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Radio Crystal Blue 9/15/13 audio and links

Posted on September 18, 2013 | Leave a comment

Radio Crystal Blue Novus Ordo is a weekly podcast that spotlights brand new music from songwriters and bands. Most of the new music from these artists eventually get heard on my companion radio program, Radio Crystal Blue.

HOW TO LISTEN
(1) Feedplayer at www.radiocrystalblue.net (visible with Flash-supported browsers) Click the pop-up link at the home tab. Each show is available to be streamed and downloaded. You may also put the player up on your site or blog. Archives go back 1 year in time.

If you cannot view the Feedplayer, try a different browser, or get Flash (it’s free), or try my podcast provider:
(2) www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu You will see the FeedPlayer displayed within the Web page.
(4) RSS: http://www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu/rss

This show was published 9/18:

Futurekind “Slow Build” – Spines EP www.futurekind.net
The Tressels “Autumn” – American Midnight EP www.askyouruncle.blogspot.com
One Gun Shy “Fueled By Fire” – After The Rain CD www.onegunshy.com
Natalie Jean “Don’t Know” – Obsession CD (no website)
Tom Principato “Falls Church, Virginia 22042” – Robert Johnson Told Me So CD www.tomprincipato.com
The Sidleys “Play It Down” – Bittersweet CD www.thesidleys.com
Running time: 47 minutos
Here’s RCB proper:

Radio Crystal Blue is my 13-year-old freeform radio program, usually publishing Wednesdays or Thursdays in podcast format.

HOW TO LISTEN
(1) Feedplayer at http://www.radiocrystalblue.net (visible with Flash-supported browsers) Click the pop-up link at the home tab. Each show is available to be streamed and downloaded. You may also put the player up on your site or blog. Archives go back 1 year in time.

If you cannot view the Feedplayer, try a different browser, or get Flash (it’s free), or try my podcast provider:
(2) http://www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu You will see the FeedPlayer displayed within the Web page.
(4) RSS: http://www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu/rss

