4/18/12 Playlist

1. Your One and Only Man-Otis Redding
2. Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam)-Valadiers
3. My Sweet Lord-Yim Yames
4. Briggs' Corn Shucking Jig-Carolina Chocolate Drops
5. Mahalla-Carolina Chocolate Drops
6. Sitting On The Ridge-Mariel Vandersteel
7. New Generation-Universouls
8. Lookout Weekend-Mr. Confuse
9. The Message from the Soul Sister-Vicki Anderson
10. From The Love Side-Hank Ballard
11. Funky Nassau, Pt 2-The Beginning of the End
12. Ladies-Lee Fields & The Expressions
13. T Plays It Cool-Marvin Gaye
14. I Love You (Yes I Do)-Jhonny Cameron
15. Because I Think The World Of You-Tower of Power
16. Lady You Are-One Way
17. Love Jones-Johnny "Guitar" Watson
18. Baby I'm Hooked-Con Funk Shun
19. Anticipation-The Bar-Kays
20. Yearning For Your Love-The Gap Band
21. I Want To Be Your Man-Zapp & Roger
22. You Make Me Smile-Aloe Blacc
23. I Believe In Your Love-Charles Bradley
24. The Only One Loving You-Lee Fields & The Expressions
25. Sun Goddess-Earth, Wind and Fire

4/11/12 Playlist

1. A Change Is Gonna Come-Otis Redding

2. Broke Down Engine-Blind Willie McTell

3. Robert Belfour

4. Lady Margaret-Cassie Franklin

5. Am I Born To Die?-Tim Eriksen

6. As I Lay On The Prairie-Brian Harnetty

7. The Traveler, 108b-Cordelia's Dad

8. Lexington-Elephant Revival

9. White As Diamonds-Alela Diane

10. Statesboro Blues-The Devil Makes Three

11. The Dreamer-Tallest Man On Earth

12. Royal Lawns-The Cave Singers

13. Little Boxes-Malvina Reynolds

**Niko's Playlist**

14. Las Casitas del Barrio Alto-Víctor Jara

15. El Pueblo Unido Jamas Sera Vencido-Quilapayún

16. El Derecho de Vivir en Paz-Víctor Jara

17. Santiago de Chile-Silvio Rodriguez

18. Allende-Quilapayún

19. Vuelvo-Inti-Illimani

20. El Viejo Comunista-Manuel García-Páncito

21. Cantar-Chinoy

22. Basta-Los Vasquez

23. Mentira-Banda Conmoción

24. Todos Juntos-Los Jaivas

Starting spring quarter, Secondhand Sounds now has a new co-host! Niko will be providing some wonderfully worldly tunes here on KCSB 91.9FM so tune in for some good jams and even better stories.

3/21/12 Playlist: SXSW Edition!

