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Radio Crystal Blue/RCB Novus Ordo week of 8/4/13


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
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This show was recorded the week of 8/4/13, published 8/8:

Katseye “I Don’t Think You Think Of Me That Way” – Makin’ Lemonade CD www.katseye-music.com
Shoebox Letters “Turn The Tables”- Crossing Words CD www.shoeboxlettersrock.com
Kick The Robot “Gunslinger” – Music To Fight The Future CD www.kicktherobot.com
Judy Insley “Blowin’ Away” – Remember Beautiful CD www.judyinsley.com
Yoshiko “Departure” – For You EP www.facebook.com/yoshikomusic
Nathaniel Land “Bring It On Today” – Make This World Our Own CD www.nathanielland.com
Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus “Just A Memory” – The Great Unknown CD www.pattonbrokus.com
Running time: 56 minutes
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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:
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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
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(4) RSS: http://www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu/rssArtists who are sharing gigs are denoted with *This show was distributed on 8/8/13

Musicians Of The Nile “Eb’At Djawaben” – Charcoal Gypsies CD
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Chuck Schaeffer “The Earnhardt Jr. Blues” – Along These Lines CD www.chuckschaeffer.com
Ten Foot Tall “Get Back On The Highway” – Get Back On The Highway EP www.tenfoottallband.com
These artists are part of the Fayetteville Roots Festival, 8/22-25, Fayetteville, AR:
3 Penny Acre “Mackinaw (Farm In New Hampshire)” – Rag And Bone CD www.3pennyacre.com
Ben Bedford “Cahokia” – What We Lost CD www.benbedford.com
Mary Gauthier “The Rocket” – Live At Blue Rock CD www.marygauthier.com
Raina Rose “Swing Wide The Gates” – Caldera CD www.rainarose.com
Rebecca Loebe “The Chicago Kid” – Circus Heart CD www.rebeccaloebe.com
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Olio “Saturday Night” – Comeback Kings CD www.oliomusic.com
Jack Grace Band “If You’re Gonna Raise A Drunk” – Drinking Songs For Lovers CD www.jackgrace.com
Nico Rivers “Molotovs & Medicine” – To The Bone CD www.nicorivers.com
Sassparilla “The Mary Celeste” – Magpie CD www.sassparilla.info
Joy Kills Sorrow “Enlistee” – Wide Awake CD www.joykillssorrow.com
Amy Speace “How To Sleep In A Stormy Boat” – How To Sleep In A Stormy Boat CD www.amyspeace.com
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Brother Joscephus & The Love Revival Revolution “The Righteous Road” – Revolution Of Love CD www.brotherjoscephus.com
Tweed Funk “Gettin Home” – Love Is CD www.tweedfunk.com
Herbie D & The Dangermen “Baby, I’m On The Road” – s/t CD www.herbiedandthedangermen.com
Frank Palangi “I Am Ready” – single www.reverbnation.com/frankpalangi
Polarcode “Breaking My Own Heart” – Supernatural EP www.polarcodemusic.com
Jo Wymer “Stay Away From Me” – Living With Scars CD www.jowymer.com
Kosmic Daydream “Jaded” – Psychosomatic Playground CD www.kosmicdaydream.com
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I aired my Skype interview of Greater Alexander, recorded at the Cyber PR Digital Press Conference, 7/31/13 http://www.greateralexander.wordpress.com http://www.cyberprmusic.com
You can further hear this and other interviews from the conference at http://www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalbluefield
Ellis shares billing with these artists in two festivals this month (Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, Women’s Redrock Music Festival):
Ellis “Coming Home To You” – Wherever You Are CD www.ellis-music.com
Talia Segal “First There Is Goodbye” – The Thing Itself CD www.taliasegalmusic.com
Antigone Rising “You Say You Want To Leave” – 23 red CD www.antigonerising.com
Rachael Sage “Soulstice” – Haunted By You CD www.rachaelsage.com
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*Blue Rodeo “Wasted” – The Things We Left Behind CD www.bluerodeo.com
*The Western Swing Authority “Maidens Prayer” – All Dolled Up CD www.thewesternswingauthority.com
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Lu Horta “Flutuante” – Paradiso Eu CD www.luhorta.com.br
Marcy Marxer “Valse a Django” – Things Are Coming My Way CD www.cathymarcy.com
Dana And Susan Robinson “Raleigh And Spencer” – American Hornpipe CD www.robinsongs.com
Craig Bickhardt “Donald And June” – Live At Sellersville Theater CD www.craigbickhardt.com
Terry Rivel “Looking For June” – Broken People CD www.terryrivelsongs.com
Jessi Robertson “Half Moon” – Small Town Girls CD www.jessirobertson.com
Brooks Williams “Moon Over Maverick” – New Everything CD www.brookswilliams.com
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Running time: 4 hours, 6 minutos
Atmosphere: stagnant, stalwart
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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

