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SUMMARY:Celebrated songwriter Natalie Merchant chats about her songwriting, from her days fronting 10,000 Maniacs up to her most recent album, Keep Your Courage. PART ONE: Were the Lilith Fair-era 1990s the best time for women in music? Scott and Paul discuss.PART TWO:Our in-depth conversation with the legendary Natalie MerchantABOUT:Natalie Merchant launched her career as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the band 10,000 Maniacs, which broke through with the double Platinum album In My Tribe in 1987. Subsequent albums Blind Man's Zoo and Our Time in Eden spawned the Merchant-penned singles “Trouble Me” and “These Are Days,” respectively. Following an appearance on MTV Unplugged and a hit single covering Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith's “Because the Night,” Natalie departed the band to launch a solo career. Her debut album, Tigerlily, featured the Top 10 singles “Carnival,” “Wonder,” and “Jealousy,” and was certified five times Platinum. She has gone on to release nine solo studio albums, including the Platinum-selling Ophelia, which spawned the single “Kind & Generous”; Leave Your Sleep, which topped the US folk charts; and a 2014 self-titled release that reached the Top 5 on Billboard's rock chart. Recent years have found Natalie rearranging her songs for string quintet and acoustic instruments for the documentary Paradise Is There, directing Shelter, a documentary on domestic violence, curating the 10-disc box The Natalie Merchant Collection, and spending four days a week working with children as an artist-in-residence at a non-profit pre-school. In November 2022, Natalie was appointed to a six-year term on the board of trustees for the American Folklife Center at The Library of Congress. Her ninth studio album, and first album of all new, original material in nine years, is the self-produced Keep Your Courage on Nonesuch Records.
Hello were back...kind of....well we were called away for a few weeks handling a lot of other family issues, and other issues, life came calling and had to deal with stuff...so that's why we were silent for a few weeks, this might be happening here and there, so go with the pi=unches...soooo... OK here is a golden oldie show from 2015. This was a great show that I thought was a good one. On this show we have songs from: Paul Collins / State Of Shock / R.E.M. / Tears For Fears / Roxy Music / The Rave Up's and a few more. So let's get this one posted. Intro: Second Chance-The Move 1. Midnight Stranger -The Daily Planet 2. Get Out Of My Life-Wheezer Lockingner 3. Walking Out On Love-Paul Collins 4. Sausalito Nights-Diesel 5. No Lies-The Bishops 6. You Don't Care-The Marshals 7. On A Carousel-Glass Moon 8. 5th Of May-PH.D 9. Do You Love Me-Patti Austin 10. Take These Chains-Beau Geste 11. She Don't Know Me-Bon Jovi 12. Hollywood Paradise-The Henry Paul Band 13. Suzanna-State Of Shock 14. Live Is Life-Opus 15. Say You Will-Blanket Of Secrecy 16. Same Old Scene-Roxy Music 17. When Your Young-Shooting Star 18. Mony, Mony-Billy Idol 19. South Central Rain-R.E.M. 20. Pale Shelter-Tears For Fears 21. Lay Your Hands On Me-Shenade O'Connor 22. The Sun Is Dancing-Zuma 2 23. Saturday 3 AM-Darious & The Magnets 24. Until You Cross The Line-Bruce Joiner & The Plantations 25. Everything Turns Gray-Agent Orange 26. That Mexico Songs-The Rave Up's 27. Shock The Monkey-Peter Gabriel 28. Stay-Oingo Boingo 29. A Girl Named Johnny-The Waterboys 30. No Prisoners-ZED 31. You Love Another-Nazareth 32. Lire, Lire-Deborah Harry 33. All We Need Is Loving-The Simms Brothers 34. Jacket Hangs-The Blue Airplanes 35. Never Let You Down-David Bowie 36. A Dream Away-The Cars 37. Goodby Girl-The Squeeze 38. Time After Time-The Beloved 39. Forever Young-Alphaville 40. Trouble Me-1000 Maniacs 41. I've Been Love Before-The Cutting Crew 42. Can't Stop Falling In Love-Cheap Trick 43. These Are The Days Of Our Lives-Queen 44. Let's Cook-Mental As Anything Outro: The Disney Electrical Street Parade
from thier MTV Unplugged performance, includes These Are The Days, Candy Everybody Wants, Like The Weather, Trouble Me, Jezebel, Because The Night, Eat For Two, Hey Jack Kerouvac, What’s The Matter Here?, Don’t Talk, and Stockton School Days .
