Newest show from the week of 6/16/13 (and prior shows) now available for stream/share/download, and will be available for about one year. This was published on 6/19/13.
Next new show will be recorded the week of 6/23/13.
All shows and related media are kept on a WordPress server for about a year from each distribution date.
Consider supporting my efforts to keep Radio Crystal Blue going. Your donations in February helped keep this website going and pay some bills. But the fight to keep this show active (and to keep yours truly from being homeless) continues. Donate here :
Audio interview of Alex Kelly, recorded 1/29, is now available at the Field Recording FeedPlayer
VANCE GILBERT was announced as the 2012 Artist of the Year for Radio Crystal Blue. This is Vance’s 2nd consecutive title, and joins fellow New England songwriter Mark Erelli as the only two-time winner. Congrats!
4/2: Vance is the 1st Quarter Airplay Chart leader
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Radio Crystal Blue is a weekly internet radio/podcast program in the freeform tradition. I spotlight emerging music talent in various segments with occasional music features depending on the season or the volume of conceptual music that make its way to my library.
New shows are often posted by Wednesday each week and can be heard in my FeedPlayer
http://www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu
Click below for a pop-up window that opens up the Feed Player:
FIELD RECORDINGS are available in a separate player…this player contains live recordings of shows and interviews:
Click For PopUp Feed Player
Or you can take the Feed Player once you’re on Big Contact’s site and put it up on your site or blog! There are many ways to access and share the player.
http://bigcontact.com/feed-player?r=&t=&xmlurl=http://bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu/rss
In addition I air RCB Novus Ordo, spinning one song from 8 different CDs and presenting a bio of each artist. This show can also be heard at the above Feed Player.
All content is free to share via Creative Commons License 3.0, under the terms non-commercial, non-derivative, full attribution. In plain English, the show can not be converted into a for-profit machine for you or your presence on the Web or otherwise. It cannot be taken apart and publicized in fragments. I/the show must be given proper publicity when content is being used and shared. If you want to use material from the show, the easiest way to go about it is to share the BigContact FeedPlayer (look for the HTML code inside) or share the .mp3 or RSS feed.
Want more info about Creative Commons and the specific stipulations I use? Read up:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
The Chart page shows you which artists are receiving progressive amounts of airplay and exposure over various amounts of time.
The Archive page contains playlists of recent & available shows.
Links: You’ll find my sponsors, links to others who send me material for the big show, and other places that carry the good word of Radio Crystal Blue far and wide.
I also have audio interviews and a few live recordings. These are at a separate Feed Player and RSS: www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalbluefield
Please do NOT confuse this site with the .com version, which I did own until last year. An unscrupulous web registrant company sold it off and I’ve not been able to get the site ever since. The .net is mine.
cblue456 at comcast dot net