Radio Crystal Blue news 6/30/13


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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.

 

 

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Next week’s show is the last one for the quarter. After this show I’ll be crunching numbers and will produce the next quarterly airplay chart. I expect the chart to be unveiled by 7/3. The chart will list who have received the most airplay and exposure from my show over the past 3 months, with slight influence from the past 12 alongsides. I wonder if Vance Gilbert will lead again. He’s already RCB’s Artist of the Year for 2 consecutive years.
The current chart is available at https://radiocrystalblue.net/chart-page/

 

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!

 

I feel like my body clock and calendar are changing. My shows have appeared later in the week, and my own radio work is getting done later as well. I’m putting more emphasis on the matters out in the world, such as job hunting, There are days I feel very hopeful, and some days where I feel I have no control over my life. The days and senses change from time to time. Right now, typing this, I want to cling to every glimmer of hope, and continue to intend success in all areas of this life. Sometimes life really does intervene, such as when the derecho came here and I was moved to leave the house for a day. Or when the extierminators had to appear with 12 hours notice, and had to evacuate me for 5 hours, giving no notice as to the latter time frame. I’m sorry that the shows are late as of late, yet sometimes I just don’t have the control I wish I had to get things done.
5 YEARS AGO: Can it really have been that long ago that I debuted artists like Voxhaul Broadcast (who just broke up), Marina V, and Jenn Friedman (welcome back to the stage)? Here’s more from that week that were aired: Too Loons for Tea, Tori Sparks, Celia Chavez. Denise Barbarita. Telenovela Star, Soundpool, Red Molly, The Chapin Sisters, Arlan Feiles also among those receiving airplay. Featured airplay to SONiA & Disappear Fear, Lara Ewen, and Rachael Sage. More from that week at http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/radiocrystalblue/message/2491

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RCB Novus Ordo: A folk ensemble with a long history of airplay here, Joy Kills Sorrow can be heard in this edition with new music. Late Cambrian continues to release new material, pushing the indie-pop envelope even further as a trio. Dan Miraldi presents some indie pop of his own, with more than a passing nod to early Dylan, both sonically and graphically.