The Eagles had been broken up for almost a decade, and it would be another 5 years before their reunion, but Don Henley was still a huge name in the music world. The End of the Innocence, Henley's third solo studio album, would be a more reflective and less synthesizer-heavy album, and would be Henley's best selling album.After the break-up of the Eagles, Henley put out “I Can't Stand Still” in 1982, from which the hit single Dirty Laundry would arise. 1984 would see the appearance of “Building the Perfect Beast,” from which the best remembered single would be the monster hit “Boys of Summer.” Henley had established himself as a successful solo artist through these albums.So, Don Henley had a celebrity status by the end of the 80's, and he would collaborate with many musicians across diverse genres in making this album. The result would cover lots of territory, from the rocking sounds of “I Will Not Go Quietly” to the sad reflections of “New York Minute” and many other musical and emotional stops along the way.We hope you enjoy our observations on this excellent and pensive work. The End of the InnocenceThis is the title track, the first track on the album, and the first and most successful single. It was co-written and co-produced by Bruce Hornsby, who plays piano on it. Henley is overtly political on this one, and throughout the album. In the David Fincher video for the song, Oliver North is shown in his Iran/Contra congressional testimony during the line, “armchair warriors often fail,” and Reagan is shown during the lyrics, "they're beating plowshares into swords for this tired old man that we elected king."I Will Not Go QuietlyThis is the heaviest song on the album. Most of this album is pretty introspective, but not this one. Axl Rose contributes backing vocals! “Well, don't you ever get lonely? Don't you ever get down? Don't you ever get tired of all the wicked tongues in this town?”New York MinuteA track with an almost symphonic feeling, this song features a number of well known collaborators. David Paich (Toto) plays piano, Jeff Porcaro (Toto) is on drums, Pino Palladino (session musician for many, including Jeff Beck, the Who, and Nine Inch Nails) is on fretless bass, and Christian Jazz a capella group Take 6 is featured in the chorus. This is one of Henley's songs which made it onto the Hell Freezes Over tour and album when the Eagles reunited in 1994.The Heart of the MatterMike Campbell (of The Heartbreakers) wrote and produced this music. It tells of loss and moving on with forgiveness. "What are those voices outside love's open door make us throw off our contentment and beg for something more?" ENTERTAINMENT TRACK:“Batdance” by Prince (from the soundtrack for the motion picture “Batman”)Michael Keaton would show us his darker side in this first big budget adaptation of the Caped Crusader since the campy 60's series. STAFF PICKS:“Headed for a Heartbreak” by WingerBrian brings us Kip Winger's hit from his debut album. Winger was one of the big hair bands of the late 80's, but Charles Fredrick Kip Winger also has an impressive vocal range and was classically trained.“Trouble Me” by 10,000 ManiacsRob's staff pick features the alternative rock which was about to drift into mainstream. This hit is off their fourth album entitled "Blind Man's Zoo." Natalie Merchant adds a distinctive voice as front woman for the group. The lyrics are inspired by Merchant's father who was sick in the hospital. “Why let your shoulders bend underneath this burden when my back is sturdy and strong?” “Tehran” by The OffspringWayne's staff pick kicks in some California punk rock. The song is an anti-war creed. Interesting that frontman Dexter Holland has a PhD in molecular biology, is a licensed pilot, and has his own brand of hot sauce. The album never came out on CD, only album or cassette.“Crossfire” by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double TroubleBruce features this track off SRV's fourth studio album, "In Step." It was the first one after he had gone through drug and alcohol rehab, and "In Step" refers to the 12-step program of Alcoholics anonymous. The song itself talks about the almost Darwinian pressure of modern life.INSTRUMENTAL TRACK:“Follow Your Bliss” by The B-52'sThe Athens band The B-52's were making a strong resurgence in 1989 with their album “Cosmic Thing,” and this instrumental track wraps us up this week.
The Major Scale gives a wink and a nod to Tom Scott and some of his early work. Before Scott was topping the charts with music for Tom Cat, L.A. Express with Joni Mitchell, along with scoring for film and TV- Starsky And Hutch, Let's Do It Again, and Family Ties, he was a teenage prodigy who was signed to Impulse Records – the home of his hero John Coltrane among other legends. Although these first albums weren't as popular as his later releases, over the past couple of decades they've become fertile ground for sampling - Massive Attack, Pete Rock and CL Smooth, Hieroglyphics and countless others have rearranged his work to great heights. We talk with the man himself about this phenomenon – easily one of our most entertaining conversations yet! SONG CREDITS FOR THIS EPISODE: THEME: Jazz Phantom by Chomsk' (from the album "Different Beats" on Magnetic Records). FIRST HALF: Rural Still life #26 by Tom Scott (from the album "Rural Still Life" on Impulse Records). Milestones by Oliver Nelson (from