ECM recording artist Fred Thomas stops by Aquarium Drunkard for a detailed examination of the artistry, process, and editing of Brazilian guitarist and singer João Gilberto, not a source of delightful kitsch but actually, a countercultural aesthetic monk . . .
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Roots reggae is the music of the Rastafarian tradition. It speaks to the spiritual, political, and socially conscious message of God, called Jah by Rastafarians.
Press play for a celebration of roots stylings including the traditional, digital, and dub . . .
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Eric D. Johnson reflects on 20 years of Fruit Bats, working with The Shins and Bonny Light Horseman, and his new album, The Pet Parade. Johnson joined us for a discussion about the new album, home recording, the pandemic, and how it feels to walk his musical path for two decades . . .
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In late 2019, The National finished a tour in Texas. The members of LNZNDRF (Scott and Bryan Devendorf, Aaron Artnz, and Ben Lanz) stuck around for a week of recording in Texas, finding kismet alignment when they gathered together at Jim Eno's Public Hi-Fi Studio. The extensive jam sessions would produce several hours worth of music that reflects, on the watery surface, the soundscapes of kosmische musik and adjacent canon. On II, that music sees the light of day . . .
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Sunburned’s latest record, the exhilarating Pick a Day to Die, comes out in early March on the Three Lobed Label. It’s the quintessential pandemic project, pieced together out of what’s at hand in a long, solitary lockdown. We talked to one of the founders, John Moloney, about his long-running band, their influences, their process, this current album and how and when music can get back to normal . . .
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30 or so years ago, Tom Fraser found a record by his great aunt Mirabel Lomer. Along with family members and Simon Tong (The Verve, The Good, The Bad, & The Queen), he's reworked and expanded her recordings. Fans of Gavin Bryars, The Caretaker, and Virginia Astley take note . . .
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Uniting West African musicians, poets, and producers with Karl Jonas Winqvist, Wau Wau Collectif builds a cosmic jazz sound, weightless and joyful. And while it may feel tempting at times to describe this as “West African music,” it is in truth a trans-global work . . .
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Legendary music writer Peter Guralnick joins us this week on Transmissions. He's been writing about the blues, rock & roll, soul, and R&B since the late 1960s. His latest book is called Looking To Get Lost: Adventures in Music & Writing. It is a book about the creativity that fueled artists like Johnny Cash, Robert Johnson, Ray Charles, Dick Curless, Howlin' Wolf, and others. He joins us for an open discussion about the early days of music journalism, artistry, and the curiosity that fuels his work . . .
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Diné avant garde composer Raven Chacon and John Dieterich team up as Endless for another vast chasm of overwhelming noise. Their latest, "Cither" began as a phone app experiment but becomes something monumental in the duo's hands . . .
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We may still be a ways away from gathering in a crowded bar to catch a little live music — but in the meantime, enjoy this downright miraculous 17-minute clip of R.L. Burnside in 1974. Filmed in glorious black-and-white by Memphis' unclassifiable Tav Falco, it's a startlingly vivid portrait of the then-thriving Mississippi Hill Country blues scene, with Burnside presiding over a packed house with nothing but a guitar and amplifier . . .
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Welcome back to the stacks. The Aquarium Drunkard Book Club gathering up some new (and not so new) reads by Brian Eno, Ram Dass, Oliver Stone, and more, spanning historical texts to music histories and beyond . . .
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Freeform transmissions from Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab. Airing as a four-hour block every third Sunday of the month, RFAD features regular shows, friends, and collaborators. The February broadcast features new episodes of New Happy Gathering, Range and Basin, Doom and Gloom from the Tomb, and Threat to Creation, a mixtape by In Sheep’s Clothing Hi-Fi. Listen Sunday, February 21, from 4-8 PM PT on Dublab . . .
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The return of Arab Strap. A few weeks before the album's release date, Aidan Moffat shared his thoughts on the reunion, long-term relationships, the utility of nostalgia and the hope for at least enough normal to return so that Arab Strap can tour again . . .
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We love John Zorn associate and composer Wayne Horvitz around here, especially his late '80s-early '90s output with his avant garde jazz outfit, The President. Next week, he'll open the archives with Live Forever, Vol. 1: The President: New York in the 80's, a compilation of live tracks, demos, and studio outtakes . . .
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Outré California. Via satellite, transmitting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays.
34.1090° N, 118.2334° W . . .
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