RCB proper: Hearing of James Gandolfini’s death, I thought it would be time to salute his legacy with some film noir sounds and a bit of history, namely music inspired what was heard on The Sopranos. It’s a no-brainer to include a song by Alabama 3, who had contributed the title song to the series, and even namechecks Tony Soprano on the song “Reachin’ “. The sentiment was established earlier with a neo-classic pop tune from legendary singer Shirley Bassey along with The Propellorheads. In a throwback into time, we hear two artists produced by Lee Hazlewood. I can’t forget his duet with Nancy Sinatra. “Summer Wine” is an absolute classic. Duane Eddy’s tune here is from his most recent album in 2011. The guitar style is hauntingly beautiful, a bit of that “Twin Peaks” sound. Segment 1 includes artists who will be in Okemah OK next month for….what else?..the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival. Played on the red river/roads angle a bit, and also with Rebecca Loebe’s tune “Georgia” about how heaven is in the air and not on the ground. I think that’s how I heard it. Jimmy LaFave’s “Red River Shore” checks in at over 9 minutes. Segment 2: Suzie Brown & The Defibulators shared billing yesterday with The Defibulators. Both artists are soon to release new material. Morning River Band I had seen here in Philly, with some down-home folk rock songs, many of them about drinking. Segment 3: Spun another from The Dan Sheehan Conspiracy’s new album. Did you know they opened for Courtney Love at The Stone Pony in NJ this week? I need some backstage gossip! Segment 4: Ellis, and Jon Shain take part in the Festival For The Eno, the weekend of July 6-7 in Durham NC. Proceeds from the event to go to the Eno River Association, committed to the preservation of the Eno River basin and surrounding parkland. That same weekend in New Bedford MA is a folk festival which features more artists spun this week inside segment 4. I included Antje Duvekot’s “The Life Of A Princess” as it seems to recall a Child Ballad, notably the line about the Clyde River. And indeed I spun “Clyde Waters” from Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer. An absolutely beautiful summer song follows from Ellis Paul. Final segment: Craig Bickhardt share stages with a few notables: Lizanne Knott (6/25 in Exton PA, and 6/27 in Bear DE), and Jamie Kent (July 12, Northampton MA).
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Radio Crystal Blue/RCB Novus Ordo week of 6/23/13


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.
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(4) RSS: www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu/rssThis show was distributed on 6/27/13

 Joy Kills Sorrow “Get Along” – Wide Awake CD www.joykillssorrow.com
Conduct Party “Clean Slate ’08” – s/t CD (no website)
Switchback “Van Tassel: – Kanoka CD www.waygoodmusic.com
Late Cambrian “The Year I Cut The Cable” – Peach CD www.latecambrian.com
Claudia Russell “Charleston” – All Our Luck Is Changing CD www.claudiarussell.com
Mustered Courage “Southern Style” – Powerlines CD www.musteredcourage.com
Matt Patrick “Rich Man Blues” – Blue Sun CD www.matthewpatrickfeuer.com
Dan Miraldi “Thirsty” – The Freewheelin’ Dan Miraldi EP www.danmiraldi.com
Running time: 56 minutos
Moon: somewhere out there
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Here’s RCB proper:

Radio Crystal Blue is my long-running standard freeform radio program. The
show exists as a weekly podcast.
Listen here:
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(4) RSS: www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu/rssArtists who are sharing gigs are denoted with * symbols.
This show was distributed on 6/27/13

