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A weekly exploration, conversation, discovery. Interviews with artists and their fans. You never know what you're gonna get.

PJ Ewing

New York, NY


    • Jun 1, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    WHAT’S ON THE PLAYLIST JUNE 2025 (S5 | E238)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 59:10


    Brian Kahanek opens the set with the soaring instrumental "One True Thing," followed by Ariana Grande's tender "ordinary things."

    Instant Holograms on Metal Film (S5 | E237)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 59:03


    Instant Holograms on Metal Film. Some of the gorgeous new music, after 15 years, from the epic band STEREOLAB.

    FEELS LIKE SUMMER (S5 | E236)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 59:00


    FEELS LIKE SUMMER: A birthday. An Opera Gala. Good vibes across the board. Lester the Nightfly Radio - Songs, Dance, House.... FUN!

    OPERA COMPETITION WINNERS (S5 | E235)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 59:00


    The Guilio Gari 2025 Opera Competition Winners are announced. We review the list, talk about the singers and hear some arias.

    BOARDS OF CANADA (S5 | E234)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2025 59:04


    The nostalgia of The Boards of Canada. These Scottish Brothers have created beautiful music from their childhood since the 1990's.

    Charlie Porter | PART THREE (S5 | E233)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 59:00


    Part THREE. Trumpeter, Band Leader, Sideman, Composer, Charlie Porter joins us this week for Jazz New York.

    Charlie Porter | PART TWO (S5 | E232)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 59:02


    Part TWO. Trumpeter, Band Leader, Sideman, Composer, Charlie Porter joins us this week for Jazz New York.

    Charlie Porter | PART ONE (S5 | E231)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 58:56


    Trumpeter, Band Leader, Sideman, Composer, Charlie Porter joins us this week for Jazz New York.

    BEST POP MUSIC OF ALL TIME VOL 2 (S5 | E230)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 59:00


    We continue our series on the best of pop music... the best... of ALL TIME... with Charlie XCX, The Smiths, Juliana Hatfield, The Marias...

    Wheel Sessions Jazz New York (S5 | E229)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 59:00


    Now in its eighth year of presenting concerts, The Wheel Sessions is the premier location for hearing great jazz in the Upstate (SC).

    BACKGROUND MUSIC FOR MOVING | HOUSE 2025 V 3.0 (S5 | E228)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 58:51


    I remember. House music from: Lane 8, Nick Curly, Four Set, Kolter, Kaskade, Chris Stussy, Moon Boots, Tahini, Musk and Mr. Jools.

    I REMEMBER | HOUSE 2025 V 2.0 (S5 | E227)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 58:54


    I remember. House music from: Lane 8, Nick Curly, Four Set, Kolter, Kaskade, Chris Stussy, Moon Boots, Tahini, Musk and Mr. Jools.

    DANCE POP | HOUSE 2025 V. 1.0 (S5 | E226)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 59:00


    Herr Schnauzer. AMIX. Tulio. Gary Luton. Thom Merlin. It's March. It's time to move. Dance. Pop. House. V. 1.0.

    The Remarkable Mr. Glass (S5 | E225) PART TWO

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2025 59:00


    The Remarkable Mr. Glass (S5 | E224) Daniel contributes regularly to publications like Modern Drummer, DRUM and Classic Drummer.

    The Remarkable Mr. Glass (S5 | E224)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2025 60:00


    The Remarkable Mr. Glass (S5 | E224) Daniel contributes regularly to publications like Modern Drummer, DRUM and Classic Drummer.

    Gabor Szabo | Influential Hungarian Guitarist (S5 | E223)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 59:00


    Gábor István Szabó (March 8, 1936 – February 26, 1982) was a Hungarian-American guitarist who made significant contributions to jazz music.

    Steve Johns | Mythology Part TWO (Jazz New York | E6)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 59:00


    Steve Johns Mythology | A new jazz record from the legendary jazz drummer. Recorded at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.

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    Steve Johns | Mythology (Jazz New York | E5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 59:00


    Steve Johns Mythology | A new jazz record from the legendary jazz drummer. Recorded at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.

    new york jazz johns mythology national jazz museum
    Harfenspieler (SongStudio 2025) S5 | E220

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2025 58:30


    A report from Carnegie Hall's SongStudio 2025: Bryn Terfel, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Hartmut Holl and Renee Fleming.

    James Weidman | Piano Master Part Two (Jazz New York | E4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2025 58:31


    PART TWO: A somewhat cold, very rainy day in Harlem. I meet James Weidman for lunch, jazz and conversation

    James Weidman | Piano Master (Jazz New York | E3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2025 58:30


    A somewhat cold, very rainy day in Harlem. I meet James Weidman for lunch, jazz and conversation

    THE BEST OF 2024 WITH DAVID GOLDMAN (S5 | E217)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 58:30


    Always the most interesting episode about music of the year.

    2024 YEAR IN REVIEW (S4 | E216)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 58:31


    Always fun - a look a back on highlights from our shows in 2024.

    A Child’s Christmas in Wales (S4 | E212)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024 58:34


    We bring Dylan Thomas' remarkable short story to life in a new reading by James Nave of Twice 5 Miles Radio.

    The Conversion of Hetherington (S4 | E210)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 58:32


    “The Conversion of Hetherington” is one of the stories in John Kendrick Bangs' “A Little Book of Christmas. Our version.

