Man, I love NPR

[BigOldHarry]

check out track #2 "Missed":

First Listen: Ben Allison, 'Action-Refraction' : NPR

This guy is doing some zany things with his upright bass...

[cnltb]

Thanks for the link!
There's some great music on that site! I just found a greg osby gig in real good audio quality!

[BigOldHarry]

Holy cow - check out his cover of the Carpenter's "Only just Begun" - This Ben Allison guy is *out of control* - I'm gonna have to buy this album.

[BigOldHarry]

Originally Posted by cnltb

Thanks for the link!
There's some great music on that site! I just found a greg osby gig in real good audio quality!

Yeah, all songs considered is great. I've discovered all kinda cool music there. Every time I read some knucklehead wanting to shut NPR down I just want to scream...

[MysterMunky]

Originally Posted by BigOldHarry

Yeah, all songs considered is great. I've discovered all kinda cool music there. Every time I read some knucklehead wanting to shut NPR down I just want to scream...

+1 I couldn't agree more.

[Kael]

My radio is set to NPR about 95% of the time when I am driving around. I listen to NPR more than I watch TV.

[BigOldHarry]

Originally Posted by Kael

My radio is set to NPR about 95% of the time when I am driving around. I listen to NPR more than I watch TV.

Given how bad 99% of music on the radio is, I'm with ya. If there's no baseball on, I too have NPR on. Sadly, in San Diego our NPR station cuts over to classic music at night... not that there's anything wrong with classical music, but I'd rather hear the stuff I missed while at work... Alas, San Diego doesn't support NPR/PBS very well (LA has what - 4 NPR stations?!).

[cnltb]

Originally Posted by BigOldHarry

Yeah, all songs considered is great. I've discovered all kinda cool music there. Every time I read some knucklehead wanting to shut NPR down I just want to scream...

Who would want to do that????
That'd be criminal!


That Ben Allison sounds good!

I thought there was something kneebody in his music, then I saw that shane endsley has worked with allison.
Jenny scheinman is there too( her 12 songs is a real nice album!)

[TheSuzie]

I am a big fan. A lot of great shows and archives out there. For a long time I had nothing but a little radio and was still able to hear so much great music.

Piano Jazz
Riverwalk Jazz
American Routes
Jazz Set
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Live From Lincoln Center

Also, don't forget the nightly streamed broadcasts from WBUR - Eric in the Evening and KJZZ - Jazz with Blaise Lantanna, both followed by late night jazz shows.

There is much more but the above are high points for me.

Peace,
S

[Against Will]

Wish my affliate had more good music shows. On the weekend, its a 4 hour block of "Prarie Home Companion" and "What d'ya know?". I would love if they could get "Sound of Young America" or something, but I doubt the coveted old, rich lady demographic in Baltimore would like that much.

[mambo4]

I dig NPR as well..one of my go-to sites for exploring new music coming out. Here in Seattle the local affiliate is a KPLU, a Jazz station, so it's pretty nice. All songs considered is also affiliated with Seattle's KEXP, another great source for new "under the radar" music. Both are public stations, non-commercial, so the music is usually remarkable in some way.

[BigOldHarry]

Real Music = Good.

[Kael]

Originally Posted by BigOldHarry

Given how bad 99% of music on the radio is, I'm with ya. If there's no baseball on, I too have NPR on. Sadly, in San Diego our NPR station cuts over to classic music at night... not that there's anything wrong with classical music, but I'd rather hear the stuff I missed while at work... Alas, San Diego doesn't support NPR/PBS very well (LA has what - 4 NPR stations?!).

Luckily here in OKC we have two NPR stations. Actually it is three, but two of them are the exact same broadcast. They do it as that is the only way to cover the whole central OK area with their not-exactly-beefy transmitters. The two OU based stations broadcast Jazz with Bob Parlocha. Sometimes that show is gold, sometimes it is crap. The OSU one plays classical at night. Great for falling asleep behind the wheel.

The bonus of the two stations is that they both do breaks with the news and various mini programs. If one station is sucking, flip to the other.

[BigOldHarry]

Originally Posted by Against Will

Wish my affliate had more good music shows. On the weekend, its a 4 hour block of "Prarie Home Companion" and "What d'ya know?". I would love if they could get "Sound of Young America" or something, but I doubt the coveted old, rich lady demographic in Baltimore would like that much.

I like "What do you know" quite a bit, but PHC makes my flesh crawl...

I don't listen to NPR just for music - but very nearly every piece they *do* about music is darned interesting, even if it's music I don't care for.

[Chowowbus]

I listen to NPR almost all the time now...I guess im gettin old...
When less intelligence is called for I listen to 99.9 which everyone from the NW knows what I am talking about...

[faulknersj]

+1 to NPR! I donate every year. It's the last 'smart' left standing...well...and PBS as well! NPR turned me on to Esperanza Spalding!

[spigmu]

There have been several different NPR Charlie Haden interviews over the past few years with some wonderful performances. The ones he did around the time of "Rambling Boy" with the Haden family stopped me in my tracks, though I can't remember if those were live or if they played cuts from the CD. Wow, what a beautiful record that I would not have heard anywhere else.

[Red Four]

If your local NPR station doesn't have enough music programming for your taste, you might check their web site. Our local NPR station has two other "channels" which can be accessed through their web site, and both of them have much more music programming than the main channel that's on the radio. (They may also be accessible through alternate HD radio settings, but since we all have web access, I thought I'd recommend that.)

I'll add my name to those who enjoy NPR. One of the best "finds" I've made has been brilliant classical guitarist Paul Galbraith, who plays an 8-string guitar with a nice, deep sound. Also heard a piece on Hassan Hakmoun, a Moroccan Gnawa musician who plays the bass-like sintir (which was recently featured in Bass Player magazine).

[spigmu]

Also, you can get most of the shows as podcasts into the receptacle of choice.

I'll second the streaming from the sites, too. There are many iPod apps that tap into the entire NPR archives (I use "NPR Addict") and you can pick from years of shows right up to this week's. Anyone hear the Bob Edwards interview with Victor Wooten a few years ago? It was a fantastic interview.

[PhiDeck]

In the Tampa Bay area we have two NPR stations (WUSF). One broadcasts classical music, while the other has talk radio during the day and jazz at night.
For jazz during the day I often stream from KCSM.