1. Memphis In The Rain-Justin Townes Earle

2. Unfortunately, Anna-Justin Townes Earle

3. Am I That Lonely Tonight?-Justin Townes Earle

4. Sometimes-Punch Brothers

5. Tout Ceci Ne Vous Rendra Pas le Congo-Baloji

6. De L'Autre Coté de la Mére-Baloji

7. Rise-Seun Kuti & Egypt 80

8. Set Me Free-Hindi Zahra

9. Ahiawa-Hindi Zahra

10. Time's All Gone Pt 1 & Pt 2-Nick Waterhouse

11. Wish You Were Here-Lee Fields & The Expressions

12. Faithful Man-Lee Fields & The Expressions

13. Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan-Holcombe Waller

14. Gun Shy-Widowspeak

14. Harsh Realm-Widowspeak

15. 17-Youth Lagoon

16. Cannons-Youth Lagoon

Stay sweet, y'all-

Ashley

3/7/12 Playlist

1. I Can't Turn You Loose-Otis Redding

2. Chained & Bound-Bettye Swann

3. Oh Lover-Sherri & Singin' Sammy

4. Lookout Weekend-Mr. Confuse

5. Hippy Skippy Moon Strut-The Mighty Show-Stoppers

6. Black Feeling-Luther Harris

7. Four Play-Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns

8. Right of Way Blues-Cephas & Wiggins

9. Why Are You So Mean To Me-Albert King

10. I Believe I'll Dust My Broom-Robert Johnson

11. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out-Bessie Smith

12. Reuben's Train-Bonsoir Catin

13. Rowdy Blues-The Be Good Tanyas

14. Potter's Field-Dave Alvin

15. O Death-Ralph Stanley

16. Black Lung-Hazel Dickens

17. Ole Hound-Moondoggies

18. Glencoe-Richard Thompson

19. Colorado Girl-Steve Earle

20. Bundles-Mariee Sioux

Best,

Ashley

KCSB 91.9FM

Don't Fence Me In Review

In full disclosure, I must admit: Western music and storytelling? I can’t. get. enough. I call it my “cowboy complex.” I grew up in Texas and Santa Barbara’s debut of National Council for the Traditional Arts performance of Don’t Fence Me In was music to my ears. The music, the rhetoric, the Western garb, the traditional instrumentation and composition…memories of my childhood bubbled up to the surface and I was reminded of a romanticized Wild West where music was a conduit to express heartache, simple pleasures, and good ol’ odes to the land. It’s music with heart and music with history. From the beautiful fiddle and harmonies of the Quebe Sisters, to the yodeling and steel guitar of Montana native Wylie & The Wild West, to the bone chilling chants of North Bear, to the Tex-Mex tunes from the Texmaniacs, to rodeo poet Paul Zarzyski’s amusing and charming recitations,Don’t Fence Me In covered everything from the “range, ranch, reservation and roadhouse, from the valley of the Rio Grande to the Bitterroot Mountains.” This performance was a re-education and a reintroduction to a facet of American culture that is alive and kickin’ with many more stories to tell and many more songs to sing.

2/29/12 Playlist

1. Lovey Dovey-Otis Redding

2. Don't Play That Song (You Lied)-Aretha Franklin

3. I'm Lonely For You-Bettye Swann

4. That's All I Want-Bobby Day

5. Let Me Be Good To You-Carla Thomas

6. I Can Only Give You Everything-Nick Waterhouse

7. Peace of Mind-Nina Simone

8. Funky Southern f/ Mustafa Akbar-The Funk Ark

9. Can You Find Me Love-Harrison & The Majestic Kind

10. Ghetto Funk-Queens Community Show Band

11. Sophisticated Honky-Orgone

12. Cressy St. Breakdown-Cookin' on 3 Burners

13. Soul Power-Derek Martin

14. Mae Frances-Sweet Honey In The Rock

15. Pray On, Child-The Staple Singers

16. Search Me Lord-Little Richard

17. Junker's Blues-Champion Jack Dupree

18. I Want a Tall Skinny Papa-Sister Rosetta Tharpe

19. Carolina Breakdown-Etta Baker

20. Casey Jones-Mississippi John Hurt

21. So Many Roads, So Many Trains-Otis Rush

22. Hold On-Alabama Shakes

KCSOhBehave,

Ashley

Julia Fischer Review

On Thursday night at Campbell Hall, German violinist Julia Fischer reaffirmed her reputation as being one of the world's most technically gifted talents by providing a riveting and emotional performance with piano accompaniment, Milana Chernyavska. With the many accolades to her name (Artist of the Year at the '07 Gramophone Awards, Instrumentalist of the Year in the '09 MIDEM Classical Awards, releasing the fastest-selling classical album on iTunes in '09) along with prestitgious international awards peppering her extensive resumé, Fischer performed Mozart's "Sonata for Piano and Violin in B-flat Major", Schubert's "Rondo for Violin and Piano in B minor," Debussy's "Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Minor," and Saint-Saëns' "Sonata for Violin and PIano No. 1 in D minor" with mesmerizing mastery and technical achievement. Extra chairs had to be provided to the patrons of the full venue who were taken by Fischer's rousing interpretations of these classics with a technique that powerfully combines reputable tradition with impressive range. The juxtaposition of rigid composition with natural cohesion and sonic continuity elucidates Fischer's innate ability to weave together a performance that illicits a powerful response from both those well-versed in classical music and those just beginning their journey into this beautifully tender and compelling musical terrain.