Opening music:
Duane Eddy “Bleaklow Air” – Road Trip CD
Nancy & Lee “Summer Wine” – s/t album
The Propellorheads (featuring Shirley Bassey) “History Repeating” – single
Alabama 3 “Reachin’ ” – Power In The Blood CD
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These artists are performing in the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival next month in Okeman, OK
Vance Gilbert “Dragonfly Wings” – Old White Men CD www.vancegilbert.com
KC Clifford “Red Dirt Roads” – The Tag Hollow Sessions CD www.kcclifford.com
Rebecca Loebe “Georgia” – Circus Heart CD www.rebeccaloebe.com
Jimmy LaFave “Red River Shore” – Depending On The Distance CD www.jimmylafave.com
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Davey O. “No Money Down” – Testing For Rust CD www.daveyo.com
Fred Gillen Jr. “Find A Rodeo” – Silence Of The Night CD www.fredgillenjr.com
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Garrison Starr “The Day The Rains Came To Schoharie” – Amateur CD www.garrisonstarr.com
*Suzie Brown “Lonesome Moon” – Heartstrings CD www.suziebrownsongs.com
*The Defibulators “Wandering Eye” – Corn Money CD www.thedefibulators.com
Morning River Band “Drinking Blues No. 5 (Drinking Every Day)” – To Suzie CD www.morningriverband.com
Marc Berger “Object Of My Attention” – Ride CD www.marcbergermusic.com
The Kurt Henry Band “Julia In Running Shoes” – From Our Religions We’ll Be Free! CD www.kurthenry.com
Remember September “Lonely Road (extended version)” – The Roads We Travel CD www.rememberseptemberband.com
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Wes Tucker & The Skillets “Trade Up” – Afterlens CD www.westucker.com
Ashley McBryde “Journey” – Elsebound CD www.ashleymcbryde.com
The Dan Sheehan Conspiracy “Eleventh Hour” – Are You Conspirienced? CD www.dansheehan.net
Spanking Charlene “Secrets” – Where Are The Freaks? CD www.spankingcharlene.com
The Pinz “Truth” – Anti-Complacency League CD www.thepinz.com
Voice Of Addiction “Bombs Away” – Reduce Reuse Resist CD www.voiceofaddiction.com
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*Ellis “Comes Back To Me” – Whereever You Are CD www.ellis-music.com
*Jon Shain “Luckier Than Most” – Ordinary Cats CD www.jonshain.com
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These artists are participating in the New Bedford Summer Folk Festival in July:
Antje Duvekot “The Life Of A Princess” – New Siberia CD www.antjeduvekot.com
Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer “Clyde Waters (Child Ballad 216)” – Child Ballads CD www.anaismitchell.com www.jeffersonhamer.com
Ellis Paul “Once Upon A Summertime” – The Day After Everything Changed CD www.ellispaul.com
The Kennedys “Made Of Sand” – Closer Than You Know CD www.kennedysmusic.com
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*Craig Bickhardt “Donald And June” – Live At Sellersville Theater CD www.craigbickhardt.com
*Lizanne Knott “Little Sky Town” – Standing In The English Rain CD www.lizanneknott.com
*Jamie Kent “Rosalita” – Navigation CD www.jamiekent.com
Danielle Miraglia “See The Light” – Box Of Troubles CD www.daniellem.com
Lonna Marie “Don’t Forget” – Oh No EP www.lonnamariemusic.com
Shanna Underwood “Dream Next To Me” – Fieldnotes From A Caravan CD www.reverbnation.com/shannaunderwood
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Running time: 3 hours 47 minutos.
Moon: way out there.
All content of Radio Crystal Blue’s programming is free to listen and share
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Next show will be recorded and distributed in the week of 6/30/13

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Radio Crystal Blue 6/2/13 news


Radio Crystal Blue is sponsored in part by:
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PROGRAMMING:
NEXT SHOW will be published on or about June 5 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 10 songs, one each from a brand new recording. I spin the music and give you some backstory of each.

