Fanatic! Our show for tonight is obviously conceptual as the briefest scans of our list of tracks informs. In our first hour, we enjoy the rite of 420 and in our second hour we say happy birthday to the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion Of Rock and Roll, otherwise known as Iggy Pop whose birthday is on April 21st. I hope you have a chance to Stooge o…

Fanatic! I hope you had a great week with as much music as possible played. We’re in the final stages of preparing the next volume of my mind dulling series of music oriented books called Stay Fanatic!!!. I’m not sure when it’s coming out but after almost two years, it’s finally almost finished. This is what I’ve been up to day after day for the la…

Fanatic! We have devised what will hopefully be a great spring time listening experience. Here are some bands you might want to check out. There’s never enough new music. Mary Timony’s new album Untame The Tiger is out. We’re playing a track from it tonight. https://marytimony.bandcamp.com/album/untame-the-tiger-2 Fanatic, I’m completely digging Ry…

Fanatic! I hope you had a great week and got some good listening in. I’m out of the daily pummeling of proofreading for a little while. We’ve got a great show lined up for you and we’re already working on next week’s show to bring in April. I’m behind on a lot of my self-imposed tasks and will be working through the weekend. I’m afraid I have to ge…

Fanatic! Low on sleep for the last few days. I was onstage at Horrorhound last night in Cincinnati. A great time as always. My call time to the airport was 0400 hrs. Three airports later I’m back. Here are some suggestions, easy to check out if you find yourself so inclined. Fanatic Denise recommended a band called Letting Up Despite Great Faults. …

Fanatic! I hope you had a great week. I’ve been in relative confinement, working on the final draft of a book. I think there’s at least three to four days left to go. I’m about 100,000 words in and still kind of like it. This schedule hasn’t left me much time to listen to much music besides tonight’s show and work on next week’s show. I wanted to r…

Fanatic! I hope you had a great week. I’ve been working on writing projects and putting together tracks for our spring shows. The weather is changing and it’s been very inspiring for making our play lists. I’ve been getting up early and that’s been slightly shortening my night time listening but I’m trying to get some manuscripts banged into shape …

Fanatic! Fanatic spring has done sprung. I know as far as the calendar is concerned, spring is unleashed on the 19th. As far as I’m concerned, with the end of February, winter’s sent packing until December 1. Some records go back to the shelf and some come down. These seasonal/light cycle/temperature rituals are just what I do, I think it’s cool. I…

Fanatic! As far as I’m concerned, winter is only days from ending. I know it might be very cold where you are but March first is the start of Fanatic Spring and we’ve got a show for March 2 almost ready.KC

Fanatic! Very stoked about tonight’s show. Over the next several weeks, as we go sprinting into Fanatic Spring, we’ll be bringing a lot of new music to the show. Something to look forward to! Remember we listened to that cool band Jaguar 777 weeks ago? Their 12” is now available. Here’s the info. Tonight, it’s a great mix tape, something to get us …

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Nancy Wilson, one of my favorite singers of all time, passed away December 13, 2018 at the age of 81. She was a song stylist like few others. 2019-01-11T11:49:23-08:00 2019-01-11T11:49:23-08:00 -- Delivered by Feed43 service

This week Rhythm Planet showcases new albums from violinist Ray Chen, jazz from Geoffrey Keezer and John Coltrane, Haitian rara from RAM, Colombian vallenato from Very Be Careful, and cool vinyl sides from Argentina's ZZK Records. 2018-06-29T07:23:56+00:00 2018-06-29T07:23:56+00:00 -- Delivered by Feed43 service…

This week Tom speaks with Oscar Hernández, veteran pianist and arranger of Rubén Blades's Seis Del Solar and leader of the Grammy award-winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra. 2018-06-22T16:31:29+00:00 2018-06-22T16:31:29+00:00 -- Delivered by Feed43 service

Music from Angelique Kidjo covering Talking Heads, Eddie Daniels’ tribute to Egberto Gismonti, Algerian chaabi music from Koun Tara, a soccer song for Senegal by Sam Mangwana, and other sonic delicacies. 2018-06-15T16:23:14+00:00 2018-06-15T16:23:14+00:00 -- Delivered by Feed43 service

This week Rhythm Planet showcases new music from Cyrille Aimée, Grant Green, Eddie Daniels, and an oldie from the Dar es Salaam Jazz Band. 2018-06-08T03:54:05+00:00 2018-06-08T03:54:05+00:00 -- Delivered by Feed43 service

Rhythm Planet goes on a musical safari through Ghana, Mali, Senegal, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya, Morocco and Algeria. 2018-06-01T16:55:33+00:00 2018-06-01T16:55:33+00:00 -- Delivered by Feed43 service

New Brazilian, African, and jazz music from Diana Purim, Sean Khan, Fatoumata Diawara, Adi Meyerson, and others. 2018-05-25T17:44:50+00:00 2018-05-25T17:44:50+00:00 -- Delivered by Feed43 service

Timeless music from John Coltrane, Sarah Vaughan and Quincy Jones, Aida Garifullina, Vladimir Horowitz, Anouar Brahem, and others. 2018-05-18T17:14:29+00:00 2018-05-18T17:14:29+00:00 -- Delivered by Feed43 service

Rhythm Planet showcases new music from Nickodemus, Nicola Conte, Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, Elina Duni and others 2018-05-11T16:55:05+00:00 2018-05-11T16:55:05+00:00 -- Delivered by Feed43 service

So often architecture is associated with high price custom homes and fancy institutional buildings.But many designers are also helping shape the city with pro bono work for nonprofits in less affluent neighborhoods. One in the news recently is the Campus For At-Risk Children in Watts being designed by Frank Gehry.And unveiled Saturday – with a cele…

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