Artists who are sharing gigs are denoted with *

This show was published on 9/18/13

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Opening music: Angelo Badalamenti “Dance Of The Dream Man” – Twin Peaks TV soundtrack
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*Loretta Hagen “Money” – Mud and Stone CD www.lorettahagen.com
*Beaucoup Blue “Tell Me Why” – 4 Stories CD www.beaucoupblue.com
Lara Ewen “Breakdown Lane” – The Wishing Stone Songs CD www.unstrungmusic.com
Teresa Storch “Don’t Let Me Down” – Stream Of Concrete CD www.teresastorch.com
Sassparilla “The Man Who Howled Wolf” – Magpie CD www.sassparilla.info
David Newbould “It Can Always Be Worse” – Tennessee CD www.davidnewbould.com
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Melissa Greener shares billing with these artists in the next month:
Melissa Greener “With The Weather” – Transistor Corazon CD www.melissagreener.com
Nels Andrews “Starboard” – Scrimshaw CD www.nelsandrews.com
John Batdorf “Real Life” – One Last Wish CD www.johnbatdorfmusic.com
Freebo “If Not Now, When” – Something To Believe CD www.freebomusic.com
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*The Steel Wheels “Go Up To That Mountain” – No More Rain CD www.thesteelwheels.com
*Si Kahn & The Looping Brothers “Five Days A Week” – Aragon Mill CD www.sikahn.com
*Gina Holsopple “We Are Hungry” – Red CD www.ginaholsopple.com
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Lonna Marie “Don’t Forget” – (single) (no website)
Gregory Douglass “No Apology” – Battler CD www.gregorydouglass.com
The Miners “Cold Steel” – Miners’ Rebellion CD www.minersmusic.com
Jack Grace Band “Drinkin’ and Gamblin’ ” – Drinking Songs For Lovers CD www.jackgraceband.com
Belles & Whistles “Right Side Of Dirt” – s/t CD www.bellesandwhistlesmusic.com
Bern & The Brights “Thieves, Creeps & Automatons” – Work CD www.bernandthebrights.com
Aqua Cherry “Auto Kiss Proof” – Auto Kiss Proof CD (no website)
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These artists are participating in next weekend’s Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion www.bristolrhythm.com :
*Red Molly “Oh My Michael” – Light In The Sky CD www.redmolly.com
*Brother Sun “St. Cristopher” – Some Part Of The Truth CD www.brothersunmusic.com
James McMurtry “Ruby and Carlos” – Live In Europe CD www.jamesmcmurtry.com
Miss Tess “Everybody’s Darling” – Sweet Talk CD www.misstessmusic.com
Chris Smither “On The Edge” – Hundred Dollar Valentine CD www.smither.com
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*The Boxcar Lilies “Six Ways To Sunday” – Sugar Shack CD www.boxcarlilies.com
*Beggar’s Ride “Little Mermaid” – s/t CD www.beggarsride.com
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Hungrytown “Like You Do” – Any Forgotten Thing CD www.hungrytown.net
Kate Klim “Like You Mean It” – Kamikaze Love CD www.kateklim.com
Nerissa & Katryna Nields “The Full Catastrophe” – The Full Catastrophe CD www.nields.com
Mark Erelli “Kingdom Come” – Little Vigils CD www.markerelli.com
Carrie Elkin “The Things We’re Afraid Of” – Call It My Garden CD www.carrieelkin.com
Aztec Two-Step “Falling Down Clowns” – Cause & Effect CD www.aztectwostep.com
Lynn Hollyfield “The Waiting” – Layers CD www.lynnhollyfield.com
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Closing music: Chicha Libre “Indian Summer” – Sonido Amazonico CD www.barbesrecords.com
Running time: 4 hours, 26 minutos
Atmosphere: realitorian
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All content on Radio Crystal Blue is free to listen and share via Creative Commons License version 3.0, non-derivative, non-commercial, full attribution. More info: http://www.creativecommons.org
Please consider contributing to Radio Crystal Blue, which cannot truly exist without your support and suggestions for musical content. There is a Paypal button at the homepage at http://www.radiocrystalblue.net

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Radio Crystal Blue 7/7/13 news

Posted on July 6, 2013 | Leave a comment

Radio Crystal Blue is sponsored in part by:
Ariel Publicity: http://www.arielpublicity.com
Miles High Productions http://www.mileshighproductions.com
Wampus Multimedia http://www.wampus.com

Radio Crystal Blue is free to share and listen, in accordance with Creative
Commons License 3.0, full attribution, non-derivative, non-commercial.

AUDIO version of this message: http://chirb.it/45yPyc

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Look for a popup link on the home and archive pages at
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window. The player allows you to stream all recent shows, as well as
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This page contains a bona fide workable version of the Feed Player.
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DONATIONS to Radio Crystal Blue can be made via the Paypal button at the homepage.
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PROGRAMMING:
NEXT SHOW will be published on or about July 3 and will be available for about 1 year. I usually publish on Wednesdays or as soon as possible thereafter. You will hear music in several segments of top indie/DIY/underground songwriters and bands.

RCB Novus Ordo is a separate podcast with 8 songs, one each from a brand new recording. I spin the music and give you some backstory of each.