In case you wonder: I usually take out some part of Friday (or Saturday at this rate) and figure who to give airplay to. Artists and their reps are contacted by email days before airplay is granted.
5 YEARS AGO: Guess what music I spun 5 years ago this music? Among the notable that aired in late May 2008 are those remain on my current radar: Devon Sproule, Nerissa & Katryna Nields, Garrison Starr, Catie Curtis, and Arlon Bennett. I don’t have the audio of that show but I can give you this old playlist and more if you surf on over to http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/radiocrystalblue/message/2463
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DONATIONS: Concerned about my financial footing but I remain somewhat hopeful in the opportunity of finding work on a regular basis here in and around Philadelphia. In the meanwhile, you may donate to Radio Crystal Blue via the PayPal button at the home page.
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IDEALISTIC SPORT on hiatus: I’m putting aside Idealistic Sport, the sports/stats/music podcast for now. I have felt myself filtering content based on pressure from some areas in my life, enough to limit the quality and amount of content that would make a podcast viable in my own eyes. I will instead turn to small amounts of audio by using Chirbit, an audio-tweet service. It’s a service more people ought to use.. I’m there www.chirbit.com/radiocblue For posterity’s sake I’m keeping the podcasts active on my site so you can listen to the history being made. I can’t promise just now when it will return but I have no desire to take it down.
As always, all info is repeated on the Idealistic Stats blog, with occasional posts, further repeated at Glipho, Facebook and Twitter. The blog has the final answer about all stats/sources/analysis and opinion www.idealisticstats.wordpress.com
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RCB Novus Ordo: Jan Seides received exposure on this program way back in 2003 and that continues to this day using the same formula as before, and with some awesome Austin-area studio personnel. Racing Rain is a noir-sounding band I saw at Cape May earlier in the year. Amy Lynn & The Gunshow I had seen several times. She is absolutely captivating with her voice. Grown Up Avenger Stuff I met at a GoGirlsMusic event here in Philly last year, great hard rock sound. Rachel Schain’s career I’ve tracked for a few years now, and was proud to attend her CD release event this year. Dar Williams. What else can I say? (Except to type that she is musing on mythology for her latest album).
RCB proper: I feel like spreading out the summer songs through much of the year and giving you a few songs at a time right at the beginning of every show. I have a larger-than-average appreciation for Shonen Knife. “Ramones Forever” is a faithful homage. Naturally I gave you two songs from Forest Hills, NY’s finest…creating something of a Cali summer segue. Earlier in the week I asked folks on social media to name their favorite humorous California-centered rock song. My answer “Dick’s Automotive” by The Rugburns. And if you like those apples, see Steve Poltz’s solo version of this tune on YouTube. You’re welcome. Congratulations to Ellis, Honor Finnegan and Paul Sachs among those who were among the winning 6 in the New Folk competition at the Kerrville Music Festival. Segment 1: Spun songs from those who are scheduled features in this week’s portion of the 18-day event. I included a song from a new album by Buddy Mondlock. I also hear that Butch Morgan and Jaime Michaels are planning new albums. Segment 2: Jessie Killguss & Radio Gold with a summery song here. Majority of songs here are reflective, idealistic in nature, taking life in perspective. New tune here also from veteran Chicago blues performers John Primer and Bob Corritore. Segment 3: The Wyld Olde Souls get a long-waited debut here. I’m in love with David Rogue’s sound, not to mention his vocal strength. That’s the kind of voice I want to have when I grow up. Aqua Cherry with a new EP, the title track far and away the best of the bunch. Boy + Kite from TX also return with a new EP, a nod to classic indie label stuff from the 80’s-90s (think My Bloody Valentine, Boo Radleys, 4AD label, etc.). Segment 4: Marci Geller, Lara Herscovitch are part of the Herland Music Festival on Sunday 6/2, Stafford Springs, CT. Marci, along with Steve Chizmadia are among those performing at the NERFA Capital Region 1-Day Mini-Conference. This takes place on 6/9 in Rockville MD. Buskin & Batteau, along with Noel Paul Stookey and other great songwriters will gather on Saturday June 1, for a benefit concert in College Park, MD. The concert benefits the World Folk Music Association. Final segment: Heather Maloney was debuted 2 weeks prior on RCB Novus Ordo, and we hear more magic from her s/t album kicking this segment off. A slight theme about the elements at play here. Heather, plus Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem are part of the Asparagus Festival, Sunday 6/2 in Hadley, MA. Raina Rose is about to unveil a new album. Yours truly had the opportunity to air a track before the official release date. She and Rebecca Loebe are part of the CD release event on 6/13 at Austin’s Cactus Cafe.

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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. If material that reaches here was released before the date, it will be added to RCB’s loose rotation instead.
Digital is acceptable if media is not available in other formats.
Artists are also advised to add my email address to their general email
list.

I also accept EPKs through these companies. For EPK submissions I select
artists on their body of work and the completeness of the press kit.
SONICBIDS: http://www.sonicbids.com/radiocrystalblue
MusicSUBMIT: http://www.musicsubmit.com
MusicClout http://www.musicclout.com
Search for the words Radio Crystal Blue to find my pages there.
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Dan Herman
Radio Crystal Blue
http://www.radiocrystalblue.net
http://www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu
cblue456@comcast.net
twitter: @radiocblue
215 995 2234