    Romanticism Modernism | Strauss, Sibelius, Wolfe (S4 | E207)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2024 58:43


    Romanticism Modernism - inspired by the rehearsals of the New York Philharmonic at David Geffen Hall. Sibelius. Strauss. Wolfe.

    Alex Tremblay Jazz – Part Two (S4 | E206)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2024 58:30


    The second of two shows with jazz bassist Alex Tremblay. Alex is on the La Reserve record label.

    Alex Tremblay Jazz – Part One (S4 | E205)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 58:31


    The first of two shows with jazz bassist Alex Tremblay. Alex is on the La Reserve record label.

    Nick Biello | This World or the Next (S4 | E204)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2024 80:30


    This World or the Next | Nick Biello - The Lester the Nightfly Interview. Jazz and Conversation yet again our our weekly radio show.

    NICK BIELLO MUSIC (S4 | E203)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 58:30


    Nick Biello, Jazz Artist, on the air in an interview about his music and new album Between Light and Shadow.

    GUARALDI | CELEBRATE AUTUMN (S4 | E202)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 58:37


    How about this!!! ?? Newly released music from Vince Guaraldi... yep!!

    Jazzmeia Horn | Jazz Vocalist of the Year (S4 | E201)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 58:33


    A night at Smoke Jazz Club with Jazzmeia Horn. Guest Host Juliet Ewing.

    Andrew David Weber Guitar Rock (S4 | E200)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 58:38


    Andrew David Weber (S4 | E199) Part II. Lots of rock... plus some sublime guitar instrumental work. Lester the Nightfly.

    Andrew David Weber (S4 | E199)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2024 58:36


    Andrew David Weber (S4 | E199) This one is great for composers, guitarists, musicians, performers. Guidance from a pro. Lester the Nightfly.

    In Women We Trust (S4 | E198)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2024 58:39


    It's part three with Taylor Watkins. We're calling this one "in women we trust."

    Years of Therapy (Ft. Florence & the Machine S4 | E197)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2024 58:30


    Years of Therapy (Ft. Florence & the Machine S4 | E197). With guest Taylor Watkins. Lester the Nightfly Radio.

    THE AGE OF WOMEN (S4 | E196)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2024 58:30


    Women have played a pivotal role in the music industry throughout history: THE AGE OF WOMEN IN MUSIC. LESTER THE NIGHTFLY RADIO.

    STAR POWER 2024 (S4 | E195)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2024 58:28


    They call K-Tel records the Spotify of the 1970's. As kids that's where we got our music.

    DREW SENUNAS ORANGY SKY (S4 | E194)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2024 58:32


    It's Orange Sky. Always som other guy. It's Just a Broken Lullaby.

    DREW SENUNAS FT. MICHAEL FRANTI (S4 | E193)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024 58:28


    Michael Franti and Spearhead... brought to us by dear friend Drew Senunas.

    THE MARIAS (S4 | E192)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2024 58:32


    The Marías are an American indie pop band from Los Angeles, California.

    THE SEDUCTION OF CLAUDE DEBUSSY ONE (S4 | E191)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 58:30


    The Seduction of Claude Debussy is the fifth and final studio album by The Art of Noise, released in 1999. This is Part One of a Series.

    TONY GLAUSI | AWAKEN (S4 | E190)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2024 97:24


    TONY GLAUSI | AWAKEN (S4 | E190) | We sit down with Tony Glausi to talk about his new record, Awaken (Sean Mason, Russell Hall, Domo Branch).

    I THINK OF YOU (IVY | S4 | E189)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 58:31


    I THINK OF YOU. Remember falling in love for the first time? Ivy captures the longing for that feeling this week on Lester the Nightfly.

    NORTHERN EXPOSURE ORGANIC DEEP HOUSE (S4 | E188)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 76:39


    NORTHERN EXPOSURE ORGANIC DEEP HOUSE MUSIC | This week on Lester the Nightfly Radio. Feat. PJDJ 80's Remixes of Kajagoogoo and Go West.

    SHY GUY | DEEP HOUSE (S4 | 187)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2024 79:58


    SHY GUY | DEEP HOUSE (S4 | 187) This week a few lesser known DJ Producers and a few old favs like Goldroom and Moon Boots. Summer House 2024.

    HYPNOTIC LULU (S4 | E186)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 69:55


    BEATPORT: Found a few deep threads there to pull on to complement this sci-fi story from 1950.

    SOLO PIANO | CHICK FREDERIC ALEKSANDER WOLFGANG TOM (S4 | E185)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2024 58:30


    Solo piano - from the Baroque and Classic to Atonal and Bossa Nova - concert music re-interpreted by jazz pianist Chick Corea.

    PAT METHENY FULL CIRCLE | TWO (S4 | E184)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024


    Pat-Metheny-FULL CIRCLE TWO Thank you Prav Rao for the help! This is the kind of show that I can put on repeat!!! Fabulous!!

    THE HOURS (S4 | E183)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024


    Analysis from the composer, the author of the novel, Donald Levine and me... a brisk tour of the music attached to the film and opera.

    NELSONMESSE (S4 | E182)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024


    I sit down with Anna Kelly and Donald Levine to talk Hayden and The Lord Nelson Mass (NELSONMESSE)

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