Jason Robards reading F. Scott Fitzgerald’s essay “The Crack-Up,” and late-night callers to Long John Nebel’s radio show who claimed to have seen UFOs and been abducted by aliens. Smith also kept the tapes rolling when not much was happening. He recorded mysterious voices, people hiking up and down the stairs, taxis honking, and the Sixth Avenue bus chugging by every fifteen minutes.

During this time, Smtih shot over 1000 rolls of film (40,000 images) and recorded 1704 reels of tape. Sam Stephenson and his colleagues have been studying these recordings and photos for the last 13 years, tracking down who was on them, interviewing the musicians and onlookers present at the time in an attempt to fully catalog all of Smith’s photos and recordings.  With over 2/3 of this work now cataloged, it is incredibly exciting to see the launch of a book, website and radio series on The Jazz Loft Project. In early 2010, a traveling exhibition of photographs will go on display, beginning with a show at Lincoln Center - traveling around the country.

This week in Durham, the launch of the book and website was celebrated in a party at The West End Wine Bar, featuring a speech by Sam and music by former Jazz Loft resident Ronnie Free and his trio.  You can now purchase this lovely book at your local bookstore or order it online. It is an astounding collection of images and stories.  The website is simply amazing as well - you can view untold images and listen to recordings that few have even been aware of. Check it out: jazzloftproject.org Absolutely unreal.

Hats off to Sam and his colleagues. We’ve been waiting a long time for this moment.

11/26 | Bruce Mack is a Master Selector | Posted by Dave Tilley

DJ Dorrumi Naidoo aka our very own Bruce Mack (host of Free World Network Radio X) will be spinning the tunes in Orange, NJ next week — so, all you NY and NJ people get out and give him a listen and shake your moneymaker. Yah man!

Art Groove

11/08 | Program schedule change | Posted by Bob Rogers

Jazz Without Borders w/Mitchell Feldman moves from Sunday 3-6pm (Eastern) to Monday noon-3pm.

House of Mercy w/Barry Everitt moves from Monday noon-3pm to Sunday 3-6pm.

10/29 | New taintradio podcasts: Eugene Chadbourne, The Rosebuds, Bex Marshall, The Bridge | Posted by Bob Rogers

We are pleased to announce several new additions to the taintradio music podcast library, including taintradio-sponsored live concerts by Dr. Eugene Chadbourne, The Rosebuds, Bex Marshall and The Bridge.  Each of these concerts are playable on demand at our podcast page.  The taintraio music podcast library will add new music-related podcasts each month featuring a mixture of live concerts, musician interviews and music documentaries.  The taintradio podcast library operates on an open source basis so we expect to present you with many interesting play-on-demand listening choices.

Beginning in November 2009 we will post new podcast aquisitions announcements on a monthly basis.   November’s additions will include various interviews from taintradio producer/program host Barry Everitt, whose London-based program “House of Mercy” airs on taintradio 8-11pm (eastern) Saturdays, noon-3pm Mondays, 2-5pm Thurdays, and 8-11am on Fridays.

Thanks for your support of listener-supported taintradio. Keep in touch.

10/04 | The Eugene Chadbourne Concert | Posted by Bob Rogers

We would like to extend our thanks to Dr. Eugene Chadbourne for his appearance at Marsh Woodwinds on Saturday, October 3rd and to all who attended.   Kudos to taintradio’s Todd Morman and Dave Tilley for all the work they put into making the arrangements for this memorable concert and live webcast.  Thanks also to Rodney Marsh & staff for his generosity and hospitality in hosting the taintradio/Marsh Woodwinds concert series.

We will soon add the concert to our library of podcasts for your play-on-demand dining & dancing pleasure.

09/21 | Jazz in the A.M. | Posted by Ben Boddie


09/15 | taintradio.org & Marsh Woodwinds presents guitarist/composer Eugene Chadbourne concert & live webcast on October 3rd | Posted by Bob Rogers

taintradio.org & Marsh Woodwinds presents guitarist/composer Eugene Chadbourne concert & live webcast on October 3rd.

Avant-garde multi-instrumentalist and composer Eugene Chadbourne brings his unique anarchic blend of jazz, punk, country, improv and noise to Marsh Woodwinds, 707 N. Person Street in Raleigh, NC on Saturday, October 3rd at 8pm. The concert is a presentation of the taintradio/Marsh Woodwinds concert series, and will be broadcast live on the Web to listeners worldwide at www.taintradio.org. Tickets are $10 at the door, and free refreshments will be served.

It’s been nearly 5 years since the Greensboro-based Chadbourne has performed in Raleigh, and we are delighted to add this date to his fall touring schedule, which includes Berlin, Vienna and Istanbul.

Chadbourne has been a major presence in improv, punk and jazz circles for over 30 years, including work with John Zorn, Charlie Haden, The Violent Femmes, Billy Bragg, Tony Trischka, The Red Clay Ramblers, Marc Ribot, Jimmy Carl Black and many others. Relentlessly eclectic and experimental, Chadbourne writes and plays a wide range of music, from free jazz interpretations of classic honky-tonk country to transcriptions of Bach for banjo and his infamous invention, the electric rake. Chadbourne’s dozens of solo and collaborative albums add up to one of the most consistently challenging and rewarding bodies of work you’ll find in experimental music. This is a rare chance to hear this musical legend in an intimate venue on Saturday, October 3rd.

Eugene will perform two sets, starting at 8pm. Doors open at 7pm, and the venue is BYOB. The show will be simulcast live on listener-supported taintradio.org, a Raleigh-based international alliance of independent music producers.

For more information or answers to any questions about the show, contact Bob Rogers at taintradio@gmail.com or (919) 413-4126.

For information about Eugene, visit www.eugenechadbourne.com

Marsh Woodwinds (www.marshwoodwinds.com) is located at 707 N. Person Street, Raleigh NC 27604.

www.taintradio.org is a listener-supported alliance of independent producers dedicated to presenting music and music-related programming on the Internet. Currently our programs originate from London, Paris, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, North Carolina, Georgia and Maine. Additional programs are in development from various locations throughou

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