the album "Live In Los Angeles" on Impulse Records). They Reminisce Over You by Peter Rock and CL Smooth (from the album "Mecca and the Soul Brother" on Elektra Records). Today by Tom Scott (from the record "Honeysuckle Breeze" on Impulse Records). With Respect to John Coltrane by Tom Scott (from the record "Rural Still Life" on Impulse Records). Looking Out for Number Seven, Woodstock and Trouble Me by Tom Scott (from the album "Great Scott" on A&M Records). Trouble Me by Joni Mitchell (from the album "Old Grey Whistle Test" on BBC/Asylum Records). Blue Lines (excerpt) by Massive Attack (from the album "Blue Lines" on Virgin Records). Sneakin' in the Back by Tom Scott (from the album "Tom Scott and LA Express" on Ode Records). ABOUT THE MAJOR SCALE: Your attention please to a new program that celebrates and takes a fresh and bold look at the great American art form- JAZZ!!! The Major Scale is the title, the motto and the mission are, Jazz- past, present, future, and everything in between. A lot of focus will be on new and fresh sounds, deep cuts, closer looks at underrated artists, taking a different look at some of the titans of the genre, and getting the two cents worth from a number of surprise guests and sources. The Major Scale can boast amongst it's guests- legends like Herbie Hancock, Tom Scott, and Ahmad Jamal. The up and coming and the underrated-Kamasi Washington, Mia Doi Todd, Michael Blake. Fresh perspectives and commentary from the likes of Rock legend Al Kooper, who weighed in on the gospel. From The New Yorker, Amanda Petrusich expounds on her article about the movement to rename the Williamsburg Bridge in honor of Sonny Rollins. We explore the Soul-Jazz experiments of the Rascals. Grace Kelly from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert talks about her pop-up/flash mob concerts. Plus Thundercat, Henry Mancini, Ghostface Killah, Jaimie Branch, Nels Cline, Badbadnotgood, Cecil Taylor, and more get pick up on the Major Scale radar. Produced in Central Florida, this program seeks to become one of the defining voices of this Native American art form, and everything else that finds itself under it's umbrella. Think about programming and content found on the likes of World Cafe, Philadelphia, PA. Tiny Desk from Washington D.C., and KEXP Live from Seattle, WA. and that's what the Major Scale strives to do. For the curious, and lovers of music who like the details in between. ABOUT KYLE EAGLE (Host): Kyle Eagle has been a contributing writer and producer for the NPR-WBGO, WUCF, WPRK, Wax Poetics, The Orlando Weekly, Artbourne, and The Fiscal Times, as well as several music and film releases- Light in the Attic's documentary "This Is Gary McFarland", and an upcoming film on composer Jack Nietzsche. Recordings- Call Me-Jack Wilson, Live at the Penthouse, Grachan Moncur III, Chico Hamilton, and Andy Bey. ABOUT CHRIS BARANYI (Producer): Chris Baranyi is a sound engineer and music producer. He splits his time between designing AV systems for theme parks and recording music. Chris has worked with many Orlando area musicians with backgrounds in jazz, fusion, hip-hop, funk, new age, and classical. Some of which have been featured on NPR's Echoes. His passion includes jazz, vintage microphones, and hot sauces.
THN - Tribute to 2017 Tracklist: 1. Looking for the Rain (Unkle Reconstruction) by UNKLE 2. Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea by Missio 3. Pressure by Until Until The Ribbon Breaks 4. Deadcrush by alt-J 5. Missin Somthn by Boogrov feat. GOSTO 6. Fault Lines by Fyfe 7. Trouble + Me by Ghostpoet 8. When We Die by Tricky feat. Martina Topley Bird 9. Cold War by Mac Guffin 10. No friend of mine by The Airplane feat. Awa Ly 11. Girl Of Mine by Sparrow 12. Amandine Insensible by SEVDALIZA 13. Come Down by Slaptop feat. Rozzi 14. Light From One by Engine-Earz Experiment feat Ane Brun 15. Slowmotion by Kaagari 16. Plasm by CTO Feat. Sibyl Hofstetter 17. Money in my Pocket by Frenic feat Gracie Grey 18. Bagatelle by Degiheugii 19. Liar by Chinese Mann feat. Kendra Morris and Dillon Cooper 20. I'd Wait Forever And A Day For You by Torii Wolf 21. Chemistry and Math by Official Flunk 22. Break Apart (Instrumental) by Bonobo 23. Lost Again by Sykoya 24. Torrid Soul by HVOB and Winston Marshall 25. Polygon Pulse by Maceo Plex 26. Two Thousand and Seventeen by Four Tet Mixed by Sergey Vatkin for Trip Hop Nation https://www.facebook.com/triphopnation
THN - Male Vocal part III Tracklist: 1.Trouble + Me by Ghostpoet 2.Resolution for Solitude by Official Kiko King and creativemaze 3.Risingson by Massive Attack 4.Bring My Family Back by Faithless 5.Woe Is Meee by Ghostpoet 6.King Size Blues by Essen 7.Will You Be There by The RAah Project 8.Useless (@Kruder Kruder and Dorfmeister Session) by Depeche Mode 9.Who Do You Think You're Fooling by Mad Singer 10.Thorns And Roses by Syntax 11.Song #6 by Placebo 12.The Parade by Smooth 13.The Party Never Ends by Kasabian Mixed by Sergey Vatkin for Trip Hop Nation https://www.facebook.com/triphopnation
This Is Modern Rock: Alternative Rock Music of the 80's & 90's
Orly Marella (singer/guitarist for Fun Yeti) joins Will in the studio to talk about songs that peaked on the Billboard Modern Rock charts in June 1989. Songs under discussion include "So Alive" by Love and Rockets, "Trouble Me" by 10,000 Maniacs, "Pet Sematary" by The Ramones, and "Saved" by Swans.