CD FOCUS: I continue to seek very good concept/compilations for future shows, with albums I can feature track-for-track. Do you know of one? Send it along!
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CHART: Quarterly Airplay Chart is now available on the Chart tab of the website. Aztec Two Step has charted well as of late, and gathers its first #1 quarterly ranking. Those with the most songs aired in the quarter include Meghan Cary, Dana & Susan Robinson (biggest debut this quarter) and Greg Klyma. Full details https://radiocrystalblue.net/chart-page/
5 YEARS AGO: Artists who debuted on RCB Novus Ordo in 2008 this week include Swampdawamp (this generation’s Lynyrd Skynyrd), The Paper Raincoat (Amber Rubarth, Alex Wong). In the standard rotation among the many that were heard, I gave you Marwood (Benji Rogers’ music project which would soon give way to his organization PledgeMusic), Deborah Lombardi, Sirsy, 3 Kisses (who have just released a new album), The Dollyrots (on Joan Jett’s label), Finespun, Spiraling (Tom Brislin’s former band), and Angelo M. Featured that week were Cassandra Kubinski, and the late Artie Traum.
And now to the present…
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RCB Novus Ordo: The aforementioned pick up from where they leave off with a few new members, a new home base of Anchorage AK and a new album. Debbie Chou, late of NYC’s The Barrens, released her first solo album. Underhill Rose from Asheville NC is the newest female folk trio in the style of Red Molly reaching nationwide. Kagero I remember seeing years ago in NYC, with their practically trademark world/rock sound, and I’m happy to have debuted their latest here.
RCB proper: What prompted the opening music this week was the announcement of Kim Shattuck from The Muffs joining the Pixies for their 17-city Europe tour, and perhaps beyond. She’ll still front The Muffs tho. (“Agony” was the first I learned of theirs, back in the days when Iwas busy collecting magazine CD compilations). I spun music from both bands. Thee Headcoats were a fine example of UK garage rock, and you can hear where The White Stripes got some of their ideas from. Segment 1: Paul Sachs & Edie Carey shared billing at NYC’s Rockwood Music Hall on 7/2. The Como Brothers recently debuted a new EP with a slight blues/pop feel, fitting in nicely with the sound of soul/rock artist M’Balia and blues veterans Bob Corritore & John Primer. Segment 2: Schwervon! just released a video for “Cyclone”, a song heard here. We hear again from Boy + Kite and Ryan David Orr who have new albums themselves. Segment 3: Molasses Creek’s ‘Fiddler” Dave Tweedie put words in an old instrumental “Mississippi Sawyer”. Natalia Zukerman & James McMurtry here, the latter from a CD recorded on James’ first tour of Europe. Both are participating in the Blissfest Music Festival on 7/14, Harbor Springs, MI. Sasha Papernik with a long summery tune closing this segment. Final segment includes another pairing of The YaYas and Honor Finnegan, completing a month-long tour.
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AIRPLAY SUBMISSION:

Send CDs to
Dan Herman
Radio Crystal Blue
1701 Snyder Avenue, #4
Philadelphia, PA 19145
Keep physical packages of reasonable size and weight, as this is a residence.
Please indicate release date. Eligible CDs must have been released no earlier than September 2012. Material releasesd before that month will be added to RCB’s loose rotation instead.
Digital is acceptable if media is not available in other formats.
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I also accept EPKs through these companies. For EPK submissions I select
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Dan Herman
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Radio Crystal Blue/RCB Novus Ordo 6/30/13

Posted on July 3, 2013 | Leave a comment

Radio Crystal Blue: Novus Ordo spotlights CDs that are debuting on my
standard freeform radio program, Radio Crystal Blue. The show exists as a
weekly podcast.

Listen here:
(1) The FeedPlayer on my home page (visible with Flash-supported browsers)
www.radiocrystalblue.net and available to stream/download/share. Click the
pop-up link at the ‘home’ tab.
(2) If you cannot view the FeedPlayer, try a different browser, or get
Flash, or try my podcast provider at www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu
(3 mp3: https://radiocrystalblue.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/rcbnew063013.mp3

(4) RSS: www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu/rss

This show was distributed on 7/3/13

A Moment Vanishing “The Only Feeling Worthy” – s/t CD www.danielchristianmusic.com www.markadamsmusic.com
2 The Nines “Rattus” – Oblivion CD www.2theninesmusic.com
Kagero “Rockstar In A Grocery Store” – Gumbo Du Jour CD www.kagero.com
3 Kisses “Terminal Adolescents” – All Or Nothing Hero CD www.3kisses.com
Debbie Chou “Midsummer” – Lovebug CD www.reverbnation.com/debbiechou
Stolen Thyme “Kickin’ Up Dust” – Time Is Possibility CD www.stolenthyme.com
Underhill Rose “Unused To You” – Something Real CD www.underhillrose.com
Gadi Caplan “Look back step forward” – Look Back Step Forward CD www.gadicaplan.com
Running time: 66 minutos
Moon: cloudswept chunkiness
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All content of Radio Crystal Blue’s programming is free to listen and share
to via a Creative Commons License, version 3.0, full attribution
Here’s RCB proper:

Radio Crystal Blue is my long-running standard freeform radio program. The
show exists as a weekly podcast.
Listen here:
(1) The FeedPlayer on my home page (visible with Flash-supported browsers)
www.radiocrystalblue.net and available to stream/download/share. Click the
pop-up link at the ‘home’ tab.
(2) If you cannot view the FeedPlayer, try a different browser, or get
Flash, or try my podcast provider at www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu
(3) .mp3: https://radiocrystalblue.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/rcblive063013.mp3
(4) RSS: www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu/rss

Artists who are sharing gigs are denoted with * symbols.
This show was distributed on 7/3/13

Opening music:
Thee Headcoats “Beach Bums Must Die” – Beach Bums Must Die CD
Pixies “Planet Of Sound” – Trompe Le Monde CD
The Muffs “Laying On A Bed Of Roses” – Blonder & Blonder
The Donnas “It’s On The Rocks” – Spend The Night
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*Paul Sachs “City Weddings” – Oil Town CD www.paulsachs.com
*Edie Carey “Easy Now” – Bring The Sea CD www.ediecarey.com
Greg Smith & The Broken English “A Taste Of It All” – Times Like These CD www.gregsmithandthebrokenenglish.com
M’Balia “The Hard Sell” – Maybe CD www.mbalia.com
The Como Brothers “I Want To” – Still Waters EP www.comobrothersband.com
John Primer & Bob Corritore “Leanin’ Tree” – Knockin’ Around These Blues CD www.johnprimerblues.com www.bobcorritore.com
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Ryan David Orr “Ariel In Graylight, Stormy” – More Than Strangers CD www.ryandavidorr.com
Tweed Funk “Gettin Home” – Love Is… CD www.tweedfunk.com
Simon McBride “Home To Me” – Crossing The Line CD www.simonmcbride.com
Schwervon! “Cyclone” – Courage CD www.schwervon.com
Boy + Kite “On July” – We Can Go Anywhere We Want EP www.boypluskite.com
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Molasses Creek “Mississippi Sawyer” – An Island Out Of Time CD www.molassescreek.com
*Natalia Zukerman “Howard Hughes” – Gas Station Roses CD www.nataliazukerman.com
*James McMurtry “You’d A’Thought (Leonard Cohen Must Die)” – Live In Europe CD www.jamesmcmurtry.com
Meghan Cary “Lost You In The Light” – Building This House CD www.meghancary.com
Jodie Levinson “Proud” – Strong Enough EP www.jodielevinson.com
Sasha Papernik “Tall Grass” – Victory CD www.sashatheband.com
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Shane Cooley “Loyalty” – When It Rains, It Pours CD www.shanecooleymusic.com
Greg Klyma “I’m Proud” – Pianomandonation CD www.klyma.com
Brick Fields “Change” – Shambhala CD www.brickfieldsmusic.com
*The YaYas “Last Good One” – Paper Boats CD www.wearetheyayas.com
*Honor Finnegan “We Are Hearts” – The Tiny Life CD www.honorfinnegan.com
Dana & Susan Robinson “Sailing Around Cape Solstice” – American Hornpipe CD www.robinsongs.com

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Running time: 2 hours 53 minutos (that’s it)
Moon: cloud n’ rocks
All content of Radio Crystal Blue’s programming is free to listen and share
to via a Creative Commons License, version 3.0, full attribution,
non-derivative. For more info: www.creativecommons.org

Next show will be recorded and distributed in the week of 7/7/13

Please consider contributing to this unique freeform radio program. RCB cannot exist without the support of listeners and fans of indie/underground/DIY/up-coming/touring talent that I freely share each and every week. There is a PayPal button active at the Home tab and the main post page at http://www.radiocrystalblue.net

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