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.

2/15/12 Playlist

1. Chain Gang-Otis Redding

2. Good Lovin'-Betty Wright

3. I've Got That Feelin'-Darrell Barnks

4. I'm Gonna Keep on Loving You-Kool Blues

5. Mama Don't Like My Man-Sharon Jones

6. Progress-Booker T. f/ Sharon Jones

7. Bold Soul Sister, Bold Soul Brother-Black On White Affair

8. Marvin's Groove-BW Souls

9. Ebony-Project Soul

10. Don't Ever Leave Me (unreleased)-JC Davis

11. Si Se Puede-The Ray Camancho Band

12. Mas O Menos-The Budos Band

13. Tell Me a Tale-Michael Kiwanuka

14. Jumpin at the Woodside (1938 Version)-Count Basie & Quincy Jones

15. Reefer Head Woman-Bill "Jazz" Gillum

16. If You're A Viper-Lorrain Walton

17. My Bebop Gal-Dr. Isaiah Ross

18. Cornbread and Butterbeans-Carolina Chocolate Drops

19. Lost In the Light-Bahamas

20. Blackout-Pickwick

21. Sometimes-Punch Brothers

22. Folks-Mirah & Thao

Happy belated V-day,

Ashley

KCSBe Mine.

2/8/12 Playlist

1. You Made a Man Out of Me-Otis Redding

2. Little Red Rooster-Sam Cooke

3. What Cha Gonna Do Bout It-Doris Troy

4. Ride Your Pony (Original)-Lee Dorsey

5. Chicago Falcon-The Budos Band

6. Pick It Up, Lay It In The Cut-Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings

7. Mannish Boy-Erykah Badu

8. Oughta Be A Woman-Sweet Honey in The Rock

9. Joshua Fought The Battle-Clara Ward & The Ward Singers

10. Get Away Jordan-Mahalia Jackson

11. Let's Go Out to the Programs-The Dixie Hummingbirds

12. Too Close/On My Way to Heaven-Mavis Staples

13. John Henry-Mississippi Fred McDowell

14. Jumper Hanging Out On the Line-R.L. Burnside & The Sound Machine

15. Big Men in the Sky-Mandolin Orange

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

17. The Rushing Dark-Laura Gibson

18. To Begin-Alela Diane

19. Wild Eye-Mariee Sioux

20. I'll Hold Your Head-Shelby Lynne

-Ash