WCRS Podcast - Night Tunes

Night Tunes 12-17-12

Submitted by Night Tunes on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 8:42am

59:14 minutes (54.23 MB)

Paul McCartney turned 70 this past June. His latest album, called "Kisses on the Bottom," is a collection of standards, tunes McCartney first heard and internalized as he was growing up in his musical household in Liverpool, England, and that later informed some of the finest songs he wrote during his days with the Beatles. Some of those standards and a couple of Beatles' items are featured on this week's program. Other sounds are from the Irish band Altan; movie music by Vangelis; and individual tunes from The Hot Club of Cowtown, Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, and the Tord Gustavsen Trio.

Night Tunes 12-10-12

Submitted by Night Tunes on Wed, 12/05/2012 - 8:49am

59:13 minutes (54.22 MB)

This week Scottish classical guitarist David Russell treats you to the delights of English and Italian Renaissance music, and the guitar duo of Tommy Emmanuel and Frank Vignola treat items from the Great American Songbook. There are also a few late 60s hits by the Canadian group The Guess Who, and acoustic selections from a recent compilation called "Women of the World."

Night Tunes 12-03-12

Submitted by Night Tunes on Thu, 11/29/2012 - 8:39am

59:11 minutes (54.19 MB)

Tenor saxophonist Stan Getz and trumpeter Clifford Brown are among the jazz greats, and some of the finest performances by each await you this week. Offsetting and complementing those cool and boppish sounds are the contemplative piano of Sarah Modene and a touch of ragtime.

Night Tunes 11-26-12

Submitted by Night Tunes on Tue, 11/20/2012 - 10:33am

59:30 minutes (54.47 MB)

Latino music is widely popular across the contemporary world. The seeds of that popularity were sown in the late 1960s by such performers as Puerto Rican native Jose Feliciano. You'll hear a few tunes from Feliciano's breakthrough year of 1968 on this week's program. Much of the rest of this week's music comes from the north--from Canadian guitarist Jesse Cook and the all-female group the Wailin' Jennys, and from Jeff Pianki, an engaging singer-songwriter from Michigan. There's also some warm, atmospheric piano music from sunny Italy.

Night Tunes 11-19-12

Submitted by Night Tunes on Tue, 11/13/2012 - 10:11am

59:28 minutes (54.44 MB)

One of the continuing acknowledgements of the greatness of Johann Sebastian Bach's music is how well it lends itself to all manner of arrangement and transcription. This week the Jacques Loussier Trio offers remarkable jazz treatments of two of the Brandenburg Concertos. You'll also be treated to some of the "Water Music" by Bach's illustrious contemporary, George Frideric Handel (as Handel wrote it); transcriptions for guitar of French piano music; the lovely voice of Eva Cassidy; and a couple of tunes by an enterprising indie band from Sweden.

Night Tunes 11-12-12

Submitted by Night Tunes on Thu, 11/08/2012 - 8:40am

59:12 minutes (54.2 MB)

From the heyday of the singer-songwriter, the 1960s and early 70s, come tunes by two of the best from the era: Gordon Lightfoot and Bob Dylan. There are also excerpts form Mike Oldfield's pioneering progressive rock recording "Tubular Bells," and some current Oldfield-influenced music by a new age group from Finland.

Night Tunes 11-05-12

Submitted by Night Tunes on Sat, 11/03/2012 - 9:58am

59:06 minutes (54.11 MB)

Something old, something new. The old is very old: it's medieval music, played by an acclaimed British early music ensemble called Trouvere. The new is the latest recording from bluegrass star Alison Krauss and Union Station. You'll also hear selections from "Raising Sand," the Grammy-winning CD of 2009 that brought Krauss together with Robert Plant, the former lead singer for Led Zeppelin.

Night Tunes 10-29-12

Submitted by Night Tunes on Tue, 10/23/2012 - 3:34pm

59:12 minutes (54.2 MB)

The 10-man vocal ensemble from South Africa, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, bring their close, soulful harmonies to this week's program. You'll also enjoy traditional music from Canada and the US. The American music was included in the soundtrack for Ken Burns's 2009 PBS documentary "The National Parks."

Night Tunes 10-22-12

Submitted by Night Tunes on Thu, 10/18/2012 - 11:44am

59:05 minutes (54.09 MB)

Late last year, jazz guitarist Pat Metheny did his first-ever solo recording made up completely of music he didn't compose. Instead he covered, affectionately and with great insight, tunes he heard on the radio when he was coming of age in the 1960s and early 70s. Hear Metheny treat tunes originally made popular by the Beatles, the Association, and Carly Simon. You'll also hear standards done by another marquee jazz artist, Diana Krall, as well as new age sounds by Enya and Vangelis. Topping things off are sides from the seminal British folk-rock group, Fairport Convention.

Night Tunes 10-15-12

Submitted by Night Tunes on Wed, 10/10/2012 - 8:21am

58:59 minutes (54 MB)

Alt-country guru and Ohio native Buddy Miller got himself and three of his guitar-playing friends together in 2010 to form the Majestic Silver Strings, a group dedicated to giving old country tunes a new twist. Selections from the group's 2011 release are the bedrock of this edition of the program. You'll also hear two classics by Patsy Cline, an instrumental selection by Rodney Crowell, and some memorable non-country sounds by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, The Horse Flies, and Acoustic Alchemy.

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