Playlist for the Unpopular Music webcast for March 30, 2019

Today we belatedly celebrate World Piano Day, which was yesterday, as March 29 is the 88th day of the year. (I only heard about this in a promotional email, so as far as I know, Deutsche Grammophon made the whole thing up.) We feature a variety of jazz, contemporary classical and one or two oddities, all featuring the piano.

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Playlist for the Unpopular Music webcast for March 23, 2019

A variety show for you today for the first Saturday in spring. We start with a jazzy set on springtime themes. Followed by a short set from a couple of Unpopular Music All-Stars. The second hour brings us some rockin' Rite of Spring variations, some volcano atmosphere, a long whisper-to-a-scream track, heavy metal goes classical and a few other odds and ends.

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Playlist for the Unpopular Music webcast for March 16, 2019

The first set starts with a pair of be-bop classics, ends with something from one of the first steps beyond, and has something contemporary in the middle. The second set is the ruminative set for the show. While the second hour has a set of collage pieces, the first of which is a great influence on my musical aesthetic in general, and the webcast in particular.

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A word from John Zorn

...and a preview of this week's webcast.

From the liner notes to John Zorn's Spillane album.

Playlist for the Unpopular Music webcast for March 9, 2019

Today we acknowledge (or perhaps even celebrate, we'll see how the program goes) the fifth anniversary of the first Unpopular Music webcast!

No special programming to present. It's a mostly jazzy show with some 20th-century classical stuff in hour two, plus a coule of pop songs at the end. We return to a few records I've been featuring lately. Many of the Unpopular Music All-Stars make an appearance. A good time is had by all.

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Playlist for the Unpopular Music webcast for March 2, 2019

March is coming in like a lion, so lay like the lambs and listen in. We have birthday tributes to Lou Reed (born March 2, 1942), Kurt Weill (born March 2, 1900) and Robyn Hitchcock (born March 3, 1953) Sorry, I don't have any Mikhail Gorbachev records (born March 2, 1931).

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